Butler County, Ohio Genealogy

United States Ohio Butler County

Parent County
1803--Butler County was created 24 March 1803 from Hamilton County. County seat: Hamilton

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

Record Loss
1912 -- Butler County Courthouse destroyed by fire on March 14, 1912. County records were saved by spectators and courthouse employees who carried them out of the building.

Places / Localities
Fairfield | Hamilton! | Hanover Township | Lemon Township | Liberty | Middletown | Milford Township | Morgan Township | Oxford | Reily Township | Ross Township | St Clair Township | Wayne Township | West Chester Township

Neighboring Counties

 * Dearborn County, Indiana
 * Franklin County, Indiana
 * Hamilton
 * Montgomery
 * Preble
 * Union County, Indiana
 * Warren

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Hamilton

Genealogy
Miami Valley Genealogy Index is an Index to more than a half million pointers to records all over Miami Valley including Butler County.

Military

 * Butler County The Butler County Monument Butler County, Ohio War Veteran Database search
 * Soldiers, Sailors &amp; Pioneers Monument on the site of Fort Hamilton in Hamilton
 * Veteran Searches: Military Discharge Search

Vital Records

 * Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953 Free name indexes and images at FamilySearch – Pilot. 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.

Societies and Libraries

 * Butler County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society
 * Butler County Historical Society
 * Butler County, Ohio Records Center and Archives 123 North Third St . Hamilton, Ohio 45011 . (513) 887-3437
 * Butler-Warren County African American Historical Society . 4521 Poppy Drive (P.O. Box 715) . Middletown, Ohio . (513) 424-1791
 * Hamilton Lane Library 300 North Third Street . Hamilton, Ohio 45011 . (513) 894-7156
 * Lane Libraries serving Hamilton . Fairfield . Oxford Locations
 * Middletown, West Chester, Trenton Public Libraries Middletown Branch . 125 South Broad Street . Middletown, Ohio 45044 . (513) 424-1251
 * Middletown Library Genealogy Collection
 * Smith Library of Regional History A Department of the Oxford Lane Public Library . 15 South College Ave . Oxford, Ohio 45056 . (513) 523-3035
 * Southwest Butler County Genealogical Society

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Middletown Ohio Family History Center
 * Oxford Ohio Family History Center

Web Sites

 * Butler County Ohio Resources &amp; Links

Butler County Rootsweb site