Researching Your Family Tree in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio

Birth Records are Available at the Following Places:

Columbus Health Department - Dec. 20, 1908 to date. Columbus and Franklin County records only. You need to provide the name, place of birth, year, mother's maiden name and father's name. $7.00 for a certified copy; SASE with check or money order.

Columbus Metropolitan Library - Limited collection of abstracted records for Ohio counties.

Franklin County Probate Court - 1867-1908. You need to provide the name of both parents and year of birth. Send money orders only. The cost is $1.00 for an uncertified copy and $3.00 for a certified copy.

Ohio Health Department - Dec. 20, 1908 to date. You need to provide the name at birth, date of birth, city, county, mother's maiden name and father's name. Send all requests to the Bureau of Vital Statistics. $7.00 per certified copy; $.50 cents uncertified. Send check or money order made payable to State Treasurer of Ohio.

Ohio Historical Society - 1897-1907. Franklin County Records. Other county records available.

State Library of Ohio

Cemetery Records are Available at the Following Places:

Columbus Metropolitan Library

Ohio Historical Society

State Library of Ohio

Census Records are Available at the Following Places:

Columbus Metropolitan Library - The library has the Ohio census from 1820-1920, U.S. Census from 1790-1800.

Ohio Historical Society

State Library of Ohio - The library has the Ohio Census from 1820-1920 and some out of state censuses.

City Directorys are Available at the Following Places:

Columbus Metropolitan Library - The library has city directories for Columbus from 1843 to date, and selected years for Major Ohio cities.

Ohio Historical Society - The library has city directories for Columbus from 1843 to date, and many from all cities in Ohio.

State Library of Ohio - The library has city directories for Columbus from 1856. They also have a few directories for Cleveland and Cincinnati.

County Histories are Available at the Following Places:

Columbus Metropolitan Library

Ohio Historical Society

State Library of Ohio

Death Records are Available at the Following Places:

Columbus Health Department - Dec. 20, 1908 to date. Columbus records only. You need to provide the name, year of death, and place of death. $7.00 for a certified copy; SASE with check or money order.

Columbus Metropolitan Library - Limited collection of abstracted records for Ohio counties.

Franklin County Probate Court - 1867-1908. You need year of death. Send money orders only. The cost is $1.00 for an uncertified copy and $3.00 for a certified copy.

Ohio Health Department - 1945 to date. Send all requests to the Bureau of Vital Statistics. Provide name of deceased, date of death, city and county. Deaths over 50 years ago are now located at the Ohio Historical Society. $7.00 per certified copy; $.50 cents uncertified. Send check or money order made payable to State Treasurer of Ohio.

Ohio Historical Society - 1897-1944. Franklin County Records. Other county records available. All Ohio counties available from 1909-1944.

State Library of Ohio

Deeds are Available at the Following Places:

Franklin County Recorder - 1807 to date. $1.00 a page for copies.

Divorce Records are Available at the Following Places:

Franklin County Clerk of Courts - 1929 to date. You need the names of both parties and the year. $1.00 per certified copy. $.50 cents a page for copies.

Ohio Health Department - Sept. 7, 1949 to date. Abstracts only. The files are indexed by name. No certified copies.

Estate Records are Available at the Following Places:

Columbus Metropolitan Library - Franklin County Probate Court Index to Estates & Trusts 1801-1919.

Franklin County Probate Court - 1803 to date on microfiche. $0.25 cents per copy. Pay with money orders only.

Ohio Historical Society - Estate record books from the Franklin County Probate Court from 1803-1975. Other county records available.

Family Histories are Available at the Following Places:

Columbus Metropolitan Library - Some Local Families.

Ohio Historical Society - Extensive collection.

State Library of Ohio - Extensive collection.

Land Records are Available at the Following Places:

Columbus Metropolitan Library - Limited collection of abstracted records for Ohio counties.

Ohio Historical Society - 1792-1876, entry records. The records are arranged by name or township. The library has entry books for some Ohio Federal Land Offices and the Virginia Military District land survey books.

Marriage Records are Available at the Following Places:

Columbus Metropolitan Library - Limited collection of abstracted records for Ohio counties.

Franklin County Probate Court - 1803 to date. Probate Court has records for parties who applied for license in Franklin County. You need the year and names of both parties. $4.00 for a certified copy.

Ohio Health Department - Sept. 7, 1949 to date. They have a statewide index to marriage records by name. No certified copies.

Ohio Historical Society - 1803-1969. Franklin County Records. Other county records available.

State Library of Ohio

Military Records are Available at the Following Places:

Adjutant General of Ohio - Records beginning with the Revolutionary War.

Columbus Metropolitian Library - The Ohio Roster of Soldiers

Franklin County Recorder - Soldiers discharge books, 1862 to date.

Ohio Historical Society - The Ohio Roster of Soldiers

State Library of Ohio - The Ohio Roster of Soldiers

Mortgage Records are Available at the Following Places:

Franklin County Recorder - 1862 to date.

Naturalization Records are Available at the Following Places:

Franklin County Court of Common Pleas - 1908-1917.

Ohio Historical Society - Some records for 1852-1905.

United States District Court - 1918 to date.

Newspapers are Available at the Following Places:

Columbus Metropolitan Library - The library has the Columbus Dispatch, The Citizen Journal and the Ohio State Journal. You can access their catalog complete with newsdex (obit index) at 614-645-2070 (Settings 8-N-1).

Ohio Historical Society - Extensive collection for all Ohio counties.

Genealogy Periodicals are Available at the Following Places:

Columbus Metropolitan Library

Ohio Historical Society - Extensive collection.

State Library of Ohio - Extensive collection.

Tax Records are Available at the Following Places:

Columbus Metropolitan Library

Ohio Historical Society

Ohio State Auditor

State Library of Ohio

Columbus Telephone Books are Available at the Following Places:

Columbus Metropolitan Library - 1950s to date.

Ohio Historical Society - 1899 to date.

Wills are Available at the Following Places: