PLACES TO BE SURE TO
VISIT
CLARK COUNTY HISTORICAL
SOCIETY, Write to the Historical Society at 117 S. Fountain
Avenue, Springfield, OH 45502 or call the office at (937) 324-0657). The
Clark County Historical Society houses all original probate case files dating
from 1818 to 1970 along with the following bound volumes: Will Records -
Volume 2 through 86: Minister License - Volume; Ledgers - Volume 11 through
14, and Volume 17; original newspapers covering 1832 to approximately 1970;
original Probate birth and death records from 1867 to 1908; and the complete
library of the Clark County Genealogical Society, which is now housed at
the Heritage Center. Many other collections are available, including card
index by name of: decedents, marriages, and veterans of W.W.II.
The Fisher Family Library and Archives is open Tues.,
Wed., Thurs., and Sat., 10-5, Closed on Sunday. Don your white gloves and
proceed into the past!
CLARK COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY - MAIN
BRANCH, 201 South Fountain Avenue, Springfield, Ohio 45502,
(513) 328-6903. Magnificent area library which includes cemetery records
according to name of cemetery. They have all U.S. Census records for
Clark County; the Mayflower ancestry books; Daughters of American Revolution
Books; City and County Directories, including some rural directories; newspapers,
including all evening papers since 1910. Research hours are: 9
a.m - 9 p.m. Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. Saturday, and 1
p.m. - 5 p.m. Sunday.
FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY
GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH GROUP, Group meets regularly on the third
Saturday of each month at the Baker Room at the Clark County Public Library
- Main Branch. They have speakers in and can give assistance on how
to do research. Yearly dues are $3. Persons wanting research
done may write to the Library and address their letter to: Friends of the
Library Genealogical Research Group, c/o Mrs. Sylvia R. Olson, 1268 Kenwood
Avenue, Springfield, Ohio 45505 or call (513) 323-2905. Charges are: $5 -
initial search, and $6 - charge per hour, plus charge for copies. Money
for services rendered goes primarily toward the purchase of genealogical
materials for the Clark County Public Library.
RECORDS FROM THE COURT HOUSE
Here are some links to help you with research. These
are city and county links from Clark County, Ohio.
Clark County,
Ohio - main web page
Clark
County Municipal Court - 50 East Columbia Street, Springfield,
Ohio
Vitalchek.com
for Ohio
1. BIRTH RECORDS: Births recorded in Clark County start from 1867
to August, 1908, are indexed in the Court card file. Information from the
actual record can consist of name, date of birth, place of birth, parents'
names, residence of parents, and by who the birth was reported. The original
volumes are at the Heritage Center (Historical Society) Archives and Library.
Records after 1908 are at the Department of Health on Home Road
(http://www.odh.state.oh.us/Directory/LHD/1200.htm).
2. DEATH RECORDS: Deaths recorded in Clark County start from 1867
to August, 1908, are also indexed in the Court card file. Information can
consist of name, date of death, marital status at time of death, age, place
of death, place of birth, occupation, name of father, name of mother, color,
cause of death, place of residence, and by who the death was reported. The
original volumes are at the Heritage Center (Historical Society) Archives
and Library. Records after 1908 are at the Department of Health on Home Road
(http://www.odh.state.oh.us/Directory/LHD/1200.htm).
3. MARRIAGE RECORDS: Marriage records date
from 1818 to the present. The records from 1818 to 1867 are indexed
in four red volumes compiled by the Ohio State Society of the Daughters of
the American Revolution. The records from 1867 to the present are all
indexed in the Court card file according to the man's last name.
Information on the marriage records varies according to the era. The
very old records contain only the names of the couple and sometimes the names
of the parents. More recent records contain the names, date of birth,
place of birth, residence, name of father, maiden name of mother, and previous
marriages along with minor children by that marriage. The cost of a
marriage record, consisting of the couple's names and the date of marriage,
is $2.
4. NATURALIZATION RECORDS: Naturalization records start from March
20, 1861, to March 5, 1904 are available for you to see on microfilm in the
Probate Court. All records from March 5, 1904, to the present are located
at the Clerk of Courts Office, Common Pleas Court, Court House, Springfield,
Ohio
5. ESTATE RECORDS: Estate records date from 1818 to the present.
All records from 1818 to 1970 are on microfilm in the Probate Court. All
the original files for these records are stored at the Clark County Historical
Society, 117 S. Fountain Avenue, Springfield, Ohio 45502. All the records
from 1970 to the present are in the Court. Copies of these records are available
at a charge of $1 per page
All records, with the exception
of confidential matters (adoption and mental illness cases), are available
for you to research personally. Upon written request , copies of birth,
marriage, death , and estate records will be made. Staff will
NOT do extensive genealogical research, however, and at your request
inquiries will be refered to experienced researchers in the
area.
6. General Information for Adoption
Records
For those records after 1964, Ohio statute provides
that the record of adoption proceedings may be inspected only upon the personal
direction of the probate judge. Further, such records are not available at
any time for inspection by the general public. See the Ohio Department of
Health, Office of Vital Statistics fact sheet.
Here are some links you can visit to help in your
research:
FROM THE OFFICE OF VITAL STATISTICS:
The Ohio Department of Health houses only the records
of persons adopted in Ohio. If the adoption did not occur in Ohio, contact
the Vital Statistics office in the state where it did occur. Below
is the list of Adoption laws and procedures that the Vital Statistics office
in Ohio provides:
Ohio Adoption Registry
Prior to 1/1/1964 Adoption Records Open to Adopted
Person with Proper ID
1/1/1964 – 9/18/1996 Adoption Records Sealed
– Only Opened by a Court Order H.B. 84
After 9/18/1996 Adoption Records Open – If Adopted
Person is between 18-21 Years of Age H.B.419. For more information contact
your local Vital Statistics Registrar or:
Ohio Department of Health
Vital Statistics
35 East Chestnut Street
P.O. 15098
Columbus, Ohio 43215-0098
Telephone: (614) 644-5635
List of Microfilm and Fiche
of Clark County, OH from the LDS Church Family History Centery - Partial
List
Need a quick
Relationship
Chart?
What did that word mean? Check out this site
on Genealogy
Dictionary
|
return to clark
homepage