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Ottawa County
	Ottawa County, Ohio
	Map
	; Location of Ohio in the U.S.
	Courthouse
Address	Ottawa County Courthouse; 315 Madison St.; Port Clinton, Ohio 43452-1993; Ottawa County Website

Revision as of 23:44, 27 September 2012

	Ohio Online Records

United States

Ohio

Ottawa County

Historical Facts

Beginning dates for major county records
Birth	Marriage	Death	Tax	Land	Probate
1867	1840	1869		1820	1840
For earlier dates, try... Church \| Obituaries \| Cemeteries*

Parent Counties: Formed from Erie, Lucas, and Sandusky Counties 6 March 1840.^[1]
County Seat: Port Clinton
Neighboring Counties: Ottawa County, Ohio Genealogy residents may also have records in ^[2]Lucas (north) · Sandusky (south) · Wood (west) · Erie (southeast)

Boundary Changes

See an interactive map of Ottawa County boundary changes.

Record Loss

Resources

Bible Records

Biography

Business Records and Commerce

Cemeteries

Harris-Elmore Union Cemetery (aka) Guss, Union, Elmore

Harrington Cemetery (aka) Old Elmore, Elmore

Rymers Cemetery (aka) Rice, Elmore

Census

Church Records

Court Records

Emigration and Immigration

Ethnic, Political, or Religious Groups

Gazetteers

Genealogy

History

Land and Property

Maps

Military

Civil War
Civil War service men from Ottawa County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies that were specifically formed in Ottawa County.

- 41st Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Companies F and I

- 100th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Company G

Naturalization and Citizenship

Newspapers

The Ohio Obituary Index includes references to more than 1.5 million death, marriage and obituary notices. What began as a project at the Hayes Presidential Center grew into a partnership with 40 public libraries throughout the state of Ohio. Some of the listings date back as far as 1830. In addition to newspaper obituaries, the index includes entries indexing church records, federal mortality indexes, family papers, etc.

Obituaries

Periodicals

Probate

Public Records

Repositories

Courthouse

Ottawa County Courthouse
315 Madison Street Rm 103
Port Clinton OH 43452-1936
Phone: 419.734.6752

County Health Department has birth, death and burial records;
Probate Judge has marriage and probate records; Clerk Court
has divorce and court records from 1840 and naturalization 1905-1929;
County Recorder has land records^[1]

Family History Centers

Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Libraries

Harris-Elmore Public Library
328 Toledo St.
Elmore, Ohio
Ottawa County Genealogical Society (OGS Chapter)
310 Madison St.
Port Clinton
They meet at the Ida Rupp Public Library
Ida Rupp Public Library
310 Madison St.
Port Clinton

Museums

Societies

Elmore Historical Society

Taxation

Vital Records

Birth

Marriage

Death

Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953 Free name indexes and images at FamilySearch. Records include such information as birth date of deceased, city, county, and state of death, name of spouse if married, names of parents, maiden name of mother, name of informant, if deceased was single, married, windowed or divorced, occupation of deceased.

Web Sites

USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
Family History Library Catalog

Places

Populated Places

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), [FHL book 973 D27e 2002]. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "HBG" defined multiple times with different content
↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Ottawa County, Ohio" in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa_County,_Ohio (accessed 10 May 2012).

[HBG-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), [FHL book 973 D27e 2002]. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "HBG" defined multiple times with different content

[2] Wikipedia contributors, "Ottawa County, Ohio" in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa_County,_Ohio (accessed 10 May 2012).

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[2]

Ottawa County, Ohio
Map

Location of Ohio in the U.S.
Courthouse

Address	Ottawa County Courthouse 315 Madison St. Port Clinton, Ohio 43452-1993 Ottawa County Website

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+| valign="middle" width="16.6%" | <center>'''[[Ottawa County, Ohio#Death|Death]]'''</center>
+| valign="middle" width="16.6%" | <center>'''[[Ottawa County, Ohio#Taxation|Tax]]'''</center>
+| valign="middle" width="16.6%" | <center>'''[[Ottawa County, Ohio#Land_and_Property|Land]]'''</center>
+| valign="middle" width="16.6%" | <center>'''[[Ottawa County, Ohio#Probate|Probate]]'''</center>
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+| style="height: 25px" valign="middle" width="16.6%" | <center>1867</center>
+| style="height: 25px" valign="middle" width="16.6%" | <center>1840</center>
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+|}
-'''1840--'''Ottawa County was created 6 March 1840&nbsp;from [[Erie County, Ohio|Erie]], [[Sandusky County, Ohio|Sandusky]], and [[Lucas County, Ohio|Lucas]] Counties.<br>'''County seat: '''Port Clinton <ref name="Handybook">''The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'',10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).</ref>
+*'''Parent Counties''': Formed from [[Erie County, Ohio|Erie]], [[Lucas County, Ohio|Lucas]], and [[Sandusky County, Ohio|Sandusky]] Counties 6 March 1840.<ref name="HBG">[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50140092&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;referer=brief_results ''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed.''] (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), [FHL book 973 D27e 2002].</ref>
+*'''County Seat: '''Port Clinton
+*'''Neighboring Counties''': {{PAGENAME}}&nbsp;'''residents''' may also have records in <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Ottawa County, Ohio" in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa_County,_Ohio (accessed 10 May 2012).</ref>[[Lucas County, Ohio|Lucas]] (north){{·}}[[Sandusky County, Ohio|Sandusky]] (south){{·}}[[Wood County, Ohio|Wood]] (west){{·}} [[Erie County, Ohio|Erie]] (southeast)
 ==== Boundary Changes  ====
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 ==== Record Loss  ====
-== Places/Localities  ==
+<br>
-==== Populated Places  ====
+=== Resources  ===
-==== Neighboring Counties  ====
+==== Bible Records  ====
-*[[Erie County, Ohio|Erie]]
+==== Biography  ====
-*[[Lucas County, Ohio|Lucas]]
-*[[Sandusky County, Ohio|Sandusky]]
-*[[Wood County, Ohio|Wood]]
-== Resources  ==
+==== Business Records and Commerce  ====
 ==== Cemeteries  ====
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 Rymers Cemetery (aka) Rice, Elmore
-==== Church  ====
+==== Census  ====
-==== Court  ====
+==== Church Records  ====
+==== Court Records  ====
+==== Emigration and Immigration  ====
 ==== Ethnic, Political, or Religious Groups  ====
-===== Germans  =====
+==== Gazetteers  ====
+==== Genealogy  ====
-==== Land  ====
+==== History  ====
-==== Local Histories  ====
+==== Land and Property  ====
 ==== Maps  ====
@@ Line 135: / Line 107: @@
 :- [[41st Regiment, Ohio Infantry|41st Regiment, Ohio Infantry]], Companies F and I
 :- [[100th Regiment, Ohio Infantry|100th Regiment, Ohio Infantry]], Company G
+==== Naturalization and Citizenship  ====
 ==== Newspapers  ====
 The [http://www.rbhayes.org/hayes/index/index.asp Ohio Obituary Index] includes references to more than 1.5 million death, marriage and obituary notices.&nbsp; What began as a project at the Hayes Presidential Center grew into a partnership with 40 public libraries throughout the state of Ohio.&nbsp; Some of the listings date back as far as 1830.&nbsp; In addition to newspaper obituaries, the index includes entries indexing church records, federal mortality indexes, family papers, etc.<br>
+==== Obituaries  ====
+==== Periodicals  ====
 ==== Probate  ====
-==== Taxation  ====
+==== Public Records  ====
-==== Vital Records  ====
-'''[[Ohio Deaths (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953]]''' Free name indexes and images at [[Ohio Deaths and Burials (FamilySearch Historical Records)|FamilySearch]]. Records include such information as birth date of deceased, city, county, and state of death, name of spouse if married, names of parents, maiden name of mother, name of informant, if deceased was single, married, windowed or divorced, occupation of deceased.
+==== Repositories  ====
-== Societies and Libraries  ==
+===== Courthouse  =====
-Harris-Elmore Public Library
+<br>[http://www.co.ottawa.oh.us/ Ottawa County Courthouse]<br> 315 Madison Street Rm 103<br> Port Clinton OH 43452-1936<br> Phone: 419.734.6752 <br><br>County Health Department has birth, death and burial records; <br>Probate Judge has marriage and probate records; Clerk Court<br>has divorce and court records from 1840 and naturalization 1905-1929; <br>County Recorder has land records<ref name="HBG">''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'', 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Ottawa County, Ohio. Page 544 {{WorldCat|50140092|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|1049485|item|disp=FHL Book 973 D27e 2002}}.</ref>
-Toledo St. Elmore
+===== Family History Centers  =====
-<br>
+*[[Introduction to LDS Family History Centers]]
-Ottawa County Genealogical Society, chapter of the OGS
+===== Libraries  =====
-they meet at the Ida Rupp Public Library
+*Harris-Elmore Public Library<br>328 Toledo St.<br>Elmore, Ohio
+*Ottawa County Genealogical Society (OGS Chapter)<br>310 Madison St.<br>Port Clinton<br>They meet at the Ida Rupp Public Library
+*Ida Rupp Public Library<br>310 Madison St.<br>Port Clinton
-Madison St. Port Clinton
+===== Museums  =====
-<br>
+===== Societies  =====
-Ida Rupp Public Library
+*Elmore Historical Society
-Madison St. Port Clinton
+==== Taxation  ====
-<br>
+==== Vital Records  ====
-Elmore Historical Society
+===== Birth  =====
-Elmore
+===== Marriage  =====
-==== Family History Centers<br>  ====
+===== Death  =====
-*[[Introduction to LDS Family History Centers]]
+'''[[Ohio Deaths (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953]]''' Free name indexes and images at [[Ohio Deaths and Burials (FamilySearch Historical Records)|FamilySearch]]. Records include such information as birth date of deceased, city, county, and state of death, name of spouse if married, names of parents, maiden name of mother, name of informant, if deceased was single, married, windowed or divorced, occupation of deceased.
-== Web Sites  ==
+=== Web Sites  ===
 *USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 *{{FHL|Ohio%2C+Ottawa|subject|disp=Family History Library Catalog}}
-== References  ==
+=== Places  ===
+==== Populated Places  ====
+=== References  ===
 <references />
 {{ohio|ohio}}
 [[Category:Ottawa_County,_Ohio]]