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Participating Newspapers |
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Public Domain Obituaries (pre-1925) and Abstracts |
| The following table of the Ohio counties has active
links (underlined names) to the counties that have obituaries online
in the Ohio USGenWeb Archives. |
Adams
Allen
Ashland
Ashtabula
Athens
Auglaize
Belmont
Brown
Butler
Carroll
Champaign
Clark
Clermont
Clinton
Columbiana
Coshocton
Crawford
Cuyahoga
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Darke
Defiance
Delaware
Erie
Fairfield
Fayette
Franklin
Fulton
Gallia
Geauga
Greene
Guernsey
Hamilton
Hancock
Hardin
Harrison
Henry
Highland
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Hocking
Holmes
Huron
Jackson
Jefferson
Knox
Lake
Lawrence
Licking
Logan
Lorain
Lucas
Madison
Mahoning
Marion
Medina
Meigs
Mercer
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Miami
Monroe
Montgomery
Morgan
Morrow
Muskingum
Noble
Ottawa
Paulding
Perry
Pickaway
Pike
Portage
Preble
Putnam
Richland
Ross
Sandusky
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Scioto
Seneca
Shelby
Stark
Summit
Trumbull
Tuscarawas
Union
Van Wert
Vinton
Warren
Washington
Wayne
Williams
Wood
Wyandot |
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Obituary Indexes |
| Medina County
(1998)
(1999)
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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
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Here is how you can help with the Ohio Obituary Project:
- To volunteer send your name, email address, and the newspaper you will be working from,
make a note if you are indexing or submitting whole obits. Once a month, you will email me
your file of obit information. We will then place them online. Questions or comments, please
contact me, Maggie Stewart.
- Contact local newspapers to ask permission for the USGenWeb Archives Project to archive
their obituaries. Here is a sample letter to send to the newspapers. Contact me with the name
of the newspaper and name and title of person granting permission from the publication.
- Check with state archives and genealogical societies to locate microfilm or other sources
of pre-1923 (public domain) newspapers to transcribe obituaries from.
- Something to think about, some newspapers offer subscriptions by mail.
- Volunteer to transcribe obituaries from newspapers already granting permission (must have
access to their publication or website).
- Copyright Law: The Ohio Obituary Project will abide by today's copyright laws. Obituaries
published after December 31, 1922, unless:
- you are/were the original author of the obituary, or
- the newspaper in question grants permission to reprint the obituary, or
- the obituary is that of a family member (you must give the relation), or
- you submit an abstract/INDEX of your obituaries. A good abstract might
give the paper's name, name of deceased, age, date of death, and date that the
obituary appears in the paper (in parenthesis).
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Tips for Locating an Obituary can be found at this link.
- To submit obituaries, either email them to me at
archives@columbus.rr.com?Subject=Ohio Archives or use the automated submission forms at
http://www.poppet.org/ohfiles/.
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Obituary Archives Project Coordinator - Linda Simpson
Asst. Obituary Project Coordinator -
Maggie Stewart
