Canton Genealogy (in Stark County, OH)

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Canton Birth Records

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1800-1962 Ohio Births and Christenings Index Ancestry online

1908-1964 Ohio Birth Index Ancestry online

Birth records, 1867-1908 FamilySearch Library

Christ United Methodist Church (Canton, Ohio) records 1941-2010 Archive Grid

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

Records (microform) 1851-1983, First Evangelical Lutheran Church (Canton, Ohio) Archive Grid

Records (microform) of First Baptist Church, First Baptist Church (Canton, Ohio) Archive Grid

Records (microform) of First United Church of Christ, First United Church of Christ (Canton, Ohio) Archive Grid

Trinity Lutheran Church, Canton, Ohio : births, baptisms, deaths, marriages FamilySearch Library

Canton Cemetery Records (54)


Canton Census Records

Ohio 1870 : Stark & Summit counties including the cities of Akron & Canton FamilySearch Library

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

Canton Church Records

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1800-1962 Ohio Births and Christenings Index Ancestry online

Calvary United Methodist Church (Canton, Ohio) records 1859-1999 Archive Grid

Calvin Presbyterian Church, Register, 1931-1970 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Canton of today, 1890 : Canton, Ohio, its factories, business houses, residences, churches, schools, colleges, public buildings, picturesque surroundings, etc. FamilySearch Library

Christ United Methodist Church (Canton, Ohio) records 1941-2010 Archive Grid

Church records and history of Martin Luther Lutheran Church, Canton, Ohio WorldCat

Church records, 1809-1919 (Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Canton Branch (Canton, Ohio)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1840-1983 (First Evangelical Lutheran Church (Canton, Ohio)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1859-1930 (First Baptist Church (Canton, Ohio)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1869-1993 (St. Paul's Church (Canton, Ohio : Episcopal)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1894-1910 (First Reformed Church (Canton, Ohio)) FamilySearch Library

Early records of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church : also known as Wershler's or Henry's Church ; Early records of Emanuel's United Church of Christ : (High Church) WorldCat

Early records of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Canton, Ohio and Emanuel's United Church of Christ, Doylestown, Ohio FamilySearch Library

Fairmount Park United Presbyterian Church, Register, 1923-1931 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Fairmount Park United Presbyterian Church, Register, 1949-1970 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Grace Evangelical United Brethren Church (Canton, Ohio) records 1908-1961 Archive Grid

Historical Sketch of the Congregational Church and Parish of Canton Center Ancestry online

History of the First Reformed Church, Canton, Ohio FamilySearch Library

History of the First Reformed Church, Canton, Ohio LDS Genealogy online

History of the First Reformed Church, Canton, Ohio Internet Archive online

Record of members, [1927?]-1957 (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Canton Branch (Ohio)) FamilySearch Library

Records (microform) 1851-1983, First Evangelical Lutheran Church (Canton, Ohio) Archive Grid

Records (microform) of First Baptist Church, First Baptist Church (Canton, Ohio) Archive Grid

Records (microform) of First United Church of Christ, First United Church of Christ (Canton, Ohio) Archive Grid

Records of persons uniting with the Presbyterian Church under the ministry of Rev. H. Clay Ferguson at Emsworth, Pa., 1885-1890; Canton, Ohio, First Presbyterian Church, 1890-1901; Philadelphia, Harper Memorial Presbyterian Church, 1901-1939. Includes baptisms FamilySearch Library

The centennial celebration of the First Prestbyterian Church of Canton, Ohio, 1821-1921 FamilySearch Library

The seventy-fifth anniversary celebration of the First Baptist Church of Canton, Ohio FamilySearch Library

Trinity Lutheran Church, Canton, Ohio : births, baptisms, deaths, marriages FamilySearch Library

Canton City Directories (76)


Canton Death Records

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1908-1932, 1938-2007 Ohio Deaths Ancestry online

Index to deaths and obituaries in miscellaneous newspapers of Canton, OH, 1901-1910 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

Ohio, Stark County Coroner's Records, 1890-2002 Family Search online

Records (microform) 1851-1983, First Evangelical Lutheran Church (Canton, Ohio) Archive Grid

Records (microform) of First United Church of Christ, First United Church of Christ (Canton, Ohio) Archive Grid

Stark County, Ohio, Coroner's Records, 1890-2002 Ancestry online

Trinity Lutheran Church, Canton, Ohio : births, baptisms, deaths, marriages FamilySearch Library

Canton Histories and Genealogies

Canton : a journey through time FamilySearch Library

Canton Sesquicentennial 1805-1955 FamilySearch Library

Old landmarks of Canton and Stark County, Ohio FamilySearch Library

Souvenir Views of Canton Ancestry online

The Greek Story of Canton, Ohio, 1898-1973 FamilySearch Library

Canton Immigration Records

Index to the naturalization records of Stark County, Ohio, 1809-1852 FamilySearch Library

Naturalization records, 1861-1903 FamilySearch Library

Ohio, County Naturalization Records, 1800-1977 MyHeritage online

Canton Land Records

Deed records of five Ohio counties, 1809-1902 : Columbiana, Harrison, Jefferson, Stark, Tuscarawas counties FamilySearch Library

Index to deeds; grantors, transcribed from Trumbull, Portage, Medina and Stark counties, 1795-1840 FamilySearch Library

Land records (Stark County, Ohio) 1809-1906 FamilySearch Library

Canton Map Records

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Canton, Stark County, Ohio, 1897 Library of Congress online

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

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Canton, Stark County, Ohio, 1914-1950 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Canton, Stark County, Ohio, December 1891 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Canton, Stark County, Ohio, January 1887 Library of Congress online

Canton Marriage Records

1774-1993 Ohio, County Marriages Ancestry online

Marriage records, 1809-1916; marriage index, 1809-1972 FamilySearch Library

Records (microform) 1851-1983, First Evangelical Lutheran Church (Canton, Ohio) Archive Grid

Records (microform) of First United Church of Christ, First United Church of Christ (Canton, Ohio) Archive Grid

Trinity Lutheran Church, Canton, Ohio : births, baptisms, deaths, marriages FamilySearch Library

Canton Minority Records

Ohio Staats-Bote, German newspaper, 1846-1851 Ohio Memory online

Stark Jewish News. (Canton, Ohio) 1920-Current US Newspaper Directory

Vaterlandsfreund (1833), German newspaper, 1834-1836 Ohio Memory online

Vaterlandsfreund (1845), German newspaper, 1845-1846 Ohio Memory online

Vaterlandsfreund und Geist der Zeit, German newspaper, 1837-1845 Ohio Memory online

Vaterlandsfreund und Westliche Beobachter, German newspaper, 1836-1837 Ohio Memory online

Canton Newspapers and Obituaries

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Canton Daily News 1912-1930 Stark County District Library online

Canton Evening Times 1910-1910 Stark County District Library online

Canton Morning News 1903-1910 Stark County District Library online

Canton News Democrat 1895-1895 Stark County District Library online

Canton Repository 03/30/1815 to 12/28/1905 Genealogy Bank online

Daily Repository and Republican 06/11/1873 to 06/21/1873 Genealogy Bank online

Democratic Transcript 1853-1854 Stark County District Library online

Der Vaterlandsfreund (Canton, Stark County, Ohio) (from April 18, 1834 to May 6, 1836) MyHeritage online

Der Vaterlandsfreund (Canton, Stark County, Ohio) (from March 14, 1845 to March 11, 1846) MyHeritage online

Der Vaterlandsfreund 05/09/1834 to 05/06/1836 and 03/14/1845 to 03/11/1846 Genealogy Bank online

Der Vaterlandsfreund 1834-1836 Newspapers.com online

Der Vaterlandsfreund 1845-1846 Newspapers.com online

Der Vaterlandsfreund und Geist der Zeit (Canton, Stark County, Ohio) (from Nov. 17, 1837 to March 7, 1845) MyHeritage online

Der Vaterlandsfreund und Geist der Zeit 12/22/1837 to 03/07/1845 Genealogy Bank online

Der Vaterlandsfreund und Geist der Zeit 1837-1845 Newspapers.com online

Der Vaterlandsfreund und Geist der Zeit. (Canton, Stark County, Ohio) (from Nov. 17, 1837 to March 7, 1845) Chronicling America online

Der Vaterlandsfreund und Westliche Beobachter 05/13/1836 to 11/10/1837 Genealogy Bank online

Der Vaterlandsfreund und Westliche Beobachter 1836-1837 Newspapers.com online

Der Vaterlandsfreund und Westliche beobachter (Canton, Stark County, Ohio) (from May 13, 1836 to Nov. 10, 1837) MyHeritage online

Der Vaterlandsfreund und Westliche beobachter. (Canton, Stark County, Ohio) (from May 13, 1836 to Nov. 10, 1837) Chronicling America online

Der Vaterlandsfreund. (Canton, Stark County, Ohio) (from April 18, 1834 to May 6, 1836) Chronicling America online

Der Vaterlandsfreund. (Canton, Stark County, Ohio) (from March 14, 1845 to March 11, 1846) Chronicling America online

Index to death and marriage notices in the Ohio Repository of Stark County, Ohio 1815-1834 FamilySearch Library

Index to deaths and obituaries in miscellaneous newspapers of Canton, OH, 1901-1910 WorldCat

News Democrat 1901-1912 Stark County District Library online

Ohio Repository, the 1815-62 (Newspaper: Canton, Ohio) Ancestry online

Ohio Staats-Bote 1846-1851 Newspapers.com online

Ohio Staats-Bote, German newspaper, 1846-1851 Ohio Memory online

Ohio Staats-bote (Canton, Stark County, Ohio) (from Dec. 16, 1846 to May 3, 1851) MyHeritage online

Ohio Staats-bote 12/16/1846 to 05/03/1851 Genealogy Bank online

Ohio Staats-bote. (Canton, Stark County, Ohio) (from Dec. 16, 1846 to May 3, 1851) Chronicling America online

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

Repository 02/23/1878 to 12/31/1961 Genealogy Bank online

Repository 10/01/1999 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Repository, The: Web Edition Articles 01/03/2017 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Stark County Democrat (Canton, Ohio) (from June 17, 1868 to April 14, 1910) MyHeritage online

Stark County Democrat 06/17/1868 to 04/14/1910 Genealogy Bank online

Stark County Democrat 1840-1910 Stark County District Library online

Stark County Democrat 1868-1910 Newspapers.com online

Stark County Democrat, 1868-1910 Ohio Memory online

Stark County Republican 1859-1868 Stark County District Library online

The Stark County Democrat. (Canton, Ohio) (from June 17, 1868 to April 14, 1910) Chronicling America online

Vaterlandsfreund (1833), German newspaper, 1834-1836 Ohio Memory online

Vaterlandsfreund (1845), German newspaper, 1845-1846 Ohio Memory online

Vaterlandsfreund und Geist der Zeit, German newspaper, 1837-1845 Ohio Memory online

Vaterlandsfreund und Westliche Beobachter, German newspaper, 1836-1837 Ohio Memory online

Offline Newspapers for Canton

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.

Branch Reporter. ([Canton, Ohio]) 1943-Current

Canton Daily Democrat. (Canton, Ohio) 1884-1888

Canton Daily News. (Canton, Ohio) 1912-1930

Canton Daily Repository. (Canton, Ohio) 1878-1886

Canton Forum & Stark County Democrat. (Canton, Ohio) 1933-1962

Canton Morning News. (Canton, Ohio) 1903-1910

Canton Repository and Republican. (Canton, Ohio) 1868-1874

Canton Repository and the Canton Daily News. (Canton, Ohio) 1930-1939

Canton Repository. (Canton, Ohio) 1874-1913

Canton Repository. (Canton, Ohio) 1939-1978

Clarion-Post News. (Canton, Ohio) 1970-1970s

Democratic Transcript. (Canton, Ohio) 1853-1854

Evening Repository. (Canton and Massillon, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1930

Focus. (Canton, Ohio) 1894-1890s

Freedom's Journal. ([Canton, Ohio]) 1970-1970s

News-Democrat. (Canton, Ohio) 1888-1903

News-Democrat. (Canton, Ohio) 1910-1912

Ohio Repository, and Stark County Gazette. (Canton, Ohio) 1826-1830

Ohio Repository. (Canton, Ohio) 1815-1826

Ohio Repository. (Canton, Ohio) 1830-1868

Ohio Sentinel. (Columbus) 1949-1963

Ohio Staats-Bote. (Canton, Stark County, Ohio) 1846-1851

Public Focus. (Canton, Ohio) 1893-1894

Repository. (Canton, Ohio) 1978-Current

Stark County Democrat. (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912

Stark County Republican. (Canton, Ohio) 1858-1868

Stark Jewish News. (Canton, Ohio) 1920-Current

Union Reporter. (Canton, Ohio) 1902-1932

Westliche Beobachter. (Canton, Ohio) 1827-1829

Canton Probate Records

1786-1998 Ohio, Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Ohio, Stark County Probate Records, 1886-1921 Family Search online

Canton School Records (56)


Canton Tax Records

Tax Duplicate 1810-1813 Stark County District Library online

Tax Record 1816-1838 Stark County District Library online



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