Morrow County, Ohio
The Genealogical Society
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About First Families of Morrow County
About the Society and how to contact us
Where we are and our hours
Who we are
When and where we meet
Upcoming Meetings and Events
Membership
Requesting research
Our Publications
The purpose of "First Families of Morrow County" is to honor our pioneer ancestors who braved the wilderness to raise their families and their cabins. The date of December 31,1850 is established as the latest date you can claim your ancestor to be one of the "First Families". Click here for more information about Morrow County "First Families", how to apply for membership, and the application forms for doing so.
About the Society and how to contact us
The Morrow County Genealogical Society was organized in 1976 and received its charter as a Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society in 1977 - which makes 2009 our 32nd Anniversary Year!!
Our location: 35 East High Street, Mount Gilead, OH
Our phone number: 419-947-5866 ask for the Geneaology Annex
Our mailing address: P. O. Box 401, Mount Gilead, OH 43338
Our E-Mail address: MorrowCo.Gen.Society@embarqmail.com
Where we are and our hours
We are located in the Genealogy Annex of the Mount Gilead Public Library. The visiting address is 35 East High Street. The Annex is the lovely white "gingerbread" house on the south side of East High Street, at the corner of the first long block east of the Victory Shaft in the center of town (don't count the alley). It is catty-corner across the street from the Courthouse, and just west of the main library building. The sign says "Library Annex". Park in the lower level parking lot which faces Center Street (the street south of High Street). There is a ramp entrance on the East side of the building.
WINTER HOURS (September through May)
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00p.m.
Thursday 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
SUMMER HOURS (June, July, and August)
Open the same hours and days as through the winter, PLUS Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
*PLEASE NOTE:* The Genealogy Library will NOT be open on Saturdays during the Winter months.
Betty Meier volunteers as the Genealogy Librarian and either she or other volunteers will be available to assist you.
The telephone number is 419-947-5866. Ask for the Genealogy Annex.
Or E-Mail the Society at MorrowCo.Gen.Society@embarqmail.com
Officers for 2009 are:
President: Betty Meier
Vice President: Daniel Campbell
Corresponding Secretary: Marguerite Davis
Publicity Secretary: Betty Meier
Recording Secretary: Connie Conant
Treasurer: Sandy Hollingsworth
Newsletter Editor: Stephen Rader
When and where we meet
Most meetings are held on the fourth Saturday of the month at 2:00 p.m. There are no regular meetings in the months of June, July, and December. Meetings are held in the Genealogy Annex (see above) of the Mt. Gilead Public Library, in the lower level meeting room.
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Upcoming Meetings and Events
June 27, 2009 No meeting.
July 25, 2009 No meeting.
Regular monthly meetings will resume in August.
If you have a presentation which might be of interest to our Genealogical Society members and guests, or know of someone who does, please e-mail the Society with details!
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Membership Information
You are most cordially invited to become a member of our Society - especially if you have "roots" in Morrow County. Annual Membership dues are $5.00 per person or $7.00 for a joint membership (two persons at one address). Outside the U.S., dues are $7.00 per person or $8.00 for a joint membership. Included with each membership is our quarterly newsletter "The Monument".
Make checks payable to: Morrow County Genealogical Society and mail to P.O.Box 401, Mount Gilead, OH 43338. Dues run from January 1 through December 31. Indicate whether membership is "new" or "renewal", whether "joint" or "single", and whether or not you are a member of the Ohio Genealogical Society. Please also indicate which surnames you are researching and whether or not you may be listed in our newsletter as researching those names.
Requesting Research
There are six ways to request research within the county:
1. E-Mail the Society at MorrowCo.Gen.Society@embarqmail.com. Be specific about your request. (This is your best option.)
2. Write to the Society at P. O. Box 401, Mount Gilead, OH 43338. Include a self-addressed stamped envelope along with your very specific request.
Methods 1 and 2 above are volunteer services - you will be asked only to reimburse the Society for the cost of copies and mailing. A donation to the Society is always appreciated, of course!
3. Join the Morrow County Mailing List.
4. Check out the Lookup Volunteers page.
5. Go to one (or more!) of the monthly meetings of the Genealogical Society and ask for help!
6. Walk in to the County Courthouse.
Please do NOT mail research requests to the County Courthouse. They are very overworked and rely on our volunteers to handle your requests. However, they WILL handle "walk-in" requests.
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Our Genealogical Society Publications
Ordering instructions: Orders for publications may be sent to the MCGS, P. O. Box 401, Mount Gilead, OH 43338. Please be sure to include the name and address to which the materials should be sent, along with your payment. If you are local and wish to pick up your order at the Genealogy Dept. of the Mt. Gilead Library, please so indicate on your order and include your telephone number. If you are ordering as a result of seeing this information here on our Web page, it would be helpful if you mention that too! Please note: Due to change in Ohio tax laws, we must charge the amount of tax for the Ohio County in which you live. Therefore, *** indicates use your county's tax rate. Click here to see a table of the tax rates for all Ohio counties.
1850 Morrow County Census Records
Four printed volumes, one for each "parent" county.Click here for list of which Townships are in which volume. All are spiral bound.
Volume One - Marion County - $17.50 + *** Tax + $3.50 Postage & Handling
Volume Two - Richland County - $16.50, + *** Tax + $3.50 Postage & Handling
Volume Three - Delaware County - $16.50 + *** Tax + $3.50 Postage & Handling
Volume Four - Knox County - $15.00 + *** Tax + $3.50 Postage & Handling
Morrow County Birth Records
The Early Morrow County Births Vol. 1 1856, 1857, and 1869 thru 1879
14,500+ names. Spiral bound.
$15.00 + *** tax + $3.50 Postage and Handling
The Early Morrow County Births Vol. 2
1880 to 1895
126 pages, 16,000+ names. Spiral bound.
$16.00 + *** tax + $3.50 Postage and Handling
The Early Morrow County Births Vol. 3
1896 to 1908
12,000+ names. Spiral bound.
$13.00 + *** tax + $3.50 Postage and Handling
Recorded Birth Certificates
1909 - 1983
Approximately 45,000 Names.
$25.00 + *** Tax + $5.00 Postage & Handling
Morrow County Marriage Records
Probate Marriage RecordsVol. 1a and 1b February 1848 through December 1855
$6.00 + *** Tax + $2.00 Postage & Handling
Vol. 1 and 2 January 1856 through December 1869
$7.00 + *** Tax + $2.00 Postage & Handling
Vol. 3 and 4 January 1870 through October 1890*
$8.50 + *** Tax - $2.00 Postage & Handling
Vol. 5 October 1890 through January 1899*
$6.50 + *** Tax + $2.00 Postage & Handling
Vol. 6 January 1899 through January 1907*
$6.50 + *** Tax + $2.00 Postage & Handling
Vol. 7 January 1907 through September 1915*
58 pages, spiral bound, sorted by Male and Female
$7.00 + *** Tax + $3.00 Postage & Handling
Vol. 8 September 1915 through December 1926
72 pages, spiral bound, sorted by Male and Female
$8.00 + *** Tax + $3.00 Postage & Handling
Vols. 9-10-11 (all in one publication) January 2, 1926 through September 8, 1951
131 pages, spiral binding
$15.00 + *** tax + $3.50 Postage & Handling
This completes the transcription of the microfilm records that have been released. *Indicates the months which overlap into the next Volume. This overlap is because the information in the various Volumes matches the microfilm reels from which they were transcribed. Note that the duplicated months contain different names.
Morrow County Ohio Will Index 1848 - 1926
Index of over 3,350 Morrow County Wills on 60 spiral-bound pages
$8.00 + *** tax + $3.00 Postage & Handling
Index of over 3,350 Morrow County Wills on 60 spiral-bound pages
$8.00 + *** tax + $3.00 Postage & Handling
Morrow County Death Records
Morrow County Early Death Records, Volume 11856, 1857, 1867 through 1879
52 Pages, 2,000+ Records, Spiral Bound
$7.50 + *** Tax + $3.00 Postage & Handling
Morrow County Early Death Records, Volume 2
1880-1889
45 Pages, 2000+ Records, Spiral Bound
$7.50 + *** Tax + $3.00 Postage & Handling
Morrow County Early Death Records, Volume 3
1890-1899
42 Pages, 2,000+ Records, Spiral Bound
$7.50 + *** Tax + $3.00 Postage & Handling
***NEW 12/05***Morrow County Early Death Records, Volume 4***NEW***
1900-1908
40 Pages, 2000+ Records, Spiral Bound
$7.50 + *** Tax + $3.00 Postage and Handling
Morrow County Recorded Death Index
1908-2001
352 Pages, 20,000+ Names, Spiral Bound
$25.00 + *** Tax + $5.00 Postage & Handling
Morrow County, Ohio, Residents' Place of Death - Out of County 1968-2001
$5.00 + *** Tax + $2.25 Postage & Handling
Morrow County Funeral Home Records
Records of the Craven Funeral Home - Volume 1The Oldest Funeral Home in Mt. Gilead, Ohio
954 Records with over 3,000 Names -- 1927 - 1940
190 Pages, Spiral Bound, Indexed
$16.50 + *** Tax + $3.50 Postage & Handling
Records of the Craven Funeral Home - Vol. 2
902 Records from 1941 through 1953
177 Pages, Spiral Bound, Indexed
$16.00 + *** Tax + $3.50 Postage & Handling
Records of the Curl Funeral Home, Cardington, OH, Volume 1
July 1924 - December 1938 (1,020 Records)
with Account Ledger Listings October 1890 - February 1893
Contains Complete Surname Index (nearly 3,500 entries)
$12.00 + *** Tax + $3.00 Postage & Handling
Records of the Curl Funeral Home, Cardington, OH, Volume 2
January 4, 1939 - August 16, 1949 Indexed.
8.50 + *** Tax + $3.00 Postage & Handling
Records of the Curl Funeral Home, Cardington, OH, Volume 3
August 22, 1949 - December 25, 1959 Indexed
$9.50 + *** Tax + $3.00 Postage & Handling
Records of the Harry Jacobs Funeral Home - Marengo, Ohio
January 2, 1929 through August 18, 1947 - Indexed
$7.00 + *** Tax + $3.00 Postage & Handling
Morrow County Tombstone Inscription Books
Morrow County Tombstone Inscriptions (By TownshipVol. 1 - Perry and Troy $8.00 + *** Tax + $3.00 Postage & Handling
Vol. 2 - Cardington and Canaan $10.00 + *** Tax + $3.00 Postage & Handling
Vol. 3 - Congress, North Bloomfield & Washington $9.00 + *** Tax + $3.00 Postage & Handling
Vol. 4 - Westfield, Lincoln & Peru $10.00 + *** Tax + $3.00 Postage & Handling
Vol. 5 - Bennington, Chester, Harmony & South Bloomfield $15.02 + *** Tax + $3.50 Postage & Handling
Vol. 6 - Gilead & Franklin $18.00 + *** Tax + $3.50 Postage & Handling
Morrow County County-Home Records 1871-1986
100 pages. 4000+ names.
Sorted both alphabetically and chronologically by entrance date.
(In the chronological listing families are grouped together. )
Included are maps of the County Home cemetery and Sunfish Cemetery.
Spiral bound. $13.50 + *** tax and $3.50 P & H
About this publication: It was thought by the compiler (Betty Meier), that these folks were lost during the census periods
as this home was not only for the poor, but also the sick and afflicted. (It was almost a hospital). Often times the Morrow County Home was their last home. These records show where most of these folks moved to upon their discharge, or where they were buried . For example: a father came from Indiana and got the son, a child was sent to an orphanage in Cleveland, and so on.100 pages. 4000+ names.
Sorted both alphabetically and chronologically by entrance date.
(In the chronological listing families are grouped together. )
Included are maps of the County Home cemetery and Sunfish Cemetery.
Spiral bound. $13.50 + *** tax and $3.50 P & H
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Bicentennial
Project
Book
Morrow County's Earliest Churches - 1800's through 1940's
Works of Cecil Graham, and dedicated to him. This book contains the
recordings he made in the 1930's and 1940's of these churches, complete
with details of the churches and stories of that period.
A 173-page book with over 130 pictures of these churches as they looked then and (for those remaining) as they look now. Two foldout maps are included in the book: a 1930's and a 2000; also includes a picture of our Bicentennial Barn.
$22.00 + *** Tax + $4.00 Postage & Handling
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Histories and Atlas
1857, 1871, 1901 Atlas of Morrow County$25.00 + *** Tax + $5.00 Postage & Handling
REPRINT of the 1895 Delaware, Morrow and Union County Biographical History
$60.00 + *** Tax + $5.50 Postage & Handling
Click here to go to more info with links to Surname and Photograph Indices. Also available: Spiral-bound 127-page printed version of the Surname and Photograph Indices with page numbers. $9.50 + *** Tax + $3.00 Postage & Handling.
INDEX ONLY for the History of Morrow County, Published in 1880 by O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers
$8.50 + *** Tax + $3.00 Postage & Handling
(Our reprint of the History book is currently out of print.)
1989 History of Morrow County
$45.00 + *** Tax + $4.00 Postage & Handling
Orders for publications may be sent to the MCGS, P. O. Box 401, Mount Gilead,OH 43338. Please be sure to include the name and address to which the materials should be sent, along with your payment. If you are local and wish to pick up your order at the Genealogy Dept. of the Mt. Gilead Library, please so indicate on your order and include your telephone number. If you are ordering as a result of seeing this information here on our Web page, it would be helpful if you mention that too!
Published by others:
Little Pitchers Have Big Ears
by Dorthy Poast Predmore
This book, now in its Second Edition, is written by a former Morrow County resident. In this book, Dorthy mentions numerous names and relationships of current and former residents of Morrow County and the surrounding area. Depending on the area and the time of year, Dorthy can be available to speak about the book, the research, or to answer any questions. Contact Suzanne Fisher (address below).
Little Pitchers Have Big Ears is available for $24.95 postage paid, by mailing a check or money order to her daughter:
Suzanne Fisher
4 N. Broadway Lane
Columbus, OH 43214-4102
