Sandusky County, Ohio Genealogy

United States Ohio  Sandusky County

Historical Facts

 * Parent Counties: Formed from Huron County in 1820.
 * County Seat: Fremont
 * Neighboring Counties: residents may also have records in Ottawa (north)·Seneca (south)·Wood (west)· Erie (east) Huron (southeast)

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

Military

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


 * - 100th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Company K


 * - 111th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Companies A and G

Courthouse
Sandusky County Courthouse 100 N Park Avenue Fremont, OH 43420-2473 Phone: 419.334.6100 County Health Department has burial, death and burial records; Probate Judge has marriage and probate records; Clerk Court has divorce records from 1820 and court records; County Recorder has land records from 1822

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.

Neighboring Counties

 * Erie
 * Huron
 * Ottawa
 * Seneca
 * Wood