Clermont County, Ohio Genealogy

United States Ohio Clermont County

Historical Facts

 * Parent Counties: Formed from Hamilton County 6 December 1800.
 * County Seat: Batavia
 * Neighboring Counties: residents may also have records in Warren (north)·Clinton (northeast)·Campbell County, Kentucky (southwest) ·Pendleton County, Kentucky (southwest)·Bracken County, Kentucky (south)·Hamilton (west)·Brown (east)

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

Cemeteries

 * Old Bethel Cemetery, Bethel BillionGraves
 * Bethel Cemetery, Bethel BillionGraves (newer and larger cemetery)

Military

 * Civil War Civil War service men from Clermont 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 Clermont County.


 * - 1st Independent Battery, Ohio Light Artillery, a battery is like a company in an artillery regiment.

Newspapers
Online Newspapers Online Newspaper Abstracts Newspaper Extracts and Abstracts in Book Form

Courthouse
Clermont County Courthouse 212 E Main Street Batavia, OH 45103 Phone: 513.732.7308

Probate Court has birth and death records 1867-1950, marriage and probate records from 1800 and naturalization records from 1860’s. Court Clerk has divorce records from 1861 and court records from 1803.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Cherry Grove/ Eastgate Ohio Family History Center. For additional nearby Family History Centers, search online in the FHC directory.


 * Cincinnati Ohio 5th & 7th Family History Center

Societies

 * Clermont County Genealogical Society

Birth

 * 1821–1962 - at FamilySearch Historical Records – free. This is an incomplete index of extractions of original records and of patron-submitted records. This index is not complete for any particular place or region. Information may have been previously published in the International Genealogical Index or Vital Records Index collections.


 * 1856–1909 - at FamilySearch Historical Records – free; Index. The collection includes a name index and images of county birth records in Ohio. The time period and type of record varies by county.

Marriage
Online Marriage Indexes and Records
 * 1789–1994 - at FamilySearch Historical Records – free; Index. Name index and images of county marriage records acquired from local courthouses.

Original Marriage Records on Microfilm
 * 1800–1958 - at FamilySearch Historical Records – free; Index. Name index to marriage records from the state of Ohio. Microfilm copies of these records are available at the Family History Library and FamilySearch Centers. Due to privacy laws, recent records may not be displayed. The year range represents most of the records. A few records may be earlier or later.

Death
Online Death Indexes and Records


 * 1854–1997 - at FamilySearch Historical Records – free; Index. Name index to death and burial records from the state of Ohio. Microfilm copies of these records are available at the Family History Library and Family History Centers. This set contains 2,535,556 records. Due to privacy laws, recent records may not be displayed. The year range represents most of the records. A few records may be earlier or later.
 * 1908–1953 - at FamilySearch Historical Records – free. Name index and images of Ohio statewide death certificates.
 * 1908–1932, 1938–1944, and 1958–2007 - at FamilySearch Historical Records – free. Index of deaths from the Ohio Department of Health in Columbus. Index provided by Ancestry.com.

Original Death Records on Microfilm

Divorce

 * Clermont County Public Library Family History Center