Athens Genealogy (in Athens County, OH)

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Athens Birth Records

1800-1962 Ohio Births and Christenings Index Ancestry online

1908-1964 Ohio Birth Index Ancestry online

Birth record card file index, 1906-1941 FamilySearch Library

Ohio, Birth Records, 1908-present Ohio Department of Health

Records of birth and death, 1867-1956 FamilySearch Library

Athens Cemetery Records

Alexander Cemetery Billion Graves online

Appalachian Behavioral Healthcare (Athens State Hospital) Athens, Ohio : patient burial list, 1880-1976 : compilation by burial date and grave number, plot map : compiled as required by RC 5122.47 (HB 398, 125th General Assembly). WorldCat

Athens County Memory Gardens Find a Grave online

Athens Mental Health Center Cemetery #1 Find a Grave online

Athens Township cemeteries, Harrison County, Ohio WorldCat

Athens and Short Creek Township cemeteries : Harrison County, Ohio WorldCat

Bennett Cemetery Find a Grave online

Canaanville Cemetery Billion Graves online

Clarks Chapel Cemetery Find a Grave online

Cumberland Cemetery Find a Grave online

Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd Columbarium Find a Grave online

Factory Cemetery Billion Graves online

Gibbs Cemetery Find a Grave online

Gillette Cemetery Find a Grave online

Haines Cemetery Find a Grave online

Haines Cemetery Billion Graves online

Hunter Cemetery Find a Grave online

Inscriptions in the Plains, Union, Zion and the small cemeteries in Athens Township, Athens County, Ohio WorldCat

Matheny Cemetery Billion Graves online

Mount Calvary Cemetery Find a Grave online

Mount Calvary Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Athens, Ohio FamilySearch Library

Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Athens, Ohio WorldCat

Old Athens Hospital Cemetery Billion Graves online

Patient burial lists : Athens, Columbus, Toledo. WorldCat

Pilcher Cemetery Find a Grave online

Ridges Cemetery Find a Grave online

Simms Cemetery Find a Grave online

Slaughter Cemetery Find a Grave online

Snowden Cemetery Find a Grave online

State Street Cemetery Ohio Gravestones online

Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Columbarium Find a Grave online

Weatherby Cemetery Find a Grave online

West State Street Cemetery Find a Grave online

West State Street cemetery, Athens, Ohio FamilySearch Library

West Union Street Cemetery Find a Grave online

West Union Street Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

West Union Street Cemetery Genealogy Trails online

West Union Street Cemetery, Athens, Ohio FamilySearch Library

Athens Census Records

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage online

United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search online

Athens Church Records

1800-1962 Ohio Births and Christenings Index Ancestry online

Faith and family, Saint Paul's Catholic Church, Ohio, the nineteenth century FamilySearch Library

First Presbyterian Church of Athens records 1831-1997, Athens, Ohio Archive Grid

Athens Death Records

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1908-1932, 1938-2007 Ohio Deaths Ancestry online

Athens County obituaries, 1925-1929 Genealogy Gophers online

Athens County obituaries, 1930-1934 Genealogy Gophers online

Athens County obituaries, 1940-1944 Genealogy Gophers online

Athens County obituaries, 1950-1954 Genealogy Gophers online

Athens County obituaries, 1955-1959 Genealogy Gophers online

Athens County obituaries, 1965-1969 Genealogy Gophers online

Death records of Hughes Funeral Home, Athens, Ohio WorldCat

Death records of Hughes Funeral home, Athens Ohio FamilySearch Library

Death records of Hughes-Moquin Funeral Home, Athens, Ohio, 1911-2000 WorldCat

Ohio Death Index, 1913-1944, 1954-1963 MyHeritage online

Ohio, Death Records, 1908-present Ohio Department of Health

Ohio, Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center Obituary Index, 1810s-2013 Ancestry online

Records of birth and death, 1867-1956 FamilySearch Library

Athens Histories and Genealogies

Athens, Ohio : the village years FamilySearch Library

Outstanding blacks in the Athens community FamilySearch Library

Athens Immigration Records

Naturalization records, 1880-1906 FamilySearch Library

Ohio, County Naturalization Records, 1800-1977 MyHeritage online

Athens Land Records

Deed records, 1792-1901; index, 1790-1902 FamilySearch Library

Athens Map Records

Athens, Ohio 1949 Map American Geographical Society online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Athens, Athens County, Ohio, 1900 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Athens, Athens County, Ohio, 1907 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Athens, Athens County, Ohio, 1914 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Athens, Athens County, Ohio, May 1885 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Athens, Athens County, Ohio, November 1890 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Athens, Athens County, Ohio, September 1895 Library of Congress online

Athens Marriage Records

1774-1993 Ohio, County Marriages Ancestry online

Marriage records, 1817-1951 FamilySearch Library

Marriage records, 1865-1880, Athens County, Ohio FamilySearch Library

Marriage records, 1881-1895, Athens County, Ohio FamilySearch Library

Marriage records, 1896-1905, Athens County, Ohio FamilySearch Library

Marriage records, 1913-1925, Athens County, Ohio FamilySearch Library

Ohio Marriages, 1803-1900: Athens County, Ohio Marriages, 1851-65 Ancestry online

Athens Minority Records

Outstanding blacks in the Athens community FamilySearch Library

Athens Newspapers and Obituaries

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Athens County Gazette, 1897-1909 Ohio Memory online

Athens County obituaries, 1925-1929 Genealogy Gophers online

Athens County obituaries, 1930-1934 Genealogy Gophers online

Athens County obituaries, 1940-1944 Genealogy Gophers online

Athens County obituaries, 1950-1954 Genealogy Gophers online

Athens County obituaries, 1955-1959 Genealogy Gophers online

Athens County obituaries, 1965-1969 Genealogy Gophers online

Athens Daily Messengerᅠ(1905-1976) Newspaper Archive online

Athens Messenger 09/01/2009 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Athens Messenger and Heraldᅠ(1891-1959) Newspaper Archive online

Athens Messengerᅠ(1850-2017) Newspaper Archive online

Athens News 06/01/2000 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Ohio, Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center Obituary Index, 1810s-2013 Ancestry online

The Athens Messenger 1850-60, 1862-65, 1868-83, 1894-97, 1926-32, 1963, and 1969-71 (Newspaper: Athens, Ohio) Ancestry online

The Athens Messenger and Herald 1896-97 (Newspaper: Athens, Ohio) Ancestry online

Offline Newspapers for Athens

According to the US Newspaper Directory, the following newspapers were printed, so there may be paper or microfilm copies available. For more information on how to locate offline newspapers, see our article on Locating Offline Newspapers.

Athens County Gazette. (Athens, Ohio) 1889-1909

Athens County Journal. (Athens, Ohio) 1870-1874

Athens Daily Messenger. (Athens, Ohio) 1905-1918

Athens Herald. (Athens, Ohio) 1882-1893

Athens Journal. (Athens, Ohio) 1875-1912

Athens Messenger and Herald. (Athens, Ohio) 1894-1902

Athens Messenger and Hocking Valley Gazette. (Athens, Ohio) 1844-1861

Athens Messenger. (Athens, Ohio) 1861-1893

Athens Messenger. (Athens, Ohio) 1902-1909

Athens Messenger. (Athens, Ohio) 1918-Current

Athens Mirror and Literary Register. (Athens, Ohio) 1825-1830

Athens News. (Athens, Ohio) 1979-Current

Athens Republican. (Athens, Ohio) 1881-1882

Athens a News. ([Athens, Ohio]) 1977-1978

Green and White. (Athens, Ohio) 1901-1939

Hocking Valley Gazette and Athens Journal. (Athens, Ohio) 1837-1844

Ohio University Post. (Athens, Ohio) 1939-1966

Post. (Athens, Ohio) 1966-Current

Western Spectator and Athenian Chronicle. (Athens, Ohio) 1830-1837

Athens Probate Records

1786-1998 Ohio, Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Athens School Records

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A pioneer college and its background (the Ohio University) FamilySearch Library

Athena - 1951, Ohio University Genealogy Gophers online

Athena - 1953, Ohio University Genealogy Gophers online

Athens Christian High School yearbook, 1952, 1953, 1954 Classmates online

Athens Christian High School yearbook, 1952, 1953, 1954 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Athens Christian High School yearbook, 1952, 1953, 1954 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Athens High School - Arena Yearbook (Athens, OH), 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1927, 1929, 1931, 1932, 1940, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1982 E Yearbook online

Athens High School yearbook, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1927, 1932, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

John Hancock High School yearbook, 1918, 1921, 1923, 1924 Classmates online

John Hancock High School yearbook, 1918, 1921, 1923, 1924 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

John Hancock High School yearbook, 1918, 1921, 1923, 1924 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Ohio University - Arts & Sciences yearbook, 1964 Classmates online

Ohio University - Arts & Sciences yearbook, 1964 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Ohio University - Athena Yearbook (Athens, OH), 1892, 1893, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 E Yearbook online

Ohio University yearbook, 1892, 1893, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Ohio University-Arts and Sciences yearbook, 1964 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Rome High School yearbook, 1948 Classmates online

Rome High School yearbook, 1948 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online



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