Miami County, Ohio Genealogy

United States Ohio Miami County

Parent County
1807--Miami County was created 16 January 1807 from Montgomery County. County seat: Troy

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

Neighboring Counties

 * Champaign
 * Clark
 * Darke
 * Montgomery
 * Shelby

Biographies
Biographical Sketches and Stories of Miami County Ohio - People, places, and things. Indexed by surname

Cemeteries
Miami County Cemetery and Gravestone Inscriptions. A list of burial places in Miami County for which inscriptions have been copied.

Bethel Cemebery, Tipp City Ohio BillionGraves Casstown Cemetery, Casstown BillionGraves Riverside Cemetery, Troy BillionGraves

Court
Records from the Miami County Courthouse and other locations containing Probate Court Index, Deeds Index, Marriage Index, Children's Home records, Pauper's Records, etc.

Genealogy
Miami Valley Genealogy Index is an Index to more than a half million pointers to records all over Miami Valley not just Miami County, Ohio.

Land
Township Maps of the 12 townships along with census indexes and historical descriptions.

Local Histories
Histories of Miami County for 1846, 1880, 1909, 1920 and Randolph Slaves.

, published 1880, W. H. Beers &amp; Co. is available at FamilySearch.

Military

 * Military Records of Miami County.

Civil War, 1861-1865
Civil War service men from Miami 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 Miami County.


 * - 1st Regiment, Ohio Cavalry, Company I

Newspapers
Marriage and Birth notices from Newspapers

Schools
Piqua, Ohio High School 1919 Basketball Team

Taxation
Early Tax and Census records 1810-1840 period.

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.

Public Libraries
The following public libraries in Miami County have collections of particular interest to genealogists.


 * Local History Library Troy-Miami County Public Library 419 W. Main St. Troy, Ohio 45373 Telephone: (937) 339-0502 The collections include books, maps, microfilm, newspapers, and several original local records with internet access to sites with additional records.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Miami County, Ohio site has many links to court records, newspapers, histories of the county, etc.
 * Miami County, Ohio site has many links to court records, newspapers, histories of the county, etc.