Allen County, Ohio Genealogy

Sites with immediate access to biographies, births, cemetery records, censuses, deaths, histories, marriages, migrations, military records, and obituaries of the county.

Vital Records:

Births:

Extracted from Allen County newspapers of those who died in Allen and surrounding counties.   '    '

The USGenWeb Archives for Allen County, Ohio has the following records:

1850 Federal Census transcription and images

1920 index for surnames beginning with the letter "E" and "F"

Gravemarker photos

Cemetery transcriptions for the following cemeteries: Fisher, Harrods, Ridge, Westminster

Marriages: Pioneer marriages 1836-1851,

Bureau of Land Management Database Transcription It shows the original purchasers of land from the federal government and covers the period from pre-Revolutionary times up to 1908. 

The Allen County, Ohio GenWeb, part of The OHGenWeb Project, an affiliated project with The USGenWeb Project, has the following records:    

Death Records Transcriptions, December 1908 to 31 December 1959

Obituaries 1881-1999, not every obituary is transcribed.

Gravestone Inscriptions from the Elida Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery, Rockport Methodist Cemetery,

Biographies of Allen County residents

Independent sites has the following:

Henry Howe’s History of Ohio, Allen County http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~libeacons/howe_history_allen.htm

Personal Histories-1875 http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~libeacons/1875personal_histories_allen.htm

Early Pioneer List in 1874 http://www.calweb.com/~wally/darke/people.htm

1880 Business Patron’s References Divided by town and township, each section has a unique set of information about their patrons. http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~libeacons/1880_business.htm

 DEATH, OBITUARY, AND CEMETERY  

Death Records 1909-1953
Delphos, Ohio and Marion Township only

 http://www.delphos-ohio.com/history/death.htm 

Search Engine for the Obituary Index to the Lima News
 http://www.genealogybuff.com/oh/oh-allen_births.htm 

   

Delphos, Ohio Cemeteries
Includes records of John Cem.htm St. John Evangelist Catholic Church Cemeteries, Walnut Grove,Landeck, Westside, and Hartshorn Cemeteries.

 http://www.delphos-ohio.com/history/cemeteri.htm 

   

   

Allen County Social Security Death Index
 http://ssdi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi?&amp;ls=OH&amp;lc=ALLEN&amp;stat=a&amp;start=1 

   

HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY
     

     

   

     

Allen County Pioneer Marriages 1836-1851
 http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/oh/allen/marriages/pioneer/ 

   

Marriage Records 1832-1952
Not all inclusive.

 ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/oh/allen/marriages/pioneer/ 

Marriages 1852-1860
ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/oh/allen/marriages/

Marriages Oct 1854
Taken from Lima Democratic News

  http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/oh/allen/vitals/marriages/1854.txt 

Marriage Index Nov 1860
Taken from Lima Democratic News

http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/oh/allen/vitals/marriages/marindx11-1860.txt

' Marriage Licenses, 1889-1893
 http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/oh/allen/vitals/marriages/1889-1893.txt 

   

Marriages Dec 1900
Taken from Allen County Republican Gazette.

 http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/oh/allen/vitals/marriages/dec1900.txt 

   

Divorce Petitions &amp; Decrees, 1876
http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/oh/allen/vitals/divorces/1876.txt

Divorce Petitions &amp; Decrees, 1881
 http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/oh/allen/vitals/divorces/1881.txt 

Divorce Petitions &amp; Decrees, 1889
 http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/oh/allen/vitals/divorces/1889.txt 

Divorce Petitions &amp; Decrees, 1890
 http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/oh/allen/vitals/divorces/1890.txt 

Divorce Petitions &amp; Decrees, 1891
 http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/oh/allen/vitals/divorces/1891.txt 

Divorce Petitions &amp; Decrees, 1892
 http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/oh/allen/vitals/divorces/1892.txt 

Divorce Petitions &amp; Decrees, 1896
 http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/oh/allen/vitals/divorces/1896.txt 

Divorce Petitions &amp; Decrees, 1897
 http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/oh/allen/vitals/divorces/1897.txt 

Divorce Petitions &amp; Decrees, 1898-1899
 http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/oh/allen/vitals/divorces/1898-1899.txt 

Divorce Petitions &amp; Decrees for Allen and Van Wert Counties, and Surrounding Areas, 1898-1900
 http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/oh/allen/vitals/divorces/1898-1900.txt  

Divorce Petitions &amp; Decrees, 1904
 http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/oh/allen/vitals/divorces/1904.txt 

Divorce Petitions &amp; Decrees, 1905
 http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/oh/allen/vitals/divorces/1905.txt 

Divorce Petitions &amp; Decrees, 1906
 http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/oh/allen/vitals/divorces/1906.txt 

Divorce Petitions &amp; Decrees, 1905-1906
 http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/oh/allen/vitals/divorces/1905-06.txt 

   

Divorce Petitions &amp; Decrees, 1907
 http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/oh/allen/vitals/divorces/1907.txt 

Divorce Petitions &amp; Decrees, 1908
 http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/oh/allen/vitals/divorces/1908.txt 

Divorce Petitions &amp; Decrees, 1909
 http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/oh/allen/vitals/divorces/1909.txt 

     

Divorce Petitions &amp; Decrees, 1910
 http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/oh/allen/vitals/divorces/1910.txt 

Divorce Petitions &amp; Decrees, 1919
 http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/oh/allen/vitals/divorces/1919.txt 

Migrations Through Allen County, OH
 County, OH http://www.migrations.org/county.php3?migcounty=Allen%20County,%20OH 

   

Revolutionary War Pensioners Living in the State of Ohio in 1818-1819
 http://php.ucs.indiana.edu/~jetorres/ohiorev.html 

   

War of 1812 Roster of Ohio Soldiers
 http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/database/rosters.html 

1840 Census of Pensioners Revolutionary and Military Services
 http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/colonial/census/1840/1840oh_a.html 

   

Civil War Rosters
 http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Lair/3680/cw/cw-oh.html 

   

Allen County, OH Men In the Civil War
 http://freepages.military.rootsweb.com/~libeacons/civilwar.htm 

   

Men in the Civil War
http://freepages.military.rootsweb.com/~libeacons/civilwar.htm

The Unreturning Brave (from WWI)
Published in 1925.

 http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/oh/allen/military/wwi/ub.txt 

List of Dead Heroes Whose Bodies Rest in AllenCounty
The names of the soldiers whose bodies were buried in different cemeteries of the county whose graves were decorated May 30, 1907.

 http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/oh/allen/military/other/listofde7nmt.txt 

1834 Tax Lists for Amanda and Auglaize Townships
 http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohallen/taxlists/amanda_auglaize.htm 

   

1834 Tax Lists for Bath and Deuchoquette Townships
 http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohallen/taxlists/bath_deuchoquette.htm 

   

1834 Tax Lists for German and Jackson Townships
 http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohallen/taxlists/german_jackson.htm 

   

1834 Tax Lists for Marion, Perry and WayneTownships
 http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohallen/taxlists/marion_perry_wayne.htm 

Taxpayers--Personal Property August 25, 1881
 http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/oh/allen/taxlists/allencou19nms.txt