Miami County, Ohio Genealogy

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Miami County

Guide to Miami County, Ohio ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Ohio Online Genealogy Records

Miami County, Ohio
Map
Location of Ohio in the U.S.
Courthouse
Address	Miami County Courthouse 215 W. Main St. Troy, Ohio 45373-3263 Miami County Website

Miami County, Ohio Record Dates

Known Beginning Dates for Major County Records
Birth*	Marriage	Death*	Court	Land	Probate	Census
1853	1807	1867	1807	1807	1807	1820
Statewide registration for births and deaths started in 1908. General compliance year is unknown.

• Parent Counties: Formed from Montgomery County 16 January 1807.
• County Seat: Troy

Description

The county was named for the Miami Indians. It's county seat is Troy and was founded March 1, 1807. It is located in the West-Central area of the state.

Populated Places

For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit Hometown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

Cities
Clayton Huber Heights	Piqua Tipp City (county seat)	Troy Union
Villages
Bradford Casstown Covington	Fletcher Laura Ludlow Falls	Pleasant Hill Potsdam West Milton
Unincorporated communities
Alcony Bloomer Brandt Conover Frederick	Garland Ginghamsburg Grayson Kessler Lena	Phoneton Polo Rossville West Charleston
Townships
Bethel Brown Concord Elizabeth	Lostcreek Monroe Newberry Newton	Springcreek Staunton Union Washington

Neighboring Counties

Shelby County  • Darke County  • Montgomery County  • Clark County  • Champaign County

Boundary Changes

For animated maps illustrating Ohio county boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Ohio County Boundary Maps" (1788-1940) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Record Loss

There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Resources

Biography

• Biographical Sketches and Stories of Miami County Ohio - People, places, and things.  Indexed by surname
• Biographies from The History of Miami County, Ohio (1880) published by W. H. Beers are available free on the My Genealogy Hound website.

Cemeteries

Cemetery records often reveal birth, marriage, death, relationship, military, and religious information.

Online Grave Transcripts	Published Grave Transcripts	County Cemetery Directories
Findagrave.com	Family History Library	Findagrave.com
Interment.net	WorldCat	Names in Stone
USGW Tombstones		Billion Graves
Billion Graves
OHGenWeb Tombstone Photos
Ohio Gravestones
See Ohio Cemeteries for more information.

Census

Historical populations
Census	Pop.	%±
1810	3,941	—
1820	8,851	124.6%
1830	12,807	44.7%
1840	19,688	53.7%
1850	24,999	27.0%
1860	29,959	19.8%
1870	32,740	9.3%
1880	36,158	10.4%
1890	39,754	9.9%
1900	43,105	8.4%
1910	45,047	4.5%
1920	48,428	7.5%
1930	51,301	5.9%
1940	52,632	2.6%
1950	61,309	16.5%
1960	72,901	18.9%
1970	84,342	15.7%
1980	90,381	7.2%
1990	93,182	3.1%
2000	98,868	6.1%
2010	102,506	3.7%
Source: "Wikipedia.org".

Church Records

• List of Churches in Miami, Ohio.

Lutheran

• Records of St. John's Lutheran Church, Piqua, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

Court Records

An Index to Court Records from the Miami County Courthouse and other locations containing Probate Court Index, Deeds Index, Marriage Index, Children's Home records, Pauper's Records, etc.

Genealogy

Miami Valley Genealogy Index is an Index to more than a half million pointers to records all over Miami Valley not just Miami County, Ohio.

History

Local histories are available for Miami County, Ohio Genealogy. County histories may include biographies, church, school and government history, and military information. For more information about local histories, see the wiki page section Ohio Local Histories.

Local Histories

• Harbaugh, Thomas C., Centennial History: Troy, Piqua and Miami County, Ohio and Representative Citizens, (Chicago, Illinois: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, 1909). Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Internet Archive, FHL film 1000332 Item 2; book 977.148 H2ha

• Sterrett, Frank M., A History of Miami County, Ohio, (Troy, Ohio: Montgomery Printing, 1917). FHL film 874385; book 977.148 H2s

• Miller, Irene E., History of Miami County, Ohio, (Tipp City, Ohio: Miami County Genealogy and Historical Society, 1982). FHL film 1598188 Item 3; book 977.148 H2hi

• The History of Miami County, Ohio: Containing a History of the County; Its Cities, Towns, Etc, (Chicago, Illinois: W.H. Beers, 1880). Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Google Books, Internet Archive, Ancestry ($)(Indexed), FHL film 924425 Item 1; book 977.148 H2h 1973

• Hill, Leonard U., A History of Miami County, Ohio, 1807-1953, (Columbus, Ohio: 1953). FHL book 977.148 H2m

• A Genealogical and Biographical Record of Miami County, Ohio: Compendium of National Biography (Chicago, Illinois: Lewis Publishing, 1900). Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Google Books, Internet Archive, FHL film 1000332 Item 1

Local Histories

Histories of Miami County for 1846, 1880, 1909, 1920 and Randolph Slaves.

The History of Miami County, Ohio, published 1880, W. H. Beers & Co. is available at FamilySearch.

Land and Property

Land and property records can place an ancestor in a particular location, provide economic information, and reveal family relationships. Land records include: deeds, abstracts and indexes, mortgages, leases, grants and land patents.

See Ohio Land and Property for additional information about early Ohio land grants. After land was transferred to private ownership, subsequent transactions were usually recorded at the county courthouse and where records are currently housed. Township Maps of the 12 townships along with census indexes and historical descriptions.

Maps

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for more resources

• Maps of Ohio (1788-1940)

Military

• 1888-1919 - Ohio Soldier Home Records, 1888-1919 at FamilySearch — index and images
• Military Records of Miami County.

Civil War, 1861-1865

Civil War service men from Miami County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies that were specifically formed in Miami County.

- 1st Regiment, Ohio Cavalry, Company I

World War I

• 1914-1919 - Ohio, World War I Statement of Service Cards, 1914-1919 at FamilySearch — index and images
• 1914-1918 - Ohio, World War I, Enrollment Cards, 1914-1918 at FamilySearch — index and images
• 1916-1920 - Ohio, WWI Index and Return Cards, 1916-1920 at FamilySearch — index

Naturalization and Citizenship

• 1800-1977 - Ohio, County Naturalization Records, 1800-1977 at FamilySearch — index and images

Newspapers

Miami County, Ohio Genealogy newspapers may contain genealogical value including obituaries, births, marriages, deaths, anniversaries, family gatherings, family travel, achievements, business notices, engagement information, and probate court proceedings.

To access newspapers, contact public libraries, Ohio Genealogical Society chapters, college or university libraries, the Library of Congress, Google News, or the Ohio Memory. The Ohio Genealogical Society Obituary Database is another source of newspaper information.

For more Ohio newspaper information see the Newspaper Guides on the wiki page Ohio Newspapers and Obituaries.
Online Newspapers
Online Newspaper Abstracts
Marriage and Birth notices from Newspapers
Newspaper Extracts and Abstracts in Book Form

Probate

From 1797 or the creation of the county, probate records were held by the Court of Common Pleas. After 1852, records are held by the {{{1}}} County Probate Court. Records include wills, estates, guardianships, naturalizations, marriage, adoption, and birth and death records (1867-1908 only). The records may give the decedent's date of death, name of spouse, children, parents, siblings, in-laws, neighbors, associates, relatives, and their place of residence.

See Ohio Probate Records for information about how to use probate records. Online Probate Records

• 1786 - 1998 Ohio Wills and Probate Records 1786-1998 at Ancestry.com — index and images $
• 1789 - 1996 Ohio Probate Records 1789-1996 at FamilySearch.org — images
• 1790–1967 - Ohio, Probate Records, 1790-1967 at FamilySearch Historical Records – free. This collection consists of probate records and estate files from county courthouses in Ohio. The content and time period varies by county, with more records being added as they become available. This Collection will include records from 1789 to 1996. Currently, (September 2012) the collection is only searchable by browsing the images. A list of Fires that have destroyed records in the courthouses of several counties are listed on the Record Description page.
• 1807-1845Probate records of Miami County at Ancestry.com ($) original data

Finding More Probate Records

Additional probate records can sometimes be found using search phrases such as Miami County, Ohio Genealogy Probate Records in online catalogs like:

• WorldCat (For instructions see WorldCat Online Catalog).
• FamilySearch Catalog (For instructions see FamilySearch Catalog Places Search).

Repositories

Miami County Courthouse
201 West Main Street
Troy, OH 45373-3263
Phone: 937-332-6855

Clerk Court has divorce and court records from 1807;
Probate Judge has marriage, death and probate;
County Health Department has birth records;
County Recorder has land records

Family History Centers

Family History Centers provide one-on-one assistance, free access to center-only databases, and to premium genealogical websites.
FamilySearch Affiliate Libraries have access to most center-only databases, but may not always have full services normally provided by a family history center.

• Family History Center and Affiliate Library Locator

Local Centers and Affiliate Libraries

• Dayton Ohio Family History Center

For additional nearby Family History Centers, search online in the FHC directory. Put your town name in the top search box.

Libraries

The following public libraries in Miami County have collections of particular interest to genealogists.

Troy-Miami County Public Library
419 W. Main St.
Troy, Ohio 45373
Telephone: 937- 339-0502
Website

The collections include books, maps, microfilm, newspapers, and several original local records with internet access to sites with additional records.

Societies

Online Genealogy Research Groups

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• U.S. Midwest Genealogy Research Community - FamilySearch Facebook Research Group
• Ohio Ancestors - FamilySearch Community group, must have a free FamilySearch account to join
• U.S. and Canada Genealogy Research - FamilySearch Community group, must have a free FamilySearch account to join

Schools

Piqua, Ohio High School 1919 Basketball Team

Social Security:

U.S. Social Security Applications and Claims Index

Social Security Death Index

Taxation

• 1800-1950 - Ohio Tax Records, 1800-1850 at FamilySearch — index and images
• 1800-1850 Ohio Tax Records, 1800-1850 at MyHeritage ($) — index
• Early Tax and Census records 1810-1840 period.

Finding More Tax Records

Additional tax records can sometimes be found using search phrases such as Miami County, Ohio Genealogy Tax Records in online catalogs like:

• WorldCat (For instructions see WorldCat Online Catalog).
• FamilySearch Catalog (For instructions see FamilySearch Catalog Places Search).

Vital Records

Vital records consist of birth, death, marriage and divorce records. Marriages were usually recorded from the formation of the county and are held at the office of the County Probate Court. Divorce records are located with the county Clerk of Courts.

Any existing birth and death records from 1867 through December 19, 1908 are located at the County Probate Court. The Ohio Department of Health has birth records filed after December 20, 1908 and death records filed after January 1, 1954, while the Ohio History Connection houses death records from December 20, 1908 through December 31, 1953.

Birth

Online Birth Indexes and Records

• Ohio Births and Christenings, 1821-1962
• Ohio, Births and Christenings Index, 1774-1973 (Ancestry $)
• Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003

• 1908-1964 - Ohio, Birth Index, 1908-1964 at ancestry.com ($)
  

Original Birth Records on Microfilm

Marriage

• 1789-2013 - Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013 at FamilySearch — index and images
• 1800-1958 - Ohio, Marriages, 1800-1958 at FamilySearch — free; Index.
• 1800-1942 - Ohio, Marriages, 1800-1942 at FamilySearch — index
• 1970-2003 Ohio, Marriages, 1970 - 2003 at MyHeritage ($) — index

Online Marriage Indexes and Records Original Marriage Records on Microfilm

Death

Online Death Indexes and Records

• 1840-2001 - Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001 at FamilySearch — index and images
• 1908-1953 - Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953. Free name indexes and images at FamilySearch. Records include such information as birth date of deceased, city, county, and state of death, name of spouse if married, names of parents, maiden name of mother, name of informant, if deceased was single, married, windowed or divorced, occupation of deceased.
• 1908-1932, 1938-2018 Ohio, Death Records, 1908-1932, 1938-2018 at Ancestry.com ($) — index and images
• 1913-1944, 1954-1963 Ohio Death Index, 1913-1944, 1954-1963 at MyHeritage ($) — index

Finding More Vital Records

Additional vital records can sometimes be found using search phrases such as Miami County, Ohio Genealogy Vital Records in online catalogs like:

• WorldCat (For instructions see WorldCat Online Catalog).
• FamilySearch Catalog (For instructions see FamilySearch Catalog Places Search).

Original Death Records on Microfilm

Websites

• Miami County, OH History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
• Ohio Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
• Miami County OH Genealogy
• USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
• FamilySearch Catalog
• Miami County, Ohio site has many links to court records, newspapers, histories of the county, etc.
• Genealogy Inc for Miami, Ohio (MAJORLY USEFUL)

This website requires a paid subscription for full access.

Family History Library