Mercer County, Ohio, Genealogy

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The Mercer County Chapter of the OhioGenealogical Society

The Original Guide to
Mercer County, Ohio,
Genealogy
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Formed from Darke Co. in 1820, Mercer County, Ohio, was named for Revolutionary War hero General Hugh Mercer. As late as 1848, Gibson Township was taken from Darke Co. and added to Mercer.

MERCER CO. GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY Memberships, Publications, Events

Samples from Society publications

The German Corner featured in the Monitor, quarterly of the Society.
The Petrie Cemetery burials ... from v.1, cemetery inscriptions
1820-1830 Census Names of Heads of Household ... from 1850 census volume.

MERCER COUNTY MESSAGE BOARDS
Sponsored by the Mercer Co. Chapter of OGS.

QUERIES & DISCUSSIONS Post/Read/Answer queries & discuss county events, history, the Society, etc.
Archived QUERIES/SURNAMES Review old queries and surname registrations.
BIOGRAPHY & FAMILY HISTORY Post/Read biographical and family history materials. Anything published before 1923 carries no copyright restrictions OR you can write your own biographies and family histories to post here.
OBITUARIES Post/Read county obituaries & death notices.

MERCER CO. from Henry Howe's Historical Collections of Ohio, 1896

BIBLIOGRAPHY Some print media sources and lookup volunteers.

TOWNSHIPS Maps showing location of the Townships in Mercer Co.

Simple Map Locating the Townships ... from 1870 census volume (106 KB).
Detailed Map Mercer Co. in 1888 ... from 1850 census volume (125 KB).
Township Maps Tom Midlam's quite detailed Mercer Co. township maps with photos of some features of Celina and Mendon.

Blackcreek Butler Center Dublin Franklin
Gibson Granville Hopewell Jefferson
Liberty Marion Recovery Union Washington

LAND RECORDS Alphabetical listing of early land purchasers in Mercer Co.

MERCER CO. CEMETERIES Index of Mercer Co. Cemeteries & locations.

FAMILY GROUP SHEET PROJECT New site for submitting Family Group Sheets for those who lived in Mercer Co..

BIRTH RECORDS Selections from Mercer Co. Birth Records by Jon Mallard.

BIRT FAMILY BIRTH RECORDS From Mercer Co. Birth Records by Michael Reck.

BRANDON FAMILY OBITUARY ABSTRACTS Transcriptions by Michael Reck.

WORLD WAR I ROSTERS Those who served in WWI transcribed by Martha Patriarca.

TOMLINSON CHURCH History of the Tomlinson Church near Mendon.

MIAMI VALLEY GENEALOGY INDEX 565,000+ Miami Valley area entries.

DISCUSSION LIST Join the Mercer Co. Discussion List. Share your research and get help from others. Simply click on words "DISCUSSION LIST" above and type the word subscribe as the message. Nothing else! Leave subject as is.. You will receive a welcome message with further instructions.

SEARCH LIST ARCHIVES Search the Mercer Co. Discussion List Archives. Click on "Search List Archives" and follow directions. This search is done by a search engine with -key- words you supply.
THREADED ARCHIVES Link for accessing the THREADED list messages. This collection will eventually be augmented with all the archived queries. This set of messages are viewed by subject line (thread) or in chronological order.

MERCER CO. FORUM GenForum's Bulletin Board for Mercer County Researchers.

MERCER CO. POLITICAL GRAVEYARD Political noteworthy buried in Mercer Co.

MERCER CO. RESOURCES - Rootsweb's site for Mercer Co.

Mercer County Information

Mercer County Courthouse
Dedicated 1923.
The great bronze doors open upon beautiful halls of marble.
A dome gracing the top of the interior is colored glass.

Mercer Co. Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society
A Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 437
Celina, OH 45822-0437

Mercer Co. Library
303 N Main St
Celina, OH 45822
419-586-4442

Birth & Death records from 1867 to 1908,
Marriage Records from 1830, and
Probate Records from 1829
are held by the Probate Court.

Modern birth & death records are
kept at the County Health Office -and-
by the State of Ohio.

Clerk of Courts has Divorce and
Civil Court Records from 1824.

Mercer Probate Judge Office
101 N Main St # 307
Celina, OH 45822
419-586-2418

Mercer Co. Probate Clerk
101 N Main St #306
Celina, OH 45822
419-586-8779

Mercer Co. Health Dept Office
220 W Livingston B152
Celina, OH 45822
419-586-3251

The Daily Standard - On-line version of the local newspaper published in Celina.
KnappsNewsService - Mercer-Auglaize counties independent news service.
Grand Lake Ohio - a commercial site featuring current Mercer Co., Ohio, information such as weather, events, services, businesses, schools, landmarks, links, etc.

Land of the Crossed Tip Churches History, Maps, Links.
Land of Crossed Tip Churches Picture Gallery You can also send as a postcard!
Franklin Township Mercer Co. township page.
Marion Township Mercer Co. township page.

Click the right 'Migrations' button below to access information at another site concerning those migrating to and from Mercer Co., OH. If you wish to submit new data yourself, click on the left 'Migrations' button and follow directions. There is no link -back- to this Mercer Co. Genealogy page at the other sites so use your BACK key as many times as necessary to return to this page.

To search for SURNAMES in the Migrations database, use this link:
http://www.migrations.org/surname.php3

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Check out Migration Maps

COUNTY LINKS Links to neighboring county sites.

MAP of OHIO Requires Adobe's Acrobat Reader. Use ZOOM to view counties, townships, and major cities.

OHGenWeb.Net Midwestern Ohio Genealogy on the Web Network. A page of links to web-navigate this area of Ohio

MIAMI VALLEY GENEALOGY INDEX Over 565,000 genealogical entries from area publications.

GRAND LAKE OHIO A commercial site featuring current Mercer Co., Ohio, information.

OHIO CEMETERIES Links to Ohio county cemetery index pages.
OHIO DEATHS Searchable index of Ohio Deaths 1913-1937.

OHIO PATHS Links to Ohio county sites for the Migrations, GenForum, Political Graveyard, GenExchange, and RW Resources projects.
OGS Home page of the Ohio Genealogical Society.
OHS Home page of the Ohio Historical Society.
OHGenWeb Project Visit the main OHGenWeb Ohio Genealogy page.

OHIO PLACES Defunct/changed place names, cemeteries, towns, townships, etc. for Ohio.
UNKNOWN COUNTY Queries for Ohio where the specific county is unknown to the poster. Can -you- help someone? Do you have someone in your files who is only identifed as -from- Ohio?? Read and post general Ohio queries here!!
RESEARCH EXCHANGE The Research Exchange Program is designed to help you find others who will do research for you in certain locations in return for research you do where you live.

OHIO HISTORY NETWORK Links to counties and historical/genealogical topics pages.
ALHN: OHIO American Local HIstory Network's Ohio site.
IPIH: OHIO Some independent Ohio historical & genealogical links
OHIO E-MAIL LISTS Ohio Genealogy Lists.
GRI-Ohio Genealogy Resources on the Internet - Ohio.
ONO Ohio Network Online - a topic and location index of Ohio Web sites.
IIGS LIBRARY: Ohio Visit the IIGS Library's page of links for Ohio.
1895 ATLAS 1895 Atlas Project for Ohio.
BLM Records Bureau of Land Management deed records.

GRI Genealogy Resources on the Internet.
NA Home page of the National Archives.
US CENSUS new site for 1790-1920 census lookups (incomplete).
AHGP American History and Genealogy Project. State and County historical and topical sites.
ALHN American Local History Network. State and County historical and topical sites.
USGenWeb USGenWeb Project. State and County genealogical sites.
USIGS Visit 'Siggy' at the United States Internet Genealogical Society.
GENFORUM Search the genealogy Bulletin Boards in the long-established GenForum system.
GENSERV Search and contribute GEDCOMs here: 13+ million names. $Commercial$
US GAZETTER Find out where places are in the US!
GNIS United States Geological Society's Geographic Name Information System.
SEEKER Find all your missing friends and relatives.

Blackcreek	Butler	Center	Dublin	Franklin
Gibson	Granville		Hopewell	Jefferson
Liberty	Marion	Recovery	Union	Washington

To search for SURNAMES in the Migrations database, use this link: http://www.migrations.org/surname.php3

Check out Migration Maps

To search for SURNAMES in the Migrations database, use this link:
http://www.migrations.org/surname.php3