Ohio Death Records Indexes and Online Death Certificates
Ohio Probate Records - General
Ohio Obituaries - General
- Ohio Obituaries Index 1810s-recent from the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center (over 3.7 million entries) indexes some obituaries (plus some marriage and death notices) from these Ohio counties: Allen, Ashland, Ashtabula, Auglaize, Belmont, Clark, Coshocton, Defiance, Erie, Franklin (city of Worthington), Gallia, Geauga, Guernsey, Hancock, Hardin, Henry, Highland, Holmes, Huron, Licking, Logan, Lorain, Medina, Meigs, Miami, Ottawa, Paulding, Portage, Putnam, Richland, Ross, Sandusky, Seneca, Stark, Summit, Union, Van Wert, Washington, Wayne, Wood and Wyandot - coverage varies by county (copies of the obituaries can be ordered for a fee).
Ohio Death Records Indexes, Obituaries and Cemeteries by County
- Akron - see Summit County below
- Allen County: Delphos and Marion Township Deaths, 1909-1953; and Delphos Cemeteries
- Ashland County - see the Rutherford B. Hayes Obituary Index listed above
- Ashtabula County Genealogical Society Gravestone Photos Project
- Athens County, Deceased Veteran Grave Registration Card File Index, 1819-1936 from FamilySearch
- Belmont County Death Records, 1867-1908 digitized microfilm of the death registers from FamilySearch
- Butler County: Greenwood Cemetery Burials (Hamilton, OH)
- Bulter County Cemeteries and Other Genealogy Indexes
- Carroll County: Obituary Indexes, 1844-1868 and 1876-1880; and Cemetery Burials
- Carroll County Veteran Grave Registrations, 1817-1980 from FamilySearch
- Cincinnati - see Hamilton County below
- Clark County: Ferncliff Cemetery Burials in Springfield, Ohio
- Clark County Obituaries Search - moved to the Rutherford B. Hayes Obituary Index - see link above
- Clermont County...
- Cleveland - see Cuyahoga County below
- Columbiana County: Salem News Obituaries Index, 1934-recent, and Grandview Cemetery Association Burial Database for the cemetery link, look for the "Local Interest" tab when you get there; some months are missing from the obituaries index
- Columbus - see Franklin County below
- Coshocton County...
- Crawford County Obituaries, 1860-2004 at FamilySearch
- Cuyahoga County and Cleveland...
- The Cuyahoga County section has moved to its own webpage...
- Darke County: Greenville Township Cemetery Burials
- Dayton - see Montgomery County below
- Delaware County Cemeteries
- Delaware County: Oak Grove Cemetery Burial Record Search in Delaware, Ohio
- Erie County: Oakland Cemetery Burials (Sandusky, Ohio)
- Erie County: Milan Cemetery Burials (Milan, Ohio)
- Fairfield County Cemeteries Surname Index
- Fairfield County Obituary Index: 19th century through December 2021
- Fayette County Local Genealogy Indexes includes a death index 1867-1908, an obituaries index and other items from the Carnegie Public Library
- Franklin County and Columbus...
- Fulton County Death Register Book 1 (1868-1886) transcriptions and images
- Gallia County Genealogical Society - Obituaries and Cemetery Records also includes other genealogy indexes
- Geauga County...
- Greene County Death Records, 1869-1909; and Birth Records, 1869-1909
- Hamilton County and Cincinnati...
- The Hamilton County section has moved to its own webpage...
- Hancock County...
- Henry County Genealogical Society Databases includes cemetery burials, estate records, veterans graves, early obituaries index and more
- Huron County...
- Jackson County: Fairmount Cemetery Burials, City of Jackson (PDF file)
- 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...
- Lawrence County...
- Licking County...
- Lorain County...
- Lucas County and Toledo...
- Madison County: Plain City Burial Records Index from the Plain City Public Library
- Mahoning County...
- Marion County: Marion Public Library Obituary Database
- Medina County District Library Obituaries Index: see the Ohio Obituaries Index 1810s-recent above
- Miami County Genealogy Indexes includes cemetery, probate and marriage indexes; from the Troy Historical Society
- Montgomery County and Dayton...
- Muskingum County...
- Ottawa County: Put-in-Bay Township Cemetery Burials includes Maple Leaf Cemetery, Crown Hill Cemetery, La Fluer Cemetery (Middle Bass), and North Bass Cemetery
- Ottawa County: Harris-Elmore Public Library Digital Collection includes some obituaries and other items (note: some collections are not yet complete)
- Perry County Probate Death Index, 1867-1908 also has some cemetery indexes and other items
- Preble County Genealogical and Historical Records Search includes obituaries and marriages - with scans of the actual obituaries
- Preble County: Mound Hill Cemetery Burials (Eaton, Ohio)
- 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
- Ross County Genealogical Society Obituaries Index
- Sandusky County: McPherson Cemetery Burials (Clyde, Ohio) PDF document
- Scioto County: Greenlawn Cemetery Burials Search in Portsmouth, Ohio
- Scioto County: Portsmouth Public Library Genealogy Indexes includes a cemetery search, plus indexes for early deaths, marriages and wills, and other items
- Seneca County: Greenlawn Cemetery Burials Search in Tiffin, Ohio
- Stark County...
- Summit County and Akron...
- Akron-Summit County Public Library Genealogy Indexes includes:
- Akron Beacon Journal Obituaries Index, 1937-2012
- Indexes to the Akron Beacon Journal, 1841-1939 (including births, marriages, and deaths)
- Akron-Summit County Public Library Local Records includes:
- Mount Peace Cemetery, Akron, Ohio - Interment Records, 1880-1916 (also see Mount Peace Cemetery listed below)
- Springfield Township Cemetery Transcriptions
- St. Vincent Cemetery Transcriptions
- Summit County: Barberton Public Library Obituaries Indexes PDF files
- Summit County: Stow-Munroe Falls Public Library Obituary Index
- Summit County, Coroner Inquests, Hospital and Cemetery Records, 1882-1949 from FamilySearch includes burial permits, 1915-1947 for Briar Hill Cemetery; coroner's inquest books, 1882-1922 for Summit county; and some records for Edwin Shaw Hospital
- Summit County Cemetery Records
- Chestnut Hill Memorial Park Burial Records Search in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
- Glendale Cemetery Burials in Akron
- Burials in East Liberty and Greensburg Cemeteries in Green, Ohio
- Mount Peace Cemetery Burials in Akron
- Oakwood Cemetery Records in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
- Harrington Cemetery Records in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
- Summit County: for Catholic cemeteries see the Cleveland Diocese link in the Cuyahoga County section listed above
- Toledo - see Lucas County above
- Trumbull County...
- Tuscarawas County...
- Union County...
- Warren County...
- Washington County...
- Wayne County...
- Williams County Obituary Index
- Wood County...
- Youngstown - see Mahoning County above
Ohio Cemeteries - General Listings
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