Preble County, Ohio Genealogy

United States Ohio  Preble County

Historical Facts

 * Parent Counties: Formed from Butler and Montgomery Counties in 1808.
 * County Seat: Eaton
 * Neighboring Counties: residents may also have records in Darke (north)·Butler (south)·Franklin County, Indiana (west)· Union County, Indiana (northwest)·Warren (east) · Montgomery (northeast)

Parent County
1808--Preble County was created 15 February 1808 from Montgomery and Butler Counties. County seat: Eaton

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

Populated Places
Cities and Villages


 * Camden
 * College Corner - currently part in Butler County &amp; Preble County
 * Eaton, City of
 * Eldorado
 * Gratis
 * Lewisburg
 * New Paris
 * Verona - currently part in Montgomery County &amp; Preble County
 * West Alexandria
 * West Elkton
 * West Manchester

Townships


 * Dixon
 * Gasper
 * Gratis
 * Harrison
 * Israel
 * Jackson
 * Jefferson
 * Lanier
 * Monroe
 * Somers
 * Twin
 * Washington

Neighboring Counties

 * Butler
 * Darke
 * Montgomery
 * Union County, Indiana
 * Wayne County, Indiana

Genealogy
Genealogical &amp; Historical Records of Preble County contains the scanned images of obituary and marriage records of Preble County and new records are added on a regular basis.

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

Local Histories

 * Biographical History of Preble County, Ohio . (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1900)
 * History of Preble County, Ohio : Her People, Industries and Institutions by R. E. Lowry. (Indianpolis, Indiana: B. F. Bowen, c1915. Reprint; Owensboro, Kentucky: Cook &amp; McDowll Publications, 1981)
 * History of Preble County, Ohio: With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches, 1798-1881 . (Cleveland, Ohio: H. Z. Williams &amp; Bro., 1881)
 * Pictorial History of the One-Room Schools of Preble County, Ohio (Evansville, Indiana: M. T. Publishing, 2010)
 * Preble County: Celebrating Our Heritage One Township at a Time: 1808-2008 (Eaton, Ohio: Key Printing, 2008)
 * Preble County, Ohio . (Eaton, Ohio: Preble County Historical Society, 1992)
 * Visiting our Past 200 Years: The Bicentennial Celebration of Eaton, Ohio 1806-2006 . (Eaton, Ohio: The Eaton Bicentennial History Committee, 2006)

Land and Property

 * Ohio Historical Inventory for Preble County this resource provides a listing of historical and architectural significant houses and buildings of Preble County.

Maps

 * Atlas of Preble County, Ohio from Actual Surveys by D. J. Lake (Philadelphia: C. O. Titus, c1871)
 * Composite Collection of Cadastral Maps of Preble County, Ohio by Seth Schlotterbeck (Eaton, Ohio: Preble County Historical Society, c1978)
 * Plat Book of Preble County, Ohio  : Compiled from County Records and Actual Surveys .  (Des Moines, Iowa: Northwest Publishing Co., 1912)
 * Township Maps of Preble County, Ohio: Compiled from County Records and Actual Surveys . (Richmond, Indiana: F. B. Robinson, c1897)

Newspapers
The following is a list of Preble County newspapers that are available on microfilm and owned by the Preble County District Library (PCDL), unless noted. The dates/years next to a title are the years available on microflim, and not the years published.


 * Camden Gazette (1896-1902)
 * Camden Herald (1877-1879)
 * Camden Herald and Camden Gazette (1877-1879)
 * [Camden] Preble County News (1903-1989)
 * [Eaton] Bulletin (1937-1953)
 * Eaton Democrat (1854-1856, 1875-1926, 1935-1938)
 * [Eaton] Democratic Press (1860-1865)
 * [Eaton] Gospel Herald (1847-1848)
 * Eaton Herald (1900-1901, 1906-1918)
 * Eaton Independent (1873-1874)
 * [Eaton] Ohio Graphic (1928-1990) - not ownd by PCDL
 * [Eaton] Preble County Democrat (1857-1859)
 * [Eaton] Preble County Democrat (1902-1908)
 * Eaton Register (1830-1918) [scattered issues from 1830-1875]
 * [Eaton] Register-Herald (1918-Present)
 * Eaton Semi-Weekly News (1927-1935)
 * Eaton Weekly Democract (1870-1873)
 * Eldorado Bee (1898-1901, 1908-1927)
 * Eldroado News (1927, 1930-1931)
 * Lewisburg Leader (1897-1982)
 * New Paris Graphic-Mirror (1958-1962)
 * New Paris Mirror (1883-1922, 1930-1931)
 * [West Alexandria] Record (1905-1910) - not owned by PCDL
 * [West Alexandria] Twin Valley Eco (1899-1931) - not owned by PCDL
 * [West Alexandria] Twin Valley News (Microfilm: 1955, 1973-1991; Bound vols: 1954-2010)

Currently published newspapers.


 * [Eaton ] Register-Herald
 * [West Alexandria] Twin Valley News

Death
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.

An excellent source of early marriage and obituary information is the online database entitled Genealogical &amp; Historical Records of Preble County, Ohio, sponsored by the Preble County District Library. A searchable database of marriages, obituaries and some cemetery records links to the actual scanned image of the genealogical and historical documents, which date back into the 1800s.

Societies and Libraries

 * Preble County Genealogical Society
 * Preble County Historical Soceity
 * Preble County Room, houses the genealogical and local history collections of the Preble County District Library.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers