Hocking County, Ohio Genealogy

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Parent County
1818--Hocking County was created 3 January 1818 from Athens, Ross, and Fairfield Counties. County seat: Logan

Neighboring Counties

 * Athens
 * Fairfield
 * Perry
 * Pickaway
 * Ross
 * Vinton

Local Histories
History of Hocking Valley Ohio, Together with sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military and Political History, Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Representative Citizens...Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co.. 1883 is available online.

Vital Records
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.

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Dust in the Attic Under History, click on Hocking County for cemeteries and other records.
 * Family History Library Catalog