Williams County, Ohio

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	Ohio Online Records

Williams County, Ohio
Map
Location of Ohio in the U.S.
Courthouse
Address	Williams County Courthouse 1 Courthouse Square Bryan, Ohio 43506 Williams County website

Historical Facts

• Parent Counties: Formed from Darke, Shelby, and Wood Counties in 1820 (1824).
  
• County Seat: Bryan
   
• Neighboring Counties: Williams County, Ohio residents may also have records in ^[1]Hillsdale County, Michigan (north) · Defiance (south) · Steuben County, Indiana (northwest) · DeKalb County, Indiana (southwest) · Henry (southeast) · Fulton (east)
  

Boundary Changes

See an interactive map of Williams County boundary changes.

Record Loss

Resources

Bible Records

Biography

Business Records and Commerce

Cemeteries

BillionGraves:

• Fountain Grove Cemetery, Bryan
• Lash Cemetery, Montpelier
• Shiffler Cemetery, Bryan

Census

Church Records

Catholic

• 1796–2004 Ohio, Diocese of Toledo, Catholic Parish Records, 1796-2004 at FamilySearch Historical Records – free. This collection includes images of parish registers recording the events of baptism, first communion, confirmation, marriage, and death in the Diocese of Toledo (Ohio), Roman Catholic Church. These records are accessed by browsing the images by county. In addition to traditional parish registers, this collection includes miscellaneous cemetery records, Books of the Elect, Professions of Faith, Sick Call registers, etc.
  

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 Williams 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 Williams County.

- 100th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Company C

- 111th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Company C

Naturalization and Citizenship

Newspapers

The Williams County Public Library has an online obit index [1] to the local Williams County newspapers. Email them your index information and your snail mail address to obtain a copy of the obit.

The Bryan Times 11,650 issues  Jan 23, 1800 - Dec 31, 2007 is online for free through news.google.com/newspapers.

Obituaries

Periodicals

Probate

Public Records

Repositories

Courthouse

Williams County Courthouse
107 W Butler Street
Bryan, OH 43506
Phone: 419.636.8253 

County Record Center has birth and death records 1867-1908,
marriage and probate records 1824-1984, divorce and court
records 1824-1977 and naturalization records 1860-1926;
County Health Department has birth and death records from 1909^[2]

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Libraries

William County Public Library 107 E. High Street Bryan, OH 43506

Museums

Societies

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

• 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

Neighboring Counties

• DeKalb County, Indiana
• Defiance
• Fulton
• Henry
• Hillsdale County, Michigan
• Steuben County, Indiana

References

1. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Williams County, Ohio" in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Williams_County,_Ohio (accessed 10 May 2012).
2. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Williams County, Ohio. Page 546 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.