Clark County, Ohio Genealogy

United States Ohio Clark County

Historical Facts

 * Parent Counties: Formed from Champaign, Greene and Madison Counties in 1818.
 * County Seat: Springfield
 * Neighboring Counties: residents may also have records in Champaign (north)·Greene (south)·Madison (east)·Miami and Montgomery (west)

Parent County
1817--Clark County was created 26 December 1817 from Champaign, Madison, Greene Counties. County seat: Springfield

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

Populated Places

 * Springfield
 * Catawba
 * Clifton
 * Crystal Lakes
 * Donnelsville
 * Enon
 * Harmony
 * Lawrenceville
 * New Carlisle
 * North Hampton
 * Plattsburg
 * South Charleston
 * Tremont City

Neighboring Counties

 * Champaign
 * Greene
 * Madison
 * Miami
 * Montgomery

Cemeteries

 * Ferncliff Cemetery. By far, the largest cemetery in Springfield. The cemetery's website has a searchable database.
 * Glen Haven Memorial Cemetery, New Carlisle BillionGraves
 * New Carlisle Cemetery, New Carlisle BillionGraves

Harmony Township Cemeteries


 * Brighton Cemetery
 * Fletcher Chapel Cemetery
 * Laybourn Cemetery
 * Lisbon Cemetery
 * South Vienna Cemetery, State Route 40, just west of South Vienna.
 * Plattsburg Cemetery, on Plattsburg Road just east of Plattsburg.
 * Wilson Chapel Cemetery
 * Wragg Cemetery, located south of Plattsburg Road with no public access.

Genealogy
Miami Valley Genealogy Index is an Index to more than a half million pointers to records all over Miami Valley including Clark County.

Clark County Ohio GenWeb is the Clark County branch of the Ohio GenWeb project. It includes vital records, cemetery transcriptions, census indexes, maps, and other information provided by volunteers.

Clark County Ohio Historical Society is located in the Heritage Center of Clark County, with an extensive library and archives containing local history documents. This is also the location of the Clark County Genealogical Society.

Clark County Public Library has genealogical records on microfilm including census, birth and death records, naturalization records, local newspapers, etc. Also holds city directories beginning in 1852 and some rural directories beginning in 1903.

Land
Clark County Recorder's Office has a searchable online index beginning in 1988. All prior land records must be searched on location at the A.B. Graham building in downtown Springfield.

Civil War

 * With Diplomas of Patriotism: African American Civil War Veterans in Ohio by Amy L. Crow (Senior Thesis, The Ohio State University, 2009). This thesis uses Springfield as a case study.

Newspapers

 * Springfield Daily News, Springfield, Ohio See:  Ohio Obituary Index, 1830s-2009, Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center - Ancestry $

Probate
Clark County Probate Court 50 E. Columbia Street Springfield, Ohio 45502

Phone:(937) 521-1845 Fax:(937) 328-2589 Email: sweldy@clarkcountyohio.gov

Genealogical resources available:


 * Births and deaths recorded in Clark County from 1867 to August 1908.
 * Marriage records from 1818 to the present.
 * Naturalization records from March 20, 1861, to March 5, 1904 (index at Clerk of Courts Office, Common Pleas Court).
 * Estate records from 1818 to 1985 on microfilm and original records from 1985 to the present.

Hours: M-F, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Closed on weekends and holidays.

All materials are available to be researched personally. Staff will do lookups and make copies by written request, with a $3.00 fee for each name requested. Extensive genealogical requests cannot be filled and will be forwarded to experienced local researchers.

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
Clark County Genealogical Society


 * Clark County Public Library
 * New Carlisle Public Library
 * Fisher Family Library and Archives at the Heritage Center
 * Clark County Historical Society
 * Friends of the Library Genealogical Research Group
 * Clark County Ohio Genealogical Society

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers