Mercer County, Ohio:
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Projects

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

Adjacent counties

• Adams County, IN  to the northwest
• Auglaize County, OH  to the east
• Darke County, OH  to the south
• Jay County, IN  to the west
• Van Wert County, OH  to the north

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

• Biographies of Mercer County, Ohio      (Source: Online Biographies)
• History of Mercer County, Ohio and Representative Citizens  1907     (Source: Internet Archive)
• History of Mercer County, Ohio, and representative citizens  1907     (Source: Internet Archive)
• A history of northwest Ohio  Volume 3, 1917     (Source: Internet Archive)
• History of Van Wert and Mercer counties, Ohio  1882     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Mercer Co, Ohio, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Mercer County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Mercer County GEDCOM Index      (Source: GEDCOM Index .Com)

Cemeteries (11)

Census Records and Indexes (21)

Church Records

• Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records, 1826-1945  includes Chattanooga, Ohio     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, Records, 1875-1940  includes Chattanooga, Ohio     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Court and Legal Records

• Court of Common Pleas records, 1824-1857      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Gateway to the West, Volume II  includes Index to Guardianships, 1837-1850     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• General index, 1826-1871  Viewing restrictions may apply     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Judgement index 1824-1871  Viewing restrictions may apply     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Mercer County Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)
• Mercer County Court Records Directory      (Source: Court Records Free Reference and Directory)
• Supreme Court records, 1825-1873      (Source: FamilySearch)

Directories

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

Estate Records

• Gateway to the West, Volume II  includes Will Abstracts, 1823-1849     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Ohio Wills and Probate Records, 1786-1998  includes Mercer County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Ohio, Probate Records, 1789-1996      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Probate and court records (Mercer County, Ohio), 1824-1966      (Source: FamilySearch)

History (44)

Immigration and Naturalization Records

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

Introduction and Guides

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

Land Records

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

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Fort Recovery State Museum 
• Genealogy Room  Mercer County District Library
• Library Directory for Mercer County, Ohio      (Source: libraries.org - A directory of libraries throughout the world)
• Local Goverment Records      (Source: Wright State Library Special Collections)
• Mercer County Libraries      (Source: Ohio Public Library Information Network)
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Mercer County, Ohio     (Source: Find My Past)
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Lookups

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

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

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

• OHMERCER Mercer County genealogy

  • OHMERCER Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (13)

Military Records and Histories

• 1883 Pensioner's List      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services, 1841  Mercer County     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Fort Recovery      (Source: Ohio History Central)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Mercer County, Ohio     (Source: Internet Archive)

• Civil War

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

• World War I

  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Mercer County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
  • WWI Draft Registration      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

Miscellaneous Data

• Classic Buildings of Mercer County      (Source: Society of Architectural Historians)
• Mercer County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Miami Valley Genealogical Index      (Source: Preble County District Library)

Newspaper Records

• The Celina Democrat.  Celina, O. [Ohio], 1895-1921     (Source: Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers)
• Chronicling America  Mercer County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Digital Archives of the Coldwater Public Library 
• Digital Archives of the Fort Recovery Public Library 
• Historical Celina Newspapers      (Source: Newspaper Archive)     ($)
• Historical Coldwater Newspapers      (Source: Newspaper Archive)     ($)
• Historical Fort Recovery Newspapers      (Source: Newspaper Archive)     ($)
• Search Celina Historical Newspapers      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records (12)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Celina, Ohio Postcards and Photographs  Ohio Old Photos     (Source: Family Old Photos)
• Historical Postcards of Mercer County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Marion, Ohio Postcards and Photographs  Ohio Old Photos     (Source: Family Old Photos)
• Mercer County  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Mercer County Courthouse 
• Ohio Memory      (Source: Ohio Memory)

School Records and Histories

• Celina School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Coldwater School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Ft Recovery School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Maria Stein School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Mendon School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Neptune School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Rockford School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• St Henry School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Societies

• The Mercer County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society      (Source: Facebook)
• Mercer County Genealogical Society  Ohio Genealogical Society
• The Mercer County Genealogy Society 
• Shanes Crossing Historical Society 
• Shanes Crossing Historical Society  Rockford, Ohio

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (80)

Tax Lists

• 1824-1830 Tax List      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Duplicate tax record, 1826-1895      (Source: FamilySearch)

Transportation and Industry

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

Vital Records (16)

Wiki

• Mercer County, Ohio Wiki      (Source: RootsWeb)

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