Highland County, Ohio:
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Projects

• Highland Co., Ohio Genealogy      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Highland County History & Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Highland County, Ohio History & Genealogy      (Source: U.S. Genealogy Express)
• New Market Twp. Highland County  Dedicated to the genealogical research of New Market's pioneering families

Adjacent counties

• Adams County, OH  to the south
• Brown County, OH  to the southwest
• Clinton County, OH  to the north
• Fayette County, OH  to the north
• Pike County, OH  to the east
• Ross County, OH  to the east

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

• The County of Highland  1902     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Highland Co, Ohio, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Highland County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Highland County GEDCOM Index      (Source: GEDCOM Index .Com)
• Highland County, Ohio Biographies Project      (Source: U.S. Biographies Project)
• My Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee Ancestors 

Cemeteries (12)

Census Records and Indexes (21)

Church Records

• Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. V  includes Fairfield, Fall Creek, Lees Creek and Hopewell Monthly Meetings     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Court and Legal Records

• Court of Common Pleas records (Highland County, Ohio), 1805-1876      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Gateway to the West, Volume I  includes Common Pleas Court Records, Miscellaneous and June 1834-July 1837     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Highland County Court Records Directory      (Source: Court Records Free Reference and Directory)
• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Highland County Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)
• Supreme Court records (Highland County, Ohio), 1806-1851      (Source: FamilySearch)

Directories

• Russell City Directories      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Estate Records

• Ohio Wills and Probate Records, 1786-1998  includes Highland County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Ohio, Probate Records, 1789-1996      (Source: FamilySearch)

Ethnic

• Gateway to the West, Volume I  includes Register of Blacks, 1827-1859     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

History (28)

Immigration and Naturalization Records

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

Introduction and Guides

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

Land Records

• Gateway to the West, Volume I  includes Deeds     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Highland County Deeds and Indexes      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Land Patent Search      (Source: Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

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

Lookups

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

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• GenForum Message Boards      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• HighlandCountyResearchers  Highland County Researchers     (Source: Yahoo! Groups)
• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• OHHIGHLA Highland County genealogy

  • OHHIGHLA Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (16)

Military Records and Histories

• Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services, 1841  Highland County     (Source: Internet Archive)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Highland County, Ohio     (Source: Internet Archive)

• Civil War

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

• World War I

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

Miscellaneous Data

• Classic Buildings of Highland County      (Source: Society of Architectural Historians)
• Gateway to the West, Volume I  includes Indenture Records, 1825-1832     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Highland County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Montani Publishing  Publishers of Appalachian Memoirs mid-20th century     ($)
• Ohio's Hill Country Heritage Area 

Newspaper Records (11)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records (13)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

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

School Records and Histories

• Belfast School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Greenfield School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Hillsboro School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Hillsboro, OH High School Class of 1939      (Source: Old-Yearbooks.com)
• Leesburg School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• New Market College      (Source: Ohio History Central)
• The One Study University      (Source: Ohio History Central)
• Scio College  New Market, Ohio     (Source: Ohio History Central)
• U.S. School Catalogs, 1765-1935  includes Hillsborough Female College     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Societies

• Greenfield Historical Society 
• Highland County Historical Society 
• Highland County Historical Society      (Source: Facebook)
• Southern Ohio Genealogical Society of Highland County 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (252)

Tax Lists

• Ohio Source Records  1810 Tax Lists, Highland County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Tax duplicates, 1816-1826      (Source: FamilySearch)

Transportation and Industry

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

Vital Records (11)

Wiki

• Highland County, Ohio Wiki      (Source: RootsWeb)

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