Ohio Genealogy

State Resources

• A Guide to Ohio Genealogy Ohio genealogy look ups, genology societies, publications available from genealogical societies and individuals, lost female ancestors queries, and related links for genealogy research in Ohio.
• Ohio State Database on Ancestry.com See what's available on their site.
• County Chapters of the Ohio Genealogical Society  
• Index to Current Ohio Townships  
• Official State Page  
• Ohio Land Patent Records  
• Old maps of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, IN, IL, OH   Photocopies are available of maps of towns in many counties of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and a few counties in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, plus Fresno County, California. Dated in the late 1800s, these maps show property owners names.  

Census

• Darke County Census Indexes  
• County, Ohio 1922  

County

• Jackson County Ohio  Genealogy and History of Jackson County Ohio. 
• Surname Index to the Census of the Slovak People Living In Mahoning County, Ohio    Published by District Assembly of the Slovak League of America 1922 
• Pike County Ohio  Genealogy and History of Pike County Ohio. 
• Ross County Ohio  Genealogy and History of Ross County Ohio. 
• Scioto County Ohio  Genealogy and History of Scioto County Ohio. 

Crime and Criminals

• Ohio State Penitentiary Inmates 1834-1875   Names with information about inmates   

Databases and Indexes

• The Biographical Encyclopedia of Ohio of the Nineteenth Century.  Searchable version of this 1876 book.  

Death Records and Obituaries

• Clark County Obituaries  
• Dayton Newspaper and Obituary Index  1985 and later  
• Granville Ohio Death and Cemetery Records  
• Ohio Death Certificate 1913-1937    This database indexes Death Certificates of persons that died in Ohio in the above years, useful for determining date of death and certificate number. Using the index information, a researcher can later obtain a copy of the certificate itself, which holds further information.  
• Ohio Obituaries Index  An index to almost 700,000 obituaries, death & marriage notices & other sources from Ohio from the 1830s to the present day.

History

• Anti-Saloon League 1893-1933   The Anti-Saloon League from 1893 to 1933 was a major force in American politics. Influencing the United States through the printed word and lobbying, they turned a moral crusade into a Constitutional amendment.  The League left a legacy of printed material at a site bequeathed to the Westerville Public Library which houses the Anti-Saloon League Museum. 
• The Buckeye Chronicles  Presented by The Lakewood Historical Society. The Buckeye Chronicles explore the regional cultural landscape with vignettes of Ohio history--its people and places.  
• Encyclopedia of Cleveland History    
• Hill Billy Bear's Regional History of Appalachian Ohio   Articles dealing with various topics about Appalachian Ohio.     
• Land Auction of 1819  including names of purchasers    
• Ohio Migrations  
• Ohio State Gazetteer and Business Directory for 1860-61.  
• Perry (and Fairfield) County Information  Includes several online books  
• What route did the Carolinas Quakers take to Ohio?  

Land Records

• Intro to Ohio Land History
    

Libraries  

• Morley Public Library   
• Online Collection Catalog  The Ohio Historical Society’s Online Collection Catalog has information on over 230,000 items from the Society’s library, newspaper, manuscript, audiovisual, state archives, history, natural history, and archaeology collections.   
• WINSLO State Library of Ohio
    

• Darke County, Ohio  Early Marriages 1817-1850
• Ohio Marriages  posted by our visitors.
    

Military  

•  Military information for Ohio has moved to Ohio Military Genealogy
    

People  

• 1890 Cincinnati City Directory Online
• Ohio Surname Queries Be sure to add your surnames!
• Ohio Genealogy Data  Find online data.
• The African American Experience in Ohio 1850-1920   This digital collection illuminates specific moments in the history of Ohio's African-Americans and provides an overview of their experiences during the time period 1850 to 1920 in the words of the people that lived them.   
• African Americans in Southeastern Ohio  
• Ohio Biographies
• Early Mennonite Settlers in Allen County Ohio 
• Miami Valley Genealogical Index  
• O.M.I.I. Genealogical Project Kidron Heritage Center  Information on a Swiss Mennonite & German Amish genealogy project and access to 3 databases with a total of over 600,000 individuals.  
• The Oracle, 1907  Mansfield High School Yearbook, Mansfield, Ohio  
• OurFamilyGenealogy.com  Contains 19th century information on Allen County, Ohio. Also, information on Albright, Altstaetter, Bennett, Downing, Griffiths, Mancini, Price, Vance, and Yant families.  
• Scioto County Doctors and Dentists 1905  

Other Helpful Ohio Resources

Ohio Maps

• 1895 Ohio
• Ohio Maps from the University of Texas Library

Charts and Resources

•  Introduction to Ohio Land Records
•  Know Your Ohio
•  Free Charts, Forms, and More  

Queries

• Free Genealogy Queries