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| Address | Richland County Courthouse 50 Park Ave. E Mansfield, Ohio 44902-1850 Richland County Website |
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- Parent Counties: Formed from Franklin and Knox Counties in 1808 (1813).
- County Seat: Mansfield
- Neighboring Counties: Richland County, Ohioresidents may also have records in [1]Huron (north) · Knox (south) · Crawford (west) · Morrow (southwest) · Ashland (east)
Boundary Changes
Richland County gave up land for the formation of Morrow County in February 1848. The Townships of Congress, North Bloomfield, Perry and Troy went to Morrow County.
See an interactive map of Richland County boundary changes.
Record Loss
Resources
Bible Records
Biography
Business Records and Commerce
Cemeteries
LDS Cemetery Records
Vol. 21 page 26 - Pleasant Valley
Census
Church Records
Court Records
Emigration and Immigration
Ethnic, Political, or Religious Groups
Gazetteers
Genealogy
History
Land and Property
Maps
Military
- Civil War
Civil War service men from Richland 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 Richland County.
- - 1st Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Company I, also known as the Mansfield Guards
- - 1st Independent Battery, Ohio Light Artillery, a battery is like a company in an artillery regiment.
- - 102nd Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Companies C, D, and E
Naturalization and Citizenship
Newspapers
Obituaries
Periodicals
Probate
Public Records
Repositories
Courthouse
Richland County Courthouse
50 Park Ave East
Mansfield, OH 44902
Phone: 419.884.0278
Clerk Court has divorce and court records from 1815;
Probate Judge has marriage and probate records;
County recorder has land records[2]
Family History Centers
Libraries
Mansfield-Richland County Public Library - Sherman Room (genealogy room)
Museums
Societies
Ohio Genealogical Society Library (west of Bellville)
Taxation
Vital Records
Birth
Marriage
Death
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
- The Richland County OHGenWeb Project, a member of The OHGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project
- Family History Library Catalog
Places
Populated Places
Neighboring Counties
References
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Richland County, Ohio" in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richland_County,_Ohio (accessed 10 May 2012).
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Richland County, Ohio. Page 545 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
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