Mahoning County, Ohio Genealogy

Mahoning County
	Mahoning County, Ohio
	Map
	; Location in the state of Ohio
	; Location of Ohio in the U.S.
	Courthouse
Address	Mahoning County Courthouse; 120 Market St; Youngstown, Ohio 44503; Mahoning County Website; Phone: 330–740–2104

Guide to Mahoning County, Ohio ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Coordinates: 41.02°0′N 80.77°0′W / 41.02°N 80.77°W / 41.02; -80.77

Cities
Alliance Campbell Canfield	Columbiana Salem	Struthers Youngstown (county seat)
Villages
Beloit Craig Beach Lowellville	New Middletown Poland	Sebring Washingtonville
Unincorporated communities
Berlin Center Blanco Calla Coitsville Center East Lewistown Ellsworth Fredericksburg Garfield Greenford Hickory Corners	Knaufville Locust Grove Millville New Albany New Buffalo New Springfield North Benton North Jackson North Lima Ohltown	Paradise Patmos Petersburg Poland Pricetown Rosemont Snodes West Austintown Woodworth
Census-designated places
Austintown Boardman	Damascus Lake Milton	Maple Ridge Mineral Ridge
Townships
Austintown Beaver Berlin Boardman Canfield	Coitsville Ellsworth Goshen Green Jackson	Milton Poland Smith Springfield

Neighboring Counties[edit | edit source]

Trumbull County • Portage County • Stark County • Columbiana County • Lawrence County, Pennsylvania • Mercer County, Pennsylvania

Boundary Changes[edit | edit source]

For animated maps illustrating Ohio county boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Ohio County Boundary Maps" (1788-1888) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Record Loss[edit | edit source]

There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Resources[edit | edit source]

Bible Records[edit | edit source]

Business Records and Commerce[edit | edit source]

Cemeteries[edit | edit source]

Cemetery records often reveal birth, marriage, death, relationship, military, and religious information.

Online Grave Transcripts	Published Grave Transcripts	County Cemetery Directories
Findagrave.com	Family History Library	Findagrave.com
Interment.net	WorldCat	Names in Stone
USGW Tombstones		Billion Graves
Billion Graves		Epodunk
OHGenWeb Tombstone Photos
Ohio Gravestones
See Ohio Cemeteries for more information.

Church Records[edit | edit source]

Church records and the information they provide vary significantly depending on the denomination and the record keeper. They may contain information about members of the congregation, such as age, date of baptism, christening, or birth; marriage information and maiden names; and death date. For general information about Ohio denominations, view the Ohio Church Records wiki page.

General[edit | edit source]

Mahoning Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution, Youngstown, Ohio, Court, Church and Family Records of Mahoning and Columbiana Counties of Ohio FHL film 859777 item 7
Mahoning Valley Historical Society has a variety of collections of original church records including but not limited to Lutheran and Reformed congregations within the county

Lutheran[edit | edit source]

Records of Wooland Avenue Lutheran Church, Youngstown, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

Society of Friends[edit | edit source]

1828-1926 - Church Records - Society of Friends, Damascus, New Garden and Springfield Quarterly Meetings. FHL film 1533198 items 5–7 – 1533200 items 1–2
1864-1959 - Church Records - Society of Friends, East Goshen Monthly Meeting. FHL film 1533207 items 10–11 and 1533208 items 1–5
Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. Vol. IV:(Ohio Monthly Meetings)including West and East Goshen Monthly Meetings. Found at Ancestry.com ($)

Finding More Church Records[edit source]

Additional church records can sometimes be found using search phrases such as Mahoning County, Ohio Genealogy Church Records in online catalogs like:

WorldCat (For instructions see WorldCat Online Catalog).
FamilySearch Catalog (For instructions see FamilySearch Catalog Place-name Search).

Court Records[edit | edit source]

See Ohio Court Records for more information about using these records.

The following abstracts and copies of original records may be accessed through the Family History Library.

1847-1867 - Civil Records FHL film 363350 item 1
1846-1946 - Records of the Probate Court FHL films 907327 (first of 46 films)
1848-1851 - Court Records FHL film 363350 item 2

Emigration and Immigration[edit | edit source]

Ethnic, Political, or Religious Groups[edit | edit source]

Gazetteers[edit | edit source]

Genealogy[edit | edit source]

History[edit | edit source]

Local History[edit | edit source]

Local histories are available for Mahoning County, Ohio Genealogy. County histories may include biographies, church, school and government history, and military information. For more information about local histories, see the wiki page section Ohio Local Histories.

Williams, H.Z. and Bro. History of Trumbull and Mahoning Counties: with illustrations and biographical sketches. (Cleveland: H.Z. Williams and Bro., 1882) Digital version at Internet Archive; Google Books. Index of names Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library; FHL book 977.13 H2h index.
Youngstown, Chicago: American Historical Society, 1920. Digital version at: Ancestry.com ($)
Butler, Joseph Green, History of Youngstown and Mahoning Valley, Ohio (Chicago, Illinois : American Historical Society, c1921) At various libraries; digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library; FHL book 977.139/Y1 H2b.. Every name Index FHL book 977.139/Y1 H2
Sanderson, Thomas W. 20th Century History of Youngstown and Mahoning County, Ohio and Representative Citizens (Tucson, Arizona : W.C. Cox Co., 1974) At various libraries; FamilySearch Digital Library; FHL film 1000330 item 1 and 2409073 item 1
1805-1955 - Columbiana Sesquicentennial Official Historical Program FHL book 977.163/C1 H2c

Land and Property[edit | edit source]

Land and property records can place an ancestor in a particular location, provide economic information, and reveal family relationships. Land records include: deeds, abstracts and indexes, mortgages, leases, grants and land patents.

See Ohio Land and Property for additional information about early Ohio land grants. After land was transferred to private ownership, subsequent transactions were usually recorded at the county courthouse and where records are currently housed.
Online Resources

Beginning 1820 - Land Patent Search See Ohio Land and Property for more information about this database.
1796–1907 - U.S. General Land Office Records found at Ancestry.com ($)
Ohio Land Records This database was officially known as the Pre-1908 Homestead and Cash Entry Patent and Cadastral Survey Plat Index and contain over 100,000 Ohio land patents dated before 1908. Found at Ancestry.com ($)
Mahoning County Township Map with a detailed map of each section.
Mahoning County Land Records Found at usgwarchives.net

Finding More Land Records[edit source]

Additional land records can sometimes be found using search phrases such as Mahoning County, Ohio Genealogy Land and Property Records in online catalogs like:

WorldCat (For instructions see WorldCat Online Catalog).
FamilySearch Catalog(For instructions see FamilySearch Catalog Place-name Search).

The Trumbull County Archives/Microfilm department has online maps and deed indexes

Maps[edit | edit source]

Click a neighboring county
for more resources

Maps of Ohio (1788-1940)
Map of Mahoning County, Ohio : showing the original lots and farm

Military[edit | edit source]

1888-1919 - Ohio Soldier Home Records, 1888-1919 at FamilySearch — index and images

Civil War[edit | edit source]

Civil War service men from Mahoning 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 Mahoning County.

- 41st Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Company F

- 105th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Companies A and H

World War I[edit | edit source]

1914-1919 - Ohio, World War I Statement of Service Cards, 1914-1919 at FamilySearch — index and images
1914-1918 - Ohio, World War I, Enrollment Cards, 1914-1918 at FamilySearch — index and images
1916-1920 - Ohio, WWI Index and Return Cards, 1916-1920 at FamilySearch — index

Naturalization and Citizenship[edit | edit source]

1800-1977 - Ohio, County Naturalization Records, 1800-1977 at FamilySearch — index and images

Original Naturalization records for Mahoning County, Ohio are housed at the Oak Hill Renaissance Place and available for public viewing.

Oakhill Renaissance Place
345 Oakhill Avenue, Suite 102
Youngstown, OH 44502
Phone: 330-740-2110

Newspapers[edit | edit source]

Mahoning County, Ohio Genealogy newspapers may contain genealogical value including obituaries, births, marriages, deaths, anniversaries, family gatherings, family travel, achievements, business notices, engagement information, and probate court proceedings.

To access newspapers, contact public libraries, Ohio Genealogical Society chapters, college or university libraries, the Library of Congress, Google News, or the Ohio Historical Society. The Ohio Genealogical Society Obituary Database is another source of newspaper information.

For more Ohio newspaper information see the Newspaper Guides on the wiki page Ohio Newspapers.

Online Newspapers

1869–1875 - The Mahoning Valley Vindicator (Jun–July) Google News Archive
1875–1877 - The Mahoning Vindicator (July–July) Google News Archive
1896–1928 - The Sunday Vindicator (Jun–Oct)Google News Archive
1891–1893 - Youngstown Evening Vindicator (Mar-May) Google News Archive
1899–1890 - The Evening Vindicator (Sept 23–Jun 23) Google News Archives
1981–2009 - The Vindicator (Oct–Jun) Google News Archive
1807–1984 - Youngstown Vindicator (Apr–Aug) Issues intermittent Google News Archive

Online Newspaper Abstracts

Mahoning County Newspaper Articles Courtesy of USGenWeb.

Newspaper Extracts and Abstracts in Book Form

Finding More Ohio Newspapers[edit source]

Additional newspapers abstracts can sometimes be found using search phrases such as Mahoning County Ohio newspapers in online catalogs like:

WorldCat (For instructions see WorldCat Online Catalog).
Do a Mahoning County, Ohio Place-name search for these and other records in the FamilySearch Catalog (For instructions see FamilySearch Catalog Place-name Search).

Obituaries[edit | edit source]

Ohio Genealogical Society Obituary Database

Periodicals[edit | edit source]

Probate[edit | edit source]

Probate records created after 1852 are held by the Mahoning County, Ohio Genealogy Probate Court. From 1797 or the creation of the county, probate records were held by the Court of Common Pleas. Most counties transferred all records to the Probate Court, but in some circumstances, Court of Common Pleas records should be searched for records prior to 1852. Most records are housed at the Mahoning County, Ohio Genealogy Courthouse. Some records are on microfilm at the Ohio Genealogical Society and the Family History Library. For more complete information about the location of county probate records see:

Carol Willsey Bell, Ohio Wills and Estates to 1850: An Index (1981). Carol Willsey Bell, Ohio Wills and Estates to 1850: An Index (Columbus, Ohio: the author, 1981).FamilySearch Digital Library - Free online copy.

See the wiki page Ohio Probate Records for information about how to use probate records.

Content: Probate Records may give the decedent's date of death, names of his or her spouse, children, parents, siblings, in-laws, neighbors, associates, relatives, and their place of residence.

Record types: Wills, estates, guardianships, naturalizations, marriage, adoption, and birth and death records (1867-1908 only).

Online Probate Records

1786 - 1998 Ohio Wills and Probate Records 1786-1998 at Ancestry.com — index and images $
1789 - 1996 Ohio Probate Records 1789-1996 at FamilySearch.org — images
1790–1967 - Ohio, Probate Records, 1790-1967 at FamilySearch Historical Records – free. This collection consists of probate records and estate files from county courthouses in Ohio. The content and time period varies by county, with more records being added as they become available. This Collection will include records from 1789 to 1996. Currently, (September 2012) the collection is only searchable by browsing the images. A list of Fires that have destroyed records in the courthouses of several counties are listed on the Record Description page.
1846–1899 - Original Mahoning County Probate Estate Case Packets ;are housed at the Mahoning Valley Historical Society Archive. These packets contain the original documents, with actual signatures; wills, administration applications, bonds, inventories, receipts, affidavits, and any other record needed to settle an estate. These packets are the originals.
ca. 1870-1905. Original Mahoning County Probate Civil Case packets are housed at the Mahoning Valley Historical Society's Archival Library. These cases include but are not limited to: civil cases, divorces, guardianships, inquests of lunacy, applications for the Worthy Blind (1904-1905), judgements, land transfers resulting from estate files, legal name changes, adoptions, etc. These are original documents with actual signatures.
NOTE: for Mahoning County, OH the court records currently available through Familysearch are the Transcribed Court Records, not the original Probate Estate or Probate Civil Case Packets. Transcribed court records do not usually contain original signatures, nor is every individual document transcribed by the court which pertains to that case packet. Interim and final reports and other legal documents required by the court are transcribed by a clerk from the actual documents. Frequently there are additional documents within the original case packet itself that are not deemed necessary to transcribe. Mahoning County is fortunate in that both transcribed records and original packets exist for a significant period. Human error is always a factor in transcribing records. There may also be instances where the original does not exist any longer but the transcription does. It is strongly suggested that researchers seek out both the Transcribed Records, and the Original packets where-ever possible.

Finding More Probate Records[edit source]

Additional probate records can sometimes be found using search phrases such as Mahoning County, Ohio Genealogy Probate Records in online catalogs like:

WorldCat (For instructions see WorldCat Online Catalog).
FamilySearch Catalog (For instructions see FamilySearch Catalog Place-name Search).

Public Records[edit | edit source]

1935 - Chaney High School, Youngstown, Ohio 1935 Basketball Team Photo with names of individuals.

Repositories[edit | edit source]

Courthouse[edit | edit source]

Mahoning County Courthouse
120 Market Street
Youngstown, OH 44503
Phone: 330–740–2104

Probate Court
Phone: 330-740-2310
Email:MCProbate@mahoningcountyoh.gov

Genealogical Resources: County marrige records; Births and Deaths 1864–1908; Guardianship; Will and estates (Wills are on film–original case packets are at the Mahoning Valley Historical Society.)

Mahoning County Recorder's Office
Phone: 330-740-2345
Email:npalermo@mahoningcountyoh.gov

Genealogical Resources: Land and deeds; grave registrations; soldier's discharges after 1864. Mark the envelope of your requests with Probate Office or Recorder's Office

Mahoning County Clerk of Courts
Phone: 330-740-2104

Original civil court packets/files 1871-1901 are housed at the Mahoning Valley Historical Society.

Family History Centers[edit | edit source]

Family History Centers provide one-on-one assistance and free access to premium genealogical websites. In addition, many centers have free how-to genealogy classes.

For current information about a center near you, go to the Family History Center Map

The main FHC for Mahoning County, Ohio is the Youngstown Ohio Family History Center.

For additional nearby Family History Centers, search online in the FHC directory.

Libraries[edit | edit source]

Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County
305 Wick Ave.
Youngstown, OH 44503
Telephone: 330–744–8636
Website

Genealogical resources: Newspaper film copies and indexes, directories, cemetery inscriptions database. This library is a FamilySearch Center where films can be ordered and viewed.

Museums[edit | edit source]

Youngstown Historical Center of Industry and Labor
151 W. Wood Street
Youngstown OH 44501–0533
Phone: 330–743-5934
Website

Genealogical resources: Mahoning County Common Pleas Court Records, Court Dockets, Deeds, Newspapers

Societies[edit | edit source]

The Connecticut Western Reserve was a part of northeast Ohio originally intended for settlement by Revolutionary War refugees from Connecticut.^[5] The former Connecticut Western Reserve lands were in the modern counties of Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga, Huron, Lake, Lorain, Medina, Portage, and Trumbull fully, but also in parts of Ashland, Mahoning, Ottawa, Summit, and Wayne counties in Ohio.

The Research Library at the Western Reserve Historical Society History Center is the premier repository for Cleveland, Ohio and Connecticut Western Reserve history material. One of the principal strengths is its manuscript collections.^[6] The WRHS collection has original land records, genealogies of New England, New York, and Pennsylvania, biographies, histories, and family Bibles.^[5]

Other Societies

Mahoning County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society
PO Box 9333
Youngstown, Ohio 44513-9333
E-mail: MCCOGS@zoominternet.net
Website

The society has volunteers at the courthouse each Thursday 8am to 3pm; located in the Marriage Dept in the basement. Society members also volunteer at the Main Library Thursdays 1–4.

Mahoning Valley Historical Society
648 Wick Avenue
Youngstown, OH 44502-1289 <Telephone: 330–743-2589
Email:archives@mahoninghistory.org
Website
Genealogical collections: The MVHS Archival Library. Original probate and civil court records 1846–1900 for Mahoning County. Collection includes diaries, Bibles, photographs, fraktur, manuscripts, deeds, wills, maps, architectural and mechanical drawings, ledgers, county and local government records, and church records in addition to other collections.

Online Genealogy Research Groups[edit | edit source]

U.S. Midwest Genealogy Research Community - FamilySearch Facebook Research Group
Ohio Ancestors - FamilySearch Community group, must have a free FamilySearch account to join
U.S. and Canada Genealogy Research - FamilySearch Community group, must have a free FamilySearch account to join

Taxation[edit | edit source]

Ohio tax records complement land records and can be used in place of censuses before 1820 or to supplement the years between censuses. Because only persons who owned taxable property were listed, many residents were not included in tax lists. There may also be gaps of several years in the tax records of some counties. For more information see the wiki page Ohio Taxation.

1800-1950 - Ohio Tax Records, 1800-1850 at FamilySearch — index and images
Original county tax lists are available 1846, and parts of the county for 1859 at the Mahoning Valley Historical Society.

Finding More Tax Records

Additional tax records can sometimes be found using search phrases such as Mahoning County, Ohio Genealogy Tax Records in online catalogs like:

WorldCat (For instructions see WorldCat Online Catalog).
FamilySearch Catalog (For instructions see FamilySearch Catalog Place-name Search).

Vital Records[edit | edit source]

See Ohio Vital Records for more information about Vital records in Ohio.

Vital records consist of birth, death, marriage and divorce records. Although Ohio enacted a statute in 1856 -1857 requiring registration of births, deaths and marriages, many did not comply. A second law occurred in 1867 but, again, was not always followed. By 1908, the law was more clearly defined and kept. Any existing birth and death records from 1867 through December 19, 1908 are located at the Mahoning County Probate Court. The Ohio Department of Health has birth records filed after December 20, 1908 and death records filed after January 1, 1954 while the Ohio Historical Society houses death records from December 20, 1908 through December 31, 1953. In addtion, the Youngstown City Health District has births 1909 to present and deaths 1892 to present.

Original marriage records are held at the office of the Mahoning County Probate Court with divorce records located with the Clerk of Court.

Birth[edit | edit source]

Online Birth Indexes and Records

1800-1962 - Ohio Births and Christenings Index found at ancestry.com ($)
1821–1962 - Ohio, Births and Christenings, 1821-1962 at FamilySearch Historical Records – free. This is an incomplete index of extractions of original records and of patron-submitted records. This index is not complete for any particular place or region. Information may have been previously published in the International Genealogical Index or Vital Records Index collections.
1841-2003 - Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003 at FamilySearch — index and images The collection includes a name index and images of county birth records in Ohio. The time period and type of record varies by county.
1908-1964 - Ohio, Birth Index, 1908-1964 at ancestry.com ($)

Original Birth Indexes and Records on Microfilm

1857 - Register of Births, Marriages and Deaths FHL film 907325
1864-1908 - Birth and Death Records FHL films 906501 (first of six films)

Marriage[edit | edit source]

Online Marriage Indexes and Records

1789-2013 - Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013 at FamilySearch — index and images. Name index and images of county marriage records acquired from local courthouses.
1800-1958 - Ohio, Marriages, 1800-1958 at FamilySearch — free; Index.
1800-1942 - Ohio, Marriages, 1800-1942 at FamilySearch — index
1803-1900 - Ohio Marriages, 1803-1900 at ancestry.com ($)
1898-1912 - Ohio Marriages at ancestry.com ($)
1970-2007 - Ohio Marriage Index, 1970, 1972-2007 at ancestry.com ($)

Original Marriage Records on Microfilm

1846-1916 - Marriage Records; Marriage Licenses, 1852-1861 - index 1852-1920 FHL films 907323 (first of 23 films)
1846-1865 - Marriages, 1846-1865, Marriage Applications, 1853-1864, Births and Deaths, 1857, of Mahoning County, Ohio; Cemetery Records of Mahoning County FHL film 317439
1857 - Register of Births, Marriages and Deaths FHL film 907325

Death[edit | edit source]

Online Death Indexes and Records

1840-2001 - Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001 at FamilySearch — index and images
1850-1885 - U.S. Federal Mortality Schedules at Ancestry.com ($)
1854–1997 - Ohio, Deaths and Burials, 1854-1997 at FamilySearch Historical Records – free; Index. Name index to death and burial records from the state of Ohio. Microfilm copies of these records are available at the Family History Library and Family History Centers. This set contains 2,535,556 records. Due to privacy laws, recent records may not be displayed. The year range represents most of the records. A few records may be earlier or later.
1908–1953 - Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1953 at FamilySearch Historical Records – Free. Name index and images of Ohio statewide death certificates. Records include such information as birth date of deceased, city, county, and state of death, name of spouse if married, names of parents, maiden name of mother, name of informant, if deceased was single, married, windowed or divorced, occupation of deceased.
1908–1932, 1938–1944, and 1958–2007: Ohio, Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007 at FamilySearch Historical Records – free. Index of deaths from the Ohio Department of Health in Columbus. Index provided by Ancestry.com.
1908-2007 - Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007 at Ancestry.com ($)
1913–1944 - Ohio Death Certificate Index 1913-1944 - Free

Original Death Records on Microfilm

1857 - Register of Births, Marriages and Deaths FHL film 907325
1864-1908 - Birth and Death Records FHL film 906501 (first of six films)

Divorce[edit | edit source]

1962-1963, 1967-1971, 1973-2007 - Ohio Divorce Index found at Ancestry.com - ($)

Finding More Vital Records

Additional vital records can sometimes be found using search phrases such as Mahoning County, Ohio Genealogy Vital Records in online catalogs like:

WorldCat (For instructions see WorldCat Online Catalog).
FamilySearch Catalog (For instructions see FamilySearch Catalog Place-name Search).

Websites[edit | edit source]