Montgomery County, Ohio Genealogy

United States Ohio Montgomery County

Historical Facts

 * Parent Counties: Formed from Hamilton County in 1803.
 * County Seat: Dayton
 * Neighboring Counties: residents may also have records in Miami (north)·Warren (south)·Preble (west)·Greene (east) · Darke (northwest)· Butler (southwest)· Clark (southeast)

Ohio Digital Collections

Parent County
1803--Montgomery County was created 24 March 1803 from Hamilton and Wayne Counties. County seat: Dayton

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

Places/Localities
Dayton

Neighboring Counties

 * Butler
 * Clark
 * Darke
 * Greene
 * Miami
 * Preble
 * Warren

Cemeteries
BillionGraves:


 * Beavertown Cemetery, Kettering
 * Calvary Cemetery, Moraine
 * Dayton Memorial Park, Butler
 * Willow View Cemetery, Dayton

Census
1820 Census of Montgomery County. Many early residents of Montgomery County migrated north to Miami County.

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Dayton

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 Montgomery County.

Military

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


 * - 1st Independent Battery, Ohio Light Artillery, a battery is like a company in an artillery regiment.
 * - 4th Regiment, Ohio Cavalry, Company H
 * - 113th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Company I

Probate
A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:

Ohio, Montgomery County Probate Estate Files (FamilySearch Historical Records)

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
 * Dayton Ohio Family History Center

Web Sites

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