Erie County, Ohio Genealogy

Guide to Erie County Ohio genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

United States Ohio  Erie County

Historical Facts

 * Parent Counties: Formed from Huron and Sandusky Counties 15 March 1838.
 * County Seat: Sandusky
 * Neighboring Counties: residents may also have records in Huron (south)·Lorain (east)·Sandusky (west)·Ottawa (northwest)·across Lake Erie lies Essex County and Chatham-Kent, Ontario, Canada (north)

Boundary Changes

 * See an interactive map of Erie County boundary changes.

Cemeteries

 * Maple Grove Cemetery, Vermillion BillionGraves

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

See Ohio Cemeteries for more information.

Catholic

 * 1796–2004 at FamilySearch Historical Records – free. This collection includes images of parish registers recording the events of baptism, first communion, confirmation, marriage, and death in the Diocese of Toledo (Ohio), Roman Catholic Church. These records are accessed by browsing the images by county. In addition to traditional parish registers, this collection includes miscellaneous cemetery records, Books of the Elect, Professions of Faith, Sick Call registers, etc.

Finding Church Records at Other Repositories

Additional church records can sometimes be found using search phrases such as Erie County, Ohio Church Records in online catalogs like:


 * WorldCat (For instructions see WorldCat Online Catalog).

Local History

 * Peeke, Hewson Lindsley, A Standard History of Erie County, Ohio: An authentic Narrative of the Past… (Chicago : Lewis Pub. Co., 1916) Digital version at Google Books; digital version of volume 2 only at Internet Archives; available on microfilm at.
 * Williams, William W., History of the Fire lands, comprising Huron and Erie Counties, Ohio: with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of the prominent men and pioneers (Cleveland, Ohio : Leader Print, 1879) Digital version at Google Books; Internet Archives; available on microfilm at ; indexed in Index to history of the Fire lands volume 1 Erie County only.

War of 1812

 * Altoff, Gerald T Deep water sailors, shallow water soldiers : manning the United States Fleet on Lake Erie - 1813 (Put in Bay, Ohio Perry Group, 1993) pages 203 FHL Book 973 M3 Cherry, Marjorie Louise, Blockhouses and military posts of the Firelands (1968)  1 microfilm LDS Film 547548 Item 3
 * Civil War service men from Erie 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 Erie County.
 * 107th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Company F
 * 123rd Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Companies G and K

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

Probate

 * 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.

Courthouse
Erie County Courthouse 323 Columbus Avenue Sandusky, OH 44870 Phone: 419.627.7705 County Health Department has birth  records from 1908, death and burial records; Probate Judge has marriage and probate records; Clerk Court has divorce and court records from 1870; County Recorder has land records

Clerk of Courts Marriage &amp; Probate Records 323 Columbus Avenue Sandusky, OH 44870 Phone: (419) 627-7705

Erie County Recorder's Office Land Records 247 Columbus Avenue; Suite 225 Sandusky, OH 44870 Phone: (419) 627-7686

Hours of Operation: Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Family History Centers
] For additional nearby Family History Centers, search online in the FHC directory. Put your town name in the top search box.
 * Sandusky Ohio Family History Center

Birth
Online Birth Indexes and Records Original Birth Records on Microfilm

Marriage
Online Marriage Indexes and Records Original Marriage Records on Microfilm

Death
Online Death Indexes and 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.

Original Death Records on Microfilm

Populated Places

 * Kellys Island, Erie County, Ohio