- Ancestry also has: Ohio Birth Index, 1908-2003 (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 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 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)
- 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
- 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
- The Cuyahoga County section has moved to its own webpage.
- Cuyahoga County and Cleveland Death Indexes, Records and Obituaries
- 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, Burial Records, ca. 1878-1980 at FamilySearch/free with registration
- 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
- The Hamilton County section has moved to its own webpage.
- Hamilton County and Cincinnati Death Indexes, Records and Obituaries
- Hancock County: see the Rutherford B. Hayes Obituary Index listed above
- Hancock County Probate Court Search includes estates and marriages
- Huron County: Willard Memorial Library Obituary and Birth Announcement Indexes
- Huron County Cemetery Inscriptions from the Huron County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society
- Lake County: Index to Cemetery Inscriptions
- Lake County: Evergreen Cemetery Burials (in Painesville, Ohio)
- Lake County Probate Death Records, 1867-1908
- 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 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 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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: Indexes for Cemeteries and Obituaries includes Adamsville Register obituaries index, 1889-1939; and other items
- Muskingum County Chapter Ohio Genealogy Society: Cemetery Indexes
- 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
- 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)
- Mount Peace Cemetery, Akron, Ohio - Interment Records, 1880-1916 (also see Mount Peace Cemetery listed below)
- Springfield Township Cemetery Transcriptions
- St. Vincent Cemetery Transcriptions
- Trumbull County: Warren-Trumbull County Public Library Obituaries Indexes
- Trumbull County: Bloomfield Township, Brownwood Cemetery Records, 1824-2012 from FamilySearch
- 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 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: 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 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 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
- Wood County Sentinel Obituaries Index, 1867-1876 (PDF file) newspaper from Bowling Green, Ohio
- Wood County Cemetery Search
- Ohio Gravestones has over 240,000 gravestone photos
- Ohio, Soldier Grave Registrations, 1804-1958 at Ancestry/requires payment
- Ohio Veterans and Beneficiaries Burials Search index only
- Ohio Birth, Marriage, Divorce and Death Records Indexes on the Internet
- Where to Write for Vital Records - Ohio (for online Ohio death certificates 1908-1953 see the FamilySearch link near the top of this page)
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