The Jefferson County Chapter, OGS
Available at our archive/office as follows:

• Probate/Estate Files (1797-1930) Indexes included
• Probate Journals (relating to Probate/Estates Files)
• Wills (contact for date range information) Indexes included
• Common Pleas Journals (1797-1920)
• Mothers Pension Files/Indexed (WWI)
• Delayed/Corrected Births (1867-1907) Indexed
• Coroners Reports (various dates, many ranges missing) Indexed
• Grave Registration Cards (veterans graves identified)

(many other records are also available)

Many of the oldest records, such as; Marriages, wills, etc. are housed at the office archive but are fragile and can't be used in research. Concerning the oldest fragile records, they have all been captured in a digital image (and many are indexed, currently indexing and will continue to be indexed)  and are available at www.familysearch.org. Our office volunteers would be happy to answer any questions about the digitizing of these records and how to access those images/records at FamilySearch.

Family Search Labs - Death Certificates FREE to Ohio

About FamilySearch

FamilySearch International is the largest genealogy organization in the world. Millions of people use FamilySearch records, resources, and services to learn more about their family history. To help in this great pursuit, FamilySearch has been actively gathering, preserving, and sharing genealogical records worldwide for over 100 years. FamilySearch is a nonprofit organization sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Patrons may access FamilySearch services and resources free online at www.FamilySearch.org or through over 4,500 family history centers in 70 countries, including the renowned Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah. You MUST register at this site first. It usually takes 24-28 hours to receive registration confirmation, but it is well worth the wait! Click on "Record Search" and then "Vital Records" for FREE access to Ohio Death Certificates. The certificates can be printed from the site (photocopies from originals) and include deaths from 1908 to 1953. Keep checking back for new sources often.

* NOTE * - For Early Vital Records check at the Jefferson County Courthouse
{Mandatory recording of vital records began in 1867}
http://www.jeffersoncountyoh.com/cgi-bin/template.pl?home.html

Linkpendium Jefferson County ~ Jefferson County, Ohio: Family History & Genealogy, Census, Birth, Marriage, Death Vital Records & More

Online Searchable Death Indexes for the USA ~ Online Ohio Death Records & Indexes : A Genealogy Guide for Finding Obituaries, Cemetery Burials and Death Records

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NOTES:

• Ohio’s birth certificate conversion is projected to take until 2010, the death certificate conversion, with Social Security Administration’s help, will be done later this year.
• As of October 1, 2005 – Ohio sets new vital records fee – Info obtained from each department as listed below: Ohio Dept. of Health, Columbus, Ohio – fee $16.50, Steubenville Health Dept and Jefferson Co. Health Dept fees are $17.00, dates cover 1909 to present.

The Ohio Historical Society Archives/Library has most birth records before 1908 and copies of original death certificates on microfilm for the period December 20, 1908 through 1953.

Digital Archives - Great Site!
It has original records for veterans serving from PA.... It is a PA website for Veterans of all wars. You can print out file card data for various military records. Once the homepage comes up click on EXPLORE HISTORICAL RECORDS at bottom of page.

Where To Write For Vital Records - http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/howto/w2w/w2welcom.htm

Files extracted to PDF files by Cindy Rush. (View or Download)
Jefferson County Wills & Ohio, Jefferson County Deaths 1908-1909

LDS LINKS - FREE RECORDS
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints, official websites

• www.FamilySearch.org
• http://pilot.familysearch.org
• http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#

LDS website continues worldwide digital project at FamilySearch – This site manages the largest collection of genealogical records worldwide. In 2007 it announced plans to begin digitizing and indexing its collection for broader, more economic online access—starting with popular collections like the U.S., Canada, and U.K. censuses. FamilySearch has created free online indexes to date for the 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, and 1900 U.S. Censuses. FamilySearch is working with The Generations Network to provide enhanced, free indexes for the remaining U.S. censuses. Salt Lake City, Utah—FamilySearch International reaches a milestone with the digitization of publications online. It began the initiative in 2007 and is ramping up to do even more—and faster. The effort targets published family, society, county, and town histories, as well as numerous other historical publications that are digitally preserved and made accessible for free online. The digital publications can be searched at www.FamilySearch.org (Go to FamilySearch.org, then click Search Records, then click Historical Books).

FREE COURTHOUSE DIGITAL RECORDS AND MORE - Entire collections can be searched for free directly online. Approximately 46.3 million new records and 1.2 million new images are now available on the Record Search pilot at http://pilot.familysearch.org.

NOTE – For the following website you will need to download Flash if you do not already have it on your computer. The link is also provided right there on the website, to download it. The direct route: http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#

WASHINGTON COUNTY, PA, MARRIAGES

www.ourfamilyhistories.com/hsdurbin/marry/earlymarriWashCo.html
Over 700 PA early marriages