Muskingum County, Ohio Genealogy: Difference between revisions

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}} [[United States]][[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Ohio|Ohio]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] '''Muskingum County'''  

| valign="middle" width="16.6%" | <center>'''[[Muskingum County, Ohio#Birth|Birth]]'''</center>

| valign="middle" width="16.6%" align="center" | <center>'''[[Muskingum County, Ohio#Marriage|Marriage]]'''</center>

| valign="middle" width="16.6%" | <center>'''[[Muskingum County, Ohio#Death|Death]]'''</center>

| valign="middle" width="16.6%" | <center>'''[[Muskingum County, Ohio#Taxation|Tax]]'''</center>

| valign="middle" width="16.6%" | <center>'''[[Muskingum County, Ohio#Land_and_Property|Land]]'''</center>

| valign="middle" width="16.6%" | <center>'''[[Muskingum County, Ohio#Probate|Probate]]'''</center>

| bgcolor="#99d6ff" width="100%" colspan="6" | '''*For earlier dates, try...''' '''[[Muskingum County, Ohio#Church_Records|Church]] &#124; [[Muskingum County, Ohio#Obituaries|Obituaries]] &#124; [[Muskingum County, Ohio#Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]'''

*'''Parent Counties''': Formed from [[Fairfield County, Ohio|Fairfield]] and [[Washington County, Ohio|Washington]] Counties 7 January 1804.<ref name="HBG">[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50140092&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;referer=brief_results ''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed.''] (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), [FHL book 973 D27e 2002].</ref>  

*'''Neighboring Counties''': {{PAGENAME}}&nbsp;'''residents''' may also have records in <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Muskingum County, Ohio" in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muskingum_County,_Ohio (accessed 10 May 2012).</ref>[[Coshocton County, Ohio|Coshocton]] (north){{·}}[[Morgan County, Ohio|Morgan]] (south){{·}}[[Licking County, Ohio|Licking]] (west){{·}}[[Guernsey County, Ohio|Guernsey]] (east) {{·}} [[Perry County, Ohio|Perry]] (southwest){{·}} [[Noble County, Ohio|Noble]] (southeast)

See an interactive map of Muskingum County [http://www.ohio.n2genealogy.com/oh-maps.html boundary changes].  

*[http://rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohmuskin/pioneers.html Pioneers of Muskingum County, Ohio]

[[LDS Cemetery Records|LDS Cemetery Records]] (rural or uncertain specific location)<br>Vol. 1, page 139 - South Adamsville [[Image:St. Nicholas Church Zanesville, Ohio.JPG|thumb|right|200px]]

*[http://billiongraves.com/pages/cemetery/cemetery.php?cemetery_id=158979 Prospect United Methodist Church Cemetery, Dresden] BillionGraves  

*[http://www.billiongraves.com/pages/cemetery/cemetery.php?cemetery_id=140026 Sherrods Chapel Cemetery, Muskingum] BillionGraves

*The Archdiocese of Cincinnati, Ohio Archives<br>6616 Beechmont Avenue <br>Cincinnati, OH 45230 Tel: 513-231-0810 <br>website: [http://www.catholiccincinnati.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9&Itemid=26 Archives Genealogy Research ]<br>

*[http://www.stnickparish.org/ St. Nicholas Catholic Church]<br>925 E. Main St.<br>Zanesville, OH 43701

*''Records kept by Carl Louis Wagner, '''Lutheran '''minister, 1920-1965'' <ref>''Records kept by Carl Louis Wagner, '''Lutheran '''minister, 1920-1965''. Wagner, Carl Louis. [[Family History Library|Family History Library]] Film Number: 1036647 Item 1 </ref>Contains baptisms, confirmations, funerals and weddings in the following locations.  

*[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohmuskin/church.html Muskingum County OHGenWeb Project] has additional information about various church groups and their records.

===== Market Street Baptist Church =====

===== Prospect United Methodist Church =====

*United States Geographic Survey Place Names - [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=155:2:7258823167454522411::NO::: GNIS] for Muskingum County <br>(may not always be present in alphabetic order on first try.)

Home of the [http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/4597 "Y" Bridge] which crosses the Muskingum and Licking Rivers. The Ohio government authorized the creation of Muskingum County on January 7, 1804 and the County of Muskingum was established on 1 March 1804. [http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=1986 Muskingum County] was named from the Delaware Indian word meaning “a town near the river”.  

*[http://rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohmuskin/1866atlas.html 1866 Atlas] of Muskingum County Ohio.

:- [[1st Regiment, Ohio Cavalry|1st Regiment, Ohio Cavalry]], Company B, also known as "Laughlin's Cavalry"  

:- [[1st Regiment, Ohio Infantry|1st Regiment, Ohio Infantry]], Company H,&nbsp;also known as the Zanesville Guards&nbsp;  

:- [[97th Regiment, Ohio Infantry|97th Regiment, Ohio Infantry]], Companies E, F, G, and K

*[http://www.zanesvilletimesrecorder.com/ The Zanesville Times Recorder] <br>34 S. Fourth St. <br>Zanesville, OH 43701 <br>Tel: (740) 452-4561  

*[http://www.coshoctontribune.com/ Coshocton Tribune] <br>550 Main Street <br>Coshocton, OH 43812 <br>Tel: (740) 622-1122

*Muskingum County Libraries, [http://library.osu.edu/ Ohio State University Library], and the [http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/archlib/ Ohio Historical Society] are all resources for historical newspapers. Over the years Zanesville has had it's newspaper change names many times. [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohmuskin/papers.html#historical This Historical Newspapers article] lists the names of early newspapers for Adamsville, Dresden, New Concord, and Zanesville.

[http://www.muskingumcounty.org/ Muskingum County Courthouse]<br>401 Main Street <br>Zanesville, OH 43701<br>Phone: 740.455.7104 <br><br>Probate Court has birth and death records 1867-1908, <br>marriage and probate from 1804 and naturalization records; <br>County Recorder has land records from 1803 and and military <br>records from 1865; Clerk Court has divorce and court record <br>from 1804<ref name="HBG">''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'', 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Muskingum County, Ohio. Page 544 {{WorldCat|50140092|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|1049485|item|disp=FHL Book 973 D27e 2002}}.</ref>  

*[[Introduction to LDS Family History Centers]]

*[[Zanesville Ohio Family History Center]]

'''[[Ohio Deaths (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953]]''' Free name indexes and images at [[Ohio Deaths and Burials (FamilySearch Historical Records)|FamilySearch]]. 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.  

*[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohmuskin/ The Muskingum County OHGenWeb Project], an member of [[OHGenWeb|The OHGenWeb Project]], an affiliate of [[USGenWeb|The USGenWeb Project]]

*[http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/muskingum/ The USGenWeb Archives Project] for Muskingum County.  

*{{FHL|Ohio%2C+Muskingum|subject|disp=Family History Library Catalog}}

*[[Zanesville|Zanesville, Ohio]]

*[[Adamsville, Muskingum, Ohio|Adamsville]]

*[[Frazeysburg, Ohio|Frazeysburg]]

*[[Perry Township, Muskingum, Ohio|Perry]]

[[Category:Muskingum_County,_Ohio]]