County Death Records Held at the Ohio Historical Society

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Ashland
Type of Record: Death (PC)
Dates: 1867 - 1908
Roll/Call Number: GR 8314

Darke
Type of Record: Death (PC)
Dates: 1867 - 1905
Roll/Call Number: GR 2796

Defiance
Type of Record: Death (County Home)
Dates: 1886 - 1980
Roll/Call Number: GR 5317

Delaware
Type of Record: Death, Porter Township (PC Township Assessor Records)
Dates: 1874 - 1875 (Incomplete Listing)
Roll/Call Number: GR 9251

Type of Record: Death, Second Ward of Delaware (PC Township Assessor Records)
Dates: 1905 - 1906 (Incomplete Listing)
Roll/Call Number: GR 9251

Type of Record:Death (PC)
Dates:1867 - 1903
Roll/Call Number: GR 9265

Type of Record: Death (PC)
Dates: 1867 - 1908
Roll/Call Number: FCH 122

Fayette
Type of Record: Death, index (PC)
Dates: n.d.
Roll/Call Number: 1 vol. 60Y 2D

Type of Record: Death (PC)
Dates: 1867 - 1881
Roll/Call Number: 1 vol. 60Y 2E

Franklin
Type of Record: Death, index (PC)
Dates: 1867 - 1908
Roll/Call Number: GR 859 - 860, FCH 41

Type of Record: Death (PC)
Dates: 1867 - 1908
Roll/Call Number: GR 861 - 862, FCH 42

Hocking
Type of Record: Death (PC)
Dates: 1867 - 1908
Roll/Call Number: GR 3567

Knox
Type of Record: Death (PC)
Dates: 1867 - 1908
Roll/Call Number: GR 2874

Licking
Type of Record: Newark City Deaths (MR/BH)
Dates: 1900 - 1906
Roll/Call Number: GR 5018 - 5021

Lorain
Type of Record: Death (PC)
Dates: 1867 - 1889
Roll/Call Number: GR 2978

Madison
Type of Record: Death (PC Township Assessor Records)
Dates: March 1, 1872 - March 1, 1873 (Incomplete Listing)
Roll/Call Number: BV 10,350

Type of Record: Death Certificates (GHD)
Dates: 1898 - 99, 1903
Roll/Call Number: LGRVF 4/21

Marion
Type of Record: Death (PC)
Dates: 1867 - 1908
Roll/Call Number: GR 2751

Type of Record: Death (PC)
Dates: 1887 - 1903
Roll/Call Number: BV 9997-10,013

Type of Record: Montgomery twp. Death Certificates
Dates: 1919 - 1921
Roll/Call Number: BV 9689

Montgomery
Type of Record: Death (PC)
Dates: 1866 - 1909
Roll/Call Number: GR 2769 - 2770

Type of Record: Death (Childrens' Home)
Dates: 1887 - 1924
Roll/Call Number: 1 roll negative

Type of Record: Death (County Home)
Dates: 1886 - 1969
Roll/Call Number: GR 3561

Morrow
Type of Record: Death (CC Township Assessor Records)
Dates: March 1, 1856 - March 1, 1857 (Incomplete Listing)
Roll/Call Number: GR 8326

Putnam
Type of Record: Death, index (PC)
Dates: 1859 - 1920
Roll/Call Number: GR 3052

Shelby
Type of Record: Death (CC Township Assessor Records)
Dates: March 1, 1856 - March 1, 1857 (Incomplete Listing)
Roll/Call Number: GR 2830

Stark
Type of Record: Massillon Deaths & Index (MR/BH)
Dates: 1889 - 1908
Roll/Call Number: GR 3350

Tuscarawas
Type of Record: Death (PC)
Dates: 1867 - 1966
Roll/Call Number: GR 2757 - 2759

Union
Type of Record: Death (PC Township Assessor Records)
Dates: 1874 - 1906 (Incomplete Listing)
Roll/Call Number: 4 cf 63Y 2&3F

Washington
Type of Record: Deceased Soldiers & Sailors (CR)
Dates: 1861 - 1865
Roll/Call Number: GR 4025

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