Tuscarawas County, Ohio Genealogy

Guide to Tuscarawas County, Ohio ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Historical Facts

 * Parent Counties: Formed from Muskingum County in 1808.
 * County Seat: New Philadelphia

Description
The county was named is a Delaware Indian word variously translated as "old town" or "open mouth". It's county seat is New Philadelphia and was founded March 15, 1808. It is located in the East-central area of the state.

Populated Places
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit Hometown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

Neighboring Counties
Stark County • Carroll County • Harrison County • Guernsey County • Coshocton County • Holmes County

Boundary Changes
For animated maps illustrating Ohio county boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Ohio County Boundary Maps" (1788-1940) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Record Loss
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

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

History

 * Mansfield, John Brainard, A History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio: Containing a History of the County; its Townships, Towns, Churches, and Schools, (Chicago, Illinois: Warner, Beers and Co., 1884). Digital copy at Google Books


 * Richardson, J.M., A Brief History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, (Canal Dover, Ohio: The Bixler Printing Co., 1896). Digital copy at


 * Hagloch, Henry C., The History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, (Dover, Ohio: Dover Historical Society, 1956).

Maps

 * Maps of Ohio (1788-1940)

Military

 * 1888-1919 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Civil War
Service men from Tuscarawas 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 Tuscarawas County.


 * - 4th Regiment, Ohio Infantry (3 months, 1861), Company F (also known as Canton Zouaves) with 16 men from Tuscarawas County.
 * - 98th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Company K
 * - 104th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Company E
 * - 107th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Company I

Naturalization and Citizenship

 * 1800-1977 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Newspapers
Online Newspapers Online Newspaper Abstracts Newspaper Extracts and Abstracts in Book Form

Probate
Online Probate Records
 * 1786 - 1998 Ohio Wills and Probate Records 1786-1998 at Ancestry.com — index and images $
 * 1789 - 1996 at FamilySearch.org — images
 * 1790–1967 - at FamilySearch Historical Records – free. This collection consists of probate records and estate files from county courthouses in Ohio. The content and time period varies by county, with more records being added as they become available. This Collection will include records from 1789 to 1996. Currently, (September 2012) the collection is only searchable by browsing the images. A list of Fires that have destroyed records in the courthouses of several counties are listed on the Record Description page.

Courthouse
Tuscarawas County Courthouse Public Square New Philadelphia, OH 44663 Phone: 330.365.3243 Probate Judge has birth, marriage, death and probate records; Clerk Court has divorce and court reocrds from 1808 and naturalization records from 1907; County Recorder has land records

Family History Centers

 * Canton Ohio Family History Center

For additional nearby Family History Centers, search online in the FHC directory. Put your town name in the top search box.

Online Genealogy Research Groups

 * U.S. Midwest Genealogy Research Community - FamilySearch Facebook Research Group
 * Ohio Ancestors - FamilySearch Community group, must have a free FamilySearch account to join
 * U.S. and Canada Genealogy Research - FamilySearch Community group, must have a free FamilySearch account to join
 * U.S. and Canada Genealogy Research - FamilySearch Community group, must have a free FamilySearch account to join

Birth
Online Birth Indexes and Records

Original Birth Records on Microfilm

Marriage
Online Marriage Indexes and Records

Original Marriage Records on Microfilm
 * 1789-2013 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1800-1958 - at FamilySearch — free; Index.
 * 1800-1942 - at FamilySearch — index

Death
Online Death Indexes and Records


 * 1840-2001 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1908-1953 - 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.

Original Death Records on Microfilm

Websites

 * Tuscarawas County, OH History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Tuscarawas County OH Genealogy
 * Ohio Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Ohio Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.