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Guide to Warren County Ohio genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

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Warren County, Ohio
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Location of Ohio in the U.S.
Courthouse
Address	Warren County Courthouse 320 E. Silver St. Lebanon, Ohio 45036 Warren County Website

Historical Facts

• Parent Counties: Formed from Hamilton and County in 1803.
  
• County Seat: Lebanon
   
• Neighboring Counties: Warren County, Ohio residents may also have records in ^[1]Montgomery (north) · Clermont (south) · Butler (west) · Greene (northeast) · Hamilton (southwest) · Clinton (east)

Boundary Changes

See an interactive map of Warren County boundary changes.

Record Loss

Resources

Bible Records

• The Warren County Genealogical Society holds the family pages (or copies) of many Bibles that have been submitted to the Genealogical Society.
• Some Bible records for Warren County have been microfilmed and are available from your local Family History Center.

Biography

• Everhart, Mary. Warren County, Ohio Revolutionary War Soliders Who Lived and/or Died in Warren County... Lebanon, Ohio: Warren County Genealogical Society, 2002. [Short biographical sketches of Revolutionary War Veterans.]
• Phillips, Hazel Spencer. Genealogy. Lebanon, OH: Warren County Genealogical Society, 1998. [Collection of biographical sketches published in the Western Star (Lebanon, Ohio) from May 24, 1978 - August 1, 1979.]
  
• Snyder, Marion. Memory Lane. Lebanon, OH: Warren County Genealogical Society, 2004. [Collection of local history articles and biographical sketches published in the Western Star (Lebanon, Ohio) from 1976 - 1985.]

Cemeteries

• The Warren County Virtual Cemetery Project (a project of the Warren County Genealogical Society) is an endeavor to catalog, digitize, and make available information on every cemetery in Warren County. Included in the project is a complete list of every cemetery. Check out the site here.
• Clinton County Genealogical Society. Cemetery Records of Clinton County, Ohio, 1798-1999. Wilmington, OH: Cox Printing Co., 2000. [Includes records for Ceasar's Creek Cemetery which is located in Warren County.]
  
• Cemetery records for Warren County located in the Historical Museum at Lebanon, OH (including cards, notebooks, newspaper clippings, etc.) have been microfilmed and are available from your local Family History Center.

Cemetery records often reveal birth, marriage, death, relationship, military, and religious information.

See Ohio Cemeteries for more information.

Census

Church Records

Church records and the information they provide vary significantly depending on the denomination and the record keeper. They may contain information about members of the congregation, such as age, date of baptism, christening, or birth; marriage information and maiden names; and death date. For general information about Ohio denominations, view the Ohio Church Records wiki page.

• The Warren County Genealogical Society has a list of current (and some former) churches along with addresses and phone numbers.
• Hess, Phyllis Lafferty. History of the First United Methodist Church of Warren, Ohio. Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, 1999.

Finding Church Records at Other Repositories

Additional church records can sometimes be found using search phrases such as Warren County, Ohio Church Records in online catalogs like:

• WorldCat (For instructions see WorldCat Online Catalog).
• Family History Library Catalog (For instructions see FHL Catalog Place-name Search).

Court Records

• The Warren County Genealogical Society has information about various courts and court records in Warren County as well as indexes to various court records.
• The Court of Common Pleas, whose records start in 1803, hold a variety of records. A listing of available records can be found on the Warren County Genealogical Web site.
• The Warren County Supreme Court (1803-1851) became the District Court (1852-1883) which became the Circuit Court (1883-1912) which became the Court of Appeals (1912-present). Further information can be found at the Warren County Genealogy Society Web site.

Emigration and Immigration

Ethnic, Political, or Religious Groups

Funeral Home Records

• The Warren County Genealogical Society has indexes to some funeral home records as well as addresses for all local funeral homes.

Gazetteers

Genealogy

• Miami Valley Genealogy Index is an Index to more than a half million pointers to records all over Miami Valley including Warren County.

History

Local histories are available for Warren County, Ohio. County histories may include biographies, church, school and government history, and military information. For more information about local histories see the wiki page section Ohio Local Histories.

Local Histories

Local histories are available for Warren County, Ohio. County histories may include biographies, church, school and government history, and military information. For more information about local histories see the wiki page section Ohio Local Histories.

• Check out the Warren County Genealogical Society's local history page for historical information about the county.

FamilySearch Books Online The History of Warren County, Ohio: Containing a History of the County...Constitution of the United States]. Chicago: W.H. Beers, 1882. [Reprinted several times, also available from the Warren County GenWeb Project.]

• Snyder, Marion. Memory Lane. Lebanon, OH: Warren County Genealogical Society, 2004. [Collection of local history articles and biographical sketches published in the Western Star (Lebanon, Ohio) from 1976 - 1985.]

Land and Property

Land and property records can place an ancestor in a particular location, provide economic information, and reveal family relationships. Land records include: deeds, abstracts and indexes, mortgages, leases, grants and land patents.

See Ohio Land and Property for additional information about early Ohio land grants. After land was transferred to private ownership, subsequent transactions were usually recorded at the county courthouse and where records are currently housed. Land in Warren County was originally surveyed under two different systems. Clear Creak, Deerfield, Franklin Turtlecreek and Wayne townships were surveyed as part of the Symmes Purchase. The Symmes Purchase covered land located between the Miami Rivers (the resulting survey was sometimes referred to as the Miami River Survey or the Survey between the Miamim Rivers) and was surveyed according the Northwest Ordinance of 1785. According to the 1785 act, section one was located in the southeast corner of the township. Section two was then located directly north of section one with section three just north of two and so forth through section six. Section seven was located just west of section one and sections eight through twelve to the north of section seven. Sections were numbered in this manner through section thirty-six, which was located in the northwest section of the township. Meanwhile Hamilton, Harland, Salem, and Washington Townships were originally part of the Virginia Military District lands and divided using Military District numbers. Military Districts were not numbered according to a standard so it will be necessary to locate a plat map of Warren County to locate a specific Military District number.

• The Warren County Genealogical Society has indexed the deeds from 1799-1832.

Maps

• The Warren County Genealogical Society has a variety of maps including township formattion maps, the 1875 county Atlas, and the 1867 Wall Map of Warren County (hosted at the Warren County GenWeb Project)
• Check out a 1914 map of Warren County hosted by the Ohio GenWeb Project.

Military

Revolutionary War

• Everhart, Mary. Warren County, Ohio Revolutionary War Soliders Who Lived and/or Died in Warren County... Lebanon, Ohio: Warren County Genealogical Society, 2002. [Short biographical sketches of Revolutionary War Veterans.

Civil War

Civil War service men from Warren County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies that were specifically formed in Warren County.

- 1st Regiment, Ohio Cavalry, Company G 

• Bogan, Dallas R. Warren County's Involvement in the Civil War. Franklin, OH: D.R. Boga, 1991.

• Frary, Sue. Civil War Soldiers Buried in Warren County, Ohio. Lebanon, OH: Warren County 

Naturalization and Citizenship

• The Warren County Genealogical Society has indexes to Naturalization Records from 1821-1925. Naturalizations after 1925 were filed with the Federal Court in Hamilton County.

Newspapers

Warren County, Ohio newspapers may contain genealogical value including obituaries, births, marriages, deaths, anniversaries, family gatherings, family travel, achievements, business notices, engagement information, and probate court proceedings.

To access newspapers, contact public libraries, Ohio Genealogical Society chapters, college or university libraries, the Library of Congress, Google News, or the Ohio Historical Society. The Ohio Genealogical Society Obituary Database is another source of newspaper information.

For more Ohio newspaper information see the Newspaper Guides on the wiki page Ohio Newspapers.

• The Warren County Genealogical Society has information on local newspapers including newspaper titles and years of publications.

Obituaries

• The Warren County Genealogical Society has indexes to obituaries published in local newspapers covering years from 1810-2009. Indexes are organized by year and decade. If an ancestor is found in the obituary index, copies of the obitary can be ordered from the genealogy society.
  

Periodicals

Probate

Probate records created after 1852 are held by the Warren County, Ohio Probate Court. From 1797 or the creation of the county, probate records were held by the Court of Common Pleas. Most counties transferred all records to the Probate Court, but in some circumstances, Court of Common Pleas records should be searched for records prior to 1852. Most records are housed at the Warren County, Ohio Courthouse. Some records are on microfilm at the Ohio Genealogical Society and the Family History Library. For more complete information about the location of county probate records see:

• Carol Willsey Bell, Ohio Wills and Estates to 1850: An Index (1981). ^[2] FamilySearch Books Online - Free online copy.
  

See the wiki page Ohio Probate Records for information about how to use probate records.

Content: Probate Records may give the decedent's date of death, names of his or her spouse, children, parents, siblings, in-laws, neighbors, associates, relatives, and their place of residence.

Record types: Wills, estates, guardianships, naturalizations, marriage, adoption, and birth and death records (1867-1908 only).

• 1803-1835 - Probate records of Warren County 1803-1835 at Ancestry.com ($) original data
  

• The Warren County Genealogical Society has information on and an index to Will and Estate Records from 1803-1888 with later years coming soon.
  

• The Warren County Genealogical Society has an every name index to Guardianship records from 1803-1916.
  

• The Warren County Genealogical Society has an index to lunacy records from 1904-1913.

Public Records

Repositories

Courthouse

Warren County Courthouse
500 Justice Dr; PO Box 238
Lebanon, OH 45036
Phone: 513.695.1120

Probate Judge has birth and death records from 1867,
marriage and probate records from 1803; Clerk Court
has divorce and court records; County Recorder has land
records^[3]

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
• Middletown Ohio Family History Center

Libraries

Museums

Societies

Taxation

Ohio tax records complement land records and can be used in place of censuses before 1820 or to supplement the years between censuses. Because only persons who owned taxable property were listed, many residents were not included in tax lists. There may also be gaps of several years in the tax records of some counties. For more information see the wiki page Ohio Taxation.

• The Warren County Genealogical Societys has indexes for the tax lists for 1810, 1827, 1830, 1832, 1840, and 1842 and is in process of indexing the teax lists for 1816-1826 and 1828.

Finding Tax Records at Other Repositories

Additional tax records can sometimes be found using search phrases such as Warren County, Ohio Tax Records in online catalogs like:

• WorldCat (For instructions see WorldCat Online Catalog).
• Family History Library Catalog (For instructions see FHL Catalog Place-name Search).

Vital Records

Vital records consist of birth, death, marriage and divorce records. Although Ohio enacted a statute in 1856 -1857 requiring registration of births, deaths and marriages, many did not comply. A second law was written in 1867 but, again, was not always followed. By 1908, the law was more clearly defined and kept. Any existing birth and death records from 1867 through December 19, 1908 are located at the Warren County, Ohio Probate Court. The Ohio Department of Health has birth records filed after December 20, 1908 and death records filed after January 1, 1954 while the Ohio Historical Society houses death records from December 20, 1908 through December 31, 1953.

Original marriage records are held at the office of the Warren County, Ohio Probate Court with divorce records located with the Warren County, Ohio Clerk of Courts.

Web Sites

• USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
• Family History Library Catalog
  

Places

County Seat:Lebanon

Towns/Villages: Blanchester | Butlerville | Carlisle | Chautauqua | Corwin | Franklin | Harveysburg | Loveland | Maineville | Mason | Middletown | Monroe | Morrow | Oxford | Pleasant Plain | Red Lion | Ridgeville | Springboro | South Lebanon | Union | Waynesville | Youngstown

Townships: Clear Creek | Deerfield | Franklin | Hamilton | Harlan | Massie | Salem | Turtlecreek | Union | Washington | Wayne

References

1. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Warren County, Ohio" in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_County,_Ohio (accessed 10 May 2012).
2. ↑ Carol Willsey Bell, Ohio Wills and Estates to 1850: An Index (Columbus, Ohio: the author, 1981). FamilySearch Books Online - Free online copy.
3. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Warren County, Ohio. Page 546 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
4. ↑ http://www.co.warren.oh.us/genealogy/adoptions.htm

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