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• ADAMS Membership & Baptism Records from Mayflower Church

• Some KELLER birth records from the family Bible

• More KELLER birth records from the family Bible

• Misc. Birth Announcements

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1856-1857

Where to locate these records:  

• Listing of 1856 births included in The Pastfinder (2001 - Issue 1).  Records on-line at the Chapter's website -- visit:  http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohrichgs/Pastfinder2001-Issue1/Binder1.pdf
• The State Library of Ohio.  Has records for 1856-1857 and 1867-1869.  http://winslo.state.oh.us/services/genealogy/
• Available through Heritage Quest on microfilm, V21-90

1858-1864

• No known source

1865 - Dec. 19, 1908

Where to locate these records:  Contact:  Richland County Probate Court,  Attn: Genealogy, 50 Park Avenue East, 2nd Floor, Mansfield, OH 44902-1850, (419) 774-5583 or 419 774-5586.  Birth and death records are from 1865 to 1908.

• Other places to locate these records:  The State Library of Ohio.  Has records for 1856-1857 and 1867-1869.  http://winslo.state.oh.us/services/genealogy/
• On-line Records:
  • Richland Co. Births, 1877  (see:  The Pastfinder:  April-June, 1990 issue and July-Sept., 1990 issue.  On-line at the Richland Co. Genealogical Society website)
  • Birth Announcements from the Bellville Star, 1881 (partial year)
  • Birth Announcements from the Bellville Star, 1882
  • Birth Announcements from the Bellville Star, 1883
  • Birth Announcements from the Bellville Star, 1884
  • Birth Announcements in the Mansfield Herald:  June 11 - December 31, 1885
  • Birth Announcements from the Bellville Star, 1885
  • Birth Announcements from the Bellville Star, 1886
  • Birth Announcements from the Mansfield Weekly News, 1887 (partial year)
  • Birth Announcements from the Bellville Star, 1887
  • Birth Announcements from the Bellville Star, 1888
  • Birth Announcements from the Richland Shield & Banner, 1889
  • Birth Announcements from the Worthington Enterprise and Mansfield Evening News, 1890 (partial year)
  • Birth Announcements from the Richland Shield & Banner, 1891 (partial year)
  • Birth Announcements from the Richland Shield & Banner, 1894
  • Birth Announcements from the Richland Shield & Banner, Jan. - April, 1895
  • Birth Announcements from the Mansfield Semi-Weekly News, 1898
  • Birth Announcements from the Bellville Messenger, 1902  (partial year)
  • Richland Co. People in Licking Co., Ohio Probate Records.
• Misc. Information Regarding births in the county:
  • 1898 - There were 278 births in Mansfield in 1898.  [Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  27 May 1898, Vol. 14, No. 45]
  • 1885 Township Birth Statistics  [source:  Mansfield Herald:  21 May 1885, Vol. 35, No. 27]

Dec. 20, 1908 - Present

• The Richland Co. Health Dept.  http://www.richlandhealth.org/health/index.html.  Houses records from 1908 to the present - excluding Shelby.
• Certified Copies of records available from the Ohio Dept. of Health, Vital Statistics Unit - FEE INCREASE EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2005 - $16.50. ($10.00) -- FEE INCREASE EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2003.  Click here to see the text of new legislation.  The pertinent sections are 3705.23 and 3705.24.  New price will be $15 each.
• Uncertified Copies of records available from the Ohio Dept. of Health, Vital Statistics Unit (.05 each + postage)  - NO LONGER AVAILABLE AFTER JULY 1, 2003.  Click here to see the text of new legislation.  The pertinent sections are 3705.23 and 3705.24.
• On-line Records:
  • Birth Announcements from the Plymouth Advertiser, 1914
  • Birth Announcements from the Plymouth Advertiser, 1915

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Social and vital statistics for the year ending 31 March 1896:  There were 714 births during the year, of which 355 were white males and 356 were white females, 1 colored male and 2 colored females.   [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  20 June 1896, Vol. LXXIX, No. 6]

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