Ohio Death Records Indexes & Online Death Certificates
Ohio Obituaries - General Listings
- Ohio Obituaries Index 1810s-recent from the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center (over 2.1 million entries) indexes some obituaries (plus some marriage and death notices) from these Ohio counties: Allen, Ashland, Auglaize, Belmont, Clark, Defiance, Erie, Franklin (city of Worthington), Fulton, Gallia, Hancock, Hardin, Henry, Highland, Huron, Logan, Lorain, Miami, Ottawa, Paulding, Putnam, Ross, Sandusky, Seneca, Union, Van Wert, Washington, Wayne, Wood and Wyandot - coverage varies by county (copies of the obituaries can be ordered for a fee). The database can also be searched online at Ancestry if you have a subscription: Ohio Obituary Index, 1830s-2011, Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center (requires payment)
- 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 1716-present (emphasis is on the 1990s and 2000s)
- Belmont County Death Index 1867-1908
- Butler County: Greenwood Cemetery Burials (Hamilton, OH)
- Bulter County Cemeteries and Other Genealogy Indexes
- Cincinnati - see Hamilton County below
- Clark County Obituaries Search - moved to the RB Hayes Obituary Index - see link above
- Clermont County Cemetery Photo Project from the Clermont County Genealogical Society
- Columbiana County: Salem News Obituaries Index 1953-2012, and Grandview Cemetery Association Burial Database for the cemetery link, look for the "Get Answers" tab when you get there
- 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...
- 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
- Erie County: Oakland Cemetery Burials (Sandusky, Ohio)
- Erie County: Milan Cemetery Burials (Milan, Ohio)
- Fairfield County Cemeteries Surname Index
- 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...
- Fulton County Death Register Book 1 (1868-1886) transcriptions and images
- Gallia County Genealogical Society - Cemetery Records also includes other genealogy indexes
- Geauga County Births and Deaths 1867-1908
- Greene County Death Records 1869-1909, and Birth Records 1869-1909
- Hamilton County & Cincinnati...
- The Hamilton County section has moved to its own webpage...
- Hancock County: Findlay-Hancock County Obituary File from Findlay Newspapers & Hancock County Cemetery books
- Henry County Genealogical Society Databases includes estate records, veterans graves, early obituaries index and more
- Huron County: Willard Memorial Library Obituary and Birth Announcement Indexes
- 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 & Death Notices Indexes; and Jefferson County Cemeteries to see what is included do an advanced search in the all of the words box for newspaper index or Jefferson county cemeteries (part of the Digital Shoebox collection: historical treasures of Southeast Ohio)
- Lake County...
- Licking County...
- Lorain County...
- Lucas County & Toledo...
- Madison County: Plain City Burial Records Index scroll down to the genealogy section when you get there
- Mahoning County: Goshen Township Cemetery Burials
- Medina County District Library Obituary Finder
- Miami County Genealogy Indexes includes cemetery, probate and marriage indexes; from the Troy Historical Society
- Montgomery County & Dayton...
- Muskingum County Obituaries includes Adamsville Register obituaries index 1889-1939
- Muskingum County Cemeteries
- Perry County Probate Death Index 1867-1908 also has some cemetery indexes and other items
- Preble County Genealogical & Historical Records Search includes obituaries & marriages - with scans of the actual obituaries
- Richland County Newspaper Index - Includes Obituaries from the Mansfield Richland County Public Library
- Ross County Probate Court Archives - Genealogy Indexes includes death records index 1888-1908, probate index 1798-1910, marriage records indexes, and other items; PDF files
- Sandusky County: McPherson Cemetery Burials (Clyde, Ohio) PDF file
- Scioto County: Gravestone Inscriptions from Greenlawn Cemetery pre-1900
- Scioto County: Portsmouth Public Library Genealogy Indexes includes a cemetery search, plus indexes for early deaths, marriages and wills, and other items
- Stark County...
- Summit County & Akron...
- Toledo - see Lucas County above
- Trumbull County: Warren-Trumbull County Public Library Obituaries Indexes
- Warren County: Birth, Marriage & Death Records
- Washington County Cemetery Index 60,000 entries
- Washington County: Some Burials in Washington County Cemeteries, and Index to 17,792 Obituaries 1987-1999
- Wayne County Genealogy Databases includes Early Obituary Abstracts, Veteran's Home Death Records and other items
- Wayne County - also see the Ohio Obituaries Index above
- Williams County Obituary Index
- Wood County...
Ohio Cemeteries - General Listing
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