Mahoning County, Ohio Genealogy

United States Ohio Mahoning County

Mormon (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Youngstown

Boundary Changes
See an interactive map of Mahoning County boundary changes

Local History

 * History of Trumbull and Mahoning Counties: with illustrations and biographical sketches. Cleveland: H.Z. Williams and Bro., 1882 Digital versions at: Ancestry.com ($); Books.google.com; Archives.org


 * Youngstown, Chicago: American Historical Society, 1920. Digital version at: Ancestry.com ($)

Land and Property
Original land records are held in the office of the Mahoning County Auditor. See Ohio Land and Property for more information about using land records in Ohio.

The following abstracts and copies of original records may be accessed through online sources and the Family History Library.

Copies of Original Records


 * 1795-1881 Deed Records, 1795-1881; index, 1795-1901
 * 1860 Mahoning County, Ohio Land Ownership Map
 * 1881-1885 Deed Records, 1881-1885
 * Kohler, L. Richard, A Listing of Entrymen on Lands South of the Connecticut Western Reserve in Mahoning Co., Ohio (Columbus, Ohio : L.R. Kocher, 2007) and
 * Mahoning County Abstract Co., reprint of original published: A.H. Mueller, Atlas of Surveys of Mahoning County, Ohio (Evansville, Indiana : Unigraphic, 1974) and with atlas of D.J. Lake.
 * Lake, D.J. [et al], Atlas of Mahoning County, Ohio (Evansville, Indiana : Unigraphic, 1974) and

Additional Resources

Additional resources for Mahoning County land and property may be found in the and. Copies of records on FHL microfilm and microfiche can be ordered for viewing at Family History Centers. Copies of books found in the FHLC may be found in WorldCat catalog and ordered from your local library through interlibrary loan. Explore how to search the Family History Library Catalog and the Worldcat Online Catalog.

Online Resources


 * Beginning 1820 Land Patent Search See Ohio Land and Property for more information about this database.
 * 1796–1907 U.S. General Land Office Records found at Ancestry.com ($)
 * 1985-2012 Mahoning County Land Records Search Page
 * Ohio Land Records This database was officially known as the Pre-1908 Homestead and Cash Entry Patent and Cadastral Survey Plat Index and contain over 100,000 Ohio land patents dated before 1908. Found at Ancestry.com ($)
 * Mahoning County Township Map with a detailed map of each section.
 * Mahoning County Land Records Found at usgwarchives.org

Civil War
Civil War service men from Mahoning 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 Mahoning County.


 * - 41st Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Company F
 * - 105th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Companies A and H

Public Records

 * 1935 Chaney High School, Youngstown, Ohio 1935 Basketball Team Photo with names of individuals.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Family History Centers (FHCs) are branches of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, and are located all over the world. Their goal is to provide resources for family history research.

The main FHC for Mahoning County, Ohio is the Youngstown Ohio Family History Center. For additional nearby Family History Centers, search online in the FHC directory.

Vital Records
See Ohio Vital Records for more information about Vital records in Ohio.

Vital records consist of birth, death, marriage and divorce records. Although Ohio enacted a statute in 1856 -1857 requiring registration of births, deaths and marriages, many did not comply. A second law occurred in 1867 but, again, was not always followed. By 1908, the law was more clearly defined and kept. Any existing birth and death records from 1867 through December 19, 1908 are located at the Mahoning County Probate Court. The Ohio Department of Health has birth records filed after December 20, 1908 and death records filed after January 1, 1954 while the Ohio Historical Society houses death records from December 20, 1908 through December 31, 1953. Marriage records are held at the office of the Mahoning County Probate Court with divorce records located with the Clerk of Court.

The following abstracts and copies of original records held at the county level may be accessed through online databases and the Family History Library.

Birth

 * 1821–1962 Index only –Free
 * 1856–1909 Index and Images –Free
 * 1857 Register of Births, Marriages and Deaths
 * 1864-1908 Birth and Death Records
 * 1800-1962 Ohio Births and Christenings Index found at Ancestry.com (4)

Marriage

 * 1789–1994 Index and Images (Incomplete) - Free
 * 1800–1858 Index only - Free
 * 1803-1900 Ohio Marriages found at Ancestry.com ($)
 * 1846-1870 Jocelyn Fox Wilms; Margaret Miller Simon; Ohio Genealogical Society Mahoning County Chapter, Mahoning County, Ohio Marriage Records (Youngstown, Ohio : Ohio Genealogical Society, Mahoning County Chapter, c.1989) and
 * 1846-1916 Index to Marriage Records, 1852-1920; Marriage Licenses, *1852-1861
 * 1846-1865 Marriages, 1846-1865, Marriage Applications, 1853-1864, Births and Deaths, 1857, of Mahoning County, Ohio; Cemetery Records of Mahoning County
 * 1857 Register of Births, Marriages and Deaths
 * 1970, 1792-2007 Ohio Marriage Index found at Ancestry.com
 * Ohio Marriages

Death

 * 1850-1885 U.S. Federal Mortality Schedules found at Ancestry.com ($)
 * 1854–1997 - Free Index only
 * 1857 Register of Births, Marriages and Deaths
 * 1864-1908 Birth and Death Records
 * 1883-1908 William Tatnall Powers and Ohio Genealogical Society, Mahoning County Chapter, Mahoning County, Ohio, Coroner's Inquests, Book no. 1, 1883-1908 and
 * 1908–1953 Free name indexes and images at FamilySearch.org. Records include such information as birth date of deceased, city, county, and state of death, name of spouse if married, names of parents, maiden name of mother, name of informant, if deceased was single, married, windowed or divorced, occupation of deceased.
 * 1913–1944 Ohio Death Certificate Index 1913-1944 -Free
 * 1908–1932, 1938–1944, 1958–2007 -Free. Also found at ancestry.com($)
 * William Tatnall Powers; Ohio Genealogical Society, Mahoning County Chapter; Mahoning County Infirmary (Ohio), Mahoning County, Ohio County Infirmary Deaths and
 * Green Township Cemetery and Death Records, Mahoning County, Ohio

Divorce

 * 1962-1963, 1967-1971, 1973-2007 Ohio Divorce Index found at Ancestry.com ($)

Additional Resources
Additional resources for Schuyler births, marriages and deaths may be found in the topic page of the Family History Library catalog (FHLC). Copies of records on FHL microfilm and microfiche can be ordered for viewing at Family History Centers. Copies of books found in the FHLC may be found in WorldCat catalog and ordered from your local library through interlibrary loan. Explore how to search the Family History Library Catalog and the Worldcat Online Catalog.