Allen County, Ohio Genealogy

Historical Facts

 * Parent Counties: Formed from &lt;a href="Shelby County, Ohio"&gt;Shelby&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="Logan County, Ohio"&gt;Logan&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href="Mercer County, Ohio"&gt;Mercer&lt;/a&gt; counties 12 February 1820.
 * County Seat: Lima
 * Neighboring Counties: &lt;img class="FCK__MWTemplate" src="https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/extensions/FCKeditor/fckeditor/editor/images/spacer.gif" _fckfakelement="true" _fckrealelement="39" _fck_mw_template="true"&gt;residents may also have records in &lt;a href="Auglaize County, Ohio"&gt;Auglaize&lt;/a&gt; (south) &lt;img class="FCK__MWTemplate" src="https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/extensions/FCKeditor/fckeditor/editor/images/spacer.gif" _fckfakelement="true" _fckrealelement="36" _fck_mw_template="true"&gt; &lt;a href="Hancock County, Ohio"&gt;Hancock&lt;/a&gt; (northeast) &lt;img class="FCK__MWTemplate" src="https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/extensions/FCKeditor/fckeditor/editor/images/spacer.gif" _fckfakelement="true" _fckrealelement="34" _fck_mw_template="true"&gt; &lt;a href="Hardin County, Ohio"&gt;Hardin&lt;/a&gt; (east) &lt;img class="FCK__MWTemplate" src="https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/extensions/FCKeditor/fckeditor/editor/images/spacer.gif" _fckfakelement="true" _fckrealelement="32" _fck_mw_template="true"&gt; &lt;a href="Putnam County, Ohio"&gt;Putnam&lt;/a&gt; (north) &lt;img class="FCK__MWTemplate" src="https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/extensions/FCKeditor/fckeditor/editor/images/spacer.gif" _fckfakelement="true" _fckrealelement="30" _fck_mw_template="true"&gt; &lt;a href="Van Wert County, Ohio"&gt;Van Wert&lt;/a&gt; (west)

Boundary Changes

 * 14 February 1848: Auglaize County was set off from the southern half of original Allen County.
 * 1848: Monroe, Richland and southern half of Sugar Creek Townships were transferred from Putnam County.
 * 1848: Parts of VanWert and Mercer counties were transferred to Allen County form Spencer Township and part of Marion Township.
 * May 1853: Cash settlement was agreed upon by Allen and Putnam counties for Putnam's loss.

See an interactive map of Allen County &lt;a href="http://www.ohio.n2genealogy.com/oh-maps.html"&gt;boundary changes&lt;/a&gt;.

Record Loss
&lt;img src="/learn/wiki/en/images/3/30/Fire.png" alt="Fire.png" class="fck_mw_left" style="width: 24;" /&gt;1929--Allen County Courthouse destroyed by fire on January 7, 1929. Many county records destroyed.

Cemeteries
Rural


 * Cemetery transcriptions for the following cemeteries: Fisher, Harrods, Ridge, Westminster
 * &lt;a href="http://billiongraves.com/pages/cemetery/cemetery.php?cemetery_id=78496"&gt;Salem Cemetery, Harrod&lt;/a&gt; BillionGraves

Urban

Cemeteries of Lima, Allen County, Ohio


 * Gethsemani Cemetery, 2001 Spencerville Road, Lima, Ohio 45805, 419-223-1651


 * Memorial Park Cemetery, 3000 Harding Highway, Lima, Ohio 45804, 419-223-3811


 * Woodlawn Cemetery, 1751 Spencerville Road, Lima Ohio 45805, 419-223-9831

Census
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Church Records
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History
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 * The Shawnees (tribe) were removed to Kansas in 1832 from the Hog Creek Reservation (now Shawnee Township.)
 * &lt;a href="http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~libeacons/1875personal_histories_allen.htm"&gt;1875 Personal Histories&lt;/a&gt; of Allen County Ohio.
 * In 1885, oil was discovered in Lima. This brought about a boom that lasted until after 1910.
 * Henry Howe’s 1889's depiction of the &lt;a href="http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~libeacons/howe_history_allen.htm"&gt;History of Allen County Ohio&lt;/a&gt;

Land and Property
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&lt;a href="http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/allen/land/allen.txt"&gt;Bureau of Land Management Database Transcription&lt;/a&gt; It shows the original purchasers of land from the federal government and covers the period from pre-Revolutionary times up to 1908.

Local Histories
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Maps

 * &lt;a href="http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohallen/township_maps.htm"&gt;Township maps of Allen County in 1880&lt;/a&gt;

Migration

 * &lt;a href="http://www.migrations.org/county.php3?migcounty=Allen%20County,%20OH"&gt;Migrations Through Allen County, Ohio&lt;/a&gt;

Military
Revolutionary War


 * &lt;a href="http://php.ucs.indiana.edu/~jetorres/ohiorev.html"&gt;Pensioners Living in Ohio in 1818-1819&lt;/a&gt;
 * &lt;a href="http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/colonial/census/1840/1840oh_a.html"&gt;1840 Census of Pensioners Revolutionary and Military Services&lt;/a&gt;

War of 1812


 * &lt;a href="http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/database/rosters.html"&gt;Roster of Ohio Soldiers&lt;/a&gt; at The Ohio Historical Society

Civil War


 * Civil War service men from Van Wert 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 Van Wert County.


 * -&lt;a href="4th Regiment, Ohio Cavalry"&gt;4th Regiment, Ohio Cavalry&lt;/a&gt;, Companies F and I


 * -&lt;a href="99th Regiment, Ohio Infantry"&gt;99th Regiment, Ohio Infantry&lt;/a&gt;, Companies B and E


 * &lt;a href="http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Lair/3680/cw/cw-oh.html"&gt;Civil War Rosters&lt;/a&gt;
 * &lt;a href="http://freepages.military.rootsweb.com/~libeacons/civilwar.htm"&gt;Men In the Civil War&lt;/a&gt; Allen County, Ohio
 * &lt;a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=vcsr&amp;GSvcid=66432"&gt;Civil War Casualties from Allen County&lt;/a&gt;, Ohio (this site contains burials from many states) A Virtual Cemetery created by: Brent Reidenbach.Description: Thanks to previous research by Ronald Kunz, this is a listing of Civil War casualties that were from Allen County, OH. (189 Records)
 * &lt;a href="http://www.delphos-ohio.com/war.htm"&gt;Allen County War Casualties &lt;/a&gt; (Includes Persian Gulf, Vietnamese, Korean, WWI, WWII, CIVIL War &amp; Spanish Mexican Casualties)

World War I


 * &lt;a href="http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/allen/military/wwi/ub.txtt"&gt;The Unreturning Brave (from WWI) published in 1925&lt;/a&gt;
 * &lt;a href="http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/allen/military/other/listofde7nmt.txt"&gt;List of Dead Heroes Whose Bodies Rest in Allen County&lt;/a&gt;

Miscellaneous


 * &lt;a href="http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/allen/military/other/listofde7nmt.txt"&gt;The names of the soldiers buried in different cemeteries of Allen county&lt;/a&gt; whose graves were decorated May 30, 1907

Naturalization and Citizenship
County Museum has naturalizations 1851-1929.

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

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Obituaries

 * &lt;a href="http://www.genealogybuff.com/oh/oh-allen_births.htm"&gt;Search Engine for the Obituary Index to the Lima News&lt;/a&gt;

Probate
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County Courthouse
&lt;a href="http://www.co.allen.oh.us/"&gt;Allen County Courthouse&lt;/a&gt; 301 N Main Street Lima, OH 45801-4456 &lt;a href="http://www.co.allen.oh.us/"&gt;Allen County Website&lt;/a&gt; Phone: 419.223.8513


 * Probate Court  has &lt;a href="Allen County, Ohio#Birth"&gt;births&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="Allen County, Ohio#Death"&gt;deaths&lt;/a&gt; from 1867, &lt;a href="Allen County, Ohio#Marriage"&gt;marriages&lt;/a&gt; from 1831, and &lt;a href="Allen County, Ohio#Probate"&gt;probate records&lt;/a&gt;.


 * Court Clerk  has &lt;a href="Allen County, Ohio#Marriage"&gt;divorces&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="Allen County, Ohio#Court_Records"&gt;court records&lt;/a&gt; from 1831.


 * &lt;a href="http://www.allencountymuseum.org/ACM2/Welcome.html"&gt;County Museum&lt;/a&gt;  has &lt;a href="Allen County, Ohio#Naturalization_and_Citizenship"&gt;naturalizations&lt;/a&gt; 1851-1929.

Family History Centers

 * &lt;a href="Introduction to LDS Family History Centers"&gt;Introduction to LDS Family History Centers&lt;/a&gt;
 * &lt;a href="Lima Ohio Family History Center"&gt;Lima Ohio Family History Center&lt;/a&gt;

Libraries

 * &lt;a href="http://www.limalibrary.com/"&gt;Lima Public Library&lt;/a&gt;

Societies

 * &lt;a href="http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohallcgs/index.html"&gt;Allen County Ohio Genealogy Society&lt;/a&gt; Lima, Ohio.
 * &lt;a href="http://www.allencountymuseum.org/"&gt;Allen County Museum and Historical Society&lt;/a&gt; Lima, Ohio, including the &lt;a href="http://www.allencountymuseum.org/Library.html"&gt;Elizabeth M. MacDonell Memorial Library&lt;/a&gt; for genealogical and historical research

Taxation
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1834 Tax Lists


 * &lt;a href="http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohallen/taxlists/amanda_auglaize.htm"&gt;Amanda and Auglaize Townships&lt;/a&gt;
 * &lt;a href="http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohallen/taxlists/bath_deuchoquette.htm"&gt;Bath and Deuchoquette Townships&lt;/a&gt;
 * &lt;a href="http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohallen/taxlists/german_jackson.htm"&gt;German and Jackson Townships&lt;/a&gt;
 * &lt;a href="http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohallen/taxlists/marion_perry_wayne.htm"&gt;Marion, Perry and Wayne Townships&lt;/a&gt;

Taxpayers--Personal Property


 * &lt;a href="http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/oh/allen/taxlists/allencou19nms.txt"&gt;Allen County Tax List August 25, 1881&lt;/a&gt;

Vital Records
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Birth
Online Birth Indexes and Records Original Birth Records on Microfilm

Marriage
Online Marriage Indexes and Records


 * &lt;a href="http://www.genwed.com/state/ohgen.htm"&gt;1836-1852 Pioneer marriages, Not all inclusive&lt;/a&gt;
 * &lt;a href="http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/allen/vitals/marriages/1854.txt"&gt;1854 Taken from Lima Democratic News&lt;/a&gt;
 * &lt;a href="http://www.genwed.com/state/ohgen.htm"&gt;1852-1860 Marriages from the Lima Dailey News&lt;/a&gt;
 * &lt;a href="http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/allen/vitals/marriages/marindx11-1860.txt"&gt;1860 Marriages from the Lima Democratic News&lt;/a&gt;
 * &lt;a href="http://www.genwed.com/state/ohgen.htm"&gt;1861-1862 Marriage Books and Partial book B&lt;/a&gt;
 * &lt;a href="http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/allen/vitals/marriages/1889-1893.txt"&gt;1889-1893 Marriage Licenses&lt;/a&gt;
 * &lt;a href="http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/allen/marriages/dec1900.txt"&gt;1900 Allen County Republican Gazette Marriages&lt;/a&gt;
 * &lt;a href="http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/allen/marriages/variousmarr.txt"&gt;Marriages with no date&lt;/a&gt;

Original Marriage Records on Microfilm


 * Divorce Petitions and Decrees

&lt;a href="http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/allen/vitals/divorces/1876.txt"&gt;1876&lt;/a&gt; | 1878 | 1879 | 1880 | &lt;a href="http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/allen/vitals/divorces/1881.txt"&gt;1881&lt;/a&gt; | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 | 1886 | 1887 | 1888 | &lt;a href="http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/allen/vitals/divorces/1889.txt"&gt;1889&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/allen/vitals/divorces/1890.txt"&gt;1890&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/allen/vitals/divorces/1891.txt"&gt;1891&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/allen/vitals/divorces/1892.txt"&gt;1892&lt;/a&gt; | 1893 | 1894 | 1895 | &lt;a href="http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/allen/vitals/divorces/1896.txt"&gt;1896&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/allen/vitals/divorces/1897.txt"&gt;1897&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/allen/vitals/divorces/1898-99.txt"&gt;1898-1899&lt;/a&gt; |


 * Divorce Petitions and Decrees for Allen and Van Wert Counties, and Surrounding Areas, 1898-1900

&lt;a href="http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/allen/vitals/divorces/1898-1900.txt"&gt;1898-1900&lt;/a&gt; | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | &lt;a href="http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/allen/vitals/divorces/1904.txt"&gt;1904&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/allen/vitals/divorces/1905.txt"&gt;1905&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/allen/vitals/divorces/1906.txt"&gt;1906&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/allen/vitals/divorces/1905-06.txt"&gt;1905-1906&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/allen/vitals/divorces/1907.txt"&gt;1907&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/allen/vitals/divorces/1908.txt"&gt;1908&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/allen/vitals/divorces/1909.txt"&gt;1909&lt;/a&gt; | 1900 | &lt;a href="http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/allen/vitals/divorces/1910.txt"&gt;1910&lt;/a&gt; | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | &lt;a href="http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/allen/vitals/divorces/1919.txt"&gt;1919&lt;/a&gt; |

Death
Online Death Indexes and Records


 * Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953 Free name indexes and images at &lt;a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1307272"&gt;FamilySearch.org&lt;/a&gt;. 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.
 * &lt;a href="http://www.genealogybuff.com/oh/oh-allen_births.htm"&gt;Transcribed&lt;/a&gt; from Allen County newspapers of those who died in Allen and surrounding counties.

Original Death Records on Microfilm&lt;/nowiki&gt;

Web Sites

 * The &lt;a href="http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~libeacons/1880_business.htm"&gt;1880 Business Patron’s References&lt;/a&gt; is divided by town and township, each section has a unique set of information about their patrons.
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 * &lt;a href="http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohallen/"&gt;The Allen County OHGenWeb Project&lt;/a&gt;, a member of The &lt;a href="OHGenWeb"&gt;OHGenWeb Project&lt;/a&gt;, an affiliate of &lt;a href="USGenWeb"&gt;The USGenWeb Project&lt;/a&gt;.
 * &lt;a href="http://www.usgwarchives.net/vt/addison.htm"&gt;The USGenWeb Archives Project&lt;/a&gt; for Allen County

Populated Places
Cities

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Villages

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Townships

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Communities

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