Jackson County, Ohio Genealogy

United States Ohio  Jackson County 

Guide to Jackson County Ohio genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

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Historical Facts

 * Parent Counties: Formed from &lt;a href="Athens County, Ohio"&gt;Athens&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="Gallia County, Ohio"&gt;Gallia&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="Ross County, Ohio"&gt;Ross&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href="Scioto County, Ohio"&gt;Scioto&lt;/a&gt; Counties 12 January 1816.
 * County Seat: Jackson

Neighboring Counties
&lt;a href="Ross County, Ohio"&gt;Ross County&lt;/a&gt; &lt;img class="FCK__MWTemplate" src="https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/extensions/FCKeditor/fckeditor/editor/images/spacer.gif" _fckfakelement="true" _fckrealelement="80" _fck_mw_template="true"&gt; &lt;a href="Pike County, Ohio"&gt;Pike County&lt;/a&gt; &lt;img class="FCK__MWTemplate" src="https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/extensions/FCKeditor/fckeditor/editor/images/spacer.gif" _fckfakelement="true" _fckrealelement="78" _fck_mw_template="true"&gt; &lt;a href="Scioto County, Ohio"&gt;Scioto County&lt;/a&gt; &lt;img class="FCK__MWTemplate" src="https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/extensions/FCKeditor/fckeditor/editor/images/spacer.gif" _fckfakelement="true" _fckrealelement="76" _fck_mw_template="true"&gt; &lt;a href="Lawrence County, Ohio"&gt;Lawrence County&lt;/a&gt; &lt;img class="FCK__MWTemplate" src="https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/extensions/FCKeditor/fckeditor/editor/images/spacer.gif" _fckfakelement="true" _fckrealelement="74" _fck_mw_template="true"&gt; &lt;a href="Gallia County, Ohio"&gt;Gallia County&lt;/a&gt; &lt;img class="FCK__MWTemplate" src="https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/extensions/FCKeditor/fckeditor/editor/images/spacer.gif" _fckfakelement="true" _fckrealelement="72" _fck_mw_template="true"&gt; &lt;a href="Vinton County, Ohio"&gt;Vinton County&lt;/a&gt;

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Boundary Changes

 * &lt;a href="http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohjackso/boundary.htm"&gt;Jackson County Ohio Boundary Changes&lt;/a&gt;
 * For animated maps illustrating Ohio county boundary changes, &lt;a href="http://www.mapofus.org/ohio/"&gt;"Rotating Formation Ohio County Boundary Maps"&lt;/a&gt; (1788-1888) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Record Loss
For a list of record loss in Ohio counties see: &lt;a href="http://www.genealogyinc.com/ohio/oh-counties/#courthouse"&gt;Ohio Counties with Burned Courthouses&lt;/a&gt;

Cemeteries

 * &lt;a href="http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/localList.php?local=16921&amp;locTGroup=Cemeteries&amp;direction=down&amp;sec=0&amp;qty=119"&gt;Jackson County Cemeteries&lt;/a&gt;
 * &lt;a href="http://www.usgwtombstones.org/ohio/maps/jackson/countymap.htm"&gt;Jackson County Ohio Cemetery Map&lt;/a&gt;
 * &lt;a href="http://www.usgwtombstones.org/ohio/jackson.htm"&gt;The Tombstone Transcription Project, Jackson County&lt;/a&gt;
 * &lt;a href="http://www.findagrave.com/"&gt;Find A Grave&lt;/a&gt;
 * &lt;a href="http://www.jacksoncountyohiogen.com/PDF%20docs/Bundy-Paine%20Cemetery.pdf"&gt;Bundy-Paine Cemetery Index&lt;/a&gt;
 * &lt;a href="http://www.jacksoncountyohiogen.com/PDF%20docs/Fairmont%20Cemetery.pdf"&gt;Fairmount Cemetery Burial List&lt;/a&gt; as of January 31st, 2007
 * &lt;a href="http://coyan.net/Burials.htm"&gt;James Cemetery Burials, Jackson, Ohio&lt;/a&gt;
 * Limerick Cemetery, (Jackson) &lt;a href="http://www.jacksoncountyohiogen.com/PDF%20docs/Limerick%20Cemetery/01%20Limerick%20Cemetery%20pg%201-17.pdf"&gt;Section 1&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.jacksoncountyohiogen.com/PDF%20docs/Limerick%20Cemetery/02%20Limerick%20Cemetery%20A%20thru%20K%20pg%2018-41.pdf"&gt;Section 2&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.jacksoncountyohiogen.com/PDF%20docs/Limerick%20Cemetery/03%20Limerick%20Cemetery%20K%20thru%20S%20pg%2042-%2063.pdf"&gt;Section 3&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.jacksoncountyohiogen.com/PDF%20docs/Limerick%20Cemetery/04%20Limerick%20Cemetery%20S%20thru%20Index%20pg%2064-67.pdf"&gt;Section 4&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.jacksoncountyohiogen.com/PDF%20docs/Limerick%20Cemetery%20Index.pdf"&gt;Limerick Cemetery Index&lt;/a&gt;
 * "&lt;a href="http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohjackso/old-mt-zion-cemetery.htm"&gt;Old" Mt. Zion Cemetery, Jackson County, Ohio Transcription&lt;/a&gt;
 * &lt;a href="http://www.smwpl.lib.oh.us/RidgewoodCemetery/RidgewoodIndex.htm"&gt;Ridgewood Cemetery Burials&lt;/a&gt;
 * &lt;a href="http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohjackso/cemetery-inscriptions-index.htm"&gt;Index to Cemetery Inscriptions of Jackson County, Ohio&lt;/a&gt;
 * &lt;a href="http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/JA.html"&gt;The Political Graveyard&lt;/a&gt;
 * &lt;a href="http://www.ohiogenealogyexpress.com/jackson/jacksonco_cems.htm"&gt;Jackson County, Ohio Cemetery Index&lt;/a&gt;

Cemetery records often reveal birth, marriage, death, relationship, military, and religious information.

See &lt;a href="Ohio Cemeteries"&gt;Ohio Cemeteries&lt;/a&gt; for more information.

Census and Directories

 * &lt;a href="http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohjackso/jcen1820.htm"&gt;1820 Index to U. S. Census for Jackson County, Ohio&lt;/a&gt;
 * &lt;a href="http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=List&amp;dbid=8058&amp;offerid=0%3a7858%3a0"&gt;United States Census, 1830&lt;/a&gt; $
 * &lt;a href="http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=List&amp;dbid=8057&amp;offerid=0%3a7858%3a0"&gt;United States Census, 1840&lt;/a&gt; $
 * &lt;a href="United States Census Mortality Schedules, 1850 (FamilySearch Historical Records)"&gt;United States Census Mortality Schedules, 1850 (FamilySearch Historical Records)&lt;/a&gt;
 * &lt;a href="http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=List&amp;dbid=8756&amp;offerid=0%3a7858%3a0"&gt;United States Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880&lt;/a&gt; $
 * &lt;a _fcknotitle="true" href="United States Census 1850"&gt;United States Census 1850&lt;/a&gt;
 * &lt;a _fcknotitle="true" href="United States Census 1860"&gt;United States Census 1860&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=List&amp;dbid=7667&amp;offerid=0%3a7858%3a0"&gt;$&lt;/a&gt;
 * &lt;a _fcknotitle="true" href="United States Census 1870"&gt;United States Census 1870&lt;/a&gt;
 * &lt;a _fcknotitle="true" href="United States Census 1880"&gt;United States Census 1880&lt;/a&gt; (Index only)
 * &lt;a href="http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=List&amp;dbid=7667&amp;offerid=0%3a7858%3a0"&gt;United States Census, 1880&lt;/a&gt; $
 * &lt;a _fcknotitle="true" href="United States Census 1880"&gt;United States Census 1880&lt;/a&gt;
 * &lt;a href="http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=List&amp;dbid=8667&amp;offerid=0%3a7858%3a0"&gt;United States Census, 1890 Veterans Schedule &lt;/a&gt;$
 * &lt;a _fcknotitle="true" href="United States Census 1890"&gt;United States Census 1890&lt;/a&gt;
 * &lt;a _fcknotitle="true" href="United States Census 1900"&gt;United States Census 1900&lt;/a&gt;
 * &lt;a href="http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohjackso/ed1900.htm"&gt;Jackson County 1900 Census Enumeration Districts&lt;/a&gt;
 * &lt;a _fcknotitle="true" href="United States Census 1900"&gt;United States Census 1900&lt;/a&gt;
 * &lt;a href="http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=List&amp;dbid=7884&amp;offerid=0%3a7858%3a0"&gt;United States Census, 1910&lt;/a&gt; $
 * &lt;a _fcknotitle="true" href="United States Census 1920"&gt;United States Census 1920&lt;/a&gt;
 * &lt;a href="http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=List&amp;dbid=6224&amp;offerid=0%3a7858%3a0"&gt;United States Census, 1930&lt;/a&gt; $
 * &lt;a _fcknotitle="true" href="United States Census 1920"&gt;United States Census 1920&lt;/a&gt;
 * &lt;a href="http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=List&amp;dbid=8851&amp;offerid=0%3a7858%3a0"&gt;United States Census, 1930 Merchant Seamen&lt;/a&gt; $
 * &lt;a _fcknotitle="true" href="United States Census 1930"&gt;United States Census 1930&lt;/a&gt;
 * &lt;a href="http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohjackso/1930rd1.htm"&gt;1930 Jackson County Rural Directory&lt;/a&gt;, Including Oak Hill, Coalton, Byer, Roads, Ray, Cove

Church Records
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 * 1818-1918 - &lt;a href="http://www.catholicrecordsociety.org/"&gt;Catholic Record Society of the Diocese of Columbus&lt;/a&gt; available records vary by year
 * 1880-1920 - &lt;a href="http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohjackso/rldslimr.htm"&gt;Limerick RLDS Church Membership Records 1880-1920&lt;/a&gt;
 * various years - &lt;a href="http://ohio.hometownlocator.com/features/cultural,class,church,scfips,39079.cfm#"&gt;Jackson County, Ohio Churches&lt;/a&gt;

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Court Records

 * Many Court for Jackson County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see &lt;img class="FCK__MWTemplate" src="https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/extensions/FCKeditor/fckeditor/editor/images/spacer.gif" _fckfakelement="true" _fckrealelement="62" _fck_mw_template="true"&gt;.

Ethnic, Political, or Religious Groups

 * &lt;a href="http://ohio.llgc.org.uk/co-jacksongallia.php"&gt;The Wales-Ohio Project&lt;/a&gt;, digitzing the archive of the Welsh in Ohio

Funeral Homes

 * &lt;a href="http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohjackso/funeralh.htm"&gt;Jackson County Funeral Homes&lt;/a&gt;

History
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The county is named after War of 1812 hero &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Jackson"&gt;Andrew Jackson&lt;/a&gt; (1767-1845) who became Seventh President of the United States in 1829.

Local Histories

 * Jones, Romaine Aten, History of Jackson County, (Jackson, Ohio: Ohio Genealogical Society. Jackson County Chapter, 1953). &lt;img class="FCK__MWTemplate" src="https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/extensions/FCKeditor/fckeditor/editor/images/spacer.gif" _fckfakelement="true" _fckrealelement="57" _fck_mw_template="true"&gt;


 * Williams, Daniel Williams, A History of Jackson County, Ohio, (Jackson, Ohio: 1900). Digital copy at &lt;a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=3CsVAAAAYAAJ"&gt;Google Books&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://archive.org/details/historyofjackson00will"&gt;Internet Archive&lt;/a&gt; &lt;img class="FCK__MWTemplate" src="https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/extensions/FCKeditor/fckeditor/editor/images/spacer.gif" _fckfakelement="true" _fckrealelement="55" _fck_mw_template="true"&gt; &lt;img class="FCK__MWTemplate" src="https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/extensions/FCKeditor/fckeditor/editor/images/spacer.gif" _fckfakelement="true" _fckrealelement="53" _fck_mw_template="true"&gt;


 * Howe, Henry, History of Jackson County, Ohio: 1816-1889, (Knightstown, Indiana: Bookmark, 1977). &lt;img class="FCK__MWTemplate" src="https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/extensions/FCKeditor/fckeditor/editor/images/spacer.gif" _fckfakelement="true" _fckrealelement="51" _fck_mw_template="true"&gt;


 * Jackson County Genealogical Society, Jackson County, Ohio: History and Family Book, 176th Anniversary, 1816-1991, (Jackson, Ohio: Ohio Genealogical Society. Jackson County Chapter, 1991). &lt;img class="FCK__MWTemplate" src="https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/extensions/FCKeditor/fckeditor/editor/images/spacer.gif" _fckfakelement="true" _fckrealelement="49" _fck_mw_template="true"&gt;


 * Jackson County Genealogical Society, Jackson County, Ohio, (Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, 1991). Digital copy at &lt;a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=P7qHs9BD4JAC"&gt;Google Books&lt;/a&gt;


 * Poe, Michael A., Jackson County, (Chicago, Illinois: Arcadia Publishing, 2008). Digital copy at &lt;a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=YNcFvK9Rtr4C"&gt;Google Books&lt;/a&gt;


 * Excerpts of &lt;a href="http://www.jacksoncountyohiogen.com/PDF%20docs/History%20of%20Jackson%20County%20-%20Henry%20Howe.pdf"&gt;History of Jackson County&lt;/a&gt;, (1816-1889)
 * &lt;a href="http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohjackso/cohist.htm"&gt;Jackson County, Ohio History Sources&lt;/a&gt;
 * &lt;a href="http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohjackso/histcoll.htm"&gt;Historical Collections of Ohio&lt;/a&gt;by Henry Howe 1896 edition
 * &lt;a href="http://www.archive.org/details/historyofjackson00wil"&gt;The History of Jackson County, Ohio&lt;/a&gt;(1900)
 * &lt;a href="http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/1884.htm"&gt;History of Lower Scioto Valley Ohio&lt;/a&gt; Chicago Inter-state Publishing Co. 1884
 * &lt;a href="http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=su%3AJackson+County+%28Ohio%29+History.&amp;qt=hot_subject"&gt;Jackson county, Ohio, History&lt;/a&gt; (WorldCat)
 * &lt;a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=P7qHs9BD4JAC&amp;pg=PA50&amp;lpg=PA50&amp;dq=%22jackson+county+ohio%22+military&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=lOaOwps4Y3&amp;sig=N6DaCrwg5bASeFE1cui4wa9dQh4&amp;hl=en&amp;ei=R3XmSoOvOIfqsQOusNmoBQ&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=book_result&amp;ct=result&amp;resnum=6&amp;ved=0CBoQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&amp;q=%22jackson%20county%20ohio%22%20military&amp;f=false"&gt;History &amp; Families of Jackson County, Ohio&lt;/a&gt;
 * &lt;a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=3CsVAAAAYAAJ&amp;pg=PA64&amp;lpg=PA64&amp;dq=%22jackson+county+ohio%22+references&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=mV0ri7sdo2&amp;sig=M1ndePp3mgv3CTlEdUyeqZ4kMmg&amp;hl=en&amp;ei=53zmSofDJIf-sgOB1fGnBQ&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=book_result&amp;ct=result&amp;resnum=7&amp;ved=0CBsQ6AEwBjgK#v=onepage&amp;q=&amp;f=false"&gt;A History of Jackson County&lt;/a&gt;, Ohio by Daniel Webster
 * Many History Records for Jackson County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see &lt;img class="FCK__MWTemplate" src="https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/extensions/FCKeditor/fckeditor/editor/images/spacer.gif" _fckfakelement="true" _fckrealelement="47" _fck_mw_template="true"&gt;.

Land and Property
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 * 1790-1907 - &lt;a href="http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/jackson/land-index.html"&gt;Bureau of Land Management database&lt;/a&gt; Courtesy OhioGenWeb Archives
 * Pre-1908 - &lt;a href="http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2077&amp;o_xid=8911&amp;o_lid=8911"&gt;Ohio Land Records&lt;/a&gt;at Ancestry.com ($)
 * various years - &lt;a href="http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohjackso/lclgovt.htm"&gt;general land information, deeds, mortgages, maps and early surveys&lt;/a&gt; Courtesy OhioGenWeb


 * Many Land Records for Jackson County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see &lt;img class="FCK__MWTemplate" src="https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/extensions/FCKeditor/fckeditor/editor/images/spacer.gif" _fckfakelement="true" _fckrealelement="43" _fck_mw_template="true"&gt;.

Maps
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 * &lt;a href="http://www.mapofus.org/ohio/"&gt;Maps of Ohio (1788-1940)&lt;/a&gt;


 * 1875 - &lt;a href="http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohjackso/twpmaps.htm"&gt;1875 Jackson County, Ohio Township Maps&lt;/a&gt; (This atlas show property owners)
 * 1877 - &lt;a href="http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohjackso/jackson.htm"&gt;1877 Jackson County Map from Military History of Ohio&lt;/a&gt;
 * various years - &lt;a href="http://www.historygeo.com/search/"&gt;Family Maps of &lt;/a&gt; land patent maps at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.
 * &lt;a href="http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohjackso/images/se-ohio-contour-map.jpg"&gt;Southeast Ohio Map from U. S. Geological Survey&lt;/a&gt;


 * Many Maps for Jackson County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see &lt;img class="FCK__MWTemplate" src="https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/extensions/FCKeditor/fckeditor/editor/images/spacer.gif" _fckfakelement="true" _fckrealelement="40" _fck_mw_template="true"&gt;.

Military

 * General - &lt;a href="http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohjackso/mho-main-page.htm"&gt;Miltary History Of Ohio-Jackson County Edition&lt;/a&gt;
 * Revolutionary War  - &lt;a href="http://www.ohiogenealogyexpress.com/jackson/jacksonco_hist_vetsofrevwar.htm"&gt;Veterans of the Revolution&lt;/a&gt;
 * Civil War  Civil War service men from Jackson 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 Jackson County.


 * - &lt;a href="1st Regiment, Ohio Heavy Artillery"&gt;1st Regiment, Ohio Heavy Artillery&lt;/a&gt;, Companies A and H
 * - &lt;a href="56th Regiment, Ohio Infantry"&gt;56th Regiment, Ohio Infantry&lt;/a&gt;, Companies A, C, E, and K


 * &lt;a href="http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/military/civilwar/main.aspx"&gt;Civil War Collection&lt;/a&gt;$


 * World War I  - &lt;a href="http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=List&amp;dbid=6482&amp;offerid=0%3a7858%3a0"&gt;World War I Draft Registration Cards &lt;/a&gt;$
 * World War II  - &lt;a href="http://www.accessgenealogy.com/worldwar/ohio/jackson1.htm"&gt;Jackson County, Ohio World War II Casualties Army and Air Force&lt;/a&gt;


 * - &lt;a href="http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8939"&gt;World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946&lt;/a&gt; $

Naturalization and Citizenship

 * Many Naturalization and Citizenship Records for Jackson County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see &lt;img class="FCK__MWTemplate" src="https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/extensions/FCKeditor/fckeditor/editor/images/spacer.gif" _fckfakelement="true" _fckrealelement="38" _fck_mw_template="true"&gt;.

Newspapers
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 * &lt;a href="http://www.thetelegramnews.com/"&gt;The Telegram&lt;/a&gt;
 * &lt;a href="http://www.timesjournal.com/"&gt;The Times-Journal&lt;/a&gt;

Online Newspaper Abstracts


 * various years - &lt;a href="http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/jackson/news-index.html"&gt;community contributed newspaper articles&lt;/a&gt; Courtesy OhioGenWeb Archives

Newspaper Extracts and Abstracts in Book Form


 * 1858-1938 - &lt;a href="http://lillianjones.museum.com/J%20N%20I.htm"&gt;Index of births, marriages and deaths&lt;/a&gt; from Jackson County newspapers.

Probate
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 * 1790–1967 - &lt;img class="FCK__MWTemplate" src="https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/extensions/FCKeditor/fckeditor/editor/images/spacer.gif" _fckfakelement="true" _fckrealelement="32" _fck_mw_template="true"&gt; at &lt;a href="http://familysearch.org/"&gt;FamilySearch Historical Records&lt;/a&gt; – free. This collection consists of probate records and estate files from county courthouses in Ohio. The content and time period varies by county, with more records being added as they become available. This Collection will include records from 1789 to 1996. Currently, (September 2012) the collection is only searchable by &lt;a href="How to Navigate Browsable Images"&gt;browsing&lt;/a&gt; the images. A list of Fires that have destroyed records in the courthouses of several counties are listed on the &lt;a href="https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Ohio_Probate_Records_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records)"&gt;Record Description page&lt;/a&gt;.
 * 1819-1871 - &lt;a href="http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohjackso/willbka.htm"&gt;Index to Will Book "A"&lt;/a&gt; Courtesy OhioGenWeb
 * various years - &lt;a href="http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/jackson/wills-index.html"&gt;community contributed wills&lt;/a&gt;


 * Many Probate Records for Jackson County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see &lt;img class="FCK__MWTemplate" src="https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/extensions/FCKeditor/fckeditor/editor/images/spacer.gif" _fckfakelement="true" _fckrealelement="30" _fck_mw_template="true"&gt;.

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Repositories
See also a List of &lt;a href="http://www.genealogyinc.com/ohio/oh-society-archive/"&gt;Ohio Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical &amp; Genealogical Societies&lt;/a&gt;

Courthouse

 * &lt;a href="http://www.jacksoncountymunicipalcourt.com/"&gt;Jackson County Municipal Court&lt;/a&gt;
 * &lt;a href="http://www.jacksoncountygovernment.org/"&gt;Jackson County, Ohio Government Web Portal&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;a href="http://www.courtreference.com/Jackson-County-Ohio-Courts.htm"&gt;Jackson County Courthouse&lt;/a&gt; 226 East Main Street Jackson, OH 45630 Phone: 740.286.2006 Probate Judge has birth, marriage and probate records County Health Department has death and burial records; Clerk Circuit Court has divorce and court records; County Recorder has land records

Family History Centers
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 * &lt;a href="Chillicothe Ohio Family History Center"&gt;Chillicothe Ohio Family History Center&lt;/a&gt;

For additional nearby Family History Centers, search online in the &lt;a href="http://www.familysearch.org/locations"&gt;FHC directory&lt;/a&gt;. Put your town name in the top search box.

Libraries

 * &lt;a href="http://www.youseemore.com/jacksoncity/"&gt;Jackson City Library&lt;/a&gt;
 * &lt;a href="http://www.youseemore.com/oakhill/"&gt;Oak Hill Public Library&lt;/a&gt;
 * &lt;a href="http://www.youseemore.com/sylvester/default.asp"&gt;Sylvester Memorial Wellston Public Library&lt;/a&gt;

Museums

 * &lt;a href="http://lillianjones.museum.com/welcome.html"&gt;Lillian E. Jones Museum &amp; The Carriage House Genealogy Center&lt;/a&gt;
 * &lt;a href="http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohjackso/welshmus.htm"&gt;Welsh-American Heritage Museum&lt;/a&gt;

Societies

 * &lt;a href="http://www.jacksoncountyohiogen.com/"&gt;Jackson County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society&lt;/a&gt;

Resource Guide

 * &lt;a href="http://www.jacksoncountyohiogen.com/PDF%20docs/2008%20RESOURCE%20GUIDE.pdf"&gt;The Jackson County Genealogical Resource Guide&lt;/a&gt;
 * &lt;a href="http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/index.html"&gt;The Ohio Historical Society Resources&lt;/a&gt;

Schools

 * &lt;a href="http://www.oldohioschools.com/jackson_county.htm"&gt;Jackson County Schools&lt;/a&gt;

Taxation

 * 1800–1850 &lt;img class="FCK__MWTemplate" src="https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/extensions/FCKeditor/fckeditor/editor/images/spacer.gif" _fckfakelement="true" _fckrealelement="21" _fck_mw_template="true"&gt; at &lt;a href="http://familysearch.org/"&gt;FamilySearch Historical Records&lt;/a&gt; – free. Name index of tax records as recorded with the County Auditor of each county. Entries are recorded in voucher books, one person per page. The majority of the tax records in this collection are for the years 1816 through 1838. Currently (September 2012) this collection is 17% complete. Additional records will be added as they are completed.

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Vital Records
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 * Many Vital Records for Jackson County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see &lt;img class="FCK__MWTemplate" src="https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/extensions/FCKeditor/fckeditor/editor/images/spacer.gif" _fckfakelement="true" _fckrealelement="15" _fck_mw_template="true"&gt;.

Birth
Online Birth Indexes and Records


 * 1800-1962 - &lt;a href="http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2541"&gt;Ohio, Births and Christenings Index&lt;/a&gt; at Ancestry.com ($)
 * 1908-1964 - &lt;a href="http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3146"&gt;Ohio, Birth Index, 1908-1964&lt;/a&gt; at &lt;a href="http://www.ancestry.com/"&gt;ancestry.com&lt;/a&gt; ($)
 * various years - &lt;a href="http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/jackson/vitals-index.html"&gt;community contributed births&lt;/a&gt; Courtesy OhioGenWeb Archives

Original Birth Records on Microfilm


 * Many Vital Records for Jackson County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see &lt;img class="FCK__MWTemplate" src="https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/extensions/FCKeditor/fckeditor/editor/images/spacer.gif" _fckfakelement="true" _fckrealelement="13" _fck_mw_template="true"&gt;.

Marriage
Online Marriage Indexes and Records


 * 1791-1898 - &lt;a href="http://www.ohiogenealogyexpress.com/jackson/jacksonco_marr.htm"&gt;Jackson County, Ohio Marriages 1791-1898&lt;/a&gt;
 * 1803-1900 - &lt;a href="http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=5194"&gt;Ohio Marriages&lt;/a&gt; at Ancestry.com ($)
 * 1818-1865 - &lt;a href="http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=30132"&gt;Marriage records&lt;/a&gt; Ancestry.com ($)
 * various years - &lt;a href="http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/jackson/vitals-index.html"&gt;community contributed marriage records&lt;/a&gt; Courtesy OhioGenWeb Archives

Original Marriage Records on Microfilm


 * Many Vital Records for Jackson County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see &lt;img class="FCK__MWTemplate" src="https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/extensions/FCKeditor/fckeditor/editor/images/spacer.gif" _fckfakelement="true" _fckrealelement="11" _fck_mw_template="true"&gt;.

Death
Online Death Indexes and Records


 * 1867-1908 - &lt;a href="http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohjackso/bmdrecs.htm"&gt;Jackson County death records index&lt;/a&gt; Courtesy OhioGenWeb
 * 1908-1953 - &lt;a href="Ohio Deaths (FamilySearch Historical Records)"&gt;Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953&lt;/a&gt; Free name indexes and images at &lt;a href="Ohio Deaths and Burials (FamilySearch Historical Records)"&gt;FamilySearch&lt;/a&gt;. 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.
 * 1908-1932, 1938-1944, 1958-2002 - &lt;a href="http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=List&amp;dbid=5763&amp;offerid=0%3a7858%3a0"&gt;Ohio Deaths&lt;/a&gt; at Ancestry.com ($)
 * 20th Century - &lt;a href="http://www.jacksoncountyohiogen.com/Research%20data/Jackson%20Co.%20deaths.htm"&gt;Jackson County, Ohio Deaths&lt;/a&gt;mostly 1900s. Courtesy OhioGenWeb
 * 1909 - &lt;a href="http://genealogytrails.com/ohio/jackson/deathindex.html"&gt;Jackson County, Ohio 1909 death index&lt;/a&gt;
 * 1913-1944 - &lt;a href="http://www.deathindexes.com/ohio/"&gt;Ohio Death Certificate index&lt;/a&gt; Courtesy OhioGenWeb
 * various years - &lt;a href="http://www.deathindexes.com/ohio/"&gt;Ohio Death Records &amp; indexes&lt;/a&gt;
 * various years - &lt;a href="http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/jackson/vitals-index.html"&gt;community contributed death records&lt;/a&gt; Courtesy OhioGenWeb Archives

Original Death Records on Microfilm


 * Many Vital Records for Jackson County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see &lt;img class="FCK__MWTemplate" src="https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/extensions/FCKeditor/fckeditor/editor/images/spacer.gif" _fckfakelement="true" _fckrealelement="9" _fck_mw_template="true"&gt;.

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Divorce

 * Many Divorce Records for Jackson County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see &lt;img class="FCK__MWTemplate" src="https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/extensions/FCKeditor/fckeditor/editor/images/spacer.gif" _fckfakelement="true" _fckrealelement="5" _fck_mw_template="true"&gt;.

Web Sites

 * &lt;a href="http://www.genealogyinc.com/ohio/jackson-county/"&gt;Jackson County, OH History, Records, Facts and Genealogy&lt;/a&gt;
 * &lt;a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/102354897055084945585"&gt;Ohio Genealogy Network Community on Google+&lt;/a&gt;
 * &lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/219410844759934/"&gt;Ohio Genealogy Network Group on Facebook&lt;/a&gt;
 * &lt;a href="http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohjackso/jackson.htm"&gt;USGenWeb&lt;/a&gt; project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
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Populated Places

 * &lt;a href="http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohjackso/gnis.htm"&gt;U. S. Geological Survey - National Mapping Information&lt;/a&gt;
 * &lt;a href="http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohjackso/nameorig.htm"&gt;Origins of Jackson County Place Names&lt;/a&gt;
 * &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_County%2C_Ohio"&gt;Jackson County, Ohio&lt;/a&gt;