Ashland County, Ohio Genealogy


 * This article is about the north central Ohio county. For other uses, see Ashland.

United States Ohio  Ashland County

Historical Facts

 * Parent Counties: Formed from Huron, Lorain, Richland and Wayne Counties 24 February 1846.
 * County Seat: Ashland
 * Neighboring Counties: residents may also have records in Knox (south) · Wayne (east) · Medina (northeast) · Holmes (southeast)· Richland (west)

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

Cemeteries
LDS Cemetery Records Vol. 1 page 97 - Cemetery on Highway 224 near Sullivan

Genealogy
Fry Family of Ashland County, Ohio

Military

 * Civil War Civil War service men from Ashland 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 Ashland County.
 * 1st Regiment, Ohio Light Artillery, Batteries C and D
 * 102nd Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Companies B and K
 * 105th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Company I

Roster - Ashland County Ohio –OHGenWeb Project- Known Ashland county Veterans of the Civil War

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

Courthouse
Ashland County Courthouse 110 W 2nd Street Ashland, OH 44805 Phone: 419.289.000


 * Clerk of the Courts has divorces and court records.
 * Probate Court has marriages and probate records.
 * County Recorder has land records.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Libraries

 * Ashland University Library 401 College Ave Ashland, OH 44805 Telephone(419) 289-4142

Societies

 * Ashland County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society

Death

 * 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.

Cities
Ashland