Auglaize County, Ohio Genealogy

United States Ohio Auglaize County

Historical Facts

 * Parent Counties: Formed from Allen and Mercer Counties 14 February 1848.
 * County Seat:Wapakoneta
 * Neighboring Counties: residents may also have records in Shelby (south)· Hardin (east)·Logan (southeast)· Mercer (west)· Darke (southwest)·Allen (north) ·  Van Wert (northwest).

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

Military

 * Civil War service men from Knox 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 Knox County.


 * -106th Regiment, Company D

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

Courthouse
Auglaize County Courthouse 201 Willipie St. Wapakoneta, Ohio 45895 Auglaize County Website Phone: 419.738.3410

Probate Judge has birth, marriage, death and probate records. Court Clerk has divorce and court records from 1848. County Recorder has land records

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

St Mary Ohio Family History Center. For additional nearby Family History Centers, search online in the FHC directory.

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 Original Death Records on Microfilm
 * 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.
 * Ohio Vital Record Batch Numbers by County. This is a guide to the index of Ohio Vital Records microfilmed and listed at familysearch.org.
 * Ohio Death Certificate Index searchable database, 1913-1944.
 * Genealogy Trails Athens County, Ohio Deaths 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2002