Ohio Cultural Groups

Bold textUnited States Ohio  Ethnic, Political, or Religious Groups

For a brief discussion of the many minorities who immigrated to Ohio, see the Ohio Emigration and Immigration page.

African Americans
African Americans make up a rich part of Ohio's History. The Ohio Constitution of 1803, outlawed slavery, this was in accordance to the Northwest Ordinance of 1787. Run away slaves would hide among the friendly Native American tribes, many in a village of Wyandot Indians in the Upper Sandusky.

Records


 * Ohio. Auditor of State. Special Enumeration of Blacks Immigrating to Ohio, 1861-1863. (Columbus, Ohio: Ohio Historical Society, 198-.) Contains indexes by immigrants' names, previous residences, counties in which the lived, and questionable names. It also includes original returns by county.
 * Turpen, Joan. Register of Black, Mulatto and Poor Person in four Ohio Counties, 1791-1861. (Clinton, Highland, Logan, and Ross Counties) FHL977.1 F28r 
 * Ohio African American Genealogy has sources to assist you in your search for your ancestors.
 * African American Cemeteries online
 * An Act to Regulate Black and Mulatto Persons
 * The African American Experience in Ohio, 1850-1920

American Indians
See Indians of Ohio.

Germans
See Germans in Ohio wiki page

Jewish Records

 * www.accessjewishcleveland.org includes a database of over 85,000 graves in 14 Cleveland area cemeteries.

Societies

 * Jewish Genealogy Society of Cleveland 27100 Cedar Road Beachwood, Ohio 44122 E-mail: [mailto:president@clevelandjgs.org president@clevelandjgs.org] Internet: Jewish Genealogy Society of Cleveland


 * The Ohio Historical Society, the Western Reserve Historical Society, and many university libraries maintain collections of records for ethnic, racial, and religious groups in Ohio. SeeOhio Archives and Libraries for more information.


 * Fabela Lozano Solis Villanueva Genealogy Record 7747 Wildwood Road Findlay, OH 45840-9538 Telephone: (419) 424-1199


 * Afro-American Genealogical Society, Cleveland P.O. Box 201476 Cleveland, OH 44120-9998 Internet: Afro-American Genealogical Society, Cleveland


 * Afro-American Family History Association 8716 Harkness Road Cleveland, OH 44106


 * Ohio State University Black Studies Library 1858 Neil Avenue Mall, Rm 226 Columbus, OH 43210-1286 Phone: (614) 688-8676 Fax: (614) 292-7859 E-Mail: [mailto:pillow.2@osu.edu pillow.2@osu.edu] Internet: Ohio State University

Family History Library
Other records and histories of ethnic, racial, and religious groups in Ohio are listed in the Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under:


 * OHIO - MINORITIES
 * OHIO - EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION

The name of the minority, such as:


 * BLACKS
 * AFRO-AMERICANS
 * JEWS
 * AMERICAN LOYALISTS
 * ITALIANS
 * QUAKERS - OHIO.

Handbooks on how to research specific groups (such as Czech, German, Hispanic, Indian, Irish, Polish, etc.). For example under the heading POLES - UNITED STATES, you can find a book called Polish Genealogy Heraldry.