Warren County Genealogical Society a chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society 406 Justice Drive, Lebanon, Ohio  45036

The Genealogical Society Resource Library is located in the lower level of the Warren County Administration Building and contains an extensive collection of genealogical material to include information on vital records (births, marriages, divorces, deaths) cemetery records, family histories and surname files, transcriptions and/or indexes for census records, tax records, property record indexes, will & estate records, obituaries, military records and much more. Scroll down to the bottom of their About Us page for a detailed description of their library holdings.

Meetings are generally held the 3rd Wednesday of most months. For details see Program Schedule or download pdf file.
AWARDS: See 2006 Chapter Awards (WOW!)

Contact Information Location: 406 Justice Dr., Lebanon, OH 45036 Phone: (513) 695 1144 Email Address: wcgs@co.warren.oh.us Web Site: http://www.co.warren.oh.us/genealogy/ 22 Jan 2007 (311,889 entries) Hours: 9:00 PM - 4:00 PM Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday Wednesday by appointment only Closed weekends and holidays Admission: Free

Membership Information Individual: $10 per year Couple: $15 per year The membership year begins January 1st. You can download a copy of their Membership Application. Members receive 4 issues of the quarterly Heir Lines each year. They also may submit queries for publishing in Heir Lines at no charge.

Research Policy Warren County Genealogical Society will do research for $10.00 prepaid which includes an initial hour of research, up to 8 copies and postage. Thereafter research is $10.00 per hour plus $0.15 per copy and postage costs. Mail prepaid written requests to the Warren County Genealogical Society. Click here for addition information about their Research Policy. The site includes a Research Request Form which you can download in Adobe Acrobat Format.

Lineage Societies First Families of Warren County for those whose Ancestor(s) settled in the area now known as Warren County by January 1, 1821 Application Form (pdf) Early Settlers of Warren County for those whose Ancestor(s) settled in the area now known as Warren County between the dates of January 1, 1821 to December 30, 1882. Application Form (pdf)

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Publications

• March 2007
  • New Release Flyer
  • Updated Catalog & Order Form
  • Warren County, Ohio Veteran Grave Registration Cards by Mary M. Everhart
    2007. This 170 page publication contains an abstract created from 6,321 cards (organized by cemetery) on file at the Warren County Recorder’s Office for burials occurring from 1814 through 2002. Includes an every name index.
  • Warren County, Ohio Obituary Index (2006 Edition), Charles W. Griffen, Editor
    2007. This is the 4th update of this publication which now indexes 61,686 obituaries dating from 1810 to 2006. Each entry provides the name of the deceased, year of death and page reference where the obituary may be located in our obituary collection. The collection includes 8,289 obituaries from the 19th century.
• March 2006
  • Warren County, Ohio Obituary Index (2005 Edition)
    2006. This is the 3rd update of this publication which now indexes 57,341 obituaries dating from 1810 to 2005. Each entry provides the name of the deceased, year of death and page reference where the obituary may be located in our obituary collection. The collection includes 7,932 obituaries from the 19th century.
  • Warren County, Ohio Cemetery Master Index
    2006. This publication provides an index to 62, 471 entries included in Warren County, Ohio Cemetery Records, Volumes 1 through 12 plus all entries in the Register of Interments for Lebanon and Rose Hill Cemeteries. Each entry lists the full name of deceased, year of death plus volume & page number for the entry.
  • Warren County, Ohio Death Records Master Index
    2006. This publication provides an index to 24,149 death records from 1850 to 1930 as listed in 9 different publications available from the Warren County Genealogical Society. Each entry lists the full name of deceased, year of death plus the volume & page number for the entry
  • New Release Flyer
  • Updated Catalog & Order Form
• April 2005:
  • "The Dumford Family: Ancestors and Descendants" [see flyer in pdf format]
  • "Warren County Obituary Index, 2004 Edition" [index of 54,121 obituaries dating from 1810 to 2005 that are held by the Society]
  • New Release Flyer
  • Updated Catalog & Order Form
• 22 Dec. 2004:
  • "Murder in Waynesville: The Anderson Tragedy" 2004 by Karen Campbell [see flyer in pdf format]
• Oct. 2004: 10 new books are now available:
  • "Memory Lane" by Marion Snyder in three volumes: a collection of local history articles by the late Marion Snyder originally published in The Western Star
  • Warren County Society News: 2 volumes each for the years 1921, 1925 & 1940. Each contains columns collected from The Western Star and organized by village. Part 1 for each year covers Lebanon and surrounding areas. Part 2 covers other villages in the county.
  • Manual of Domestic Economy: an 1841 cookbook
• Sep, 2004: Warren County, Ohio Obituary Index (2003 Edition)" Catalogs 46,209 obituaries dating from 1834 to 2003. Each entry provides name of deceased, year of death and page reference where the obituary may be located in their collection. The collection includes 488 obituaries from the 19th century
• July, 2004: Society issues 6 new books (see New Releases and flyer for additional information)
  • Warren County Ohio Marriages 1899 - 1901
  • Warren County Ohio Births 1892 - 1896
  • Warren County Ohio Births 1897 - 1902
  • Warren County Ohio Births 1903 - 1908
  • Warren County Ohio Delayed and Corrected Birth Registrations, 3rd Edition (formerly called Late Births, Warren County Ohio)
  • Obituaries and Death Notices found in the Miami-Visitor Newspaper of Waynesville, Ohio, 1850 - 1861
• New book (May 2004) "The History of Franklin in the Great Miami Valley"; 2nd Edition by Harriet E. Foley
  (see flyer for additional information)
• New book (April 2004) "Quaker Education & The Miami Valley Institute" by Karen Campbell
  (see flyer for additional information)
• The Warren County Genealogical Society offers more than 115 publications to assist with your Warren County Research and regularly add New Releases to the collection. You can view an on-line description of their Publications in html format or you can download a copy of their Catalog and Order Form in Adobe Acrobat format.
• Name indexes to their Obituary Collection (46,929 as of 1 Sep 2004) and many of their publications can be found at their Web Site which has over 300,000 entries.
  Out of town researchers can obtain photocopies of obituaries or specific pages of publications listed in these on line indexes by downloading their Mail Order Photocopy Request Form.

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