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Mercer County, Ohio
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Location of Ohio in the U.S.
Courthouse
Address	Mercer County Courthouse 101 N. Main St. Celina, Ohio 45822 Mercer County Website

Historical Facts

• Parent Counties: Formed from Darke and Shelby Counties 12 February 1820.^[1]
• County Seat: Celina
• Neighboring Counties: Mercer County, Ohio residents may also have records in ^[2]Van Wert (north) · Adams County, Indiana (northwest) · Darke (south) · Shelby (southeast) · Jay County, Indiana (west) · Auglaize (east)

Boundary Changes

See an interactive map of Mercer County boundary changes.

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

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Courthouse

Mercer County Courthouse
101 North Main Street
PO Box 28;
Celina, OH 45822
Phone: 419.586.6461

Probate Judge has birth and death records 1867-1908,
marriage records from 1830 and probate records from 1829;
Clerk Court has div & ct rec from 1824; Co Rcdr has land rec)^[1]

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• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

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Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953 Free name indexes and images at FamilySearch. Records include such information as birth date of deceased, city, county, and state of death, name of spouse if married, names of parents, maiden name of mother, name of informant, if deceased was single, married, windowed or divorced, occupation of deceased.

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

Populated Places

References

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), [FHL book 973 D27e 2002].
2. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Mercer County, Ohio" in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercer_County,_Ohio (accessed 10 May 2012).