Stark County, Ohio Genealogy

Guide to Stark County, Ohio ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

United States Ohio  Stark County

Historical Facts

 * Parent Counties: Formed from Columbiana County in1808 (1809).
 * County Seat: Canton

Neighboring Counties
Summit County • Portage County • Mahoning County • Columbiana County • Carroll County • Tuscarawas County • Holmes County • Wayne County

Boundary Changes
For animated maps illustrating Ohio county boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Ohio County Boundary Maps" (1788-1940) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Record Loss
For a list of record loss in Ohio counties see: Ohio Counties with Burned Courthouses

Cemeteries
BillionGraves


 * East Nimishillen Cemetery, Uniontown or North Canton
 * Forest Hill Cemetery, Canton
 * Mount Peace Cemetery, Hartville

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

See Ohio Cemeteries for more information.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Canton

Lutheran

 * Records of the American Lutheran Church, Massillon, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

Court Records
A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:

Ohio, Stark County Court Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Local Histories

 * Perrin, William Henry, History of Stark County: With an Outline Sketch of Ohio, (Chicago, Illinois: Barkin and Battey, 1881). Digital copy at Google Books Internet Archive Ancestry ($)(Indexed)


 * Blue, Herbert T.O., History of Stark County, Ohio: From the Age of Prehistoric Man to the Present Day, (Chicago, Illinois: S. J. Clark Pub. Co., 1928).


 * Lehman, John H., A Standard History of Stark County, Ohio: An Authentic Narrative of the Past, (Chicago, Illinois: Lewis Pub. Co., 1916). Digital copy at


 * Danner, John, Old Landmarks of Canton and Stark County, Ohio, (Logansport, Indiana: B.F. Bowen, 1904). Digital copy at

Maps

 * Maps of Ohio (1788-1940)

Military

 * Civil War Civil War service men from Stark 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 Stark County.


 * - 4th Regiment, Ohio Infantry (3 months, 1861), Company F (also known as Canton Zouaves)
 * - 104th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Companies A, B, and E
 * - 107th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Companies A, D, and H

Newspapers
Online Newspapers Online Newspaper Abstracts Newspaper Extracts and Abstracts in Book Form

Probate

 * 1790–1967 - at FamilySearch Historical Records – 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 browsing the images. A list of Fires that have destroyed records in the courthouses of several counties are listed on the Record Description page.


 * 1790–1967 - at FamilySearch Historical Records – 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 browsing the images. A list of Fires that have destroyed records in the courthouses of several counties are listed on the Record Description page.

Repositories
See also a List of Ohio Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical & Genealogical Societies

Courthouse
Stark County Courthouse 110 Central Plaza S; Canton, OH 44702-2219 Phone: 330.438.0796 County Health Department has birth records; Probate Court has marriage and probate records; Family Court has divorce records; County Recorder has land records

A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:

Ohio, Stark County Coroner's Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Family History Centers

 * Canton Ohio Family History Center (North Canton)

Birth
Online Birth Indexes and Records

Original Birth Records on Microfilm

Marriage
Online Marriage Indexes and Records Original Marriage Records on Microfilm

Death
Online Death Indexes and Records

Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953 Free name indexes and images at [[Ohio Deaths (FamilySearch Historical Records)|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.


 * Ohio, Stark County Court Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Original Death Records on Microfilm

Web Sites

 * Stark County, OH History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Ohio Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Ohio Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.

Neighboring Counties

 * Carroll
 * Columbiana
 * Holmes
 * Mahoning
 * Portage
 * Summit
 * Tuscarawas
 * Wayne