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PLACES TO BE SURE
TO VISIT
CLARK COUNTY
HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Write to the Historical Society at
117 S. Fountain Avenue, Springfield, OH 45502 or call the office at
(937) 324-0657). The Clark County Historical Society houses all
original probate case files dating from 1818 to 1970 along with the
following bound volumes: Will Records - Volume 2 through 86: Minister
License - Volume; Ledgers - Volume 11 through 14, and Volume 17;
original newspapers covering 1832 to approximately 1970; original
Probate birth and death records from 1867 to 1908; and the complete
library of the Clark County Genealogical Society, which is now housed
at the Heritage Center. Many other collections are available, including
card index by name of: decedents, marriages, and veterans of W.W.II.
CLARK COUNTY PUBLIC
LIBRARY - MAIN BRANCH, 201 South
Fountain Avenue, Springfield, Ohio 45502, (513) 328-6903. Magnificent area
library which includes cemetery records according to name of cemetery.
They have all U.S. Census records for Clark County; the Mayflower
ancestry books; Daughters of American Revolution Books; City and County
Directories, including some rural directories; newspapers, including all
evening papers since 1910.
RECORDS FROM THE COURT HOUSE
Here are some links to
help you with research. These are city and county links from Clark
County, Ohio.
Clark County, Ohio
Clark
County Municipal Court
Vitalchek.com
for Ohio
1. BIRTH RECORDS: Births recorded in Clark County start from
1867 to August, 1908, are indexed in the Court card file. Information
from the actual record can consist of name, date of birth, place of
birth, parents' names, residence of parents, and by who the birth was
reported. The original volumes are at the Heritage Center (Historical
Society) Archives and Library. Records after 1908 are at the Department
of Health on Home Road
(http://www.odh.state.oh.us/Directory/LHD/1200.htm).
2. DEATH RECORDS: Deaths recorded in Clark County start from
1867 to August, 1908, are also indexed in the Court card file.
Information can consist of name, date of death, marital status at time
of death, age, place of death, place of birth, occupation, name of
father, name of mother, color, cause of death, place of residence, and
by who the death was reported. The original volumes are at the Heritage
Center (Historical Society) Archives and Library. Records after 1908
are at the Department of Health on Home Road
(http://www.odh.state.oh.us/Directory/LHD/1200.htm).
3.
MARRIAGE RECORDS: Marriage
records date from 1818 to the present. The records from 1818 to
1867 are indexed in four red volumes compiled by the Ohio State Society
of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The records from
1867 to the present are all indexed in the Court card file according to
the man's last name. Information on the marriage records varies
according to the era. The very old records contain only the names
of the couple and sometimes the names of the parents. More recent
records contain the names, date of birth, place of birth, residence,
name of father, maiden name of mother, and previous marriages along
with minor children by that marriage. The cost of a marriage
record, consisting of the couple's names and the date of marriage, is
$2.
4. NATURALIZATION RECORDS: Naturalization records start from
March 20, 1861, to March 5, 1904 are available for you to see on
microfilm in the Probate Court. All records from March 5, 1904,
to the present are located at the Clerk of Courts Office, Common Pleas
Court, Court House, Springfield, Ohio
5. ESTATE RECORDS: Estate records date from 1818 to the
present. All records from 1818 to 1970 are on microfilm in the Probate
Court. All the original files for these records are stored at the Clark
County Historical Society, 117 S. Fountain Avenue, Springfield, Ohio
45502. All the records from 1970 to the present are in the Court.
Copies of these records are available at a charge of $1 per page
All records,
with the exception of confidential matters (adoption and mental illness
cases), are available for you to research personally. Upon
written request , copies of birth, marriage, death , and estate records
will be made. Staff will NOT do extensive genealogical
research, however, and at your request inquiries will be refered to
experienced researchers in the area.
6.
General
Information for Adoption Records
For those records after 1964, Ohio
statute provides that the record of adoption proceedings may be
inspected only upon the personal direction of the probate judge.
Further, such records are not available at any time for inspection by
the general public. See the Ohio Department of Health, Office of Vital
Statistics fact sheet.
Here are some links you can visit to
help in your research:
FROM THE OFFICE OF VITAL
STATISTICS:
The Ohio Department of Health houses
only the records of persons adopted in Ohio. If the adoption did not
occur in Ohio, contact the Vital Statistics office in the state where
it did occur. Below is the list of Adoption laws and procedures
that the Vital Statistics office in Ohio provides:
Ohio Adoption Registry
Prior to 1/1/1964 Adoption Records
Open to Adopted Person with Proper ID
1/1/1964 – 9/18/1996 Adoption
Records Sealed – Only Opened by a Court Order H.B. 84
After 9/18/1996 Adoption Records Open
– If Adopted Person is between 18-21 Years of Age H.B.419. For
more information contact your local Vital Statistics Registrar or:
Ohio Department of Health
Vital Statistics
35 East Chestnut Street
P.O. 15098
Columbus, Ohio 43215-0098
Telephone: (614) 644-5635
List of
Microfilm
and Fiche
of Clark County, OH from the LDS Church Family
History Centery - Partial List
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