Tuscarawas County, Ohio Genealogy

Guide to Tuscarawas County Ohio genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

United States Ohio Tuscarawas County

Historical Facts

 * Parent Counties: Formed from Muskingum County in 1808.
 * County Seat: New Philadelphia
 * Neighboring Counties: residents may also have records in Stark (north)·Guernsey (south)·Holmes (northwest)· Coshocton (southwest)·Carroll (northeast)·Harrison (southeast)

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

See Ohio Cemeteries for more information.

History

 * Mansfield, John Brainard, A History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio: Containing a History of the County; its Townships, Towns, Churches, and Schools, (Chicago, Illinois: Warner, Beers and Co., 1884). Digital copy at Google Books


 * Richardson, J.M., A Brief History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, (Canal Dover, Ohio: The Bixler Printing Co., 1896). Digital copy at


 * Hagloch, Henry C., The History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, (Dover, Ohio: Dover Historical Society, 1956).

Maps

 * Maps of Ohio (1788-1940)

Military

 * Civil War service men from Tuscarawas 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 Tuscarawas County.


 * - 4th Regiment, Ohio Infantry (3 months, 1861), Company F (also known as Canton Zouaves) with 16 men from Tuscarawas County.
 * - 98th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Company K
 * - 104th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Company E
 * - 107th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Company I

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.

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

Courthouse
Tuscarawas County Courthouse Public Square New Philadelphia, OH 44663 Phone: 330.365.3243 Probate Judge has birth, marriage, death and probate records; Clerk Court has divorce and court reocrds from 1808 and naturalization records from 1907; County Recorder has land records

Family History Centers
For additional nearby Family History Centers, search online in the FHC directory. Put your town name in the top search box.
 * Canton Ohio Family History Center

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 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.

Original Death Records on Microfilm

Web Sites

 * Tuscarawas 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
 * Coshocton
 * Guernsey
 * Harrison
 * Holmes
 * Stark