Ohio Bible Records

Online Resources and Websites
Listed below are resources for Bible records specific to Ohio. To find more resources, go to the United States Bible Records page.

Databases

 * Bible Record for James A. Rhea Family at American Ancestors Digital Library and Archives ($)
 * 1762-2008 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; contains bible records.
 * Seneca County, Ohio Bible Records, Volume 2 at Ohio Memory
 * The Family Bible Index - Ohio at Yancey Family Genealogy

Transcriptions, Indexes, and Images

 * (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * Aaron Lane Family Bible Records of the Little Miami Valley, Hamilton County, Ohio at Rootsweb — transcriptions
 * Champaign County Ohio Family Bibles and Records at Genealogy Trails History Group
 * Cawford County Bible Records at USGenWeb Archives - Transcriptions
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 * Bible Records at Crawford County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogiy Society — transcriptions
 * Bible Records at Richland County, Ohio USGenWeb — images
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 * Muskingum County Bible Records at USGenWeb Archives
 * Reider Family Bible at Wayne County Public Library — Transcriptions and images

Digital Books

 * Family Records from 48 Bibles: copied in prize const, 1932-1935. Children of the American Revolution (Ohio) Online at FamilySearch Digital Library
 * Seneca County, Ohio Bible Records, Volumes 1 and 2. 1983/1991. Tiffin, OH: Seneca County Genealogical Society. Online at Ohio Genealogical Society Digitized Books ($)

Other places to look for Bible Record Collections

 * Copies, or abstracts of old family Bibles that are no longer known to exist, may survive in Revolutionary War Pension application files at NARA, Washington, D.C., which are available online at three commercial websites: Ancestry, Fold3, and Heritage Quest Online.
 * Family records: Check home sources by reaching out to older members of the family asking if they know of any Family Bibles and who might have it in their possession.
 * FamilySearch Catalog: Using the keyword search, type in the surname you are looking for and the word "Bible."
 * Card Catalog at Ancestry. ($)
 * Periodical Source Index (PERSI): Many periodicals publish family data from Bible records. Periodical Source Index (PERSI) is an index to many of these periodicals. Learn how to use Periodical Source Index (PERSI).
 * Ohio Genealogical Society has an extensive Bible record collection, which is indexed and part of their Database Search. ($)

Why Search for Family Bibles
Many families have traditionally recorded births, marriages, and deaths in a family bible, family record book, or book of remembrance. A bible was often given by relatives to a bride as a wedding gift, where she recorded information about her immediate family and close relatives. Relationships were seldom stated but were often implied. Names of parents, children, and their spouses, including maiden names, were frequently given along with dates of birth, marriage, and death. Sometimes the age of a person was given at the time of death. Many families kept bible records from the 1700s (and sometimes earlier) to more recent times, although few have survived. Family bibles that are no longer in the possession of the family may be at a historical or genealogical society. They are sometimes transcribed and published in genealogical periodicals or other databases

Bible records can be used as a substitute in providing birth, marriage, and date information when vital record information was not recorded.