Mercer County, Ohio Genealogy

United States Ohio Mercer County

Historical Facts

 * Parent Counties: Formed from Darke and Shelby Counties in 1820 (1824).
 * County Seat: Celina
 * Neighboring Counties: residents may also have records in Van Wert (north)·Adams County, Indiana (northwest)·Darke (south)·Shelby (southeast)· Jay County, Indiana (west)· Auglaize (east)

Parent County
1820--Mercer County was created 12 February 1820 from Darke County. County seat: Celina

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

Neighboring Counties

 * Adams County, Indiana
 * Auglaize
 * Darke
 * Jay County, Indiana
 * Van Wert

Germans
Archives, Libraries, and Museums Biographies Church Records Cemetery Records Court Records Histories Immigration/emigration/migration Maps Newspapers Societies

Genealogy
Miami Valley Genealogy Index is an Index to more than a half million pointers to records all over Miami Valley including Mercer County.

Vital Records
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.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

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