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United States

Ohio

Champaign County

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

Ohio Online Genealogy Records

County Facts County seat: Urbana Organized: 20 February 1805 Parent County(s): Franklin, Greene Neighboring Counties Logan  • Union  • Madison  • Clark  • Miami  • Shelby County See County Maps Courthouse Location Map Adoption This page is available for adoption

County Information

Description

The county was named from the French word for "open level country".It's county seat is Urbana and was founded March 1, 1805. It is located in the West Central area of the state.

County Courthouse

Champaign County Courthouse
200 N. Main Street
Urbana, Ohio 43078

Champaign County Website
Phone: 937.653.2746

Champaign County Courthouse
200 N Main Street
Urbana, OH 43078
Phone: 937.653.2746

Probate Judge has birth, marriage and probate records.
County Health Department has death records.
County Auditor has burial records.
County Recorder has land records.
County Clerk has divorce and court records.

Champaign County, Ohio Record Dates

Information for this chart was taken from various sources, often containing conflicting dates. This information should be taken as a guide and should be verified by contacting the county and/or the state government agency.

Known Beginning Dates for Major County Records
Birth*	Marriage	Death*	Court	Land	Probate	Census
1867	1805	1867	1805	1806	1804	1820
Statewide registration for births and deaths started in 1908. General compliance year is unknown.

Record Loss

1948 A courthouse fire may have damaged or destroyed some records. For suggestions about research in places that suffered historic record losses, see: Burned Counties. By Michael John Neill at 24-7 Family History Circle. When the Records are Gone. By Arlene Eakle at Arlene Eakle's Tennessee Blog. Burned Counties Research in the FamilySearch Research Wiki.

Boundary Changes

Parent Counties: Formed from Franklin and Greene counties 20 February 1805. County Seat: Urbana Interactive Map of Ohio County Formation History (1790-1897) - animated maps illustrating Ohio county boundary changes Ohio Historical Boundary Changes - list of all boundary changes by county provided by Newberry Library

Populated Places

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
Urbana (county seat)
Villages
Christiansburg Mechanicsburg	Mutual North Lewisburg	St. Paris Woodstock
Unincorporated communities
Bowlusville Cable Carysville Catawba Station Crayon Darnell Eris	Fountain Park Kennard Kingscreek Middletown Millerstown Mingo	Northville Powhattan Springhills Terre Haute Thackery Westville
Census-designated places
Rosewood
Townships
Adams Concord Goshen Harrison	Jackson Johnson Mad River Rush	Salem Union Urbana Wayne

Resources

Bible Records

For an extensive list of resources for Bible Records see Ohio Bible Records.

For an extensive list of resources for Bible Records see Ohio Bible Records.

Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Champaign County, Ohio online and in print
Tombstone Transcriptions Online	Find A Grave Interment.net USGW Tombstones Billion Graves Ohio Gravestones
Tombstone Transcriptions in Print (Often more complete)	Family History Library WorldCat
List of Cemeteries in the County	Findagrave.com Names in Stone
See Ohio Cemeteries for more information.

 

Census Records

Historical populations
Census	Pop.	%±
1810	6,303	—
1820	8,479	34.5%
1830	12,131	43.1%
1840	16,721	37.8%
1850	19,782	18.3%
1860	22,698	14.7%
1870	24,188	6.6%
1880	27,817	15.0%
1890	26,980	−3.0%
1900	26,642	−1.3%
1910	26,351	−1.1%
1920	25,071	−4.9%
1930	24,103	−3.9%
1940	25,258	4.8%
1950	26,793	6.1%
1960	29,714	10.9%
1970	30,491	2.6%
1980	33,649	10.4%
1990	36,019	7.0%
2000	38,890	8.0%
2010	40,097	3.1%
Source: "Wikipedia.org".

Church Records

Church records and the information they provide vary significantly depending on the denomination and the record keeper. They may contain information about members of the congregation, such as age, date of baptism, christening, or birth; marriage information and maiden names; and death date. For general information about Ohio denominations, see Ohio Church Records.

• Various Years - St. John's Lutheran Church records Courtesy of OhioGenWeb Archives

Genealogies

Miami Valley Genealogy Index is an Index to more than a half million pointers to records all over Miami Valley including Champaign County.

Land and Property Records

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.

• 1790-1907 - Bureau of Land Management index Courtesy of OhioGenWeb Archives

Local Histories

Local histories are available for this county. County histories may include biographies, church, school and government history, and military information. For more information about local histories, see Ohio Local Histories.

Local History

• Middleton, Evan P. History of Champaign County Ohio: its people, industries and institutions, Volume 1 (Indianapolis, Indiana B.F. Bowen, 1917) Digital version at Google Books.
• Middleton, Evan P. History of Champaign County Ohio: its people, industries and institutions, Volume 2 (Indianapolis, Indiana B.F. Bowen, 1917) Digital version at Internet Archive.
• A Centennial Biographical History of Champaign County, Ohio (Chicago, Illinois Lewis Publish Company, 1902) Digital version at Google Books; Internet Archive.
• Antrim, Joshua, The history of Champaign and Logan Counties, from their first settlement (Bellefontaine, Ohio Press Print. Co., 1872) Digital version at Google Books; Internet Archive.

• Ohio Indexes at EveryNameIndex.com — Select the county.

Maps and Gazetteers

Click a neighboring county
for more resources

• Maps of Ohio (1788-1940)

Military Records

• 1888-1919 - Ohio Soldier Home Records, 1888-1919 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images or scroll to Browse by Admission Number and Year Range

Civil War, 1861-1865
Reportedly 3,235 men from Champaign County participated in the Civil War in some way.

Civil War service men from Champaign 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 Champaign County.

- 113th Regiment, Ohio Infantry , Companies E and K

http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~champaign/genealogy/military/civil.htm Roster of Soldiers who enlisted from Champaign County, Ohio, for service in the Armies of the United States during the war of 1861-1865, who died or were killed in the service.
List courtesy of Champaign County Historical Society.

Champaign County Military burials with many brief biographies at Find A Grave (11 records)

World War I

• 1914-1919 - Ohio, World War I Statement of Service Cards, 1914-1919 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index; images of cards.
• 1914-1918 - Ohio, World War I, Enrollment Cards, 1914-1918 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index, images of cards.
• 1916-1920 - Ohio, WWI Index and Return Cards, 1916-1920 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index; images of cards.

Naturalization and Citizenship

• 1800-1977 - Ohio, County Naturalization Records, 1800-1977 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images; or scroll to Browse images by county.

Newspapers

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

For more Ohio newspaper information see Ohio Newspapers and Obituaries.

• Various Years - Champaign County newspapers list of county newspapers and publication dates. Courtesy of OhioGenWeb
• Various Years - community contributed newspaper articles Courtesy of OhioGenWeb Archives

• 1793-late 1900's - Newspapers at Ohio History Connection — Select county to Browse.
• Early to late-1900's - Newspapers at Ohio Memory — sort by County, City, Time Period, and more.

Probate Records

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 Champaign 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 ($) — index and images.
• 1789-1996 Ohio Probate Records 1789-1996 at FamilySearch.org — How to Use this Collection; index and images; or scroll down to Browse images by county.
• Various Years - community contributed wills Courtesy of OhioGenWeb Archives

Social Security Records

• 1935-2014 United States Social Security Death Index at FamilySearch — How to use this collection; index. Also at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more information.
• 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 at Ancestry ($) — index, click here for more information.

Tax Records

Ohio tax records complement land records and can be used in place of censuses before 1820 or to supplement the years between censuses. Because only persons who owned taxable property were listed, many residents were not included in tax lists. There may also be gaps of several years in the tax records of some counties.

• 1800-1950 - Ohio Tax Records, 1800-1850 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images; or scroll to Browse images by county.
• 1800-1850 Ohio Tax Records, 1800-1850 at MyHeritage ($) — index

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

• 1800-1962 Ohio, Births and Christenings Index, 1800-1962 at Ancestry ($) — Index
• 1841-2003 - Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images; or scroll down to Browse images by county.
• 1908-1998 Ohio, Birth Index, 1908-1998 at Ancestry ($) — Index
• Various Years - community contributed vital records Courtesy of OhioGenWeb Archives

Marriage

• 1789-2013 - Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images; or scroll down to Browse images by county.
• 1800-1958 Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index.
• 1800-1942 Ohio, Marriages, 1800-1942 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index; can browse images by film number at a Family History Center.
• 1803-1900 Ohio, Compiled Marriage Index, 1803-1900 at Ancestry ($) — Index.
• 1898-1912 Ohio Marriages at Ancestry ($)
• 1970-2003 Ohio, Marriages, 1970 - 2003 at MyHeritage ($) — index
• 1970-2007 Ohio Marriage Index, 1970, 1972-2007 at Ancestry ($)
• Various Years - community contributed vital records Courtesy of OhioGenWeb Archives

Death

• 1840-2001 - Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images; or scroll down to Browse images by county; may be alphbetical.
• 1854–1997 - Ohio, Deaths and Burials, 1854-1997 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index.
• 1908–1953 - Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1953 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images; or scroll to Browse images by year.
• 1908-1932, 1938–1944, and 1958–2007 - Ohio, Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007 at FamilySearch – free. Index of deaths from the Ohio Department of Health in Columbus. Index provided by Ancestry.com.
• 1908-1932, 1938-2018 Ohio, Death Records, 1908-1932, 1938-2018 at Ancestry ($) — index and images
• 1913-1944, 1954-1963 Ohio Death Index, 1913-1944, 1954-1963 at MyHeritage ($) — index
• Various Years - community contributed vital records Courtesy of OhioGenWeb Archives

Divorce

• 1962-2007 Ohio Divorce Index, 1962-1963, 1967-1971, 1973-2007 at ancestry.com ($)
  

Research Facilities

Archives

Listed below are archives in Champaign County. For state-wide archival repositories, see Ohio Archives and Libraries.

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

• Champaign County Library Family History Center
• Piqua Public Library Family History Center

Libraries

Listed below are libraries in Champaign County. For state-wide library facilities, see Ohio Archives and Libraries.

Societies

Listed below are societies in Champaign County. For state-wide genealogical societies, see Ohio Societies.

Champaign County Chapter, Ohio Genealogical Society
PO Box 682 . Urbana, OH 43078-0680Website

Websites

• Local Gov't Records by County at Ohio History Connection — Browse their list; records are not online.
• Custom Browse of Historical Collections at Ohio Memory — Use map or alpha bar to select county or place, then browse search options in left sidebar.
• Ohio Genealogical Society ($) - online databases
• Champaign Clounty OHGenWeb
• Champaign County OH Genealogy
• FamilySearch Catalog – The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records.

This website requires a paid subscription for full access.