Miami County, Ohio Genealogy

Guide to Miami 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 Montgomery County 16 January 1807.
 * County Seat: Troy

Description
The county was named for the Miami Indians. It's county seat is Troy and was founded March 1, 1807. It is located in the West-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
Shelby County • Darke County • Montgomery County • Clark County • Champaign 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.

Biography

 * Biographical Sketches and Stories of Miami County Ohio - People, places, and things. Indexed by surname
 * Biographies from The History of Miami County, Ohio (1880) published by W. H. Beers are available free on the My Genealogy Hound website.

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

Church Records

 * List of Churches in Miami, Ohio.

Lutheran

 * Records of St. John's Lutheran Church, Piqua, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

Court Records
An Index to Court Records from the Miami County Courthouse and other locations containing Probate Court Index, Deeds Index, Marriage Index, Children's Home records, Pauper's Records, etc.

Genealogy
Miami Valley Genealogy Index is an Index to more than a half million pointers to records all over Miami Valley not just Miami County, Ohio.

Local Histories

 * Harbaugh, Thomas C., Centennial History: Troy, Piqua and Miami County, Ohio and Representative Citizens, (Chicago, Illinois: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, 1909). Digital copy at Internet Archive


 * Sterrett, Frank M., A History of Miami County, Ohio, (Troy, Ohio: Montgomery Printing, 1917).


 * Miller, Irene E., History of Miami County, Ohio, (Tipp City, Ohio: Miami County Genealogy and Historical Society, 1982).


 * The History of Miami County, Ohio: Containing a History of the County; Its Cities, Towns, Etc, (Chicago, Illinois: W.H. Beers, 1880). Digital copy at Google Books Internet Archive Ancestry ($)(Indexed)


 * Hill, Leonard U., A History of Miami County, Ohio, 1807-1953, (Columbus, Ohio: 1953).


 * A Genealogical and Biographical Record of Miami County, Ohio: Compendium of National Biography (Chicago, Illinois: Lewis Publishing, 1900). Digital copy at Google Books Internet Archive

Local Histories
Histories of Miami County for 1846, 1880, 1909, 1920 and Randolph Slaves.

, published 1880, W. H. Beers &amp; Co. is available at FamilySearch.

Land and Property
Township Maps of the 12 townships along with census indexes and historical descriptions.

Maps

 * Maps of Ohio (1788-1940)

Military

 * 1888-1919 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * Military Records of Miami County.

Civil War, 1861-1865
Civil War service men from Miami 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 Miami County.


 * - 1st Regiment, Ohio Cavalry, Company I

Naturalization and Citizenship

 * 1800-1977 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Newspapers
Online Newspapers Online Newspaper Abstracts Marriage and Birth notices from Newspapers 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.
 * 1807-1845Probate records of Miami County at Ancestry.com ($) original data

Repositories
Miami County Courthouse 201 West Main Street Troy, OH 45373-3263 Phone: 937-332-6855 Clerk Court has divorce and court records from 1807; Probate Judge has marriage, death and probate; County Health Department has birth records; County Recorder has land records

Family History Centers

 * Dayton 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.

Libraries
The following public libraries in Miami County have collections of particular interest to genealogists.

Troy-Miami County Public Library 419 W. Main St. Troy, Ohio 45373 Telephone: 937- 339-0502 Website The collections include books, maps, microfilm, newspapers, and several original local records with internet access to sites with additional records.

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

Schools
Piqua, Ohio High School 1919 Basketball Team

Social Security:
U.S. Social Security Applications and Claims Index

Social Security Death Index

Taxation
Early Tax and Census records 1810-1840 period.

Birth
Online Birth Indexes and Records Original Birth Records on Microfilm
 * Ohio Births and Christenings, 1821-1962
 * Ohio, Births and Christenings Index, 1774-1973 (Ancestry $)
 * Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003

Marriage

 * 1789-2013 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1800-1958 - at FamilySearch — free; Index.
 * 1800-1942 - at FamilySearch — index

Online Marriage Indexes and Records Original Marriage Records on Microfilm

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

 * Miami County, OH History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Ohio Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Ohio Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * Miami County OH Genealogy
 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Miami County, Ohio site has many links to court records, newspapers, histories of the county, etc.
 * Genealogy Inc for Miami, Ohio (MAJORLY USEFUL)
 * Genealogy Inc for Miami, Ohio (MAJORLY USEFUL)