Guide to Mahoning County, Ohio ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.
Parent Counties: Formed from Columbiana and Trumbull counties 16 February 1846.
The county was named from the Mahoning river, which in turn was named from a Native American word meaning "salt lick". It's county seat is Youngstown and was founded March 1, 1846. It is located in the North-Eastern area of the state.
Records of Wooland Avenue Lutheran Church, Youngstown, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).
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.
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 Books Online; FHL book 977.13 H2h index.
Beginning 1820 - Land Patent Search See Ohio Land and Property for more information about this database.
Mahoning County Township Map with a detailed map of each section.
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.
Original Naturalization records for Mahoning County, Ohio are housed at the Oak Hill Renaissance Place and available for public viewing.
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.
Mahoning County Newspaper Articles Courtesy of USGenWeb.
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.
1935 - Chaney High School, Youngstown, Ohio 1935 Basketball Team Photo with names of individuals.
Original civil court packets/files 1871-1901 are housed at the Mahoning Valley Historical Society.
The main FHC for Mahoning County, Ohio is the Youngstown Ohio Family History Center.
Genealogical resources: Newspaper film copies and indexes, directories, cemetery inscriptions database. This library is a FamilySearch Center where films can be ordered and viewed.
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.
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.
Original county tax lists are available 1846, and parts of the county for 1859 at the Mahoning Valley Historical Society.
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.
1908–1932, 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.
↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Mahoning County, Ohio. Page 540-547 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002; Alice Eichholz, ed. Ancestry's Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources, Third ed. (Provo, Utah: Ancestry, 2004), 531-533.
↑ WorldCat 50140092 Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed.] (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), [FHL book 973 D27e 2002].
↑ Genealogy Trails History Group, "Mahoning County, Ohio Genealogy and History", http://genealogytrails.com/ohio/mahoning/ accessed 2/22/2017.
↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Mahoning County, Ohio," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahoning_County,_Ohio, accessed 27 December 2018.
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