Jefferson County, Ohio Genealogy

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Parent County
1797--Jefferson County was created 27 July 1797 from Washington County. County seat: Steubenville

Neighboring Counties

 * Belmont
 * Brooke County, West Virginia
 * Carroll
 * Columbiana
 * Hancock County, West Virginia
 * Harrison
 * Ohio County, West Virginia

Local Histories:
==== You can find many local histories within Jefferson County at www.digitalshoebox.com, which is a website from the Public Library of Steubenville and Jefferson County, Ohio (Schiappa Branch), where they have digitized many of their collection. ====

You can also find much information on the Jefferson County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society website at jeffcochapter.com. Many of the early records of this county have been donated to the chapter, and they are in the process of housing and cataloging these collections.

Vital Records
Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953 Free name indexes and images at FamilySearch – Pilot. 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.
 * Family History Library Catalog