Wood County, Ohio:
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Projects

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

Adjacent counties

• Hancock County, OH  to the south
• Henry County, OH  to the west
• Lucas County, OH  to the north
• Ottawa County, OH  to the northeast
• Putnam County, OH  to the southwest
• Sandusky County, OH  to the east
• Seneca County, OH  to the southeast

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

• Commemorative Historical and Biographical Record of Wood County, Ohio  1897     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Commemorative Historical and Biographical Record of Wood County, Ohio  1897     (Source: Internet Archive)
• A history of northwest Ohio  Volume 3, 1917     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Wood Co, Ohio, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Wood County Biographies      (Source: USGenWeb Ohio Archives)
• Wood County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Wood County GEDCOM Index      (Source: GEDCOM Index .Com)

Cemeteries

• Billion Graves for Wood County, Ohio      (Source: Billion Graves)
• Cemeteries in Wood County, Ohio      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Cemeteries of Wood County      (Source: Interment.net)
• The Political Graveyard      (Source: The Political Graveyard)
• Wood County  Ohio Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project     (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Wood County Cemetery Index  Ohio Gravestone Photo Project
• Wood County Cemetery List      (Source: Find A Grave)
• Wood County Cemetery Project      (Source: The Tombstone Transcription Project)
• Wood County Index  Ohio Cemetery Photo Project     (Source: USGenWeb)

Census Records and Indexes (23)

Church Records

• Catholic Parish Records, Diocese of Toledo  1796-2004     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Ohio, Church Records, 1762-2008  includes United Presbyterian Church (Dunbridge)     (Source: FamilySearch)
• U.S. Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1970  includes Bowling Green, Milton, Northwood and Perrysburg, Ohio     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Court and Legal Records

• Chancery records, 1823-1856      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Court of Common Pleas Appearance docket, 1826-1902, 1923-1924      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Gateway to the West, Volume II  includes Chancery Records, 1839-1850     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Wood County Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)
• Supreme Court records, 1825-1876      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Wood County Court Records Directory      (Source: Court Records Free Reference and Directory)

Directories

• Bowling Green City Directories      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Digital Archives of the Rossford Public Library 
• Farm Journal Rural Directory of Wood County, Ohio  1916     (Source: MyHeritage)     ($)

Estate Records

• Gateway to the West, Volume II  includes Will Abstracts, 1820-1850     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Ohio Wills and Probate Records, 1786-1998  includes Wood County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Ohio, Probate Records, 1789-1996      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Wood County, Ohio Wills Records      (Source: SAMPUBCO)

Ethnic

• Field Reports in Archeology  Fort Meigs (Wo 3), 1975     (Source: Internet Archive)

History (44)

Immigration and Naturalization Records

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

Introduction and Guides

• County by County in Ohio Genealogy, 1992  Wood 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)
• Genealogy Research Aids      (Source: Center for Archival Collections, Bowling Green State University)
• Wood County      (Source: Histopolis Collaborative Genealogy & History)
• Wood County Ohio Info      (Source: Maggie's World of Courthouse Dust & Genealogy Fever)
• Wood County Public Records      (Source: Nationwide Environmental Title Research)
• Wood County, Ohio Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy, Inc.)

Land Records

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

Libraries, Museums, Archives (20)

Lookups

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

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

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

• OH-NW-HERITAGE Northwest Ohio heritage

  • OH-NW-HERITAGE Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

• OHWOOD Wood County genealogy

  • OHWOOD Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (23)

Military Records and Histories

• Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services, 1841  Wood County     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Fort Meigs      (Source: Ohio History Central)
• Fort Meigs  A condensed history of the most important military point in the Northwest (1886)     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Fort Meigs  A condensed history of the most important military point in the northwest, together with scenes and incidents connected with the sieges of 1813 and a minute description of the old fort and its surroundings     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Wood County, Ohio     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Wood County Military Records      (Source: USGenWeb Ohio Archives)

• Civil War

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

• War of 1812

  • Fort Meigs  War of 1812 Battlefield

• World War I

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

Miscellaneous Data

• Wood County Miscellaneous Records      (Source: USGenWeb Ohio Archives)
• Wood County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)

Newspaper Records (15)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records (19)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Historical Photographs  Pemberville Library
• Historical Postcards of Wood County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Ohio Memory      (Source: Ohio Memory)
• Wood County Courthouse 

School Records and Histories (22)

Societies

• Historical Society of Grand Rapids 
• Luckey Historical Society 
• North Baltimore Area Historical Society 
• Wood County Chapter  Ohio Genealogical Society
• The Wood County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (106)

Tax Lists

• Tax duplicates, 1827-1843      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Tax lists, 1844-1850      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Tax records, 1822-1838      (Source: FamilySearch)

Transportation and Industry

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

Vital Records (13)

Wiki

• Wood County, Ohio Wiki      (Source: RootsWeb)

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