Adams County, Ohio:
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Projects

• Adams County OHGenWeb      (Source: Legacy USGenWeb)
• Adams County OHGenWeb Project      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Adams County, Ohio History & Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Adams County, Ohio History & Genealogy      (Source: U.S. Genealogy Express)
• Oliver Township, Adams County      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Scott Township, Adams County, Ohio, USA      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Wayne Township, Adams County      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Winchester Township, Adams County, Ohio, USA      (Source: USGenWeb)

Adjacent counties

• Brown County, OH  to the west
• Highland County, OH  to the north
• Lewis County, KY  to the south
• Mason County, KY  to the southwest
• Pike County, OH  to the northeast
• Scioto County, OH  to the east

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence (12)

Cemeteries (10)

Census Records and Indexes (24)

Church Records

• Presbyterian Church Records of Adams County, Ohio  1831-1861     (Source: FamilySearch)
• U.S. Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1970  includes Manchester and Peebles, Ohio     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Court and Legal Records

• Adams County Court Records Directory      (Source: Court Records Free Reference and Directory)
• Gateway to the West, Volume I  includes Administrators and Executors Docket Records, 1836-1841     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Adams County Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)

Estate Records

• Adams County, Ohio Will Testators      (Source: SAMPUBCO)
• Gateway to the West, Volume I  includes Inventories and Accounts, 1849-1852     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Indexes of the Adams County, Ohio County Archives  Indexes to Estate Inventories     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Ohio Wills and Probate Records, 1786-1998  includes Adams County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Ohio, Probate Records, 1789-1996      (Source: FamilySearch)

Ethnic

• The Serpent Mound, Adams County, Ohio  Mystery of the mound and history of the serpent     (Source: Internet Archive)

History (28)

Introduction and Guides

• Adams County      (Source: Histopolis Collaborative Genealogy & History)
• Adams County Ohio Info      (Source: Maggie's World of Courthouse Dust & Genealogy Fever)
• Adams County Public Records      (Source: Nationwide Environmental Title Research)
• Adams County, Ohio Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy, Inc.)
• County by County in Ohio Genealogy, 1992  Adams County     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Cyndi's List of Ohio locality links      (Source: Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet)
• FamilySearch Wiki Research Guide      (Source: FamilySearch)

Land Records

• Adams County Deeds      (Source: USGenWeb Ohio Archives)
• Deed Books  1798-1818     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Deeds  1797-1900     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Gateway to the West, Volume I  includes Deed Book 1-2-3, 1797-1803     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Land Patent Search      (Source: Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Adams County Data Collections      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Adams County Libraries      (Source: Ohio Public Library Information Network)
• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Genealogy  Adams County Public Library
• Inventory of the County Archives of Ohio  Allen County     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Inventory of the County Archives of Ohio  Adams County     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Library Directory for Adams County, Ohio      (Source: libraries.org - A directory of libraries throughout the world)
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Adams County, Ohio     (Source: Find My Past)
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Lookups

• Adams County Books      (Source: Books-We-Own)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• GenForum Message Boards      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• OHADAMS Adams County genealogy

  • OHADAMS Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

• Scioto-Valley-OH Lower Scioto Valley genealogy

  • Scioto-Valley-OH Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (14)

Military Records and Histories

• Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services, 1841  Adams County     (Source: Internet Archive)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Adams County, Ohio     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Special Schedule, 1890  Surviving Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines, and Widows, Etc.     (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

• Civil War

  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Adams County     (Source: FamilySearch)

• World War I

  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Adams County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Miscellaneous Data (10)

Newspaper Records

• Chronicling America  Adams County     (Source: The Library of Congress)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records (10)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Adams County  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Adams County Courthouse 
• Adams County Photos      (Source: USGenWeb Ohio Archives)
• Historical Postcards of Adams County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Ohio Memory      (Source: Ohio Memory)

School Records and Histories

• Manchester School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Peebles School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Rome School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Societies

• Adams County Genealogical Society 
• Adams County Historical Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (157)

Tax Lists

• Ohio Source Records  1810 Tax Lists, Adams County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Tax duplicates  1816-1838     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Tax List of 1810      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

Transportation and Industry

• Adams County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• Adams County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• Adams County, Ohio      (Source: Historic Bridges of Michigan and Elsewhere)
• Building histories of Adams County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• General Electric Airfield  Peebles, Ohio     (Source: Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields)
• Iron and Early Steel Bridges of Adams County, Ohio 
• Mines, Mining and Mineral Resources      (Source: mindat.org - the mineral and locality database)
• Patents  Adams County, Ohio     (Source: Google Patents)
• Treber Tavern on Zane's Trace, Adams County, Ohio, Built in 1798  Photograph     (Source: Internet Archive)

Vital Records (11)

Wiki

• Adams County, Ohio Wiki      (Source: RootsWeb)

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