Wood County

Established: February 12, 1820
County Seat: Bowling Green

CAC Holdings

Board of Commissioners

1. Blind Relief Applications, 1905-1906, 1914-1942 (on microfilm), 1r (#293)
2. Blind Relief Papers, 1904-1934, 2r (#293-294)
3. Blind Relief Record, 1908-1913, 1r (#3)
4. Commissioners' Journals, 1836-1901, 1903-1941, 25r (#76-93, 100-104, 140-141)
5. Commissioners' Journals - County Home, 1913-1984, 3r (#141-142, 232)
6. Courthouse Construction Proceedings, 1893, 1r (#166)
7. Indexes to Commissioners' Journals, 1836-1987, 6r (#233-238)
8. Indigent Soldiers' Burial Records [1897-1941 on mf], 1897-1941, 1r (#3)

Board of Education

1. Class Registers, 1863-1877, 1r (#29)
2. Minutes, 1914-1963, 2r (#62-63)

Clerk of Courts

District Court

1. Complete Records, 1852-1876, 1r (#154)

Supreme Court

1. Chancery Record, 1823-1856, 2r (#154A-155)
2. Complete Record, 1825-1876, 1r (#154)
3. Final Record, 1838-1859, 1r (#154A)
4. Index to Final Record, 1838-1859, 1r (#154)

County Auditor

1. Abstracts of Taxes, 1825-1830, 1r (#94)
2. Assessors' Returns - Land Valuations, 1840, 1r (#1)
3. Blind Relief Applications, 1931-1936, 1r (#295)
4. Civil War Bounties [Includes Militia Claim], 1862, 1864-1865, 1r (#270)
5. Enumerations of School Age Youth, 1842, 1927-1934, 1941-1949, 3r (#272-274)
6. Enumerations of Soldiers and Sailors, 1895-1908, 1r (#270)
7. Militia Roll/Commutation Records, 1844, 1864, 1r (#64)
8. Records of Relief Disbursements - Soldiers' Relief, 1887-1921, 1r (#3)
9. Transfer Records, 1842-1845, 1853-1880, 2r (#1-2)

County Coroner

1. Inquests, 1888-1893, 1895-1902, 1917-1922, 3r (#276-277, 304) (Separate index in pOG 3369)

County Extension Office

1. POW Camp in Wood County files, 1944-1945 (Box 10)

County Home

1. Abstracts of Titles, 1871-1909 (#450)
2. Accident Book, 11/1954-9/1972 (#446)
3. Account Records, 6/1868-12/1875 (#447)
4. Account Records, 1/1876-7/1895 (#447)
5. Account Records, 12/1894-8/1904 (#447)
6. Account Records, 12/1908-9/1912 (#447)
7. Annual Reports of Infirmary, 1889-1948 (#450)
8. Annual Reports re: Outside Relief, 1899-1904 (#450)
9. Applications for Relief, 1869-1929 (#452)
10. Applications for Relief, 1906, 1932-1943 (#450)
11. Applications for Relief, 1930-1950 (#453)
12. Case Files re: Applications for Relief, 1873-1949 (#450-451)
13. Census, 1900, 1r (#271, #451)
14. Census of Idiots, 1900, ff/1r (#271)
15. Census of Idiots/Epileptics, May 1, 1903 (#451)
16. Certificates of Admission, 1868-1915, 8r (#14-21)
17. Certificate of Admission, 1910 (#451)
18. Daily Records of Movement of Population, 1904-1912 (#451)
19. Financial Ledger - Foreign Counties, 1898-1910, 1v (#448)
20. Indenture Records - Cleveland Protestant Orphan Asylum, 1870-1890, 1r (#271, #451)
21. Index to Registers, 1868-1910, 1r (#28)
22. Infirmary Director's Journal, 1/1869-6/1880 (#446)
23. Infirmary Director's Journal, 12/1876-5/1906 (#446)
24. Infirmary Director's Journal, 6/1906-12/1909 (#446)
25. Infirmary Director's Journal, 1/1910-2/1913 (#446)
26. Minutes, 1869-1913, 2r (#28-29)
27. Misc. Index, n.d., (#446)
28. Misc. Journal, 2/1922-12/1928 (#446)
29. Pauper Relief, Oct 3, 1856-Oct 25, 1858 (#451)
30. Pauperism Statistics, 1888-1903 (#451)
31. Records of Expenditures, July 1, 1891, 8v (#451)
32. Record of Expenditures/Receipts V.1 9/1908-7/1924 (#448)
33. Record of Expenditures/Receipts V.2 9/1923-8/1938 (#448)
34. Record of Expenditures/Receipts V.3 1/1939-12/1951 (#449)
35. Record of Expenditures/Receipts V.4 1/1952-12/1955 (#449)
36. Registers, 1868-1956, 2r, (#28, #271)
37. Relief Payment Records, 1899 (#451)
38. Relief Supply Orders (#453)
39. Resident Account Records, 1875-1881 (#448)
40. Resident Account Records, 1891-1906 (#448)
41. Resident Account Records, 1906-1912 (#448)
42. Resident Census, 7/1880-1/1887 (#447)
43. Resident Census, 1/1957-3/1973 (#447
44. Superintendents Docket of Bills Filed, 4/1904-2/1905 (#449)
45. Superintendents Docket of Bills Filed, 1/1905-12/1954 (#449)
46. Surgeon's Record, 3/1877-11-1888 (#446)
47. Township Account Records, 2/1888-1/1898 (#448)
48. Township Trustees Relief Records, 1856-1858, 1r (#271)

County Recorder

1. Entry Record, c.1817-1855, 1r (#230)
2. Index to Soldiers' Discharge Records, 1865-1937, 1r (#157)
3. Lien Record - Railway Corporation, 1882-1902, 1r (#297)
4. Mortgage Records, 1838-1881, 17r (#30-46)
5. Register of Partnership, v.2 (A-Z), 1972, 1r (#297)
6. Soldiers' Discharge Records, 1865-1940, 1r (#157)
7. Soldiers' Grave Records (A-Z), 1800-1900, 1r (#297)

County Sheriff

1. Jail Register, 1864-1984, 2r (#302-303)
2. Jail Visitor Register, 1899-1932, 1r (#303)

County Treasurer

1. Tax Duplicates, 1827-1830, 1834-1860, 15r (#4-11, 94-100)

Court of Common Pleas

Civil Division

1. Appearance Dockets, 1826-1851, 1859-1891, 1923-1924, 11r (#143-153)
2. Complete Records, 1835-1875, 12r (#129-140)
3. Divorce Cases, 1830s-1870s 1r (#267-268)
4. Estate Settlements, 1820s-1840s, 1r (#269)
5. Indentures, 1837-1838, 1850-1860s, 1r (#269)
6. Index to Naturalizations, 1859-1906, 1r (#301)
7. Journals, 1820-1935, 35r (#65-75, 105-128)
8. Land Indentures, 1818, 1828-1860s, 1r(#269)
9. Partition and Estate Settlements, 1820s-1870s, 1r (#269)
10. Poll Books and Tally Sheets [Scattered dates], 1821-1873, 5r (#23-27)
11. Quadrennial Enumerations, 1842-1860, 1895-1899, 3r (#12-13, 22)

Juvenile Court

1. Mothers' Pension Files, 1916-1918, 1r (#275)
2. Mothers' Pension Records, 1914-1936, 2r (#349-350)

General Health District

1. Birth Certificates, 1800s-1939, 16r (#247-262)
2. Birth Records, 1909-1943, 2r (#243-244) *RESTRICTIONS APPLY
   
3. Death Certificates, 1909-1997, 18r (#239-240, 279-292; 299-300)
4. Death Records, 1921-1943, 1r (#242)

Probate Court

1. Account Records, 1839-1932, 10r (#305-314)
2. Administrators' & Executors' Bonds & Letters, 1882-1929, 8r (#325-332)
3. Birth Corrections and Registrations, 1941-1959, 1961-1965, 1987-1994, 19r (#209-226, 298)
4. Birth Records, 1867-1908, 2r (#156, 158)
5. Death Records, 1867-1908, 2r (#158-159)
6. Estate Case Files, 1820-1870, 17r (#429-445) (PDF file)
7. Final Records, 1852-1919, 15r (#189-194, 410-418)
8. Guardians' Account Records, 1868-1931, 8r (#315-322)
9. Guardians' and Administrators' Account Records, 1852-1872, 2r (#314-315)
10. Guardians' and Administrators' Bonds, 1905-1931, 1r (#323)
11. Guardians' and Trustees' Bonds and Letters, 1912-1936, 2r (#324-325)
12. Guardians' Bonds and Letters, 1886-1936, 3r (#323-325)
13. Guardians' Dockets, 1852-1911, 1947-1962, 3r (#245-246, 278)
14. Guardians' Letters, 1866-1870, 1r (#323)
15. Index to Declarations of Intention, 1870-1878, 1r (#164A)
16. Index to Guardians' and Administrators' Bonds, n.d., 1r (#322)
17. Inventory and Appraisements, 1894-1932, 9r (#332-340)
18. Inventory and Sale Bill Records, 1866-1935, 7r (#340-342, 344-348)
19. Journals, 1852-1918, 25r (#174-188; 419-428)
20. Marriage Licenses, 1852-1867, 1r (#378)
21. Marriage Records, 1820-1950, 33r (#227, 296, 378-409)
22. Marriage Records - Index, 1837-1866, 1r (#227)
23. Naturalization Records, 1856-1929, 1960, 3r (#163A-165)
24. Naturalization Records (loose papers), 1849-1906, 1r (#343)
25. Naturalization Records (minors and soldiers), 1903-1906, 1915-1926, 1r (#363)
26. Naturalization Records - Declaration of Intention, 1859-1929, 1960, 4r (#163A-165)
27. Statements of Births and Deaths, 1878, 1894-1908, 15r (#47-61)
28. Volunteer Enlistment Papers-Civil War, 1862, 1r (#266)
29. Will Records, 1820-1910, 11r (#161-163, 167-173, 298)

Soldiers Relief Commission

1. Audit Reports, 1904-1906, 1910-1911, 1917-1921, 1r (#263)
2. Case Files, 1900-1929, 2r (#263-264)
3. Relief Records, 1887-1947, 3r (#264-266)

Municipalities

Bowling Green

Board of Education

1. Minutes, 1900-1976, 5r (#1-5)

Safety/Service Director

1. Index to Cemetery Lot Owners, n.d., 1r (#6)
2. Cemetery Deed Record, 1907-1921, 1r (#7)

Board of Public Utilities

1. Minutes, 1942-1982, 7r (#8-14)

Personnel Department

1. Civil Service Board Minutes, 1919-1979, 1r (#15)

Office of the Mayor

1. Annual Reports
   1. Maintenance Report, 1960, 1r (#16)
   2. Cemetery Report, 1970, 1r (#16)
2. Reports to Council and Citizens, 1960-1971, 2r (#17-18)

City Council

1. Ordinances and Resolutions, 1869-1887, 13r (#19; 24-35)
2. Ordinances, 1869-2001, 1r (#19)
3. Resolutions, 1922-1985, 2r (#22-23)
4. Minutes, 1911-1985, 2r (#20-21)

Village of Bradner

Board of Education

1. Minutes, 1876-1950, 2r (#1-2)

Council

1. Account Records, 1890-1898, 1r (#1)
2. Minutes, 1890-1940, 2r (#1-2)

Village of Pemberville

Board of Public Affairs

1. Minutes, 1929-1985, 1r (#6)
2. Record of Resolutions 1953-1985, 1r (#6)

Cemetery Association

1. Cemetery Deeds (includes Long and Pemberville Cemeteries), 1879-1975, 1r (#1)

Village Council

1. Minutes (Includes Account Book, 1892), 1876-1984, 3r (#2-4)
2. Record of Ordinances, 1876-1982, 2r (#4-5)
3. Record of Resolutions, 1971-1985, 1r (#6)

Weston

Village Council

1. Minutes, 1898-1975, 3r (#1-3)
2. Ordinance Record, 1873-1959, 1r (#3)

Cemetery Records

1. Trustees’ Minutes, 1908-1979, 1r (#4)
2. List of Burials in Alphabetical Order, 1959-1979, 1r (#4)
3. Index to Cemetery Deeds, n.d., 1r (#4)
4. Deed Records, 1883-1979, 2r (#4-5)
5. Cemetery Records, 1908-1958, 1r (#6)

Townships

Townships

Bloom Township

Board of Education

1. Enumerations of School Age Youth, 1895-1917, 1r (#4)

Board of Trustees

1. Cemetery Records, 1909-1988, 1r (#1)
2. Minutes (Volume 1 (1844-1876) contains Bloom Center Literary Society Minutes, 1875-1876), 1844-1883, 1888-1977, 2r (#2-3)
3. Cemetery Deeds, 1921-1956, 1r (#4)
4. Poor Record and Account Book, 1881-1887, 1r (#4)

Justice of the Peace

1. Military Volunteers, 1848, 1r (#4)

Weaver Cemetery

1. North Addition Internment/Lot Records, 1909-2003,1r (#5)
2. South Addition Internment/Lot Records, 1922-2003, 1r (#5)
3. East Addition Internment/Lot Records, 1956-2003, 1r (#5)
4. Lot Records, 1957-2002, 1r (#5)
5. Cemetery Files, 1933-1980, 2r (#5-6)

Freedom Township

1. Cemetery Plot Maps, 1977-1994, 1r (#1)

Board of Trustees

1. Cemetery Deed Records, 1876, 1886-1985, 1r (#3)
2. Fish and Eisenhour Cemetery Records (Includes Plat Maps of both Cemeteries) 1910-1993, 2r (#4-5)
3. Justice of the Peace Civil Docket, 1847-1851, 1r (#1)
4. Minutes, 1883-1993, 3r (#1-2, 5)

Grand Rapids Township

Board of Trustees

1. Beaver Creek Cemetery Lot Record Book, c.1812-1986, 1r (#1)

Lake Township

Board of Education

1. Class Registers, 1883-1888, 1r (#1)
2. Enumerations of School Age Youth, 1886-1902, 1r (#2)

Board of Trustees

1. Cemetery Deed and Record Book, 1876-1947, 1r (#4)

Township Clerk

1. Directory of Names, 1905, 1r (#3)
2. Soldier’s Relief Orders, 1887-1892, 1r (#2)
3. Soldier’s Relief Fund Recipients, 1914-1915, 1r (#2)
4. Cemetery Deed Records, 1951-1995, 4r (#5-8)
5. Cemetery Deed and Record Book, 1890-1903, 1r (#9)

Board of Trustees

1. Minutes, 1880-1910; 1928-1937; 1950-1976; 1986-1992, 3r (#10-12)

Lake Twp. Cemetery

1. Index to Cemetery Deeds, 1874-1967, 1r (#13)
2. Cemetery Deeds, 1874-1971, 1r (#13)

Middleton Township

Board of Education

1. Enumeration of School Age Youth (Photocopy: School Subdistrict No. 10) 1885, 1r (#2)

Township Clerk

1. Birth Certificates, 1908-1950, 1r (#1)
2. Death Certificates, 1909-1951, 1r (#1)
3. Burial Removal Permits, 1934-1951, 1r (#1)

Montgomery Township

Board of Trustees

1. Minutes, 1875-1992, 5r (#8-12)

Justice of the Peace

1. Civil Dockets, 1890-1949, 3r (#13-15)
2. Criminal Dockets, 1886-1917, 1939-1949, 2r (#13-14)
3. Township Officer Bonds, 1992-1993, 1r (#15)

Township Clerk

1. Bonds & Oaths, 1884-1954, 1r (#7)
2. Certificate of Labor Performed, 1938, 2r (#4-5)
3. Ditch Records, 1874-1919, 2r (#5-6)
4. Line Fence Record, 1919-1924, 1r (#6)
5. Poll Book and Tally Sheets, 1902-1918, 3r (#1-3)
6. Security Notes, 1927, 1r (#7)

Perry Township

Board of Education

1. Enumerations of School Age Youth, 1881-1882, 1893-1897, 1900-1919, 1r (#1)

Township Clerk

1. Poor Relief Records, 1909-1911, 1913, 1r (#1)
2. Soldiers' Relief Record, 1897-1905, 1r (#1)

Perrysburg Township

Board of Education

1. Enumeration of School Age Youth, 1884-1894, 1r (#1)
2. Sub-District 6 School Register, 1867-1894, 1r (#2)

Plain Township

Board of Education

1. Minutes, including School Fund Accounts, 1865-1881, 1r (#4)

Board of Trustees

1. Cemetery Deed Records, 1909-2010, 1r (#3)
2. Cemetery Lot Records/Index Cards, 1909-2010, 1r (#3)
3. Cemetery Record Book, 1959-2010, 1r (#3)
4. Plat of Plain Cemetery, n.d., 1r (#3)
5. Plat of Plain Cemetery new addition, n.d., 1r (#3)
6. Union Hill Cemetery Deed Records, 1887-2003, 2r (#1-2)
7. Union Hill Cemetery Record of Interments, 1897-2004, 1r (#2)
8. Union Hill Cemetery Record of Proceedings, 1919-2004, 1r (#2)

Township Clerk

1. Statements of Births and Deaths, 1898-1903, 1r (#5)

Portage Township

Board of Trustees

1. Cemetery Deeds - Plat Maps, 1884-1980, 1r (#1)
2. Death Certificates, 1905; 1907, 1r (#2)
3. Poor Relief Record, 1915;1917;1924-1926, 1r (#2)
4. Relief Applications, 1900-1901; 1906-1910; 1913, 1r (#2)

Board of Education

1. Enumerations of School Age Youth, 1905-1910, 1r (#2)
2. School Registers, 1884-1929, 1r (#3)

Township Clerk

1. Poor Relief Record, 1897-1909, 1r (#2)

Webster Township

Township Clerk

1. Poor Relief Records, 1898-1899, 1r (#1)
2. Indentures, 1883, 1r (#1)

Other Resources

• *Index to Wood County Federal Census, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910
• Every name index to Van Tassel's Pioneer Scrapbook of Wood County
• *Every name index to Beer's History of Wood County (1894); Deaths in the biographical section of Beer's History of Wood County (1894) (pOG 4331)
• Index to Delayed Birth Certificates, v. 1-27 (pOG 4658 ref)
• *Index to Naturalizations in Wood County (CAC OG F497.W8 W83 1990 ref)
• DAR Index to Wood County Marriages, 1820-1865 (CAC OG F497.W8 D28x ref)
• McKnight, Judith. Wood County Marriages (pOG 4294)
• *Cemetery Inscriptions (CAC OG F497.W8 O46 ref)
• Deaths in Wood County Townships (pOG 4274)
• Wagher, Victor. Index to Coroners' Inquests, 1888-1893, 1895-1902 (pOG 3369)
• *Index to Wills, Estates, and Guardianships (pOG 3074 ref)
• McKnight, Judith. Wood County, Ohio Estates (pOG 4291)
• *Wood County's Role in the Civil War (CAC OG F497.W8 W675)
• McKnight, Judith. List and Records of Soldiers in the Civil War from Wood County (pOG 4333); soldiers relief applications (pOG 4292)
• McKnight, Judith. 1839 and Before: Male Residents over 21...(pOG 4273)
• McKnight, Judith. Letters to the Wood County Infirmary (pOG 4290); Infirmary applications index (pOG 4294, 4295)
• McKnight, Judith. Taxable Property and Personal Property, 1825-1830 (pOG 4426)
• McKnight, Judith. Participants, Wood County, Ohio Court, 1838, 1841, 1856...(pOG 4293)
• McKnight, Judith. Wood County, Ohio Lawsuits, 1827-1880 (pOG 4423)
• *Wood County Atlases (multiyear with indexes), 1875+