Trumbull County, Ohio Genealogy

Guide to Trumbull County, Ohio ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Historical Facts

 * Parent Counties: Formed from Jefferson and Wayne of Northwest Territory in 1800.
 * County Seat: Warren

Description
The county was named for Jonathan Trumbull, Governor of Connecticut, who once owned the land in this region. It's county seat is Warren and was founded July 10, 1800. It is located in the Northwest area of the state.

Populated Places
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit Hometown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

Neighboring Counties
Ashtabula County • Geauga County • Portage County • Mahoning County • Lawrence County, Pennsylvania • Mercer County, Pennsylvania • Crawford County, Pennsylvania

Boundary Changes
For animated maps illustrating Ohio county boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Ohio County Boundary Maps" (1788-1940) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Record Loss
1895 A courthouse fire may have damaged or destroyed some records.

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

See the book, Trumbull County Ohio Cemetery Inscriptions 1800-1930 compiled and published by the Trumbull County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society (1983), for a record of tombstone inscriptions found in all of the known cemeteries in the county. Several transcriptions were compiled into this one volume. Genealogy Center

Other Online Records
 * 1824-2012 - at FamilySearch — index and images

LDS Ward and Branch Records

 * Brookfield

County Records

 * 1794 - 2010 at FamilySearch — images

Local Histories

 * Upton, Harriet Taylor. A Twentieth Century History of Trumbull County, Ohio: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People, and Its Principal Interests, Digital copies of Volume 1 at Internet Archive . Digital copies of Volume 2 at Google Books Internet Archive ;


 * Williams, H.S., History of Trumbull and Mahoning Counties, (Cleveland, Ohio: H.Z. Williams and Bros., 1882). Digital copies of Volume 1 at Google Books Internet Archive. Digital copies of Volume 2 at Internet Archive. Digital copies of combined volumes at Ancestry ($)(Indexed)


 * Allison, Calvin Grace, 19th Century Voices of Trumbull County, Ohio, (Warren, Ohio: Ohio Genealogical Society. Trumbull County Chapter, 1993).


 * Varner, Emily L., Trumbull County, Ohio, Spanning the Generations, 1795-2002, (Cortland, Ohio: Howland Printing, 2003).

Maps

 * Maps of Ohio (1788-1940)

Military

 * 1888-1919 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Civil War
Civil War service men from Trumbull 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 Trumbull County.


 * - 41st Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Companies A and K
 * - 105th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Companies B, C, and I

Naturalization and Citizenship

 * 1800-1977 - at FamilySearch — index and images

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

Obituaries
Courtesy of The Warren-Trumball County Public Library:

Warren Tribune Chronicle:


 * Obituraries: 1900-1938
 * Obituaries: 1970, part of 1980, 1981, 1987, 2009

Probate
Online Probate Records
 * 1786 - 1998 Ohio Wills and Probate Records 1786-1998 at Ancestry.com — index and images $
 * 1789 - 1996 at FamilySearch.org — images
 * 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.

Repositories
Trumbull County Archives

Emily Varner, Archivist. Stone Building, 118 High Street NW, Warren, OH 44481. website

The archives includes and maintains the following records:


 * Auditors Tax Duplicates 1811, 1839-1946
 * Auditors Transfer Lists 1960-1992
 * Births 1867-1908
 * Commissioners Journals 1828-1929
 * Deaths 1867-1908
 * Estates 1803-1989
 * Marriages 1800-1995
 * Mortgage Records &amp; Indices 1850-1947
 * Probate Records 1803-1953
 * Probate/Administration Docket 1837 on
 * Probate Journals 1854-1966
 * Wills 1841-1966

Courthouse
Trumbull County Courthouse 160 High St NW Warren, OH 44481 Phone: 330.675.2557 Clerk Court has divorce, court and naturalization records from 1800;  Probate Judge has marriage and probate records; County Recorder has land records

Family History Centers

 * Youngstown Ohio Family History Center (Girard)

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

Libraries
Warren-Trumbull County Public Library Local History and Genealogy Room 444 Mahoning Avenue NW Warren, Ohio 44483 Telephone: 330- 399-8807 ext 120

Unique collections include, among others:

WINNAGLE COLLECTION contains research materials gathered on local families by genealogist Grace Marvin Winnagle (1882-1965). A wide variety of collected data and correspondence is included.

UNUSUAL SOURCES (Records from the Ohio Penitentiary, Ohio Reformatory (Mansfield), the Ohio School for the Deaf &amp; Dumb (Columbus), the Boys Industrial School (Lancaster) and the Girls Industrial School (Delaware) are on microfilm for the early years.)

Societies
The Connecticut Western Reserve  was a part of northeast Ohio originally intended for settlement by Revolutionary War refugees from Connecticut. The former Connecticut Western Reserve  lands were in the modern counties of Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga, Huron, Lake, Lorain, Medina, Portage, and Trumbull fully, but also in parts of Ashland, Mahoning, Ottawa, Summit, and Wayne counties in Ohio.

The Research Library at the Western Reserve Historical Society History Center  is the premier repository for Cleveland, Ohio and Connecticut Western Reserve history material. One of the principal strengths is its manuscript collections. The WRHS collection has original land records, genealogies of New England, New York, and Pennsylvania, biographies, histories, and family Bibles.

Other Societies

Trumbull County Genealogical Society PO Box 309 Warren, Ohio 44482

Ohio Historical Society Archives/Library 1982 Velma Avenue Columbus, OH 43211-2497 Telephone: 614-297-2510

Online Genealogy Research Groups

 * U.S. Midwest Genealogy Research Community - FamilySearch Facebook Research Group
 * Ohio Ancestors - FamilySearch Community group, must have a free FamilySearch account to join
 * U.S. and Canada Genealogy Research - FamilySearch Community group, must have a free FamilySearch account to join
 * U.S. and Canada Genealogy Research - FamilySearch Community group, must have a free FamilySearch account to join

Taxation

 * 1800–1850 at FamilySearch Historical Records – free. Name index of tax records as recorded with the County Auditor of each county. Entries are recorded in voucher books, one person per page. The majority of the tax records in this collection are for the years 1816 through 1838. Currently (September 2012) this collection is 17% complete. Additional records will be added as they are completed.

Births
Online Birth Indexes and Records


 * 1867-1908. Births were not required to be recorded until 1867, and are generally not available prior to that date. The Trumbull County Archives has birth records from 1867-1908 indexed alphabetically on cards.
 * 1908-present. The Ohio Department of Health maintains the birth records from 29 Dec 1908 to present.

Original Birth Records on Microfilm

Marriages
Online Marriage Indexes and Records


 * 1789-2013 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1800-1958 - at FamilySearch — free; Index.
 * 1800-1942 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 1800-Sept 1995 - The Trumbull County Archives has both an alphabetical card index, and actual certificates available. Marriage licenses are available from 1816, when they were kept separately, but in 1891 they were combined with the marriage certificates.

Original Marriage Records on Microfilm


 * 1949-present, Abstracts. Abstracts of original divorce decrees from 7 Sep 1949 to present are maintained at the Ohio Department of Health. Records prior to this date are generally maintained in the probate court of the county in which the original marriage license was filed.

Deaths
Online Death Indexes and Records


 * 1808-1975, Records. The Trumbull County Archives has transcripts of each case from civil, criminal and divorce courts, in Common Pleas Court Journals and Common Pleas Court Record Books.
 * 1840-2001 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1867-1908. The Trumbull County Archives also has the death records for this time period indexed alphabetically on cards. Deaths were not required to be recorded until 1867.
 * 1908-1944. The Ohio Historical Society maintains death certificates for the state from 20 Dec 1908 - 31 Dec 1944.
 * 1945-present. The Ohio Department of Health maintains the death certificates for this time period.
 * 1908-1953 - Death certificates online: 1908-1953. Free name indexes and certificate 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

Websites

 * Trumbull County, OH History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Ohio Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Ohio Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * Trumbull County OH Genealogy
 * USGenWeb project, Trumbull Countypage. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Trumbull County Genealogical Society
 * Trumbull County History &amp; Genealogy - Genealogy Trails
 * Trumbull County Ohio History - American Local History Network
 * Trumbull County Ohio History - American Local History Network