Licking County, Ohio Genealogy: Difference between revisions

*'''Parent Counties''': Formed from [[Fairfield County, Ohio|Fairfield]] County 30 January 1808.<ref name="HBG">[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50140092 referer=brief_results ''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed.''] (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), [FHL book 973 D27e 2002].</ref>  

*'''County Seat: '''Newark  

*'''Neighboring Counties''': {{PAGENAME}} '''residents''' may also have records in <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Licking County, Ohio" in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Licking_County,_Ohio (accessed 27 June 2013).</ref>[[Knox County, Ohio|Knox]] (north){{·}}[[Fairfield County, Ohio|Fairfield]] (southwest){{·}}[[Perry County, Ohio|Perry]] (southeast){{·}}[[Muskingum County, Ohio|Muskingum]] (east){{·}}[[Coshocton County, Ohio|Coshocton]] (northeast){{·}}[[Delaware County, Ohio|Delaware]] (northwest){{·}}[[Franklin County, Ohio|Franklin]] (west)

'''1875'''--The courthouse was on fire on 2 April 1875. Records in the Recorder’s, Sheriff’s, Auditors and Treasurer’s offices were saved. <ref>GenDisasters.com Newark, OH Licking County Courthouse Fire, Apr 1875 http://www3.gendisasters.com/ohio/17866/newark-oh-licking-county-courthouse-fire-apr-1875</ref> The marriage records between 1829-1839 <ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1 res=980DE7D9123EE63BBC4850DFB5668382669FDE ;oref=slogin "A County Court House in Flames"]New York Times March 30, 1879 Article. </ref>were not available possibly lost completely in the fire. Some estate records also were burned in the fire. There are gaps in records for this county.<ref> [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohlcgs2/research.htm Licking County Research Article] </ref>See [[Burned Counties Research|Burned Counties]].  

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