Wood County, Ohio Genealogy

United States Ohio  Wood County

Parent County
1820--Wood County was created 12 February 1820 from Logan County. County seat: Bowling Green

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

Places/Localities
Bowling Green

Neighboring Counties

 * Hancock
 * Henry
 * Lucas
 * Ottawa
 * Putnam
 * Sandusky
 * Seneca

Church

 * Ministers of Wood County Ohio

Military
War of 1812


 * Fort Meigs, Ohio's War of 1812 Battlefield
 * Excursion of veterans of the War of 1812 to Fort Meigs, June, 1870 (Lexington, Kentucky 1871 - 1953) pages 34


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


 * - 100th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Company A
 * - 111th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Companies B, D, I, and K

Vital 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.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Toledo Ohio Family History Center (Perrysburg)

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.