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United States

Ohio

Clermont County

Guide to Clermont 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: Batavia Organized: 6 December 1800 Parent County(s): Hamilton Neighboring Counties Hamilton  • Warren  • Clinton  • Brown  • Bracken (KY)  • Pendleton (KY)  • Campbell (KY) See County Maps Courthouse Location Map Adoption This page is available for adoption

County Information

Description

The county was named for the Clermont Province of France, the home of Vercingetorix, and means "clear mount." It is located in the West Central area of the state.

County Courthouse

Clermont County Courthouse
4430 State Route 222
Batavia, Ohio 45103
Phone: 513-732-7967
Clermont County Website

Probate Court has birth and death records 1867-1950, marriage and probate records from 1800 and naturalization records from 1860’s.
Court Clerk has divorce records from 1861 and court records from 1803.

Clermont 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
1856	1800	1856	1803	1818	1800	1820
Statewide registration for births and deaths started in 1908. General compliance year is unknown.

Record Loss

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

Boundary Changes

Parent Counties: Formed from Hamilton County 6 December 1800. County Seat: Batavia 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
Loveland Milford
Villages
Amelia Batavia (county seat) Bethel Chilo	Felicity Moscow Neville New Richmond	Newtonsville Owensville Williamsburg
Unincorporated communities
Afton Bantam Belfast Blairsville Blowville Branch Hill Braziers Cedron Clermontville Clertoma Clover Concord East Milford Edenton Elk Lick Glen Este Grailville Hamlet Happy Hollow Hennings Mill	Hills Laurel Lerado Lindale Locust Corner Maple Marathon Milford Hills Modest Monterey Moores Fork Mount Holly Mount Olive Mount Pisgah New Palestine Ninemile Nineveh Nicholsville Olive Branch	Perintown Point Isabel Point Pleasant Pringle Corner Round Bottom Rural Saltair Simpkinsville Shiloh South Milford Springvale Stonelick Tobasco Utopia Wards Corner Wiggonsville Williams Corner Willowville Woodville
Census-designated places
Day Heights Goshen Miamiville	Mount Carmel Mount Repose Mulberry	Summerside Withamsville
Townships
Batavia Franklin Goshen Jackson Miami	Monroe Ohio Pierce Stonelick Tate	Union Washington Wayne Williamsburg

Resources

Bible Records

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

Biographies

• History of Clermont and Brown Counties, Ohio. By Byron Williams. (Milford, Ohio: Hobart Publishing Company, 1913) Volume 2 Biographical online at Google Books

Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Clermont County, Ohio online and in print
Tombstone Transcriptions Online	Find A Grave OH GenWeb Interment.net OH Tombstone Transcription Project Ohio Gravestones Billion Graves
Tombstone Transcriptions in Print (Often more complete)	Family History Library WorldCat
List of Cemeteries in the County	Find A Grave
See Ohio Cemeteries for more information.

Census Records

Historical populations
Census	Pop.	%±
1810	9,965	—
1820	15,820	58.8%
1830	20,466	29.4%
1840	23,106	12.9%
1850	30,455	31.8%
1860	33,034	8.5%
1870	34,268	3.7%
1880	36,713	7.1%
1890	33,553	−8.6%
1900	31,610	−5.8%
1910	29,551	−6.5%
1920	28,291	−4.3%
1930	29,786	5.3%
1940	34,109	14.5%
1950	42,182	23.7%
1960	80,530	90.9%
1970	95,725	18.9%
1980	128,483	34.2%
1990	150,187	16.9%
2000	177,977	18.5%
2010	197,363	10.9%
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.

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.

• Deeds at 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.

• History of Clermont County, Ohio: with illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers (Philadelphia, PA: L.H. Everts, 1880) Online at FamilySearch Digital Library.
• 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.

Civil War
Civil War service men from Clermont 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 Clermont County.

-1st Independent Battery, Ohio Light Artillery, a battery is like a company in an artillery regiment.

World War I

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

Naturalization and Citizenship

• 1800-1977 Ohio, County Naturalization Records, 1800-1977 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection.

Newspapers

Clermont 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.

• 1793-late 1900's Newspapers at Ohio History Connection — Select county.
• 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 Clermont 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.

• 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.
• Wills and Probate at OhioGenWeb

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.
• 1800-1850 Ohio Tax Records, 1800-1850 at MyHeritage ($) — index
• 1816-1900 Ohio, Clermont County Tax Records, 1816-1900 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection

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.

• Vital Records at OhioGenWeb Archives

Birth

• 1800-1962 Ohio, Births and Christenings Index, 1800-1962 at Ancestry ($) — Index
• 1821-1962 Ohio Births and Christenings, 1821-1962 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection.
• 1841-2003 Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection.
• 1908-1998 Ohio, Birth Index, 1908-1998 at Ancestry ($) — Index

Marriage

• 1789-2013 Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection.
• 1800-1958 Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection.
• 1800-1942 Ohio Marriages, 1800-1942 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; can browse images by film number at a Family History Center.
• 1803-1900 Ohio, Compiled Marriage Index, 1803-1900 at Ancestry ($) — Index.
• 1970-2003 Ohio, Marriages, 1970-2003 at MyHeritage ($) — index
• 1970-2007 Ohio Marriage Index, 1970, 1972-2007 at Ancestry ($)

Death

• 1840-2001 Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection.
• 1854-1997 Ohio Deaths and Burials, 1854-1997 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection.
• 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007 Ohio Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007 at FamilySearch – How to Use this Collection
• 1908-1932, 1938-2018 Ohio, Death Records, 1908-1932, 1938-2018 at Ancestry ($) — index and images
• 1908-1953 Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection.
• 1913-1944, 1954-1963 Ohio Death Index, 1913-1944, 1954-1963 at MyHeritage ($) — index

Divorce

• 1962-2007 Ohio, Divorce Abstracts, 1962-1963, 1967-1971, 1973-2007 at Ancestry ($)
  

Research Facilities

Archives

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

Clermont County Records Management Division
2425 Clermont Center Drive
Batavia, OH 45103
513-735-8660
Website

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 Libraries

• Cherry Grove/ Eastgate Ohio Family History Center
• Clermont County Public Library - an affiliate library

Libraries

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

Clermont County Public Libraries
Administration Office
5920 Buckwheat Road
Milford, OH 45150
513-732-2736
Email: info@clermontlibrary.org
Website

Museums

Clermont County Historical Society
Mailing Address:
PO Box 14
Batavia, Ohio 45103
Office/Museum/Archrives:
3rd & Willow Streets
Williamsburg, Ohio 45176
E-mail: clermonths@aol.com
513-753-8672
Website

Societies

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

Clermont County Genealogical Society
Doris Wood Memorial Batavia Library
180 S 3rd Street
P.O. Box 394
Batavia, Ohio 45103
513-723-3423
Email: clermontgenealogy@hotmail.com
Website

Member of Clermont County Chapter, OGS

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
• Clermont County OH Genealogy at LDSGenealogy
• OH GenWeg
• USGW Archives
• 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.

FamilySearch affiliate libraries may have access to center-only databases, but do not always have all services normally provided by a family history center.