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Guernsey County
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Morgan County
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Noble County
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1828 Ohio map, Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division

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

Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. 4 in Two Parts, Part B, William Wade Hinshaw, originally published 1946, reprint 1994
Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. 4 in Two Parts, Part B, William Wade Hinshaw, originally published 1946, reprint 1994
Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. 5, Part B, William Wade Hinshaw, originally published 1946, reprint 1994
Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. 5, Part B, William Wade Hinshaw, originally published 1946, reprint 1994
The Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Quarterly, Vol. 47, no. 4, The Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society, 1938.
The Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Quarterly, Vol. 47, no. 4, The Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society, 1938.
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.

Historical Maps Works: Ohio

Digitized Newspapers

Newspapers.com: Ohio

Newspapers Archive: Ohio

Genealogy Bank: Ohio

Chronicling America, digitized: Ohio

NewsLibrary: Ohio

Community History Archive Newspapers: Ohio

Small Town Newspapers
(Scroll to Ohio)

Digitized Newspapers, Ohio Memory

Ohio Yearbooks

Yearbooks, Ohio Genealogical Society

eYearbooks

Additional websites

Historical Markers and War Memorials in Ohio

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

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Institutions, Societies, and Government Websites

1803 Ohio Constitution

Ohio Genealogical Society

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.

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