Clinton County, Ohio Genealogy

United States Ohio Clinton County

Historical Facts

 * Parent Counties: Formed from Highland and Warren counties 19 February 1810.
 * County Seat: Wilmington
 * Neighboring Counties: residents may also have records in Greene (north)·Fayette (northeast)·Brown (south)·Warren (west)·Highland (southeast) · Clermont (southwest)

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

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

Courthouse
Clinton County Courthouse 46 S South Street Wilmington, Oh 45177-2214 Phone: 937.382.2103

Probate Judge has birth and death records 1867-1908, marriage and probate records from 1810. County Health Office has birth and death records from 1908. County Recorder has land records from 1810. Court Clerk has divorce and court records from 1810.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Wilmington Ohio Family History Center. For additional nearby Family History Centers, search online in the FHC directory.

Societies

 * Clinton County Genealogical Society
 * Clinton County Historical Society

Birth
Online Birth Indexes and Records
 * 1821–1962 - at FamilySearch Historical Records – free. This is an incomplete index of extractions of original records and of patron-submitted records. This index is not complete for any particular place or region. Information may have been previously published in the International Genealogical Index or Vital Records Index collections.

Original Birth Records on Microfilm
 * 1856–1909 - at FamilySearch Historical Records – free; Index. The collection includes a name index and images of county birth records in Ohio. The time period and type of record varies by county.

Marriage
Online Marriage Indexes and Records
 * 1789–1994 - at FamilySearch Historical Records – free; Index. Name index and images of county marriage records acquired from local courthouses.

Original Marriage Records on Microfilm
 * 1800–1958 - at FamilySearch Historical Records – free; Index. Name index to marriage records from the state of Ohio. Microfilm copies of these records are available at the Family History Library and FamilySearch Centers. Due to privacy laws, recent records may not be displayed. The year range represents most of the records. A few records may be earlier or later.

Death
Online Death Indexes and Records
 * 1854–1997 - at FamilySearch Historical Records – free; Index. Name index to death and burial records from the state of Ohio. Microfilm copies of these records are available at the Family History Library and Family History Centers. This set contains 2,535,556 records. Due to privacy laws, recent records may not be displayed. The year range represents most of the records. A few records may be earlier or later.


 * 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.
 * 1908–1932, 1938–1944, and 1958–2007 - at FamilySearch Historical Records – free. Index of deaths from the Ohio Department of Health in Columbus. Index provided by Ancestry.com.

Original Death Records on Microfilm