Mahoning County, Ohio Genealogy

United States Ohio Mahoning County

Mormon (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Youngstown

Boundary Changes
See an interactive map of Mahoning County boundary changes

Local History

 * History of Trumbull and Mahoning Counties: with illustrations and biographical sketches. Cleveland: H.Z. Williams and Bro., 1882 Digital versions at: Ancestry.com ($); Books.google.com; Archives.org


 * Youngstown, Chicago: American Historical Society, 1920. Digital version at: Ancestry.com ($)

Civil War
Civil War service men from Mahoning 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 Mahoning County.


 * - 41st Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Company F
 * - 105th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Companies A and H

Public Records

 * 1935 Chaney High School, Youngstown, Ohio 1935 Basketball Team Photo with names of individuals.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Vital Records
See Ohio Vital Records for more information about Vital records in Ohio.

Vital records consist of birth, death, marriage and divorce records. Although Ohio enacted a statute in 1856 -1857 requiring registration of births, deaths and marriages, many did not comply. A second law occurred in 1867 but, again, was not always followed. By 1908, the law was more clearly defined and kept. Any existing birth and death records from 1867 through December 19, 1908 are located at the Mahoning County Probate Court. The Ohio Department of Health has birth records filed after December 20, 1908 and death records filed after January 1, 1954 while the Ohio Historical Society houses death records from December 20, 1908 through December 31, 1953. Marriage records are held at the office of the Mahoning County Probate Court with divorce records located with the Clerk of Court.

The following abstracts and copies of original records held at the county level may be accessed through online databases and the Family History Library.

Birth

 * 1821–1962 Index only –Free
 * 1856–1909 Index and Images –Free

Marriage

 * 1789–1994 Index and Images (Incomplete) - Free
 * 1800–1858 Index only - Free

Death

 * 1908–1953 - Free name indexes and images at FamilySearch.org. 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.
 * 1854–1997 - Free Index only
 * 1913–1944 Ohio Death Certificate Index 1913-1944 -Free
 * 1908–1932, 1938–1944, 1958–2007 -Free