Online Ohio Death Indexes, Records & Obituaries

Ohio Death Records Indexes & Online Death Certificates

Ohio Death Certificate Index 1913-1944 from the Ohio Historical Society
Ohio Death Index 1958-2002 (requires payment - part of an Ancestry subscription) has over 5.3 million names
also includes: 1908-1932 and 1938-1944
Scanned Ohio Death Certificates 1908-1953 from FamilySearch Labs these are currently being tested so there may be errors or missing data; using FamilySearch Labs requires registration and a waiting period

Ohio Obituaries - General Listings

Ohio Obituaries Archive (recent) for 29 Ohio newspapers (copies of individual obituaries can be obtained online for a fee)

Ohio Obituaries Index 1830s-present - mostly Northwest counties (over 1.2 million names) includes obituaries (plus some marriage and death notices) from these Ohio counties: Allen, Auglaize, Belmont, Clark, Defiance, Erie, Franklin (city of Worthington), Gallia, Hancock, Hardin, Henry, Highland, Huron, Logan, Lorain, Miami, Ottawa, Paulding, Ross, Sandusky, Seneca, Van Wert, Washington, Wayne, Wood and Wyandot - coverage varies by county - also see the links below (copies of the obituaries can be ordered for a fee)

MOLO Obituary Index includes obituaries from newspapers in Ashland County (Loudonville), Coshocton County, Holmes County and Stark County (Massillon)

Ohio Death Records Indexes, Obituaries & Cemeteries by County

Akron - see Summit County below
Allen County: Delphos & Marion Township Deaths 1909-1953 and Delphos Cemeteries
Ashland County - see the MOLO Obituary Index listed above
Ashtabula County District Library Obituary Notebook Index 1896-present (indexes selected obituaries and death notices)
Cincinnati - see Hamilton County below
Clark County Obituaries Search 1920 to present from the Clark County Public Library
Clermont County: Mt. Moriah Cemtery Burials Database Union Township, Ohio
Columbus - see Franklin County below
Coshocton County - see the MOLO Obituary Index listed above
Cuyahoga County & Cleveland...
- The Cuyahoga County section has moved to its own webpage...
  - Cuyahoga County & Cleveland Death Indexes, Records & Obituaries
Darke County Burials 1928-1996 not complete, but has many entries
Dayton - see Montgomery County below
Delaware County Cemeteries
Delaware County: Marlborough, Oak Grove & St Mary Cemetery Burials
Fayette County Local Genealogy Indexes includes a death index 1867-1908, an obituaries index and other items from the Carnegie Public Library
Franklin County & Columbus...
- Franklin County: Columbus News Index Obituary Search 1932-1997 from the Columbus Dispatch
- Columbus Dispatch Obituaries Archive, 5/28/2005-Current (you can obtain copies of individual obituaries online for a fee)
- Franklin County Veterans Grave Search
- Worthington Cemeteries Database - Walnut Grove & Flint Union Cemeteries includes some obituaries
  - Worthington News Index indexes some newspaper obituaries
- Green Lawn Cemetery Burials 1848-1981 - Columbus, Ohio
- Obetz Cemetery Burials - Columbus, Ohio
Gallia County Genealogical Society - Cemetery Records also includes other genealogy indexes
Hamilton County & Cincinnati...
- The Hamilton County section has moved to its own webpage...
  - Hamilton County & Cincinnati Death Indexes, Records & Obituaries
Hancock County: Findlay-Hancock County Obituary File from Findlay Newspapers & Hancock County Cemetery books mid 1800s to the present
Jackson County: Fairmount Cemetery Burials, City of Jackson (PDF file) when you get there look for the link on the left side
Jefferson County: Steubenville Herald-Star Newspaper Obituaries 1987-1999 part of the Digital Shoebox collection (historical treasures of Southeast Ohio)
Lake County Probate Death Records 1867-1908
Lawrence County Death, Obituary & Probate Indexes
Licking County...
- Licking County Birth & Death Certificate Search includes death records 1909-1945 & 2000 to present, birth records 1947-present, and Newark City birth & death records 1998-present
- Licking County Probate Records Index 1829-1904
- Licking County Death Records 1874-1908
- Licking County Obituaries & Death Notices 1880-1941 from the Granville Times
Lorain County...
- Lorain County: Amherst News-Times Obituaries Index (recent)
- Lorain County Probate Online Records Search 1990-present
- Lorain County Cemeteries
Lucas County & Toledo...
- Lucas County Probate Court Online Search (recent) includes Toledo
- Toledo-Lucas County Public Library - Blade Obituaries Index 1990-present
- For online copies of Toledo Blade Obituaries 9/25/1996-Current, see the Ohio Obituaries Archive listed near the top of this page
Madison County: Plain City Burial Records Index scroll down to the genealogy section when you get there
Medina County District Library Obituary Index obituaries, death notices & probate notices from the Medina County Gazette since the 1850s (some years are missing)
Montgomery County & Dayton...
- Dayton Daily News Obituaries 2/1/1990-Current (you can order individual obituaries online for a fee)
- Montgomery County: Woodland Cemetery Burials - Dayton, Ohio has over 101,000 entries
- Montgomery County: Dayton Historical Obituaries Index Search 1850-1890, some 1950s & 1985-present
Muskingum County Obituaries includes Adamsville Register obituaries index 1889-1939
Muskingum County Cemeteries
Preble County Genealogical & Historical Records Search includes obituaries & marriages - with scans of the actual obituaries
Preble County: Eaton Obituaries 2001-present click on "archives" to search for older obituaries
Ross County: Assorted Deaths 1840s-1860s from census mortality schedules & newspapers
Scioto County: Gravestone Inscriptions from Greenlawn Cemetery pre-1900
Stark County...
- Louisville Public Library Obituary Database March 1887-present (25,000 names)
- Stark County: Indexes to Notices in the Ohio Repository 1815-1899 & Obituaries in the Canton Repository 1900-2004 (not yet complete; some years missing) these are searchable PDF files
- Alliance Review Obituaries Index (Rodman Public Library) Alliance, Ohio (coverage is spotty 1871-1959; full coverage from 1961-present)
- Stark County Probate Court Records Search
- Also see the MOLO Obituary Index listed above
Summit County & Akron...
- Summit County: Akron Beacon Journal Obituaries 1/7/1985-Current (you can obtain individual obituaries online for a fee)
- Summit County: Barberton Health District Death Records Search 1944-present for people who died in Barberton, Ohio (also includes a birth index)
- Locust Grove Cemetery Burials in Twinsburg, Summit County, Ohio
- Akron-Summit County Public Library Genealogy Indexes includes:
  - Edwin Shaw Hospital - Briar Hill Cemetery Records
  - Glendale Cemetery Records
  - Mount Peace Cemetery, Akron, Ohio - Interment Records, 1880-1916
  - Springfield Township Cemetery Transcriptions
  - Akron Beacon Journal Obituaries Index 1990, 1992, 1993 & 2000-2006
Toledo - see Lucas County above
Warren County: Birth, Marriage & Death Records
Washington County Cemetery Index 60,000 entries
Wayne County - see the Ohio Obituaries Index above
Williams County Obituary Index
Wood County Obituary Index 1848-present
Wood County Obituary Index 1870-present has some different entries than the above index

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