Richland County, Ohio Genealogy

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Parent County
1808--Richland County was created 30 January 1808 from Fairfield County. County seat: Mansfield

Boundary Changes
Richland County gave up land for the formation of Morrow County in February 1848. The Townships of Congress, North Bloomfield, Perry and Troy went to Morrow County.

Neighboring Counties

 * Ashland
 * Crawford
 * Huron
 * Knox
 * Morrow

Cemeteries
LDS Cemetery Records Vol. 21 page 26 - Pleasant Valley

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
Richland County Chapter, OGS

Mansfield-Richland County Public Library - Sherman Room (genealogy room)

Ohio Genealogical Society Library (west of Bellville)

Web Sites

 * The Richland County OHGenWeb Project, a member of The OHGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project
 * Family History Library Catalog