Fairfield County, Ohio Genealogy

United States Ohio Fairfield County


 * This article is about a county in Ohio. For other uses, see Fairfield (disambiguation).

Historical Facts

 * Parent Counties: Formed from Ross and Washington Counties in 1800.
 * County Seat: Lancaster
 * Neighboring Counties: residents may also have records in Licking (north)·Hocking (south)·Pickaway and Franklin (west)·Perry (east)

Parent County
1800--Fairfield County was created 9 December 1800 from Ross and Washington Counties. County seat: Lancaster

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

Neighboring Counties
Franklin | Hocking | Licking | Perry | Pickaway

Cemeteries
The Fairfield County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society has published readings of all of the cemeteries in Fairfield County. A surname index is available on their website.

Local Histories
1883 History of Fairfield and Perry Counties, Ohio...Their Past and Present Containing A comprehensive history of Ohio; A complete history of Fairfield and Perry Counties: Their townships, cities, villages, towns, schools, churches, societies, industries, statistics, etc; A history of their soldiers in the late wars; Portraits of early settlers and prominent men; miscellaneous matter; maps of the counties: biographies and histories of pioneer families. Compiled by A. A. Graham, illustrated... Chicago: W. H. Berrs &amp; Co. 1883 is available online.

Military

 * Civil War

Civil War service men from Fairfield 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 Fairfield County.


 * - 1st Regiment, Ohio Cavalry, Company F
 * - 114th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Companies C, H, and K

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
Fairfield County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county. USGenWeb for Fairfield County, Ohio is available online.