Morrow County, Ohio
Welcome to the Morrow County Genealogical Society
OHIO GenWeb Page.
You are our 154457 visitor. We hope you find these pages to be helpful in your research. Thanks for stopping by!This site was "born" March 30, 1997, and was completely revamped for easier use on January 7, 2005.
Now at 14 years presence on the Web !!!
SEARCH ENGINE
Check here to see if your surname of interest is anywhere within the pages of this site.
Most recent update: Added three new books to the Library Holdings page.
Update of 24 May 2011: REMINDER: Gen Library will be open from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on SATURDAYS, June 4 through August 27.
We still have a page for announcements about reunions, picnics, and get togethers for local families.
None currently listed for 2011.
Please feel free to e-mail news of your event to Pat for posting here.
- Where the information on these pages came from
- A bit of Morrow County history. Township names and map.
- First Families of Morrow County
Information about Morrow County "First Families": how to know if you are eligible for membership, how to apply for membership, and the application forms for doing so.
***NEW 1/2010***List of names proven for First Families status. See it here
- Finding and Sharing Information
Join Mailing List and search its Archives. Message Board: Post queries and information
Research Requests
Researcher Home Pages with Morrow County Connections
Lookup Volunteers
- Local Resources
Morrow County Genealogical Society: general info, MEETING INFO, PUBLICATIONS
Mt. Gilead Public Library-Genealogy Annex : Library info and HOLDINGS - including our new "Bits and Pieces" list
Morrow County Courthouse, Ohio Historical Society, Ohio Genealogical Society
- Links to our neighboring counties and other helpful links
- County Cemeteries: Lists, Maps, Location Descriptions, and Surname Indices from the six Tombstone Inscription books
- 1850 Morrow County Census
Research tips related to using our Census pages.
Surname Index
Links to online transcriptions of census data, by township
Link to info on four volumes of printed census data, by parent county
- Index of Queries, Researchers, and Surnames posted here 3 September 1996 - 13 June 1999
- Researcher-provided information
New page for announcements about reunions, picnics, and get togethers for local families. Please feel free to e-mail news of your event to Pat for posting here.
About our "Researcher-Provided Information" page
The Researcher-Provided Information page
- More Researcher-provided information
Jacob Lambert and Mary Callahan of Ohio and Their Descendants. By Larry P. Cornwell. Contact the author here.This is a 107-page paper, with 713 footnotes, which has been submitted to the Board for Certification of Genealogists as part of the Board's requirements for certification. Two of the Lambert family members for whom there are biographies are Henry E. Lambert and Francis William Lambert, who went into the hardware store business together in Mt. Gilead in the 1850s. This paper goes into great detail about their lives and their business. Note that this is a .pdf file and you must have Adobe Reader to read it. See instructions below for getting Adobe Reader. Many thanks to Larry Cornwell for this donation to the Genealogical Society.
Morrow County information at LDS Family History Centers
Transcript of School Register from Chestnut Hall (Chestnut Grove) One-Room School, Harmony Township. Covers Various School Terms from 1878 to 1885. Note: this is a .pdf file. You must have Adobe Reader to read it. If you do not have Adobe Reader, click here to download this free program. Many thanks to Vince Brown, who transcribed this material and donated the resulting file to the Genealogical Society!
Early Private Landowners in Northern Harmony Township, 1805 to 1840. This is a listing of the recipients of the first land grants in Harmony Township north of County Road 25, both military warrants and private sales. It has indexes by name and location, and maps depicting the dates of the grants. Note: this is a .pdf file. You must have Adobe Reader to read it. If you do not have Adobe reader, click here to download this free program. Many thanks, again, to Vince Brown, who gathered and prepared this material and donated the resulting file to the Genealogical Society!
Graduating Class members' names from Mt. Gilead High School Yearbooks -- 1908 through 1950
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