Allen County, Ohio Genealogy

United States &gt; Ohio &gt; Allen County

Parent County
1820--Allen County was created from Shelby County. The county seat is Lima.1

Cemeteries
City of Delphos


 * St. John Evangelist Catholic Church Cemeteries


 * Old St. John Evangelist
 * St. John Evangelist
 * Resurrection


 * Walnut Grove Cemetery
 * Landeck Cemetery
 * Westside Cemetery
 * Hartshorn Cemetery.
 * Gravemarker photos
 * Cemetery transcriptions for the following cemeteries: Fisher, Harrods, Ridge, Westminster

Census
1785 1850--Federal Census transcription and images 1920--index for surnames beginning with the letter "E" and "F"

Land
Bureau of Land Management Database Transcription It shows the original purchasers of land from the federal government and covers the period from pre-Revolutionary times up to 1908.

Migration
Migrations Through Allen County, OH


 * County, OH http://www.migrations.org/county.php3?migcounty=Allen%20County,%20OH

Military
Revolutionary War
 * Pensioners Living in Ohio in 1818-1819

War of 1812
 * Roster of Ohio Soldiers

Civil War
 * 1840 Census of Pensioners Revolutionary and Military Services


 * Civil War Rosters


 * http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Lair/3680/cw/cw-oh.html


 * Allen County, OH Men In the Civil War


 * http://freepages.military.rootsweb.com/~libeacons/civilwar.htm


 * Men in the Civil War


 * http://freepages.military.rootsweb.com/~libeacons/civilwar.htm

World War I


 * The Unreturning Brave (from WWI)published in 1925.


 * http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/oh/allen/military/wwi/ub.txt


 * List of Dead Heroes Whose Bodies Rest in Allen County

Miscellaneous The names of the soldiers buried in different cemeteries of Allen county whose graves were decorated May 30, 1907.


 * http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/oh/allen/military/other/listofde7nmt.txt

Obituaries
Search Engine for the Obituary Index to the Lima News


 * http://www.genealogybuff.com/oh/oh-allen_births.htm

Taxation
1834 Tax Lists
 * Amanda and Auglaize Townships
 * Bath and Deuchoquette Townships
 * German and Jackson Townships
 * Marion, Perry and WayneTownships

Taxpayers--Personal Property 
 * Allen County Tax List August 25, 1881

Vital Records

 * County Pioneer Marriages 1836-1851

Marriage Records 1832-1952 Marriages: Pioneer marriages 1836-1851, Not all inclusive.


 * ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/oh/allen/marriages/pioneer/

Marriages 1852-1860


 * ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/oh/allen/marriages/

Marriages Oct 1854

Taken from Lima Democratic News


 * http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/oh/allen/vitals/marriages/1854.txt

Marriage Index Nov 1860

Taken from Lima Democratic News


 * http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/oh/allen/vitals/marriages/marindx11-1860.txt

Marriage Licenses, 1889-1893


 * http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/oh/allen/vitals/marriages/1889-1893.txt

Marriages Dec 1900

Taken from Allen County Republican Gazette.


 * http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/oh/allen/vitals/marriages/dec1900.txt

Divorce Petitions &amp; Decrees, 1876

Divorce Petitions &amp; Decrees, 1881


 * http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/oh/allen/vitals/divorces/1881.txt

Divorce Petitions &amp; Decrees, 1889


 * http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/oh/allen/vitals/divorces/1889.txt

Divorce Petitions &amp; Decrees, 1890


 * http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/oh/allen/vitals/divorces/1890.txt

Divorce Petitions &amp; Decrees, 1891


 * http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/oh/allen/vitals/divorces/1891.txt

Divorce Petitions &amp; Decrees, 1892


 * http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/oh/allen/vitals/divorces/1892.txt

Divorce Petitions &amp; Decrees, 1896


 * http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/oh/allen/vitals/divorces/1896.txt

Divorce Petitions &amp; Decrees, 1897


 * http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/oh/allen/vitals/divorces/1897.txt

Divorce Petitions &amp; Decrees, 1898-1899


 * http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/oh/allen/vitals/divorces/1898-1899.txt

Divorce Petitions &amp; Decrees for Allen and Van Wert Counties, and Surrounding Areas, 1898-1900


 * http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/oh/allen/vitals/divorces/1898-1900.txt

Divorce Petitions &amp; Decrees, 1904


 * http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/oh/allen/vitals/divorces/1904.txt

Divorce Petitions &amp; Decrees, 1905


 * http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/oh/allen/vitals/divorces/1905.txt

Divorce Petitions &amp; Decrees, 1906


 * http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/oh/allen/vitals/divorces/1906.txt

Divorce Petitions &amp; Decrees, 1905-1906


 * http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/oh/allen/vitals/divorces/1905-06.txt

Divorce Petitions &amp; Decrees, 1907


 * http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/oh/allen/vitals/divorces/1907.txt

Divorce Petitions &amp; Decrees, 1908


 * http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/oh/allen/vitals/divorces/1908.txt

Divorce Petitions &amp; Decrees, 1909


 * http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/oh/allen/vitals/divorces/1909.txt

Divorce Petitions &amp; Decrees, 1910


 * http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/oh/allen/vitals/divorces/1910.txt

Divorce Petitions &amp; Decrees, 1919


 * http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/oh/allen/vitals/divorces/1919.txt

Death Records 1909-1953 Delphos, Ohio and Marion Township only


 * http://www.delphos-ohio.com/history/death.htm


 * Extracted from Allen County newspapers of those who died in Allen and surrounding counties.

Web Sites

 * Henry Howe’s History of Ohio, Allen County
 * Personal Histories-1875
 * Early Pioneer List in 1874
 * 1880 Business Patron’s References Divided by town and township, each section has a unique set of information about their patrons.
 * Family History Library Catalog
 * The Allen County OHGenWeb Project, a member of The OHGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Allen County