Clermont County, Ohio Genealogy

United States Ohio Clermont County

Historical Facts

 * Parent Counties: Formed from Hamilton County 6 December 1800.
 * County Seat: Batavia
 * Neighboring Counties: residents may also have records in Warren (north)·Clinton (northeast)·Campbell County, Kentucky (southwest) ·Pendleton County, Kentucky (southwest)·Bracken County, Kentucky (south)·Hamilton (west)·Brown (east)

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

Cemeteries

 * Old Bethel Cemetery, Bethel BillionGraves
 * Bethel Cemetery, Bethel BillionGraves (newer and larger cemetery)

Military

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


 * - 1st Independent Battery, Ohio Light Artillery, a battery is like a company in an artillery regiment.

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

Courthouse
Clermont County Courthouse 212 E Main Street Batavia, OH 45103 Phone: 513.732.7308

Probate Court has birth and death records 1867-1950, marriage and probate records from 1800 and naturalization records from 1860’s. Court Clerk has divorce records from 1861 and court records from 1803.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Cherry Grove/ Eastgate Ohio Family History Center. For additional nearby Family History Centers, search online in the FHC directory.


 * Cincinnati Ohio 5th & 7th Family History Center

Societies

 * Clermont County Genealogical Society

Marriage
Online Marriage Indexes and Records Original Marriage Records on Microfilm

Death
Online Death Indexes and Records Original Death Records on Microfilm
 * 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.