FIRST
FAMILIES OF LUCAS COUNTY, OHIO
BASIC
INFORMATION
First Families of Lucas County, Ohio, has three categories. Membership is open to anyone who can document direct descent from a person or persons who resided within the present boundaries of Lucas County, Ohio:
a. prior to December 31, 1850 - Pioneer Category
b. from January 1, 1851 to December 31, 1870 - Settler Category
c. from January 1, 1871 to December 31 of the 100 year anniversary - Centennial Category
The applicant must complete an application form showing his or her ancestor(s), and list descent from that (those) ancestor(s). The application must be accompanied by copy-machine, photo, or other facsimile copies or by exact copies certified as “true copies” by a courthouse official, genealogical librarian, etc., or all documents necessary to prove the ancestors settlement in Lucas County within the necessary time period and to prove each step of descent from the applicant to the ancestor. Proof may not be omitted for any step, and all documents must show their source. These will be preserved at the Toledo-Lucas County Library for reference open to other genealogists and for historical records for the future. Applications should be clearly hand-written or printed .
Applications must be accompanied by a check for $10.00 for members of the Chapter or $20.00 for non-members. This entitles the non-member applicant to a one-year membership in the Chapter and a subscription to the Chapter’s quarterly newsletter FORT INDUSTRY REFLECTIONS. (Application fees are not refundable.)
Click here for 9-page application ( Adobe Acrobat )
The completed application with its accompanying proofs must be mailed by the May 1st deadline to:
First Families
of Lucas County Committee
Toledo-Lucas
County Library
c/o Local
History & Genealogy Dept.
325 N. Michigan
Street
Toledo, OH 43604