Wyandot County, Ohio Genealogy

United States Ohio Wyandot County

Historical Facts

 * Parent Counties: Formed from Crawford, Hancock, Hardin and Marion Counties in 1845.
 * County Seat: Upper Sandusky
 * Neighboring Counties: residents may also have records in Seneca (north)·Marion (south)·Hardin (southwest)· Hancock (northwest) · Crawford (east)

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

Military

 * Civil War service men from Wyandot 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 Wyandot County.


 * - 123rd Regiment, Ohio Infantry
 * Company A
 * Company F


 * - Men from Wyandot County served in many other regiments, even those of other states, though usually only one or two in a company. For a list of these men by regiment, see History of Wyandot County, Ohio, pages 472-479. Internet Archive.


 * Baker, Scott.Civil War Soldiers Buried in Wyandot County, Ohio: War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. ([Ohio] : Ohio Genealogical Society. Wyandot Tracers Chapter, 2000)

Courthouse
Wyandot County Courthouse County Courthouse Upper Sandusky, OH 43351- Phone: 419.294.1432 County Health Department has birth records 1845-1908; Probate Judge has marriage and probate records from 1845, death and burial records 1845-1908; Clerk Court has divorce and court records from 1845; County Recorder has land records from 1845

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

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.

Web Sites

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

Neighboring Counties

 * Crawford
 * Hancock
 * Hardin
 * Marion
 * Seneca