Fulton County, Ohio Genealogy

United States Ohio Fulton County

Historical Facts

 * Parent Counties: Formed from Henry, Lucas, and Williams Counties 28 February 1850.
 * County Seat: Wauseon
 * Neighboring Counties: residents may also have records in Lenawee County, Michigan (north)·Henry (south)·Williams (west)·Lucas (east)

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

Record Loss
A courthouse fire in July 1864 destroyed many of the county records. Those saved were located in the Court of Common Pleas such as Chancery, Plaintiff and Defendant indexes, plus the court cases. Probate Court records such as the wills, estates, and guardianship's were lost. The Recorder's Office lost the land records, but those have been reconstructed using Barber's Abstracts.

Cemeteries

 * Archibold Cemetery, Archibold BillionGraves

Cemetery records often reveal birth, marriage, death, relationship, military, and religious information.

See Ohio Cemeteries for more information.

Catholic

 * 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.

Military
Civil War service men from Fulton 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 Fulton County.
 * Civil War

Ohio Genealogical Society. Fulton County Chapter. Civil War soldiers discharge abstracts, Fulton County, Ohio. ([Ohio] : Ohio Genealogical Society. Fulton County Chapter, 1993)


 * - 100th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Companies E and H
 * - 111th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Comapanies C and F

Courthouse
Fulton County Courthouse 210 South Fulton Street Wauseon, OH 43567-1355 Phone: 419.337.9230 Probate Court has birth and death records 1867-1908, marriage, probate and naturalization records; Clerk Court has divorce and court records; County Recorder has military and burial records; County  Auditor  has land records

Family History Centers

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

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.
 * Ohio Deaths, 1954-Present Death certificates from 1954 to the present are held by the Ohio Department of Health. These records can be ordered in person or by mail.


 * Walk In Address: Ohio Department of Health Vital Statistics 225 Neilston Street Columbus, Ohio 43215


 * Mail your request to: Ohio Department of Health Vital Statistics P.O. Box 15098 Columbus, Ohio 43215-0098

Additionally, Ohio death records can be obtained from the city or county health department where the death occurred. Some cities and counties can issue all death certificates from the State of Ohio if that city or county has been granted statewide issuance access.

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.

Populated Places
Fayette