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Fairfield County, Ohio
Genealogy, History & Facts
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Fairfield County, Ohio Facts
When was Fairfield County, OH Created?
Fairfield County was created on December 9, 1800 from Ross County and Washington County.
What is the County Seat of Fairfield County, OH?
The County Seat is located in Lancaster also, the county government website is www.co.fairfield.oh.us/ .
What counties are adjacent to Fairfield County, OH?
Bordering Counties are Licking County, Perry County, Hocking County, Pickaway County, Franklin County .
Fairfield County, OH Vital Records
Where can find Fairfield County Birth, marriage, Divorce and Death Records?
Fairfield County vital records can be found at the Ohio Department of Health which has Birth Records since Dec 20, 1908; Death Records since since 1954 and copies of Marriage and Divorce Records since 1918 to present There is a fee for each copy requested. Please refer to the information to the Statewide Vital Records in Ohio for current fees and application process.
You can search online for Fairfield County Birth, Marriage, Divorce or Death Records. You can also Order Electronically Online or can download an application for Ohio Birth Certificate, Marriage Certificate, Divorce Certificate, Death Certificate Application to mail. The Archives Division has copies of births before 1908, death before 1944 and marriage records before 1949.
- County Vital Records Held at the OHS
- U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
- Social Security Death Index
- USGenweb Archives Ohio Marriage Project
- Ohio, County Births, 1856-1909
- Ohio, Births and Christenings Index, 1800-1962
- Ohio, Births and Christenings, 1821-1962
- Ohio, Marriages, 1800-1958
- Ohio, County Marriages, 1790-1950
- Ohio Marriage Index, 1970, 1972-2007
- Ohio Marriages, 1803-1900
- Ohio Divorce Index, 1962-1963, 1967-1971, 1973-2007
- Ohio Death Certificate Index, 1913 – 1944
- Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1953
- Ohio, Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007
- Ohio Deaths and Burials, 1854-1997
- Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007
Fairfield County, OH Census Records
What Fairfield County, OH census records are available?
There are many types of census records for Fairfield County guide you in researching your family tree. Federal Population Schedules are available for 1790-1890, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940.
Fairfield Co. Mortality Schedules can be found for 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880. Fairfield Co. Industry and Agriculture can be obtained for 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880. Fairfield Co. Union Veterans Schedules is available for 1890. One can find free online and printable census forms to help you with your research. See Also Ohio Census Records Research Guide
Fairfield County, OH Courthouse and Government Records
What genealogical records can I find in the Fairfield County Courthouse?
Researchers frequently overlook the great importance of Fairfield County court, probate, and land records data as a useful resource of ancestry and genealogy information. Buried away in Ohio courthouses and archives everywhere are the ambitions and frustrations of countless Ohio residents. The possibilities are excellent that your forefathers have left a comprehensive document of at least a number of facets of their lives in the Fairfield County court records. Even if your forebears is not referred to in a Court case, contemplate all of the other procedures that could have lead to him or her to appear in court records. See Also Ohio Courthouse Records Research Guide.
- Fairfield County Courthouse (all departments listed below are located here, unless otherwise noted)
- Address: 224 East Main Street, Lancaster Ohio, 43130
- Phone: (740) 687-7190
- Fairfield County Clerk of Probate Court
- Phone: 740.652.7464
- Marriage Records: 1803
- Probate Records: 1803
- Fairfield County Recorder
- Address: 210 E Main Street Room 205 Lancaster, Ohio 43130
- Phone: 740-652-7100
- Land Records: 1801
- Fairfield County Clerk of Court of Common Pleas
- Phone: (740) 652-7421
- Court Records: 1801
- Ohio, Wills and Probate Records, 1786-1998
- BLM Land Records
- Fairfield County USGenWeb Archives Project
Fairfield County, OH Societies and Family History Resources
What genealogical and historical societies, archives, museums, associations and libraries are available for Fairfield County, OH?
A list of Fairfield County Historical and Genealogical Societies, Libraries, Archives. See also list of Statewide Ohio Archives, Historical & Genealogical Societies.
- Fairfield County Chapter, OGS, New Address:, 503 Lenwood Dr., Lancaster, OH 43130; Fairfield County Chapter, OGS meets the third Thursday of each month at 7:00pm at the Fairfield County Genealogical Library, 503 Lenwood Drive, Lancaster, OH.
- Bremen Area Historical Society, 6845 Marietta Rd SE, Lancaster, OH 43130-9413; Phone: (740) 569-7691; The Bremen Area Historical Society is an outgrowth of the 1984 Sesquicentennial celebration of the Village of Bremen. They have built a new building that serves as a community-meeting center and will eventually house the local history museum. The museum portion of the building is yet to be completed on the inside.
- Carroll Area Historical Society, PO Box 185, Carroll, OH 43112-0185; Phone: (740) 756-7943
- Lancaster Campground Historical Society, 2151 W Fair Ave #113, Lancaster, OH 43130-7859; Phone: (740) 653-2119; The Lancaster Campground Historical Society exhibits displays of different kinds of summertime religious camp meetings. It includes the Heritage House that was the first building on the campground, a Grocery Store Museum filled with antiques, Hotel Woodside which has been restored to include a pastor’s study, Curt & Charlotte Davis’ room, and the Seifert Museum. Also the Davis Auditorium that was built in 1895 and is on the National Register of Historic Places.
- Pickerington-Violet Township Historical Society, PO Box 732, Pickerington, OH 43147-0732; Phone: (614) 837-2119; The Pickerington-Violet Township Historical Society operates the former Carnegie Library building as it museum.
- Sons of the American Revolution-Ohio Society, 13824 Carriage Ln, Pickerington, OH 43147-8857; The Sons of the American Revolution, an educational, historical, and patriotic organization, perpetuates the memory of those who served the nation in the American Revolution and promotes fellowship among their descendants.
- Ohio Historical Society, Archives-Library Division, 1982 Velma Avenue, Columbus, OH 43211; Telephone: 614-297-2300
- Ohio Genealogical Society, 713 South Main Street, Mansfield OH 44907-1644
Where can I connect with other Fairfield County, OH Researchers through message boards and forums?
- https://www.archives.gov/research/census
- Ohio Genealogy Community (plus.google.com)
- Ohio State Genealogy Network (facebook.com)
- Fairfield County, Ohio Message Boards (boards.ancestry.com) read and post messages about your ancestors in Fairfield County
- Fairfield County, Ohio Genealogy Forum (genforum.genealogy.com) read and post messages with other genealogy researchers for Fairfield County
What other genealogical resources are available in Fairfield County, OH?
The following are web links to Genealogy, Records and Resources pertaining to Fairfield County.
Fairfield Co. OH Books, Newspapers & Publications
- Ohio Newspapers Books & Publications Research Guide
- Ohio historical newspaper archives online (newspapers.com)
- Historical Newspapers from Ohio (1802 – 1970) (genealogybank.com)
- Lancaster Eagle Gazette (Lancaster, Ohio) (search.ancestry.com)
- Lancaster Daily Eagle (Lancaster, Ohio) (search.ancestry.com)
- Lancaster Daily Gazette, The (Lancaster, Ohio) (search.ancestry.com)
- Columbus Dispatch (Columbus, Ohio) (search.ancestry.com)
- The Lancaster Gazette (Lancaster, Ohio) (search.ancestry.com)
- Fairfield County, Ohio Books (amazon.com)
- Search Ohio Obituaries (1985 to current) (genealogybank.com)
- Fairfield County Newspaper Articles (usgwarchives.net)
- Fairfield County Obituaries (usgwarchives.net)
Fairfield Co. OH Church / Bible Records & Cemeteries / Graveyards
- Fairfield Co., Ohio Graves (findagrave.com)
- Fairfield County Cemetery Transcriptions and Tombstone Photos (usgwarchives.net)
- Fairfield Co. Ohio Tombstone Photo Project (usgwarchives.net)
- Fairfield County Tombstone Transcription Project (usgwtombstones.org)
- Fairfield Co., Ohio Cemeteries (Internment.net)
- Fairfield Co., Ohio Cemetery Books (amazon.com)
- Fairfield Co. Church Records (usgwarchives.net)
- Fairfield Co. Bible Records (usgwarchives.net)
- Fairfield County, Ohio Church Books (amazon.com)
Fairfield Co. OH Family Websites, Pictures & Histories
- Create a Free Family Tree (ancestry.com)
- County Biographies (usgwarchives.net)
- A Biographical record of Fairfield and Perry Counties, Ohio (search.ancestry.com)
- Pioneer period and pioneer people of Fairfield County, Ohio (search.ancestry.com)
- Penny Postcards From Fairfield Co. (usgwarchives.net)
- County Photos (usgwarchives.net)
Fairfield Co. OH General and History Websites
- See Also State History for Ohio
- Fairfield County Ohio (genealogytrails.com)
- Centennial history of Lancaster, Ohio, and Lancaster people : 1898, the one hundredth anniversary of the settlement of the spot (search.ancestry.com)
- Lancaster and Fairfield County, Ohio (search.ancestry.com)
- After eighty years (search.ancestry.com)
- Fairfield County, Ohio Wikipedia (wikipedia.org)
- Fairfield County, Ohio Wiki (familysearch.org)
- Fairfield Co. OH Genealogy (kindredtrails.com)
- Family History Library (familysearch.org)
- Fairfield County History (usgwarchives.net)
- Fairfield County, Ohio (linkpendium.com)
- Cyndi’s List – United States – Ohio – Counties – Fairfield (cyndislist.com)
- Fairfield Co. OHGenweb (ohgenweb.org)
- Fairfield County Genealogy Queries (cousinconnect.com)
- Fairfield Co. Data Collections (search.ancestry.com)
Fairfield Co. OH Immigration & Naturalization
- See Also Statewide Immigration and Naturalization Links for Ohio
- Fairfield County Naturalization Records held by OHS (ohiohistory.org)
Fairfield Co. OH Maps, Atlases & Gazetteers
- See Also Statewide Maps and Atlas Links for Ohio
- Fairfield Co., Ohio Township Map
- Adams County Maps Index (usgwarchives.net)
- 1895 Fairfield County Map (livgenmi.com)
Fairfield Co. OH Military Records
- Ohio Military Records Research Guide
- Fairfield County Military Records (usgwarchives.net)
- Ohio Military Records (Fold3.com) provides access to military records, stories, photos, and personal documents belonging to the Ohio women and men which served. Great for Fairfield County genealogists, researchers, historians and a lot more.