Guernsey County, Ohio Genealogy

United States Ohio Guernsey County

Historical Facts

 * Parent Counties: Formed from Belmont and Muskingum Counties 31 January 1810.
 * County Seat: Cambridge
 * Neighboring Counties: residents may also have records in Tuscarawas (north)·Noble (south)·Muskingum (west)·Harrison (northeast)·Coshocton (northwest)·Belmont (east)

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

Biography
Family History Library

Business Records and Commerce
Family History Library

Cemeteries
LDS Cemetery Records Vol. 1 page 101 - Claysville Cemetery

Family History Library

Family History Library - Indexes

Census
Family History Library 1850

Family History Library 1880 Index

Family History Library 1900 Index

Family History Library 1910 Index

Church Records
Family History Library Church History

Family History Library Church Records

Court Records
Family History Library

Ethnic, Political, or Religious Groups
Family History Library  Black Pioneers

Genealogy
Family History Library Genealogies

Family History Library Indexes

Family History Library Societies

Family History Library Societies - Indexes

Family History Library Societies - Periodicals

Guardianship
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History
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Land and Property
Family History Library Land and Property

Family History Library Land and Property - Maps

Maps
Family History Library

Military

 * Civil War Civil War service men from Guernsey 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 Guernsey County.


 * - 1st Regiment, Ohio Cavalry, Company B, also known as "Laughlin's Cavalry"
 * - 97th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Companies A and B

Family History Library

Family History Library  Civil War

Naturalization and Citizenship
Family History Library

Newspapers
Family History Library Indexes

Pensions
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Probate
Family History Library

Family History Library Indexes

Courthouse
Guernsey County Courhouse 801 Wheeling Avenue Cambridge, OH 43725-2335 Phone: 740.432.9230 Clerk Court has divorce records from 1850 and court records from 1810; Probate Judge has birth, marriage, and probate records;  County Recorder has land records City-County Health Department has death records

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Taxation
Family History Library

Death
Family History Library

Family History Library Indexes


 * Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953

Ohio Statewide Death Certificates

Web Sites

 * Family History Library for Guernsey County, Ohio
 * The Guernsey County OHGenWeb Project
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project Guernsey County Ohio (main site)
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project Guernsey County Ohio (mirror site)
 * Linkpedium Guernsey County Genealogy and Family History
 * Kindred Trails for Guernsey County Genealogy
 * CensusFinder for Guernsey County, Ohio