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•	Ohio Marriages, 1803-1900 Marriage records from various counties in Ohio for the years 1803 through 1900.
•	Ohio Land Records Ohio Pre-1908 Homestead and Cash Entry Patent and Cadastral Survey Plat Index
•	Hamilton County, Ohio History General history of Hamilton County, OH from 1789 to 1881
•	Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio History, Vol. 1 Centennial History of Columbus
•	Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio History, Vol. 2 Centennial History of Columbus
•	Ohio Deaths, 1958-69 Death record for Ohio deaths, 1958-69
•	Ohio Deaths, 1989-91 Ohio deaths for 1989-1991
•	Ohio Deaths, 1992 Ohio deaths for 1992
•	Ohio Census, 1790-1890 U.S. Federal Census indexes (and other related census indexes) for Ohio from 1790 to 1890
•	Knox County, Ohio Vital Records, 1800-82 Collection of vital records abstracts for over 8600 residents of Knox County, Ohio between 1800 and 1882
•	Wayne County, Ohio Tax Lists, 1913, 1914, and 1916 This is an extraction of the Wayne County Ohio Tax lists for 1913, 1914, and 1916
•	Morrow County, Ohio Vital Records, 1830-93 Collection of vital records for Morrow County, Ohio residents between 1830 and 1893
•	Mansfield, Ohio City Directory, 1883-84 Transcription of a city directory for Mansfield, Ohio originally published in 1884
•	Ohio Physician and Dentist Directory, 1905 Listing of doctors and dentists in Ohio in 1905
•	Swan Creek Cemetery Inscriptions, Monclova, Ohio Cemetery inscriptions from Swan Creek Cemetery in Monclova just south of Toledo
•	Cleveland, Ohio Directory, 1837-38 Directory listing of over 1500 residents of Cleveland, Ohio in 1837
•	Fremont City, Ohio Directory, 1889-90 City directory for Fremont, Ohio in 1890
•	Ohio Military Men, 1917-18 Large listing of men from Ohio who served in the Army, Navy, or Marine Corps during World War One
•	Toledo, Ohio Directories, 1889-1891 Directory listing of over 300,000 residents of Toledo, Ohio between 1889 and 1891
•	Ohio Biographical Sketches, 1876 Collection of some Ohio biographical sketches for important men and women of Ohio in the nineteenth century.
•	Columbus, Ohio Directories, 1887-92 Directory listing for some 91,000 residents of Columbus, Ohio between 1887 and 1892.
•	Ohio Early Land Ownership Records Land ownership records for nearly 1,000 persons in Ohio in the nineteenth century.
•	Dayton, Ohio Directories, 1888-92 Directory listings for some residents of Dayton, Ohio between 1888 and 1892.
•	Cincinnati, Ohio Directory, 1890-91 Directory listing over 160,000 names for Cincinnati, Ohio from 1890 to 1891
•	Canton, Ohio Directories, 1888-92 Directories listing over 45,900 names for Canton, Ohio from 1888 to 1892
•	Youngstown, Ohio Directory, 1889-90 Directory listing over 13,700 names for Youngstown, Ohio from 1889 to 1890
•	Springfield, Ohio Directories, 1890-94 Directories listing over 51,400 names for Springfield, Ohio from 1890 to 1894
•	Zanesville, Ohio Directory, 1890-91 Directory listing over 11,100 names for Zanesville, Ohio from 1890 to 1891
•	Tiffin, Seneca County, Ohio Directory, 1916-21 This is an extraction of Tiffin, Seneca County Ohio 1916 - 1920 directory
•	Ohio 1910 Census Miracode Index A phonetic index to the 1910 US Federal Census of Ohio.

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Ohio Genealogy Help

Vital records, as their name suggests, are connected with central life events: birth, marriage, and death. Maintained by civil authorities, these public records are prime sources of genealogical information. These records are critically important in genealogy research, often supplying details on family members well back into the nineteenth century.

There are many sources for birth, death and marriage events that are not in the Ohio vital records office. Cemeteries, church records, newspapers, military records, immigration and naturalization records, as well as family records in letters and Bibles, are all places where evidence of vital events might be found. Once Ohio vital records have been researched, and especially if none are available for the location and time period required, a good procedure would be to try to locate your Ohio ancestors using Ohio census records.

Every state has a division charged with the responsibility of maintaining and dispersing public information from its vital record holdings. Each state page on this website indicates the availability of birth records, marriage records, death records, and divorce records and the agencies responsible for maintaining them.

Ohio Vital Records Information
(How to contact the Vital Records Department of Ohio)

Event: Birth or death

Cost of copy: $9.00

Address:
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Ohio Department of Health
35 East Chestnut Street, 6th Floor
P.O. Box 15098
Columbus, OH 43215-0098

Remarks: State office has had birth records since December 20, 1908. For earlier birth and death records, write to the Probate Court in the county where the event occurred. The State Office has death records that occurred after December 31, 1936. Death records that occurred December 20, 1908-December 31, 1936, can be obtained from the Ohio Historical Society, Archives Library Division, 1982 Velma Avenue, Columbus, OH 43211-2497. A searchable index to records from 1913 to 1927 is also available via the Internet at http://www.ohiohistory.org.

Check or money order should be made payable to State Treasury. Personal checks are accepted. To verify current fees, the telephone number is (614) 466-2531. This will be a recorded message. Information on how to obtain certified copies is also available via the Internet at http://www.odh.state.oh.us.

Event: Marriage (State)

Cost of copy: See remarks

Address:
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Ohio Department of Health
35 East Chestnut Street, 6th Floor
P.O. Box 15098
Columbus, OH 43215-0098

Remarks: Records since September 1949. All items may be verified. Certified copies are not available from State Health Department. Inquiries will be referred to appropriate office.

Event: Marriage (county)

Cost of copy: Varies

Address: See remarks

Remarks: Probate Judge in county where license was issued.

Event: Divorce (State)

Cost of copy: See remarks

Address:
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Ohio Department of Health
35 East Chestnut Street, 6th Floor
P.O. Box 15098
Columbus, OH 43215-0098

Remarks: Records since September 1949. All items may be verified. Certified copies are not available from State Health Department. Inquiries will be forwarded to appropriate office.

Event: Divorce (county)

Cost of copy: Varies

Address: See remarks

Remarks: Clerk of Court of Common Pleas in county where divorce was granted.