Geauga County, Ohio Genealogy

Guide to Geauga County Ohio genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

United States Ohio Geauga County

Historical Facts

 * Parent Counties: Formed from Trumbull County 31 December 1805.
 * County Seat: Chardon
 * Neighboring Counties: residents may also have records in Lake (north)·Portage (south)·Ashtabula (northeast)·Trumbull(southeast)·Cuyahoga (west)·Summit (southwest corner)

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

Cemeteries
Cemetery records often reveal birth, marriage, death, relationship, military, and religious information.

See Ohio Cemeteries for more information.

Local History

 * Pioneer and general history of Geauga County: with sketches of some of the pioneers and prominent men ([S.I.] : Historical Society of Geauga County, 1880) Digital version at Google Books; also available on microfilm at.
 * Riddle, Albert Gallation, History of Geauga and Lake Counties, Ohio: with illustrations and biographical sketches of its pioneers and most prominent men (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Williams Bros., 1878) Digital version at Google Books; also available on microfilm at.

Military

 * Civil War Civil War service men from Geauga 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 Geauga County.
 * 1st Regiment, Ohio Light Artillery, Batteries B and C
 * 41st Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Companies B and G
 * 105th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Companies B, C, E, F, and I

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

Probate

 * 1790–1967 - at FamilySearch Historical Records – free. This collection consists of probate records and estate files from county courthouses in Ohio. The content and time period varies by county, with more records being added as they become available. This Collection will include records from 1789 to 1996. Currently, (September 2012) the collection is only searchable by browsing the images. A list of Fires that have destroyed records in the courthouses of several counties are listed on the Record Description page.

Repositories
Geauga County Courthouse 231 Main Street Chardon, OH 44024-1243 Phone: 216.285.2222 Probate  Judge has birth, marriage, death and probate records; County Health Department has burial records; Clerk Court has divorce and court records from 1806; County Recorder has land records

Family History Centers

 * Kirtland Ohio Family History Center

For additional nearby Family History Centers, search online in the FHC directory. Put your town name in the top search box.

Vital Records

 * Geauga County Birth, Marriage ; Death records

Birth
Online Birth Indexes and Records Original Birth Records on Microfilm

Marriage
Online Marriage Indexes and Records Original Marriage Records on Microfilm

Death
Online Death Indexes and 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.

Original Death Records on Microfilm

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.