Athens County, Ohio Genealogy

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County Courthouse

 * Athens County Clerk of Courts
 * Athens County Courthouse

Parent County
1805--Athens County was created 20 February 1805 from Washington County. County seat: Athens

Populated Places
Athens, Amesville


 * Athens County Towns
 * Athens County, Ohio Genealogy and History. Information linking to the towns and township of Athens County, Ohio.
 * Genealogy Trails Athens County, Ohio Township Biographies.

Neighboring Counties

 * Hocking
 * Meigs
 * Morgan
 * Perry
 * Vinton
 * Washington
 * Wood County, West Virginia

Cemeteries

 * Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War Grave Database.
 * Genealogy Trails Athens County, Ohio Cemetery Links Index.
 * Athens County Cemeteries.
 * Athens County Ohio Gravestones Photo Project.

Church

 * Athens County Ohio, Churches. Churches for Athens County from 1990 census and newspapers.

Court

 * Many Court records for Athens County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see the topic details from their catalog.
 * Many Divorce records for Athens County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see the topic details from their catalog.

Land

 * Genealogy Trails Athens County, Ohio Early Land Records 1804-1807.
 * Many Land records for Athens County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see the topic details from their catalog.

Local Histories

 * Athens High School, Athens, Ohio 1933 Arena Yearbook.
 * A Look at Athens' Past.
 * Southeastern Ohio Coal Industy and History. A Large part of the history of Athens, Hocking and Perry counties in Ohio is the local coal industry.
 * An Annotated Bigraphical History of Athens County, Ohio. Some biographies originally penned by Charles M.Walker, in 1869.
 * Biographical and historical memoirs of the early pioneer settlers of Ohio: with narratives of inidents and occurrrences in 1775 by S. P. Hildreth.
 * History of Athens County, Ohioand incidentally, of the Ohio Land Company and the first setlement of the state at Marietta, with personal and biographical sketches of the early settlers, narratives and pioneer adventures, etc. By Charles M. Walker.
 * Many History records for Athens County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see the topic details from their catalog.

Maps

 * Map of the Ohio Company's Purchase and of Athens County, Ohio Past and Present. Compiled and drawn by R. C. Phillips C. E. for Robert, Clarke and Co. Publishers of Cincinnati, Ohio by Act of Congress in the year 1869.
 * Genealogy Trails Athens County, Ohio Sanborn Fire Maps. The Sanborn Company began making fire insurance maps in 1867.
 * Athens County Road Map from the Ohio Department of Transportation.
 * Athens County, Ohio Cemeteries, Cities, and Townships are available online. This site provides maps, coordinates, nearby Cities, nearby cemeteries and elevations.

Military

 * Genealogy Trails Athens County, Ohio Revolutionary War Pensioners are available online.
 * Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System is available online.
 * Genealogy Trails Athens County Ohio Military Men, 1917-1918 page one.
 * Genealogy Trails Athens County Ohio Military Men, 1917-1918 page two is available online.
 * Athens County WWII Soldiers Index is available online.
 * Genealogy Trails Athens County Ohio Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 is available online.
 * Genealogy Trails History Group Athens County Ohio Young American Patriots 1941-1945 is available online.
 * Genealogy Trails Athens County, Ohio Soldiers in the War With Spain 1898-1899 is available online.
 * Many Military records for Athens County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see the topic details from their catalog.

Newspapers

 * Genealogy Trails Athens County, Ohio The Athens Messenger Obituares are available online.
 * The Athens News, Athens County Only Locally Owned Newspaper is available online.

Probate

 * Athens County, Ohio Will Index is available online.
 * Many Probate records for Athens County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see the topic details from their catalog.

Taxation

 * Athens County, Ohio 1810 Tax List is available online.
 * Ohio Tax Records 1816-1838 is available online.

Vital Records

 * Genealogy Trails Athens County, Ohio Marriages, 1803-1900 are available online.
 * Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953 Free name indexes and images at FamilySearch – Pilot. 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.
 * Ohio Vital Record Batch Numbers by County. This is a guide to the index of Ohio Vital Records microfilmed and listed at familysearch.org and are available online.
 * Ohio Death Certificate Index searchable database, 1913-1944 is available online.
 * Genealogy Trails Athens County, Ohio Deaths 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2002 are available online.
 * Many Vital records for Athens County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see the topic details from their catalog.

Societies and Libraries

 * Athens County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society.
 * Athens County Historical Society & Museum Athens Ohio

Web Sites

 * Family History Library Catalog
 * Athens County, OHGenWeb is available online.
 * Athens County, Ohio History and Genealogy is available online.
 * Athens County Home/Infirmary 1857-1928 is available online.
 * Athens County Public Libraries are available online.
 * Athens County Children's Home Index 1882-1911 is available online.
 * Athens County Historical Society &amp; Museum is available online.
 * Genealogy Trails Athens County, Ohio Physician and Dentist Directory, 1905 is available online.
 * Athens County, Ohio Genealogy including Biograhies, 1820 Census Index, Town Officers, Land Records isavailable online.
 * Athens County, Ohio Genealogy Forum is available online.
 * Records Project, Athens County Public Record Information is available online.