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Birth

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• 1820s-2000s:

Ohio Birth Collections

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Ohio, Church Records, 1762-2008
Ohio Births and Christenings, 1821-1962
Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003

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Marriage

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• 1789-2015: United States Marriages, Ohio at FindMyPast ($)

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• 1780s-2000s:

Ohio Marriage Collections

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Ohio, Church Records, 1762-2008
Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013
Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958
Ohio, Marriages, 1800-1942

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Ohio Death Collections

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Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953
Ohio, Church Records, 1762-2008
Ohio Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007
Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001
Ohio Deaths and Burials, 1854-1997
Ohio, Bloomfield Township, Brownwood Cemetery Records, 1824-2012
Ohio, Carroll County, Veteran Grave Registrations, 1817-1980
Ohio, Cleveland Cemetery Interment Records, 1824-2001
Ohio, Crawford County Obituaries, 1860-2004
Ohio, Licking County, Hartford Township Records, 1881-1962
Ohio, Marietta Cemetery Records, 1788-2013
Ohio, Summit County, Coroner Inquests, Hospital and Cemetery Records, 1882-1949
Ohio, Athens County, Deceased Veteran Grave Registration Card File Index, 1819-1936
Ohio, Summit County, Veteran Burial Cards, 1700-1941
Ohio, Washington County Newspaper Obituaries, 1884-2013
United States Social Security Death Index
Find A Grave Index
BillionGraves Index
GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014
Ohio, Columbus, Union Cemetery, Burial Records, ca. 1878-1980

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