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== Record Finder Table for [STATE] ==
== Record Finder Table for Ohio ==
The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.  
The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.  
=== Order of Records ===
=== Order of Records ===
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== List of Topics ==
== List of Topics ==
This Record Finder table links to the [STATE] topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.
This Record Finder table links to the Ohio topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.


===Vital Events ===
===Vital Events ===
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| align="left" | Birth date and place
| align="left" | Birth date and place
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Ohio Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[[STATE] Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Ohio Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[[STATE] Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Ohio Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[[STATE] Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Ohio Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Ohio Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Ohio Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[[STATE] Census|Census]]
*[[Ohio Census|Census]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Marriage place and date  
| align="left" | Marriage place and date  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Ohio Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[[STATE] Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Ohio Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[[STATE] Census|Census]]
*[[Ohio Census|Census]]
*[[[STATE] Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Ohio Newspapers|Newspapers]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Ohio Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[[STATE] Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Ohio Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[[STATE] Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Ohio Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[[STATE] Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Ohio Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[[STATE] Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
*[[Ohio Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
*[[[STATE] Land and Property|Land and Property]]
*[[Ohio Land and Property|Land and Property]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial  
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Ohio Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[[STATE] Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Ohio Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]]  
*[[Ohio Obituaries|Obituaries]]  
*[[[STATE] Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Ohio Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[[STATE] Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Ohio Newspapers|Newspapers]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Ohio Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[[STATE] Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Ohio Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[[STATE] Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Ohio Military Records|Military Records]]
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|-  
|}
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| align="left" | Maiden name  
| align="left" | Maiden name  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Ohio Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[[STATE] Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Ohio Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[[STATE] Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Ohio Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[[STATE] Bible Records|Bible Records]]  
*[[Ohio Bible Records|Bible Records]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Ohio Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[[STATE] Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Ohio Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[[STATE] Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Ohio Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Ohio Obituaries|Obituaries]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members  
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Ohio Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[[STATE] Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Ohio Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[[STATE] Census|Census]]
*[[Ohio Census|Census]]
*[[[STATE] Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Ohio Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Ohio Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Bible Records|Bible Records]]  
*[[Ohio Bible Records|Bible Records]]  
*[[[STATE] Newspapers|Newspapers]]  
*[[Ohio Newspapers|Newspapers]]  
*[[[STATE] Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]  
*[[Ohio Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]  
|-
|-
| align="left" | Living relatives
| align="left" | Living relatives
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Directories|Directories]]
*[[Ohio Directories|Directories]]
*[[[STATE] Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Ohio Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Ohio Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Census|Census]]
*[[Ohio Census|Census]]
*[[[STATE] Biography|Biography]]
*[[Ohio Biography|Biography]]
*[[[STATE] Societies|Societies]]
*[[Ohio Societies|Societies]]
*[[[STATE] Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Ohio Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[[STATE] Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Ohio Probate Records|Probate Records]]
|-  
|-  
|}
|}
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| align="left" | Immigration date  
| align="left" | Immigration date  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Ohio Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[[STATE] Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
*[[Ohio Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
*[[[STATE] Societies|Societies]]  
*[[Ohio Societies|Societies]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Census|Census]]
*[[Ohio Census|Census]]
*[[[STATE] Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Ohio Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[[STATE] Biography|Biography]]
*[[Ohio Biography|Biography]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | City or Country of foreign birth  
| align="left" | City or Country of foreign birth  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Ohio Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[[STATE] Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Ohio Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[[STATE] Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Ohio Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[[STATE] Census|Census]]
*[[Ohio Census|Census]]
*[[[STATE] Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
*[[Ohio Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Ohio Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Ohio Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[[STATE] Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Ohio Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[[STATE] Biography|Biography]]
*[[Ohio Biography|Biography]]
*[[[STATE] Societies|Societies]]  
*[[Ohio Societies|Societies]]  
|}
|}


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| align="left" | Residence
| align="left" | Residence
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Census|Census]]
*[[Ohio Census|Census]]
*[[[STATE] Land and Property|Land and Property]]
*[[Ohio Land and Property|Land and Property]]
*[[[STATE] Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Ohio Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[[STATE] Directories|Directories]]  
*[[Ohio Directories|Directories]]  
*[[[STATE] Taxation|Taxation]]
*[[Ohio Taxation|Taxation]]
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| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]]  
*[[Ohio Obituaries|Obituaries]]  
*[[[STATE] Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Ohio Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[[STATE] Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Ohio Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[[STATE] Biography|Biography]]
*[[Ohio Biography|Biography]]
*[[[STATE] Societies|Societies]]
*[[Ohio Societies|Societies]]
|}
|}


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|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| align="left" | Nationality or ethnicity
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
*[[Ohio Census|Census]]
|-
*[[African American Record Finder]]
| align="left" | Nationality and ethnicity
*[[African American Resources for Ohio|African Americans]]
*[[Indigenous Peoples of Ohio|Indigenous Peoples]]
*[[Ohio Cultural Groups|Cultural Groups]]
*[[Ohio Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Cultural Groups|Cultural Groups]]
*[[Ohio Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[[STATE] Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Ohio Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[[STATE] Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
*[[Ohio Periodicals|Periodicals]]
*[[[STATE] Societies|Societies]]  
*[[Ohio Societies|Societies]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
 
*[[[STATE] Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[[STATE] Periodicals|Periodicals]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Occupation  
| align="left" | Occupation  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Census|Census]]
*[[Ohio Census|Census]]
*[[[STATE] Directories|Directories]]
*[[Ohio Directories|Directories]]
*[[[STATE] Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]  
*[[Ohio Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Ohio Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[[STATE] Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Ohio Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[[STATE] Biography|Biography]]
*[[Ohio Biography|Biography]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Religion  
| align="left" | Religion  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Ohio Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[[STATE] Biography|Biography]]  
*[[Ohio Biography|Biography]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Ohio Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[[STATE] Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Ohio Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Social activities  
| align="left" | Social activities  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Biography|Biography]]  
*[[Ohio Biography|Biography]]  
*[[[STATE] Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Ohio Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[[STATE] Societies|Societies]]  
*[[Ohio Societies|Societies]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Ohio Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[[STATE] Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Ohio Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[[STATE] Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Ohio Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[[STATE] Directories|Directories]]
*[[Ohio Directories|Directories]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Physical description  
| align="left" | Physical description  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Ohio Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[[STATE] Biography|Biography]]  
*[[Ohio Biography|Biography]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
*[[Ohio Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
*[[[STATE] Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Ohio Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[[STATE] Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Ohio Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
|-  
|-  
|}
|}
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=== Adoption ===
=== Adoption ===
For information about adoptees and their biological families, please refer to: [[United States Adoption Research|United States Adoption Research]].
For information about adoptees and their biological families, please refer to: [[United States Adoption Research|United States Adoption Research]].
 
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Latest revision as of 18:39, 25 January 2021

Ohio Wiki Topics
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Beginning Research
Record Types
Ohio Background
Cultural Groups
Local Research Resources

Record Finder Table for Ohio

The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.

Order of Records

The typically most reliable sources are listed at the top of the list. However, depending on the time period of the record and location, multiple records in the list may need to be searched to achieve the objective. Alternative records are listed as well in case traditional records do not provide the desired information.

List of Topics

This Record Finder table links to the Ohio topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.

Vital Events

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Birth date and place
Marriage place and date
Death date, place, and burial

Maiden Names and Family Members

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Maiden name
Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
Living relatives

Immigration and Country of Origin

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Immigration date
City or Country of foreign birth

Residences and Locations

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Residence

Personal Details and Affiliations

Nationality or ethnicity
Occupation
Religion
Social activities
Physical description

Adoption

For information about adoptees and their biological families, please refer to: United States Adoption Research.

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