Butler County, Ohio Genealogy

United States Ohio Butler County

Historical Facts

 * Parent Counties: Formed from Hamilton County in 1803.
 * County Seat: Hamilton
 * Neighboring Counties: residents may also have records in Hamilton (south)·Warren (east)·Montgomery (northeast)·Franklin County, Indiana (west)·Preble (north)

Parent County
1803--Butler County was created 24 March 1803 from Hamilton County. County seat: Hamilton

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

Record Loss
1912 -- Although the Butler County Courthouse was reported to have been destroyed by fire on March 14, 1912, it was really only the original, four-tiered, domed tower which was capped with a statue of Justice which was destroyed. The courthouse still stands and is being used today by the Probate Court. County records were saved by spectators and courthouse employees who carried them out of the building.

Places / Localities
Fairfield | Hamilton | Hanover Township | Lemon Township | Liberty | Middletown | Milford Township | Morgan Township | Oxford | Reily Township | Ross Township | St Clair Township | Wayne Township | West Chester Township

Neighboring Counties

 * Dearborn County, Indiana
 * Franklin County, Indiana
 * Hamilton
 * Montgomery
 * Preble
 * Union County, Indiana
 * Warren

Cemeteries

 * Pisgah Presbyterian Cemetery, West Chester BillionGraves

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Hamilton

Directories

 * Rural Directory, Butler County, 1932-1934

Germans
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 Butler County.

Military

 * Butler County, Ohio War Veteran Database search
 * Soldiers, Sailors &amp; Pioneers Monument on the site of Fort Hamilton in Hamilton
 * Veteran Searches: Military Discharge Search

Newspapers
The following is a list of newspapers published in Butler County through 1900.

Butler County Democrat. (Middletown, Ohio) 185?-185? Butler County Democrat. (Hamilton, Ohio) 187?-1923 Butler County Democrat. (Hamilton, Ohio) 1870-1870 Butler County Democrat. (Hamilton, Ohio) 1874-19?? Butler County Democrat. And True Telegraph. (Hamilton, Ohio) 1870-1874 The Butler County Press. (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946 The Butler County Signal. (Middletown, Ohio) 19??-19?? The College Corner Chronicle. (West College Corner, Ind.) 1891-190? The Corner Stone. (College Corner [i.e. West College Corner], Ind.) 1872-187? The Daily Journal. (Middletown, Ohio) 18??-18?? The Daily Press. (Rossville, Butler County, O. [Ohio]) 1851-1851 The Daily Republican-news. (Hamilton, Ohio) 1898-1919 The Daily Signal. (Middletown, Ohio) 1891-1907 Daily Telegraph. (Hamilton, Ohio) 1860-18?? Democracy Untrammeled, and Butler County Investigator. (Rossville, Ohio) 1849-1849 The Free Soil banner. (Hamilton, Ohio) 1848-1848 Hamilton Advertiser. (Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio) 1825-1826 Hamilton Daily Democrat. (Hamilton, Ohio) 1886-1897 Hamilton Daily Herald. (Hamilton, Ohio) 1885-1887 Hamilton Daily News. (Hamilton, [Ohio]) 1879-1898 The Hamilton Daily Republican. (Hamilton, Ohio) 1892-1898 Hamilton Evening Democrat. (Hamilton, Ohio) 1897-1907 The Hamilton Gazette &amp; Miami Register. (Hamilton, Ohio) 1819-1821 The Hamilton Gooroo. (Hamilton, Ohio) 1876-19?? Hamilton Intelligencer. (Hamilton, Ohio) 1828-1837 Hamilton Intelligencer. (Hamilton, Ohio) 1840-1862 Hamilton Intelligencer &amp; Advertiser. (Hamilton, Ohio) 1821-1825 The Hamilton Ohio Advertiser. (Hamilton, Ohio) 1826-1827 Hamilton Ohio Intelligencer. (Hamilton, Ohio) 1838-1840 Hamilton Register. (Hamilton, Ohio) 18??-???? Hamilton Socialist. (Hamilton, Ohio) 19??-19?? Hamilton Telegraph. (Hamilton, Ohio) 1847-1851 Hamilton Telegraph. (Hamilton, Ohio) 1853-1857 Hamilton Telegraph. (Hamilton, Ohio) 1861-19?? Hamilton True Telegraph. (Hamilton, Ohio) 1861-1870 Hamilton Weekly Telegraph. (Hamilton, Ohio) 1851-1853 Harrison Democrat. (Hamilton, Ohio) 1840-1840 The Hickory Club. (Rossville, Ohio) 1838-1838 The Hickory Club. (Hamilton, Ohio) 1840-1840 The Investigator. (Oxford, Ohio) 1886-18?? The Miami Democrat. (Rossville, Ohio) 1850-1851 Miami Echo, and the Hamilton and Rossville Advertiser. (Hamilton, Ohio ;) 1842-1842 The Miami Herald. (Hamilton, Ohio) 1817-1819 Miami Intelligencer. (Hamilton, Ohio) 1814-1816 The Miami Journal. (Miami University, Oxford, Ohio) 1886-18?? [http://digital.lib.muohio.edu/mustudent/ Miami Student. (Oxford, Ohio) 1867-current] The Middletown Daily Signal. (Middletown, Ohio) 18??-1891 Middletown Farmer. (Middletown, Ohio) 1840-1841 Middletown Herald. (Middletown, Butler County, Ohio) 1853-1855 The Middletown Journal. (Middletown, Ohio) 1891-current Middletown Emblem. (Middletown, Butler County, Ohio) 1851-1853 The Middletown Journal. (Middletown, Ohio) 1857-1912 The Middletown Mail. (Middletown, [Ohio]) 1839-1840 The Middletown Signal. (Middletown, Ohio) 18??-19?? Murray's Weekly Volunteer. (Hamilton, Ohio) 1822-1825 The Ohio Independent Press. (Rossville, Butler County, Ohio) 1830-18?? The Oxford Advertiser. ([Oxford, Ohio]) 19??-19?? Oxford Chronicle. (Oxford, [Ohio]) 1834-18?? The Oxford Citizen. (Oxford, Ohio) 1854-1892 The Oxford Enterprise. (Oxford, Ohio) 1881-18?? The Oxford Leader. (Oxford, Ohio) 1882-18?? Oxford Lyceum and Journal of Literature and Science. (Oxford, Ohio) 1833-1834 The Oxford News. (Oxford, Ohio) 1886-1892 The Oxford News. (Oxford, Ohio) 1893-1909 Oxford News-Citizen. (Oxford, Ohio) 1892-1893 The Philanthropist. (Hamilton, Ohio) 1816-1817 The Reily Courier. (Reily, Ohio) 18??-19?? The Rossville Advertiser. (Rossville, Ohio) 1849-1849 The Scott battery. (Hamilton, Ohio) 1852-1852 The True Gazette. (Hamilton, O.) 187?-1??? The Volunteer. (Hamilton, Ohio) 1821-1822 Weekly Hamilton Telegraph. (Hamilton, [Ohio]) 1858-1861 The Western Telegraph. (Rossville [Hamilton], Ohio) 1836-1847

Western Round-Up (Western College, Oxford, Ohio) 1930-1971 Western Telegraph and Butler County Ohio Advertiser. (Rossville, [Ohio]) 1833-1836 Western Telegraph, and Hamilton Ohio Advertiser. (Hamilton, Ohio) 1827-1831

Probate

Vital Records

 * 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.

Societies and Libraries

 * Butler County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society
 * Butler County Historical Society
 * Butler County, Ohio Records Center and Archives 123 North Third St . Hamilton, Ohio 45011 . (513) 887-3437
 * Butler-Warren County African American Historical Society . 4521 Poppy Drive (P.O. Box 715) . Middletown, Ohio . (513) 424-1791
 * Hamilton Lane Library 300 North Third Street . Hamilton, Ohio 45011 . (513) 894-7156
 * Lane Libraries serving Hamilton . Fairfield . Oxford Locations
 * Middletown, West Chester, Trenton Public Libraries Middletown Branch . 125 South Broad Street . Middletown, Ohio 45044 . (513) 424-1251
 * Middletown Library Genealogy Collection
 * Smith Library of Regional History A Department of the Oxford Lane Public Library . 15 South College Ave . Oxford, Ohio 45056 . (513) 523-3035
 * Southwest Butler County Genealogical Society

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Middletown Ohio Family History Center
 * Oxford Ohio Family History Center

Web Sites

 * Butler County Ohio Resources &amp; Links
 * Butler County Rootsweb site