Genealogy and Local History in Union County, Ohio
Vital Records

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Online Sources

The following online sources are related to vital records for Union County.

General Information

• Ohio.gov, Department of Health - Vital Records (Birth, Death, Marriage, and Divorce) – Includes information on how to obtain copies of birth and death certificates for events occurring in Ohio
• Union County Health Department – Includes information on how to obtain copies of birth and death certificates for events occurring in Union County

Birth Records

• Union County Births – Includes Union County late registration of births and corrections

Marriage Records

• Union County Marriage Records – Includes details of some unindexed marriages for the period 1833-1836 and an index for marriages which occurred 1904-1906

Death Records

• Ohio Death Certificate Index, 1913-1944 – Searchable database covering all Ohio counties
• Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953 – Searchable database containing information extracted from death certificates with corresponding images
• Ohio Deaths and Burials, 1854-1997 – Searchable database containing information extracted from various death records including Union County deaths for the period 1867-1908
• Union County Death Records Prior to 1909 – Alphabetical index to Union County deaths for the period 1867-1908

Publications, Records, etc.

The following bibliography lists items related to vital records for Union County. Entries on this list are arranged by author or compiler and title. These items are available at repositories listed on the Archives and Libraries page per the holdings information following each entry. Some of these items may also be available at other libraries within Ohio and elsewhere.

Microfilmed items held by the LDS Family History Library can be requested at any LDS family history center. Make a note of the microfilm numbers needed in order to place a request.

• Burnham, Maria Davis.
  Miscellaneous deaths occuring in Union and Champaign counties, Ohio / Maria Davis Burnham. — Woodstock, Ohio : M.D. Burnham, [1959?]
  22 leaves.
  Covers 1880s through 1930s.
  Includes index.
  
  

  Holdings: Ohio Historical Society

  
  Microfilm. Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1963. on 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
  
  

  Holdings: LDS Family History Library (LDS FHL microfilm 0317515)



• Correction, marriage licenses.
  p. 15.
  Reports of corrections in a review list of Union County, Ohio, marriages, published in the Marysville tribune, beginning Mar. 17, 1880.
  In Union echoes. Vol. 15, no. 2 (Apr. 1995).
  
  

  For holdings, see Union echoes



• Daughters of the American Revolution. Hannah Emerson Dustin Chapter (Marysville, Ohio)
  Marriage records, Union County, Ohio, 1820-1865 / Hannah Emerson Dustin Chapter, D.A.R. — Marysville, Ohio : The Chapter, 1935.
  74, 148 leaves.
  Transcript of marriage records.
  Includes names of brides and grooms and marriage dates.
  Includes index.
  
  

  Holdings: Marysville Public Library

  
  Microfilm. Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1963. on 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
  
  

  Holdings: LDS Family History Library (LDS FHL microfilm 0317514)



• Gray, John, 1938-
  Millcreek Township, Union County, Ohio, some birth and death records.
  2 pts.
  Abstracts of birth and death records covering 1908-1914.
  Compiled by John Gray.
  In Union echoes. Vol. 8, no. 5 (Sept. 1988)-v. 8, no. 6 (Nov. 1988).
  
  

  For holdings, see Union echoes



• Hearl, Dianna.
  Union County, Ohio, probate court marriage records, 1820-1900 / by Dianna Hearl. — [Whitehall, OH : D. Hearl, 1997]
  117, 117 p.
  Transcript of marriage records.
  "March 1997."
  "Male sorted order, flip book over for female order."
  Includes names of brides and grooms and marriage dates.
  
  

  Holdings: Allen County Public Library; Marysville Public Library; Plain City Public Library



• Livingston, James.
  Union County, Ohio, death certificates.
  p. 21-[24]
  Tables for the period Dec. 1908-Dec. 1936 listing the beginning certificate numbers for each month for Union County death certificates filed with the state of Ohio; death certificates in the state collection are arranged by month, then alphabetically by county.
  Compiled by James Livingston.
  In Union echoes. Vol. 11, no. 2 (Mar. 1991).
  
  

  For holdings, see Union echoes



• Madison County, Ohio, marriages recorded in the Probate Court, London.
  22 pts.
  Transcript of marriage records covering 1810-1850; arranged chronologically.
  Madison County included the settled portion of southern Union County before 1820.
  Some parts have title: Madison County early marriages; Madison County marriages; Madison County, Ohio, marriages; or: Madison County Probate Court marriages.
  Some parts transcribed by Mary Seslar.
  No more published.
  Includes names of brides and grooms and marriage dates.
  In Union echoes. Vol. 4, no. 2 (Mar. 1984)-v. 4, no. 3 (May 1984); v. 4, no. 5 (Sept. 1984)-v. 4, no. 6 (Nov. 1984); v. 5, no. 2 (Mar. 1985)-v. 5, no. 5 (Sept. 1985); v. 7, no. 2 (Feb. 1987)-v. 7, no. 3 (May 1987); v. 8, no. 6 (Nov. 1988)-v. 9, no. 3 (May 1989); v. 9, no. 5 (Sept. 1989)-v. 10, no. 3 (May 1990); v. 10, no. 6 (Nov. 1990)-v. 11, no. 1 (Jan. 1991); v. 11, no. 4 (July 1991).
  
  

  For holdings, see Union echoes



• Marriage records, Union County, Ohio : as printed in Union echoes, newsletter of Union County Chapter, O.G.S. — [1981-<1999>]
  1 v. (loose-leaf).
  Collection of the transcribed marriage records previously published as Union County, Ohio, marriages in Union echoes covering 1820-<1861>.
  Includes names of brides and grooms, marriage dates, and officiating parties.
  Includes index.
  
  

  Holdings: Marysville Public Library



• Marriage returns and permission slips, Union County, Ohio : as printed in Union echoes, newsletter of Union County Chapter, O.G.S. — [1984-1992]
  1 v. (loose-leaf)
  Collection of the transcribed marriage consent or permission slips previously published as Union County, Ohio, marriage consents in Union echoes covering 1852-1934.
  Includes names of brides and grooms and year of marriage.
  Includes index.
  
  

  Holdings: Marysville Public Library



• Ohio. Probate Court (Union County)
  Birth and death records, 1867-1969. — Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1969, 1992.
  7 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
  Microfilm of original records at the Ohio Historical Society, Columbus, Ohio, and the Union County Courthouse, Marysville, Ohio.
  Includes indexes in each vol.
  
  

  Parts	Dates	LDS FHL microfilm numbers
  General index	1867-1907	1869781
  Birth records, v. 1-2	1867-1886	0573770
  Birth records, v. 3-4	1886-1909	0573771
  Birth registration corrections, v. 1	1941-1942	0573772
  Birth registration corrections, v. 2-3	1942-1958	0573773
  Birth registration corrections, v. 4	1958-1969	0573774
  Death records, v. 1-3	1867-1903	0573775

  
  

  Holdings: LDS Family History Library (for LDS FHL microfilm numbers, see the table above)



• Ohio. Probate Court (Union County)
  Marriage consents, 1839-1934. — Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1994.
  on 2 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
  Microfilm of original records at the Union County Courthouse, Marysville, Ohio.
  Records covering 1852-1934 are arranged chronologically by year then alphabetically by the name of the groom.
  
  

  Parts	Dates	LDS FHL microfilm numbers
  Marriage consents	1852-1934	1954077 item 7
  Marriage consents	1839-1934	1954078 item 1

  
  

  Holdings: LDS Family History Library (for LDS FHL microfilm numbers, see the table above)



• Ohio. Probate Court (Union County)
  Marriage records, 1820-1951. — Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1969, 1994.
  on 11 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
  Microfilm of original records at the Union County Courthouse, Marysville, Ohio.
  
  

  Parts	Dates	LDS FHL microfilm numbers
  Marriage index	1820-1859	0573776
  Marriage records, v. 1-2	1820-1854
  Marriage records, v. A-B	1854-1871	0573777
  Marriage records, v. C	1871-1880	0573778
  Marriage records, v. D	1880-1889	0573779
  Marriage records, v. E	1889-1897	0574662
  Marriage records, v. F	1897-1900	0574663
  Marriage records, v. G	1900-1904	0574664
  Marriage records, v. H-K	1904-1913	1954078 item 2-5
  Marriage records, v. L-N	1913-1933	1954079
  Marriage records, v. O-Q	1933-1946	1954080
  Marriage records, v. R-S	1946-1951	1954081

  
  

  Holdings: LDS Family History Library (for LDS FHL microfilm numbers, see the table above)



• Robinson, Dorothy Jenks, 1914-
  Births, 1908-1946, as recorded by Dr. E.S. Holmes / [transcribed by] Dorothy Jenks Robinson. — Plain City, Ohio : D.J. Robinson, [1986]
  70 p.
  Cover title: Plain City area, Ohio births, Union-Madison counties, 1908-1946.
  "August 1986"–P. [1].
  
  

  Holdings: Marysville Public Library; Plain City Public Library



• Robinson, Dorothy Jenks, 1914-
  Union County, Ohio, marriages.
  <54> pts.
  Transcript of marriage records covering 1820-<1863> arranged chronologically.
  Some parts have title: Union County Court House marriages record; or: Union County marriages.
  Transcribed by Dorothy J. Robinson and Margaret Bouic.
  Includes names of brides and grooms, marriage dates, and officiating parties.
  In Union echoes. Vol. 2, no. 3 (Mar. 1982); v. 2, no. 5 (July 1982)-v. 2, no. 6 (Sept. 1982); v. 3, no. 1 (Jan. 1983); v. 3, no. 3 (May 1983)-v. 3, no. 4 (July 1983); v. 5, no. 2 (Mar. 1985); v. 5, no. 4 (July 1985); v. 5, no. 6 (Nov. 1985)-v. 6, no. 3 (May 1986); v. 6, no. 6 (Nov. 1986); v. 7, no. 3 (May 1987)-v. 8, no. 1 (Jan. 1988); v. 13, no. 2 (summer 1993); v. 14, no. 2 (Apr. 1994); v. 14, no. 4 (Aug. 1994)-v. 15, no. 4 (Aug. 1995); v. 16, no. 2 (Apr. 1996)-v. 16, no. 4 (Aug. 1996); v. 16, no. 6 (Dec. 1996)-v. 17, no. 1 (Feb. 1997); v. 17, no. 3 (June 1997)-<v. 20, no. 6 (Dec. 2000)>.
  
  

  For holdings, see Union echoes



• Smith, Virginia.
  Index to recorded deaths in Union County, Ohio, prior to 1909 / by the Union County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society. — [Marysville, Ohio : Union County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society], 2006.
  1 v. (unpaged).
  Running title: Deaths of Union County, Ohio.
  "Compiled was made by Virginia Smith ..."–P. [i].
  
  

  Holdings: Marysville Public Library



• Stewart, Ruth, 1922-
  Birth records from 1878-1879.
  2 pts.
  Second part has title: Union County birth records from 1878-1879.
  Submitted by Ruth Stewart.
  No more published.
  In Union echoes. Vol. 14, no. 1 (Feb. 1994)-v. 14, no. 2 (Apr. 1994).
  
  

  For holdings, see Union echoes



• Union County, Ohio. Death records, 1867-1871.
  p. 580-584.
  Transcript of death records.
  Originally published in the periodical: Gateway to the West. Vol. 10, no. 1.
  In Bowers, Ruth. Gateway to the West. Baltimore : Genealogical Pub. Co., 1989. Vol. 2.
  
  

  For holdings, see Gateway to the West



• Union County, Ohio. Marriages, 1820-[1836].
  p. 585-594.
  Transcript of marriage records.
  Originally published in the periodical: Gateway to the West. Vol. 5, no. 1 ; vol. 8, no. 4.
  Contents: Marriages, 1820-1825 (p. 585-587) — Marriages, 1826-1836 (p. 588-594).
  In Bowers, Ruth. Gateway to the West. Baltimore : Genealogical Pub. Co., 1989. Vol. 2.
  
  

  For holdings, see Gateway to the West



• [Union County, Ohio, marriage consents].
  14 pts.
  Transcript of marriage consent or permission slips covering 1852-1934.
  Some parts lack title or have title: Marriage slips; More court house marriages permission slips; Union County marriage consents; Union County, OH, marriage consents; or: Union County, Ohio, marriage/permission slips.
  No more published.
  Arranged alphabetically by the name of the groom, Jan. 1984-Jan. 1985; arranged chronologically by year of marriage, Nov. 1987-May 1992.
  Includes names of brides and grooms and year of marriage.
  In Union echoes. Vol. 4, no. 1 (Jan. 1984)-v. 4, no. 3 (May 1984); v. 4, no. 5 (Sept. 1984)-v. 5, no. 1 (Jan. 1985); v. 7, no. 6 (Nov. 1987)-v. 8, no. 3 (May 1988); v. 8, no. 6 (Nov. 1988); v. 12, no. 1 (Jan. 1992)-v. 12, no. 3 (May 1992).
  
  

  For holdings, see Union echoes

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• Genealogy and Local History in Union County, Ohio