Listed record inventories
Selected holdings and indexes for Crawford County, checked against the repository descriptions linked below. Date spans may contain gaps; an index is not a complete set of original records.
Census records
- Agricultural Census 1850, 1860, 18701850; 1860; 1870
- Census 1830 to 19301830 to 1930
- Industrial Census 1850, 18701850; 1870
Church records
- Church – Auburn Baptist 1836-19711836-1971
- Church – United Brethren, Occolo 1850-19271850-1927
- Church – First English Lutheran, Crestline 1854-19351854-1935
- Church – St. John’s Lutheran, Leesville 1845-20041845-2004
- Church – Sandusky Evangelical Lutheran Society 1835-18651835-1865
- Church – First English Lutheran, Galion 1831-19811831-1981
- Church – Chatfield Evangelical Lutheran Peace Congregation 1842-19361842-1936
- Church – First Presbyterian, Bucyrus 1838-19651838-1965
- Church – St. Paul’s Lutheran, Bucyrus 1852-19271852-1927
Deeds and land
Court records
- Clerk of Courts Records 1832-18841832-1884
- Common Pleas Chancery V. 4, 1851-18541851-1854
Other records
- Common Pleas Journal V. 2-3, 1839-1842 & 1842-18481839-1842; 1842-1848
- Common Pleas Journals 1846-18531846-1853
Marriages, births and deaths
- Marriages 1831-18641831-1864
- Mortality Schedule 1860, 18801860; 1880
See the repository's descriptions and search options
Repository access note: Selected microfilm holdings from the Ohio Genealogical Society’s published 2012 inventory. This is a historical inventory: confirm that the film is still available, along with current visit, copying and access conditions, before relying on it. These are holdings at the society, not a complete county courthouse inventory. Census spans do not imply that every census survives; the 1890 population census is largely lost. Some original catalog titles contain historical terminology.
Sources: the catalogs and repository descriptions linked on the entries above. Selected inventories do not establish complete coverage of every record type or online access to original documents. Read the repository access note for source dates and limitations.
Where to find the records
- Find Crawford County's official website
We haven't checked this county's website yet, so this opens a web search. Look for an address ending in .gov, then find the county recorder, the probate court, the clerk of the court of common pleas and the Ohio History Connection.
- The county recorder
Deeds, mortgages and other land records.
- The probate court
Wills, estates and guardianships, marriage licenses, births and deaths registered from 1867 to 1908, and most naturalizations from about 1859 to 1906.
- The clerk of the court of common pleas
Civil cases, divorces, and naturalizations before about 1859 and after 1906.
- The Ohio History Connection
In Columbus: state records, death certificates, and county records at its archives and regional network.
- Ohio History Connection Archives & Libraryfree
The state's historical society archives and library in Columbus, with state and county records and death certificates.
- FamilySearch Catalogfree
Search by place for "Ohio, Crawford" to find filmed and digitized records, many viewable free online with a FamilySearch account.
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Boundaries and parent counties
Formed from: Land not yet in any county
Later formed partly from Crawford County: Morrow County, Wyandot County
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1820, search the parent county. The Atlas of Historical County Boundaries shows each boundary change.
Research tip
Ohio's probate courts registered births and deaths from 1867 until statewide registration began in 1908, so for those years ask the probate court of the county.