Erie County, Ohio:
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Projects

• Erie County OHGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Erie County, Ohio      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Erie County, Ohio History & Genealogy      (Source: U.S. Genealogy Express)
• Kelleys Island Genealogy  An archive of the genealogical history of Kelleys Island

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 Co., OH Biographies      (Source: U.S. Biographies Project)
• Erie County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Erie County Ohio Biographies      (Source: Online Biographies)
• 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)
• Sandusky GEDCOM Index 
• A standard history of Erie County, Ohio  Volume 2     (Source: Internet Archive)

Blogs

• Graveyard Rabbit of Sandusky Bay 
• Sandusky History 

Cemeteries (17)

Census Records and Indexes (25)

Church Records

• Catholic Parish Records, Diocese of Toledo  1796-2004     (Source: Family History Library)

Court and Legal Records

• 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)

Directories

• Erie County, Ohio 1905 Rural Mail Directory      (Source: DistantCousin.com)
• 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, Probate Records, 1789-1996      (Source: Family History Library)

Ethnic

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

History (47)

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: Family History Library)

Introduction and Guides (14)

Land Records

• 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 (16)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• Erie County Genealogy Queries      (Source: CousinConnect.com)
• Erie County, OH Club      (Source: GenCircles)
• GenForum Message Boards      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• OHERIE-L Erie County genealogy

  • OHERIE-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • OHERIE-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • OHERIE-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (26)

Military Records and Histories

• Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services, 1841  Erie County     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Erie County Military Data      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Erie County Military Records      (Source: USGenWeb Ohio Archives)
• Fort Sandusky      (Source: Ohio History Central)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Erie County, Ohio     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Sandusky, OH Soldiers' Home Arrivals Feb-Apr 1890      (Source: AncestralHeroes.com)

• Civil War

  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Erie County     (Source: Family History Library)

• World War I

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

• World War II

  • Erie County, Ohio  World War II Casualties, Army and Army Air Corps     (Source: AccessGenealogy)

Miscellaneous Data

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

Newspaper Records

• Chronicling America  Erie County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Erie County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Historical Sandusky Newspapers      (Source: Newspaper Archive)     ($)
• The Huron Commercial Advertiser  Feb 11, 1810 - Feb 22, 1842     (Source: Google News Archive)
• The Milan Advertiser  Jan 31, 1880 - Aug 18, 1888     (Source: Google News Archive)
• Sandusky Historical Newspapers      (Source: Newspapers.com)     ($)
• Search Sandusky Historical Newspapers  Free search     (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records (10)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Carnegie Library  Sandusky, O.     (Source: Post Card Library)
• Erie County  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Erie County Poorhouse Pictures      (Source: The Poorhouse Story)
• Historical Postcards of Erie County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Ohio--Erie County--Sandusky.  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Penny Postcards from Ohio      (Source: USGenWeb Ohio Archives)
• Sandusky, Ohio Carnegie Library      (Source: Post Card Library)
• Sandusky, Ohio Postcards and Photographs  Ohio Old Photos     (Source: Family Old Photos)
• Scrapbook Contents      (Source: Ohio Memory)

School Records and Histories (10)

Societies

• Erie County Chapter, OGS 
• The Great Lakes Historical Society 
• Kelleys Island Historical Association 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (240)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Erie County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Erie County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• Erie County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• Erie County, Ohio      (Source: Historic Bridges of Michigan and Elsewhere)
• Extant Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• Iron and Early Steel Bridges of Erie County, Ohio 
• Mines, Mining and Mineral Resources      (Source: mindat.org - the mineral and locality database)
• Patents  Erie County, Ohio     (Source: Google Patents)
• Photos and brief history of Woolsey Wheel Company, Sandusky, Ohio      (Source: Sandusky History)

Vital Records

• Erie County Death Index      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Erie County General Health Department  Vital Records for Genealogy
• Erie County Marriages      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Erie County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• Ohio County Births  1841-2003     (Source: Family History Library)
• Ohio, County Marriages  1790-1950     (Source: Family History Library)
• U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880  Erie County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

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