Mercer County, Ohio Genealogy

United States Ohio Mercer County

Historical Facts

 * Parent Counties: Formed from Darke and Shelby Counties 12 February 1820.
 * County Seat: Celina
 * Neighboring Counties: residents may also have records in Van Wert (north)·Adams County, Indiana (northwest)·Darke (south)·Shelby (southeast)· Jay County, Indiana (west)· Auglaize (east)

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

Ethnic, Political, or Religious Groups
Archives, Libraries, and Museums Biographies Church Records Cemetery Records Court Records Histories Immigration/emigration/migration Maps Newspapers Societies

Genealogy
Miami Valley Genealogy Index is an Index to more than a half million pointers to records all over Miami Valley including Mercer County.

Courthouse
Mercer County Courthouse 101 North Main Street PO Box 28; Celina, OH 45822 Phone: 419.586.6461 Probate Judge has birth and death records 1867-1908, marriage records from 1830 and probate records from 1829; Clerk Court has div &amp; ct rec from 1824; Co Rcdr has land rec)

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Death
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.

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.