Belmont County, Ohio Genealogy

United States Ohio Belmont County

Historical Facts

 * Parent Counties: Formed from Jefferson and Washington counties 7 September 1801.
 * County Seat: St. Clairsville
 * Neighboring Counties: residents may also have records in Monroe (south)· Ohio County, West Virginia (east)·Marshall County, West Virginia (southeast)·Guernsey (west)·Noble (southwest)·Harrison(north) ·Jefferson (northeast)

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

Military

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


 * - 98th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Companies B and E

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

County Courthouse
Belmont County Courthouse 100 W Main Street Saint Clairsville, OH 43950-1225 Phone: 740.699.2139

Court Clerk has divorce and court records from 1820. County Health Department has burial records. Probate Court has birth, marriage, death and probate records.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Bellaire Public Library Ohio. For additional nearby Family History Centers, search online in the FHC directory.

Libraries

 * Belmont County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society

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 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.