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This site was last updated Apr 28 2008

Adams County was formed on July 12, 1797 from parts of Hamilton and Washington Counties, when the area was known as the Northwest Territory. Our county was named after John Adams, the second President of the United States. Portions of our county were used in forming Scioto County in 1803, Highland County in 1805, Pike County in 1815, and Brown County in 1818. Our neighbors to the south are Mason and Lewis Counties in Kentucky. The county seat is West Union, but other major towns include Manchester, Peebles, Seaman and Winchester.


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In the spring of 1996, a group of genealogists organized the Kentucky Comprehensive Genealogy Database Project, which evolved into the KYGenWeb Project. The idea was to provide a single entry point for genealogy data and research for all counties in Kentucky. In addition, the information for each county would be indexed and cross-linked to make it easier for researchers to find a name or data that they sought.

In June 1996, as the KYGenWeb Project was nearing 100% county coverage, interested volunteers decided to create a similar set of pages for all states, establishing The USGenWeb Project. Volunteers were found who were willing to coordinate the efforts for each state, and additional volunteers were and are being sought to create and maintain websites for every county in the United States. This site is a part of the USGenWeb.

My name is Daryl Lytton and I'm the county coordinator of Adams County as of Nov 20 2004 (many thanks to previous CC Jen Bawden). If you have anything you'd like to add to this website, please contact me. Everything I have on Adams County is online. Please consider contributing your information to be included here for other researchers.

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Adams County Special Projects


Bible Records


Biographies


Birth Records


Cemetery Records

Census Records

Church Records

Death Certificates


Death Records


Education


Family Files & Photographs

Askren Baldridge Bentz Burwell Cole Crawford Coryell Eakins Elmore Eubanks Foster Freeze Herdman & Associated Family
  • Seth Herdman 1824-1909. Also Samuel Edward Shoemaker 1861-1938; Henry Herdman II & Ruth Downing; Edson Herdman & Mary Copeland; Russell Herdman; John Herdman & Anna Downing; Masheck Herdman; James Herdman & Cienda Brown; Nettie Herdman & Vernon Potts; Richard Johnson & Mary Skowden; Jacob Johnson & Eva Herdman; John Chain & Zella Shoemaker; Samuel Shoemaker & Elizabeth Newman; Michael Shoemaker & Ruhama Cokonougher; William Chain & Harriet Carson; Hugh Brown & Margaret Newman; James Copeland & Mariah Simmons.
Hemphill Kemmeter Kirkpatrick McClanahan McMillen McCreight Moore Naylor Parker Plummer Rosselot Satterfield Seaman Shoemaker Skidmore Steward Taylor Tumbleson Wade Wilson Wright Yankie Zercher

Adams County Family Group Sheets on our Website


The USGenWeb Family Group Sheet Project


Funeral Homes


Genealogical & Historical Societies


Land Records


Law & Order

Libraries

West Union Public Library
212 East Sparks Street
West Union, OH 45693
937-544-2591

Manchester Public Library
401 Pike Street
Manchester, OH 45144
937-549-3359

Seaman Library
17806 State Route 247
Seaman, OH 45679
937-386-2556

Peebles Free Public Library
157 High Street
Peebles, OH 45660
937-587-2085


Lookups

If you would like to be listed as a lookup volunteer, please contact me

Lookups are a great way to find that elusive ancestor. There are a few things I must ask of you before you ask for a lookup: Lookup requests should be limited to one name, or perhaps two if it is a married couple; if it is a cemetery lookup, the information will be the name of the cemetery and the dates on the headstone; please do not ask for "everybody with x surname".


Adams County RootsWeb Mail List

Subscribing. Clicking on one of the links below should work, but if your browser doesn't understand them, try these manual instructions: to join OHADAMS-L, send mail to OHADAMS-L-request@rootsweb.com with the single word subscribe in the message subject and body. To join OHADAMS-D, do the same thing with OHADAMS-D-request@rootsweb.com. Unsubscribing. To leave OHADAMS-L, send mail to OHADAMS-L-request@rootsweb.com with the single word unsubscribe in the message subject and body. To leave OHADAMS-D, do the same thing with OHADAMS-D-request@rootsweb.com. Archives. You can search the archives for specific content in messages, or browse them going from one message to another.

Maps

Marriages


Military


Obituaries


Obituary Tools


Researchers for Hire

The County Coordinator does not endorse any researcher listed here. This is merely a list of who's available for research. If you do research in the Adams County area and would like to be listed here, please contact me

Family Matters Genealogy Research
P.O. Box 32
Ripley, OH 45167
E-mail: info@ohkygen.com

Yolanda Campbell Lifter
E-mail: ylifter@ohiofamilyresearchcom
http://www.ohiofamilyresearch.com


Queries


Research Tools

Software

Wills

All materials furnished on these pages are for free, non-commercial use by individuals. The information presented on them was either obtained from sources permitting free distribution, submitted by other researchers, or generated by myself. Any commercial use or distribution of the information obtained from this location without the consent of the author is strictly prohibited. Individuals posting or otherwise contributing material to this site do so in recognition of its non-commercial nature. All information is copyrighted by the author. Any reproduction is strictly prohibited unless permission is granted by the author.

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