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

Description
The county was named from the Mahoning river, which in turn was named from a Native American word meaning "salt lick". It's county seat is Youngstown and was founded March 1, 1846. It is located in the North-Eastern area of the state.

County Courthouse
Mahoning County Courthouse 120 Market St Youngstown, Ohio 44503 Mahoning County Website Phone: 330–740–2104 Mahoning County Courthouse 120 Market Street Youngstown, OH 44503 Phone: 330–740–2104

Probate Court Phone: 330-740-2310 Email:[mailto:MCProbate@mahoningcountyoh.gov MCProbate@mahoningcountyoh.gov]


 * Genealogical Resources: County marrige records; Births and Deaths 1864–1908; Guardianship; Will and estates (Wills are on film–original case packets are at the Mahoning Valley Historical Society.)

Mahoning County Recorder's Office Phone: 330-740-2345 Email:[mailto:npalermo@mahoningcountyoh.gov npalermo@mahoningcountyoh.gov]


 * Genealogical Resources: Land and deeds; grave registrations; soldier's discharges after 1864. Mark the envelope of your requests with Probate Office or Recorder's Office

Mahoning County Clerk of Courts Phone: 330-740-2104


 * Original civil court packets/files 1871-1901 are housed at the Mahoning Valley Historical Society.

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:

Church Records
Lutheran
 * Records of Wooland Avenue Lutheran Church, Youngstown, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

Court Records
See Ohio Court Records for more information about using these records.

The following abstracts and copies of original records may be accessed through the Family History Library.


 * 1847-1867 Civil Records
 * 1846-1946 Records of the Probate Court
 * 1848-1851 Court Records

Land and Property Records
Online Resources


 * Beginning 1820 Land Patent Search See Ohio Land and Property for more information about this database.
 * 1796-1907 U.S. General Land Office Records found at Ancestry.com ($)
 * Ohio Land Records This database was officially known as the Pre-1908 Homestead and Cash Entry Patent and Cadastral Survey Plat Index and contain over 100,000 Ohio land patents dated before 1908. Found at Ancestry.com ($)
 * Mahoning County Township Map with a detailed map of each section.
 * Mahoning County Land Records Found at usgwarchives.net

Local Histories

 * Williams, H.Z. and Bro. History of Trumbull and Mahoning Counties: with illustrations and biographical sketches. (Cleveland: H.Z. Williams and Bro., 1882) Digital version at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Internet Archive. Google Books. Index of names at FamilySearch Digital Library;.
 * Youngstown, Chicago: American Historical Society, 1920. Digital version at: Ancestry.com ($)
 * Butler, Joseph Green, History of Youngstown and Mahoning Valley, Ohio (Chicago, Illinois American Historical Society, c1921) ; digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library; . Every name Index
 * Sanderson, Thomas W. 20th Century History of Youngstown and Mahoning County, Ohio and Representative Citizens. Tucson, Arizona: W.C. Cox Co., 1974. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library; ;
 * 1805-1955 Columbiana Sesquicentennial Official Historical Program


 * Ohio Indexes at EveryNameIndex.com — Select the county.

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Maps of Ohio (1788-1940)
 * Map of Mahoning County, Ohio : showing the original lots and farm

Military Records

 * 1888-1919 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images or scroll to Browse by Admission Number and Year Range

Civil War Civil War service men from Mahoning 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 Mahoning County.


 * - 41st Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Company F
 * - 105th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Companies A and H

World War I
 * 1914-1919 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index; images of cards.
 * 1914-1918 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index, images of cards.
 * 1916-1920 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index; images of cards.

Naturalization and Citizenship

 * 1800-1977 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images; or scroll to Browse images by county.
 * Original Naturalization records for Mahoning County, Ohio are housed at the Oak Hill Renaissance Place and available for public viewing.

Oakhill Renaissance Place 345 Oakhill Avenue, Suite 102 Youngstown, OH 44502 Phone: 330-740-2110

Newspapers

 * 1869-1875 The Mahoning Valley Vindicator (Jun–July) Google News Archive
 * 1875-1877 The Mahoning Vindicator (July–July) Google News Archive
 * 1896-1928 The Sunday Vindicator (Jun–Oct)Google News Archive
 * 1891-1893 Youngstown Evening Vindicator (Mar-May) Google News Archive
 * 1899-1890 The Evening Vindicator (Sept 23–Jun 23) Google News Archives
 * 1981-2009 The Vindicator (Oct–Jun) Google News Archive
 * 1807-1984 Youngstown Vindicator (Apr–Aug) Issues intermittent Google News Archive


 * Mahoning County Newspaper Articles Courtesy of USGenWeb.


 * 1793-late 1900's at History Connection —  Select county to Browse.
 * Early- late 1900's Newspapers at Ohio Memory — sort by County, City, Time Period, and more.

Obituaries

 * Ohio Genealogical Society Obituary Database

Other Records
General
 * Mahoning Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution, Youngstown, Ohio, Court, Church and Family Records of Mahoning and Columbiana Counties of Ohio
 * Mahoning Valley Historical Society has a variety of collections of original church records including but not limited to Lutheran and Reformed congregations within the county

Society of Friends
 * 1828-1926 Church Records - Society of Friends, Damascus, New Garden and Springfield Quarterly Meetings.
 * 1864-1959 Church Records - Society of Friends, East Goshen Monthly Meeting.
 * Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. Vol. IV:(Ohio Monthly Meetings)including West and East Goshen Monthly Meetings. Found at Ancestry.com ($)

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Public Records

 * 1935 Chaney High School, Youngstown, Ohio 1935 Basketball Team Photo with names of individuals.

Probate Records
Online Probate Records
 * 1786-1998 Ohio Wills and Probate Records 1786-1998 at Ancestry ($) — index and images.
 * 1789-1996 at FamilySearch.org — How to Use this Collection; index and images; or scroll down to Browse images by county.
 * 1846-1899 Original Mahoning County Probate Estate Case Packets ;are housed at the Mahoning Valley Historical Society Archive. These packets contain the original documents, with actual signatures; wills, administration applications, bonds, inventories, receipts, affidavits, and any other record needed to settle an estate. These packets are the originals.
 * ca. 1870-1905. Original Mahoning County Probate Civil Case packets are housed at the Mahoning Valley Historical Society's Archival Library. These cases include but are not limited to: civil cases, divorces, guardianships, inquests of lunacy, applications for the Worthy Blind (1904-1905), judgements, land transfers resulting from estate files, legal name changes, adoptions, etc. These are original documents with actual signatures.
 * NOTE: for Mahoning County, OH the court records currently available through Familysearch are the Transcribed Court Records, not the original Probate Estate or Probate Civil Case Packets. Transcribed court records do not usually contain original signatures, nor is every individual document transcribed by the court which pertains to that case packet. Interim and final reports and other legal documents required by the court are transcribed by a clerk from the actual documents. Frequently there are additional documents within the original case packet itself that are not deemed necessary to transcribe. Mahoning County is fortunate in that both transcribed records and original packets exist for a significant period. Human error is always a factor in transcribing records. There may also be instances where the original does not exist any longer but the transcription does. It is strongly suggested that researchers seek out both the Transcribed Records, and the Original packets where-ever possible.

Social Security Records

 * 1935-2014 at FamilySearch — How to use this collection; index. Also at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more information.
 * 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 at Ancestry ($) — index, click here for more information.

Tax Records

 * 1800-1850 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images; or scroll to Browse images by county.
 * Original county tax lists are available 1846, and parts of the county for 1859 at the Mahoning Valley Historical Society.
 * 1800-1850 Ohio Tax Records, 1800-1850 at MyHeritage ($) — index

Vital Records

 * See Ohio Vital Records for more information about Vital records in Ohio.
 * Vital records consist of birth, death, marriage and divorce records. Although Ohio enacted a statute in 1856 -1857 requiring registration of births, deaths and marriages, many did not comply. A second law occurred in 1867 but, again, was not always followed. By 1908, the law was more clearly defined and kept. Any existing birth and death records from 1867 through December 19, 1908 are located at the Mahoning County Probate Court. The Ohio Department of Health has birth records filed after December 20, 1908 and death records filed after January 1, 1954 while the Ohio Historical Society houses death records from December 20, 1908 through December 31, 1953. In addtion, the Youngstown City Health Districthas births 1909 to present and deaths 1892 to present.
 * Original marriage records are held at the office of the Mahoning County Probate Court with divorce records located with the Clerk of Court.

Birth

 * 1800-1962 Ohio, Births and Christenings Index, 1800-1962 at Ancestry ($) — Index
 * 1841-2003 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images; or scroll down to Browse images by county.
 * 1908-1998 Ohio, Birth Index, 1908-1998 at Ancestry ($) — Index

Original Birth Indexes and Records on Microfilm


 * 1857 Register of Births, Marriages and Deaths
 * 1864-1908 Birth and Death Records

Marriage

 * 1789-2013 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images; or scroll down to Browse images by county.
 * 1800-1958 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index.
 * 1800-1942 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index; can browse images by film number at a Family History Center.
 * 1803-1900 Ohio, Compiled Marriage Index, 1803-1900 at Ancestry ($) — Index.
 * 1970-2007 Ohio Marriage Index, 1970, 1972-2007 at Ancestry ($)
 * 1970-2003 Ohio, Marriages, 1970 - 2003 at MyHeritage ($) — index


 * 1846-1916 Marriage Records; Marriage Licenses, 1852-1861 - index 1852-1920
 * 1846-1865 Marriages, 1846-1865, Marriage Applications, 1853-1864, Births and Deaths, 1857, of Mahoning County, Ohio; Cemetery Records of Mahoning County
 * 1857 Register of Births, Marriages and Deaths

Death

 * 1840-2001 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images; or scroll down to Browse images by county; may be alphabetical.
 * 1850-1885 U.S. Federal Mortality Schedules at Ancestry.com ($)
 * 1854-1997 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index.
 * 1908-1953 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images; or scroll to Browse images by year.
 * 1908-1932, 1938-2018 Ohio, Death Records, 1908-1932, 1938-2018 at Ancestry ($) — index and images
 * 1908-1932, 1938–1944, and 1958–2007: Ohio, Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007 at FamilySearch – free. Index of deaths from the Ohio Department of Health in Columbus. Index provided by Ancestry.com.
 * 1908-1932, 1938-2018 Ohio, Death Records, 1908-1932, 1938-2018 at Ancestry ($) — index and images
 * 1913-1944 Ohio Death Certificate Index 1913-1944 - Free
 * 1913-1944, 1954-1963 Ohio Death Index, 1913-1944, 1954-1963 at MyHeritage ($) — index


 * 1857 Register of Births, Marriages and Deaths
 * 1864-1908 Birth and Death Records


 * 1908-1932, 1938–1944, and 1958–2007 at FamilySearch – How to Use this Collection; Index of deaths from the Ohio Department of Health in Columbus. Index provided by Ancestry.com.

Divorce

 * 1962-2007 Ohio, Divorce Abstracts, 1962-1963, 1967-1971, 1973-2007 at Ancestry ($)


 * 1962-2007 Ohio, Divorce Abstracts, 1962-1963, 1967-1971, 1973-2007 at Ancestry ($)

Family History Centers
The main FHC for Mahoning County, Ohio is the Youngstown Ohio Family History Center.

Libraries
Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County 305 Wick Ave. Youngstown, OH 44503 Telephone: 330–744–8636 Website


 * Genealogical resources: Newspaper film copies and indexes, directories, cemetery inscriptions database. This library is a FamilySearch Center where films can be ordered and viewed.

Museums
Youngstown Historical Center of Industry and Labor 151 W. Wood Street Youngstown OH 44501–0533 Phone: 330–743-5934 Website


 * Genealogical resources: Mahoning County Common Pleas Court Records, Court Dockets, Deeds, Newspapers

Societies
The Connecticut Western Reserve  was a part of northeast Ohio originally intended for settlement by Revolutionary War refugees from Connecticut. The former Connecticut Western Reserve  lands were in the modern counties of Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga, Huron, Lake, Lorain, Medina, Portage, and Trumbull fully, but also in parts of Ashland, Mahoning, Ottawa, Summit, and Wayne counties in Ohio.

The Research Library at the Western Reserve Historical Society History Center  is the premier repository for Cleveland, Ohio and Connecticut Western Reserve history material. One of the principal strengths is its manuscript collections. The WRHS collection has original land records, genealogies of New England, New York, and Pennsylvania, biographies, histories, and family Bibles.

Other Societies

Mahoning County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society PO Box 9333 Youngstown, Ohio 44513-9333 E-mail: [mailto:MCCOGS@zoominternet.net MCCOGS@zoominternet.net] Website

The society has volunteers at the courthouse each Thursday 8am to 3pm; located in the Marriage Dept in the basement. Society members also volunteer at the Main Library Thursdays 1–4.

Mahoning Valley Historical Society 648 Wick Avenue Youngstown, OH 44502-1289 <Telephone: 330–743-2589 Email:[mailto:mvhs@mahoninghistory.org archives@mahoninghistory.org] Website Genealogical collections: The MVHS Archival Library. Original probate and civil court records 1846–1900 for Mahoning County. Collection includes diaries, Bibles, photographs, fraktur, manuscripts, deeds, wills, maps, architectural and mechanical drawings, ledgers, county and local government records, and church records in addition to other collections.

Websites

 * Local Gov't Records by County at Ohio History Connection — Browse their list; records are not online.
 * Custom Browse of Historical Collections at Ohio Memory — Use map or alpha bar to select county or place, then browse search options in left sidebar.
 * Ohio Genealogical Society ($) — online databases
 * Mahoning County OHGenWeb
 * Mahoning County OH Genealogy
 * – The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records.