County Resources
Ohio
Statehood: 1 Mar 1803
17th state of the United States*
Bordering states:
South: Kentucky, West Virginia
East: Pennsylvania
West: Indiana, Michigan
Capital and largest city: Columbus
Map: Ohio, 1828
(click map to enlarge)
Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division
Counties: Original counties as listed in the 1803 Ohio Constitution, Schedule, Sect. 7: Adams, Belmont, Clermont, Fairfield, Hamilton, Jefferson, Ross, Trumbull, and Washington. Ohio County Creation Dates and Parent Counties. Counties in 2020: 88.
Personal Library
State of Ohio
The Hoskinsville Rebellion, Noble County, p. 319
Manuscripts
Ohio Manuscripts, Library of Congress
Ohio Manuscripts, Archive Grid
Digitized Ohio Manuscripts, Ohio Genealogical Society
Maps
Ohio Maps, Library of Congress
Ohio Landowner Maps, Library of Congress
Interactive Map of Ohio County Formation History, Maps of U.S.
Digitized Newspapers
Chronicling America, digitized: Ohio
Community History Archive Newspapers: Ohio
Small Town Newspapers
(Scroll to Ohio)
Digitized Newspapers, Ohio Memory
Ohio Yearbooks
Yearbooks, Ohio Genealogical Society
Additional websites
Record Sets-State Level
Ohio Record Sets (Ancestry Collections)
Ohio Record Sets (Family Search)
Vital Records
Births
Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003 (Family Search)
Ohio, Church and Civil Births and Baptisms, 1765-1947 (Family Search)
Marriages
Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016
(Family Search)
Ohio, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1774-1993
(Ancestry)
Deaths
Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953 (Family Search)
By month, then by county; i.e., first film starts Adams County, Jan…)
Ohio Death Records Index Search
(Ohio History Connection)
Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001
(Family Search)
Ohio Deaths and Burials, 1854-1997
(Family Search)
Ohio, U.S., Select County Death Records, 1840-1908 (Ancestry)
Ohio, Church and Civil Deaths, 1833-1967
(Family Search)
Ohio, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1786-1998
(Ancestry)
Ohio, Cleveland Cemetery Interment Records, 1824-2001 (Family Search)
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Cemetery Research Tools, Ohio Genealogical Society
Virtual Libraries
State of Ohio
Historical Collections of Ohio, Henry Howe, 1848.
Historical Collections of Ohio in Two Volumes, An Encyclopedia of the State, vol. 1, Henry Howe, LL.D., 1907.
Historical Collections of Ohio in Three Volumes, An Encyclopedia of the State , vol. 3, Henry Howe, LL.D., 1891.
Ohio Early State and Local History, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1915.
Digitized Books, Ohio Genealogical Society
City Directories, Ohio Genealogical Society
County Directories, Ohio Genealogical Society
Institutions, Societies, and Government Websites
Ohio Genealogical Society database search
Ohio Memory Digital Collection, Ohio History Connection and the State Library of Ohio
Ohio History Connection/Ohio Historical Society Publications
Ohio Archaeological and Historical Publications, vol. 13, Ohio Historical Society, 1901.