Fayette County, Ohio:
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Projects

• Fayette County History & Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Fayette County OHGenWeb      (Source: American Local History Network)
• Fayette County, OHGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Fayette County, Ohio History & Genealogy      (Source: U.S. Genealogy Express)

Adjacent counties

• Clinton County, OH  to the southwest
• Greene County, OH  to the west
• Highland County, OH  to the south
• Madison County, OH  to the north
• Pickaway County, OH  to the east
• Ross County, OH  to the southeast

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

• Fayette Co, Ohio, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Fayette County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Fayette County GEDCOM Index      (Source: GEDCOM Index .Com)
• History of Fayette County, Ohio  1914     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Portrait And Biographical Record of Fayette, Pickaway And Madison Counties, Ohio  1892     (Source: MyHeritage)     ($)

Cemeteries (12)

Census Records and Indexes (21)

Court and Legal Records

• Chancery and common pleas court records, Fayette County, Ohio, 1828-1905      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Early minute books, A, E, F, G of the Chancery Court      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Fayette County Court Records Directory      (Source: Court Records Free Reference and Directory)
• Gateway to the West, Volume I  includes Common Pleas Minute Book E, 1828-1831     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Fayette County Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)

Estate Records

• Gateway to the West, Volume I  includes Will Abstracts, 1826-1842 and Estates and Guardianships, 1828-1842     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Ohio Wills and Probate Records, 1786-1998  includes Fayette County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Ohio, Probate Records, 1789-1996      (Source: FamilySearch)

History (25)

Immigration and Naturalization Records

• Ohio County Naturalization Records  1800-1977     (Source: FamilySearch)

Introduction and Guides

• County by County in Ohio Genealogy, 1992  Fayette 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)
• Fayette County      (Source: Histopolis Collaborative Genealogy & History)
• Fayette County Ohio Info      (Source: Maggie's World of Courthouse Dust & Genealogy Fever)
• Fayette County Public Records      (Source: Nationwide Environmental Title Research)
• Fayette County, Ohio Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy, Inc.)

Land Records

• Fayette 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  Fayette County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Libraries, Museums, Archives (11)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

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

• OHFAYETT Fayette County genealogy

  • OHFAYETT Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (15)

Military Records and Histories

• Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services, 1841  Fayette County     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Fayette County Military Data Index      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Fayette County, Ohio     (Source: Internet Archive)

• Civil War

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

• World War I

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

Miscellaneous Data

• Fayette County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)

Newspaper Records

• Chronicling America  Fayette County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Fayette County herald.  Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio], 1860-1???     (Source: Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers)
• Fayette Democrat, Peoples' Palladium  Washington Court House, Ohio     (Source: Ohio Memory)
• Historical Washington Court House Newspapers      (Source: Newspaper Archive)     ($)
• Search Washington Court House Historical Newspapers      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• Washington Court House Historical Newspapers      (Source: Newspapers.com)     ($)
• Washington Court House Record Herald  1971     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Jeffersonville Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Obituary search includes Record Herald, Washington Court House      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Record Herald 
• Record-Herald 1911-2005 Obituary Index  Carnegie Public Library
• Washington Court House, Ohio Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• Washington Courthouse Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Fayette County Courthouse 
• Fayette County Photographs  Jan 1935-June 1944     (Source: Photogrammar)
• Fayette County, Washington Court House  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Ohio Memory      (Source: Ohio Memory)

School Records and Histories

• Bloomingburg School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Jeffersonville, Ohio 6th Grade Class 1937-1938  includes Jannie F. Armstrong     (Source: Family Old Photos)
• Washington Court House School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Washington School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Search Engines and Searchable Databases

• 1867-1908 Death Index  Carnegie Public Library
• Births 1909-1999  Carnegie Public Library
• Record-Herald 1911-2005 Obituary Index  Carnegie Public Library
• St. Colman Church Death Records  Carnegie Public Library
• Washington Cemetery Online  Carnegie Public Library

Societies

• Fayette County Genealogical Society 
• Fayette County Genealogical Society 
• Fayette County Genealogical Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (155)

Tax Lists

• 1810 Tax List      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Duplicates of resident land taxes, 1816-1838      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Ohio Source Records  1810 Tax Lists, Fayette County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Fayette County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Fayette County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• Fayette County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• Iron and Early Steel Bridges of Fayette County, Ohio 
• Mines, Mining and Mineral Resources      (Source: mindat.org - the mineral and locality database)
• Patents  Fayette County, Ohio     (Source: Google Patents)

Vital Records (14)

Wiki

• Fayette County, Ohio Wiki      (Source: RootsWeb)

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