Erie County, Ohio:
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Projects

• Erie County OHGenWeb      (Source: Legacy USGenWeb)
• Erie County OHGenWeb History & Genealogy      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Erie County, Ohio      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Erie County, Ohio History & Genealogy      (Source: U.S. Genealogy Express)

Adjacent counties

• Huron County, OH  to the south
• Lorain County, OH  to the east
• Ottawa County, OH  to the northwest
• Sandusky County, OH  to the west

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence

• Erie Co, Ohio, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Erie County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Erie County GEDCOM Index      (Source: GEDCOM Index .Com)
• Erie County Ohio Biographies      (Source: Online Biographies)
• History of Erie County Ohio  1889     (Source: Internet Archive)
• History of Erie County Ohio  1889     (Source: Internet Archive)
• History of the Fire lands, comprising Huron and Erie Counties, Ohio  with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of the prominent men and pioneers, 1879     (Source: Internet Archive)
• A standard history of Erie County, Ohio  Volume 2     (Source: Internet Archive)

Blogs

• Graveyard Rabbit of Sandusky Bay 
• Sandusky History 

Cemeteries (13)

Census Records and Indexes (21)

Church Records

• Catholic Parish Records, Diocese of Toledo  1796-2004     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records, 1826-1945  includes Castalia and Huron, Ohio     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, Records, 1875-1940  includes Castalia and Huron, Ohio     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1970  includes Kilbourne, Ohio     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Court and Legal Records

• Common Pleas journal, 1854-1901      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Court of Common Pleas records, 1838-1854; general index, 1840-1887      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Erie County Court Records Directory      (Source: Court Records Free Reference and Directory)
• Erie Court of Common Pleas  Inventory of records     (Source: The Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center)
• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Erie County Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)
• Supreme Court records, 1839-1857      (Source: FamilySearch)

Directories

• Erie County, Ohio City, County, and Rural Directories      (Source: Online Historical Directories)
• Sandusky City Directories      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Sandusky in 1855  City Guide and Business Directory     (Source: Google Books)

Estate Records

• Ohio Wills and Probate Records, 1786-1998  includes Erie County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Ohio, Probate Records, 1789-1996      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Probate Court Civil records, 1852-1902      (Source: FamilySearch)

Ethnic

• Inscription Rock  Kelleys Island     (Source: Ohio History Central)

History (52)

Immigration and Naturalization Records

• Miscellaneous Atlantic Ports Passenger Lists, 1893-1945  Sandusky, Ohio     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Ohio County Naturalization Records  1800-1977     (Source: FamilySearch)

Introduction and Guides

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

Land Records

• Erie County Deeds and Indexes      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Land Patent Search      (Source: Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Erie County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Libraries, Museums, Archives (21)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

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

• OHERIE Erie County genealogy

  • OHERIE Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (18)

Military Records and Histories (10)

Miscellaneous Data

• Erie County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Gateway to the West, Volume I  includes Justice of the Peace Record Book, 1881-1907     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Newspaper Records (10)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records (16)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images (10)

School Records and Histories (14)

Societies

• Erie County Chapter, OGS 
• Erie County Historical Society 
• Huron Historical Society 
• Kelleys Island Historical Association 
• The Old House Guild of Sandusky 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (290)

Tax Lists

• Tax duplicates, 1838-1851      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Tax records of Erie County, Ohio, 1838      (Source: FamilySearch)

Transportation and Industry (10)

Vital Records (12)

Wiki

• Erie County, Ohio Wiki      (Source: RootsWeb)

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