Medina County, Ohio Genealogy

United States Ohio Medina County

Historical Facts

 * Parent Counties: Formed from Portage and County in 1812 (1818).
 * County Seat: Medina
 * Neighboring Counties: residents may also have records in Cuyahoga (north)·Wayne (south)·Ashland (west)·Lorain (northwest)· Summit (east)

Parent County
1812--Medina County was created 18 February 1812 from Portage County. It was administered by Portage County until 1818 when the first elections were held in Medina County. County seat: Medina

Boundary Changes
See an interactive map of Medina County boundary changes.

Neighboring Counties

 * Ashland
 * Cuyahoga
 * Lorain
 * Summit
 * Wayne

Military

 * Civil War 
 * 166th Regiment, Ohio Infantry (National Guard), Companies B, D, E, and F

Newspapers
The following newspapers are available at the Medina County District Library (1) Medina County Gazette 1855-present (2) Medina County Sentinel 1899-1961 (3) Seville chronicle 1948-1984

Vital Records
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.

Societies and Libraries
Medina County District Library located at 210 South Broadway Street, Medina Ohio 44256. Tel: 330-725-0588 This library has a dedicated Local History &amp; Genealogy Collection located in the Franklin Sylvester Room of this library. This room has dedicated film readers and copy machines.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Medina Ohio Family History Center

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project: Has maps, name indexes, history, Census, County Records, Newspaper films, and other information for this county. ,Medina County