Online Ohio Death Records & Indexes

A Genealogy Guide for Finding Obituaries, Cemetery Burials and Death Records

Ohio Death Records Indexes and Online Death Certificates

Ohio Death Index, 1908-1932 and 1938-2018 at Ancestry (requires payment) has over 5.3 million names; 1952-1955 is missing
- Ancestry also has: Ohio Birth Index, 1908-1998 (requires payment)

Ohio Death Certificates and Index, 1908-1953 from FamilySearch (free with registration) includes digitized images of the death certificates
Ohio: County Death Records, 1840-2001 from FamilySearch (free with registration) Most are pre-1908. Includes digitized images of the death registers from county courthouses. Images may not be available for all counties.
Ohio Deaths and Burials, 1854-1997 (partial) from FamilySearch (free with registration) derived from the IGI and various sources; not complete, but has 2.5 million entries
Ohio, Stillbirths, 1918-1953 from FamilySearch (free with registration)
Ohio Death Certificate Index, 1913-1944 and 1954-1970 from the Ohio History Connection; index is free; copies of the death certificates can be purchased for a fee

Ohio Probate Records - General

Ohio Wills and Probate Records, 1786-1998 at Ancestry (requires payment) coverage varies by county
Ohio Probate Records, 1789-1996 from FamilySearch (free with registration) coverage varies by county

Ohio Obituaries - General

Ohio Obituaries Index 1810s-recent from the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center (over 3.7 million entries) indexes some obituaries (plus some marriage and death notices) from these Ohio counties: Allen, Ashland, Ashtabula, Auglaize, Belmont, Clark, Coshocton, Defiance, Erie, Franklin (city of Worthington), Gallia, Geauga, Guernsey, Hancock, Hardin, Henry, Highland, Holmes, Huron, Licking, Logan, Lorain, Medina, Meigs, Miami, Ottawa, Paulding, Portage, Putnam, Richland, Ross, Sandusky, Seneca, Stark, Summit, Union, Van Wert, Washington, Wayne, Wood and Wyandot - coverage varies by county (copies of the obituaries can be ordered for a fee).
- The database can also be searched online at Ancestry (to 2016) if you have a subscription: Ohio Obituary Index, 1810s-2016, Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center (requires payment)

Ohio Death Records Indexes, Obituaries and Cemeteries by County

Akron - see Summit County below
Allen County: Delphos and Marion Township Deaths, 1909-1953; and Delphos Cemeteries
Ashland County - see the Rutherford B. Hayes Obituary Index listed above
Ashtabula County Genealogical Society Gravestone Photos Project
Athens County, Deceased Veteran Grave Registration Card File Index, 1819-1936 from FamilySearch
Belmont County Death Records, 1867-1908 digitized microfilm of the death registers from FamilySearch
Butler County: Greenwood Cemetery Burials (Hamilton, OH)
Bulter County Cemeteries and Other Genealogy Indexes
Carroll County: Obituary Indexes, 1844-1868 and 1876-1880; and Cemetery Burials
Carroll County Veteran Grave Registrations, 1817-1980 from FamilySearch
Cincinnati - see Hamilton County below
Clark County: Ferncliff Cemetery Burials in Springfield, Ohio
Clark County Obituaries Search - moved to the Rutherford B. Hayes Obituary Index - see link above
Clermont County...
- Clermont County Cemetery Photo Project from the Clermont County Genealogical Society
- Clermont County Genealogical Society Death Index
- Clermont County: Mt. Moriah Cemetery Burials Search in Union Township
Cleveland - see Cuyahoga County below
Columbiana County: Salem News Obituaries Index, 1934-recent, and Grandview Cemetery Association Burial Database for the cemetery link, look for the "Local Interest" tab when you get there; some months are missing from the obituaries index
Columbus - see Franklin County below
Coshocton County...
- Coshocton Public Library Genealogy and Local History includes Index of Estates, 1811-1960; and other items
- Coshocton County - see the Rutherford B. Hayes Obituary Index listed above
Crawford County Obituaries, 1860-2004 at FamilySearch
Cuyahoga County and Cleveland...
- The Cuyahoga County section has moved to its own webpage...
  - Cuyahoga County and Cleveland Death Indexes, Records and Obituaries
Darke County: Greenville Township Cemetery Burials
Dayton - see Montgomery County below
Delaware County Cemeteries
Delaware County: Oak Grove Cemetery Burial Record Search in Delaware, Ohio
Erie County: Oakland Cemetery Burials (Sandusky, Ohio)
Erie County: Milan Cemetery Burials (Milan, Ohio)
Fairfield County Cemeteries Surname Index
Fairfield County Obituary Index: 19th century through December 2021
Fayette County Local Genealogy Indexes includes a death index 1867-1908, an obituaries index and other items from the Carnegie Public Library
Franklin County and Columbus...
- Franklin County: Columbus Dispatch Obituary Index, 1931-1997 from the Columbus Metropolitan Library
- Franklin County Probate General Case Index Search, c.1990s-present
- Franklin County: Central Ohio Grave Search
- Franklin County Veterans Grave Search
- Franklin County Cemeteries - Gravestone Photos includes many old and abandoned cemeteries
- Worthington Cemeteries Database for Walnut Grove, Flint Union and St. John's Episcopal Church Cemeteries
  - Worthington News Index indexes some newspaper obituaries
- Union Cemetery Burials, 1847-2012 - Columbus, Ohio at Ancestry/free with registration
  - Union Cemetery, Burial Records, ca. 1878-1980 at FamilySearch/free with registration
- Green Lawn and Obetz Cemetery Burials - Columbus, Ohio
Fulton County Death Register Book 1 (1868-1886) transcriptions and images
Gallia County Genealogical Society - Obituaries and Cemetery Records also includes other genealogy indexes
Geauga County...
- Geauga County Births and Deaths, 1867-1908 also has marriage indexes, ca1806-ca1919
- Geauga County Cemetery Indexes from the Geauga County Public Library
- Geauga County: Western Reserve Memorial Gardens Burial Records Search Chesterland, Ohio
Greene County Death Records, 1869-1909; and Birth Records, 1869-1909
Hamilton County and Cincinnati...
- The Hamilton County section has moved to its own webpage...
  - Hamilton County and Cincinnati Death Indexes, Records and Obituaries
Hancock County...
- Hancock County: see the Rutherford B. Hayes Obituary Index listed above
- Hancock County Probate Court Search includes estates and marriages
Henry County Genealogical Society Databases includes cemetery burials, estate records, veterans graves, early obituaries index and more
Huron County...
- Huron County: Willard Memorial Library Obituary and Birth Announcement Indexes
- Huron County Cemetery Inscriptions from the Huron County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society
Jackson County: Fairmount Cemetery Burials, City of Jackson (PDF file)
Jefferson County: Steubenville Herald-Star Newspaper Obituaries & Death Notices Indexes; and Jefferson County Cemeteries to see what is included do an advanced search in the all of the words box for newspaper index or Jefferson county cemeteries (part of the Digital Shoebox collection: historical treasures of Southeast Ohio)
Lake County...
- Lake County: Index to Cemetery Inscriptions
- Lake County: Evergreen Cemetery Burials (in Painesville, Ohio)
- Lake County Probate Death Records, 1867-1908
Lawrence County...
- Lawrence County Obituaries Indexes
- Lawrence County: Health Department Births and Deaths Index, 1909-2001 birth dates after 9/4/1942 are not included
- Lawrence County Cemetery Indexes
Licking County...
- Licking County Probate Records Index, 1829-1904
- Licking County: Hartford Cemetery Burials PDF files
- Licking County: Hartford (Croton) Township Records, 1881-1962 (Burial Records and Cemetery Deeds) from FamilySearch
Lorain County...
- Lorain County Probate Records Search, 1824-present
- Lorain County: Probate Court Early Birth and Death Records, 1867-1908 digitized microfilm from FamilySearch
- Lorain County Cemeteries
- Lorain County: Westwood Cemetery Gravestone Inventory Database (in Oberlin, Ohio)
- Lorain County: for Catholic cemeteries see the Cleveland Diocese link in the Cuyahoga County section listed above
Lucas County and Toledo...
- Toledo-Lucas County Public Library - Blade Obituaries Index, 1837-Present
- Toledo Library Digital Collections: Cemetery Records includes: Northwestern Ohio Genealogical Society Cemetery Project (burials in more than 30 cemeteries in the Toledo area) and Lloyd Brothers Walker Monument Company Records
- City of Toledo Cemetery Burials Search for Forest and Collingwood Cemeteries
- Toledo, Historic Woodlawn Cemetery Index of Burials, 1877-1955 at FamilySearch
- Lucas County Probate Court Online Search (recent) includes Toledo
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery Index (Toledo) (PDF file) surnames only
- Toledo State Hospital Cemeteries Burial Log
- Lucas County: Swan Creek Cemetery Inscriptions, Monclova, Ohio at Ancestry/requires payment
Madison County: Plain City Burial Records Index from the Plain City Public Library
Mahoning County...
- Mahoning County: Tod Homestead Cemetery Burials (City of Youngstown)
- Mahoning County: Goshen Township Cemetery Burials
- Youngstown Vindicator Obituary Index Search, Nov. 2011 to Feb. 2014
- Mahoning County: Poland Township Cemeteries
- Mahoning County Genealogy Indexes includes Coroners Inquests, Estates Decedent Index, Youngstown City Death Records, 1892-1904, and other items
Marion County: Marion Public Library Obituary Database
Medina County District Library Obituaries Index: see the Ohio Obituaries Index 1810s-recent above
Miami County Genealogy Indexes includes cemetery, probate and marriage indexes; from the Troy Historical Society
Montgomery County and Dayton...
- Montgomery County: Dayton Obituary and Genealogy Database from the Dayton Metro Library
- Montgomery County: Woodland Cemetery Burials - Dayton, Ohio has over 101,000 entries
- Calvary Cemetery Burials Catholic Cemetery in Dayton, Ohio
- Montgomery County: David's Cemetery Burials, Kettering, Ohio
- Dayton Memorial Park Cemetery Burials (Dayton, Ohio)
- Montgomery County Genealogical Society Cemetery Index
Muskingum County...
- Muskingum County: Indexes for Cemeteries and Obituaries includes Adamsville Register obituaries index, 1889-1939; and other items
- Muskingum County Chapter Ohio Genealogy Society: Cemetery Indexes
Ottawa County: Put-in-Bay Township Cemetery Burials includes Maple Leaf Cemetery, Crown Hill Cemetery, La Fluer Cemetery (Middle Bass), and North Bass Cemetery
Ottawa County: Harris-Elmore Public Library Digital Collection includes some cemetery records (burial permits), probate records, obituaries, and other items
Preble County Genealogical and Historical Records Search includes obituaries and marriages - with scans of the actual obituaries
Preble County: Mound Hill Cemetery Burials (Eaton, Ohio)
Richland County Newspaper Index - Includes Obituaries from the Mansfield Richland County Public Library
Ross County Probate Court Archives - Genealogy Indexes includes death records index 1888-1908, probate index 1798-1910, marriage records indexes, and other items; PDF files
Ross County Genealogical Society Obituaries Index
Sandusky County: McPherson Cemetery Burials (Clyde, Ohio) PDF document
Scioto County: Greenlawn Cemetery Burials Search in Portsmouth, Ohio
Scioto County: Portsmouth Public Library Genealogy Indexes includes a cemetery search, plus indexes for early deaths, marriages and wills, and other items
Seneca County: Greenlawn Cemetery Burials Search in Tiffin, Ohio
Stark County...
- Stark County Genealogy Indexes includes Index to Death Notices in the Canton Repository, 1815-2020 (some years missing); Stark County Will Index, 1809-1890; and other items
- Alliance Review Obituaries Index (Rodman Public Library) Alliance, Ohio (coverage is spotty 1871-1948; full coverage from 1949-present)
- Stark County Probate Court Records Search
- Stark County Coroner's Records, 1890-2002 at FamilySearch; images only, no searchable name index
- Also see the Rutherford B. Hayes Obituary Index listed above
Summit County and Akron...
- Akron-Summit County Public Library Genealogy Indexes includes:
  - Akron Beacon Journal Obituaries Index, 1937-2012
  - Indexes to the Akron Beacon Journal, 1841-1939 (including births, marriages, and deaths)
- Akron-Summit County Public Library Local Records includes:
  - Mount Peace Cemetery, Akron, Ohio - Interment Records, 1880-1916 (also see Mount Peace Cemetery listed below)
  - Springfield Township Cemetery Transcriptions
  - St. Vincent Cemetery Transcriptions
- Summit County, Ohio, Death Records, 1866-1908 at Ancestry/requires payment
- Summit County: Barberton Public Library Obituaries Indexes PDF files
- Summit County: Stow-Munroe Falls Public Library Obituary Index
- Summit County, Coroner Inquests, Hospital and Cemetery Records, 1882-1949 from FamilySearch includes burial permits, 1915-1947 for Briar Hill Cemetery; coroner's inquest books, 1882-1922 for Summit county; and some records for Edwin Shaw Hospital
- Summit County Cemetery Records
- Chestnut Hill Memorial Park Burial Records Search in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
- Glendale Cemetery Burials in Akron
- Burials in East Liberty and Greensburg Cemeteries in Green, Ohio
- Mount Peace Cemetery Burials in Akron
- Oakwood Cemetery Records in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
- Harrington Cemetery Records in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
- Summit County: for Catholic cemeteries see the Cleveland Diocese link in the Cuyahoga County section listed above
Toledo - see Lucas County above
Trumbull County...
- Trumbull County: Warren-Trumbull County Public Library Obituaries Indexes
- Trumbull County: Bloomfield Township, Brownwood Cemetery Records, 1824-2012 from FamilySearch
Tuscarawas County...
- Tuscarawas County Genealogical Society Obituary Indexes for the Dover Daily Reporter, 1954-1967; and the Dover Times-Reporter, 2003-2011; PDF documents
- Tuscarawas County: City of Dover Cemetery Records Search for Dover Burial Park, Fourth Street Cemetery and Maple Grove Cemetery
Union County...
- Union County Obituary Indexes and Oakdale Cemetery Records from the Union County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society
- Union County: Index to Probate Will Records, 1852-1919 from the Marysville Public Library
- Union County Veterans Graves Registration Cards, 1820-2011
Warren County...
- Warren County: Birth, Marriage and Death Records Indexes includes indexes for births, marriages, deaths, cemeteries, obituaries, funeral homes and other items
- Warren County: City of Lebanon Cemetery Burials
Washington County...
- Washington County Cemetery Index 60,000 entries
- Washington County: Some Burials in Washington County Cemeteries, and Index to 17,792 Obituaries 1987-1999
- Washington County: Marietta Cemetery Records, 1788-2013 from FamilySearch
- Washington County Newspaper Obituaries, 1884-2013 from FamilySearch
Wayne County...
- Wayne County Genealogy Indexes includes some cemetery burials, early obituary abstracts, veteran's home death records, infirmary death records, Rittman Press deaths, and other items
- Wayne County Cemetery Master Name Index
- Wayne County - also see the Rutherford B. Hayes Obituaries Index above
Williams County Obituary Index
Wood County...
- Wood County Sentinel Obituaries Index, 1867-1876 (PDF file) newspaper from Bowling Green, Ohio
- Wood County Cemetery Search
Youngstown - see Mahoning County above

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Ohio, Soldier Grave Registrations, 1804-1958 at Ancestry/requires payment
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