Putnam County, Ohio Genealogy

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

United States Ohio  Putnam County

Historical Facts

 * Parent Counties: Formed from Shelby, Logan, Wood and Williams Counties in 1820 (1834).
 * County Seat: Ottawa
 * Neighboring Counties: residents may also have records in Henry (north)·Allen (south)·Paulding (west)· Defiance (northwest)·Hancock (east) · Van Wert (southwest)

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

Cemeteries

 * Clevenger Cemetery, Columbus Grove BillionGraves

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

See Ohio Cemeteries for more information.

Catholic

 * 1796–2004 at FamilySearch Historical Records – free. This collection includes images of parish registers recording the events of baptism, first communion, confirmation, marriage, and death in the Diocese of Toledo (Ohio), Roman Catholic Church. These records are accessed by browsing the images by county. In addition to traditional parish registers, this collection includes miscellaneous cemetery records, Books of the Elect, Professions of Faith, Sick Call registers, etc.

History


The county is named after Revolutionary War Major General Israel Putnam (1718-1790).

Courthouse
Putnam County Courthouse 245 E Main Street Ottawa, OH 45875-1968 Phone: 419.523.3110 Clerk Court has divorce and court records from 1834; Probate Judge has marriage and probate records; County Recorder has land records

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

 * Allen
 * Defiance
 * Hancock
 * Henry
 * Paulding
 * Van Wert
 * Wood