Monroe County, Ohio Genealogy

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

United States Ohio Monroe County

Historical Facts

 * Parent Counties: Formed from Belmont, Guernsey and Washington Counties in 29 January 1813.
 * County Seat: Woodsfield
 * Neighboring Counties: residents may also have records in Belmont (north)·Washington (south)·Noble (west)·Marshall County, West Virginia and Wetzel County, West Virginia (east)· Ohio County, West Virginia (southeast)

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

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

See Ohio Cemeteries for more information.

Maps

 * Family Maps of (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.

Military

 * Civil War


 * - Civil War service men from Monroe 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 Monroe County.


 * - 116th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Companies A, C, D, E, and F

Courthouse
Monroe County Courthouse 101 N Main Street Woodsfield, OH 43793 Phone: 740.472.0761 Clerk Court has divorce and court records from early 1800’s Probate Judge has marriage and probate records; Count Recorder has land records

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Taxation

 * 1800–1850 at FamilySearch Historical Records – 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.

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.