Columbus Genealogy (in Franklin County, OH)

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Columbus 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

Birth records, 1889-1891 FamilySearch Library

Certificates of stillbirth, 1942-1952 FamilySearch Library

East 8th Avenue Evangelical United Brethren Church (Columbus, Ohio) records 1901-1957 Archive Grid

First Methodist Church (Columbus, Ohio) records 1886 -1968 Archive Grid

Morgan Memorial United Methodist Church (Columbus, Ohio) records 1910-1973 Archive Grid

Neil Avenue United Methodist Church (Columbus, Ohio) records 1877 - 1995 Archive Grid

Oakwood United Methodist Church (Columbus, Ohio) records 1896 - 1986 Archive Grid

Ohio Avenue Evangelical Church (Columbus, Ohio) records 1913-1933 Archive Grid

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

Records (microform) 1867-2006, Broad Street United Methodist Church (Columbus, Ohio) Archive Grid

Records (microform) 1885-1959, First Methodist Episcopal Church (Columbus, Ohio) Archive Grid

Records (microform) 1915-1992, Overbrook Presbyterian Church (Columbus, Ohio) Archive Grid

Records (microform) of First Presbyterian Church, First Presbyterian Church (Columbus, Ohio) Archive Grid

South United Methodist Church (Columbus, Ohio) records 1897 - 1995 Archive Grid

The collection and registration of vital statistics WorldCat

Columbus Cemetery Records (132)


Columbus Census Records

Federal Census of 1940, Columbus, Ohio LDS Genealogy online

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

Columbus Church Records (63)


Columbus City Directories (184)


Columbus Court Records

Minute book, 1907-1916 FamilySearch Library

Columbus Death Records

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1908-1932, 1938-2007 Ohio Deaths Ancestry online

Certificates of death, 1904-1941 FamilySearch Library

Death certificates of Franklin County, 1931-1953 FamilySearch Library

Death records, 1875-1908 FamilySearch Library

Deaths and marriages from The Ark, and Odd Fellows' western monthly magazine : transcribed from vol. 2, 1845, and vol. 3, 1846, Columbus, Ohio FamilySearch Library

First Methodist Church (Columbus, Ohio) records 1886 -1968 Archive Grid

Franklin County, Columbus, Ohio death notices and obituaries WorldCat

Franklin County, Ohio, death records, 1811-1832, from area newspapers, July 17, 1811-Oct. 18, 1832 FamilySearch Library

From Old Newspapers, Franklin County, Ohio, Death Records : from July 17, 1811 To October 18, 1832 FamilySearch Library

Funeral home records, 1911-1932 FamilySearch Library

Indexes to Columbus Health Department death certificates (on microfilm), 1904-1908. WorldCat

Morgan Memorial United Methodist Church (Columbus, Ohio) records 1910-1973 Archive Grid

Neil Avenue United Methodist Church (Columbus, Ohio) records 1877 - 1995 Archive Grid

Oakland Park United Methodist Church (Columbus, Ohio) records 1952-2012 Archive Grid

Oakwood United Methodist Church (Columbus, Ohio) records 1896 - 1986 Archive Grid

Obituaries from the Columbus Citizen Journal, Columbus (Franklin Co.) Ohio, January 1, 1985-March 30, 1985 WorldCat

Ohio Avenue Evangelical Church (Columbus, Ohio) records 1913-1933 Archive Grid

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 (microform) 1867-2006, Broad Street United Methodist Church (Columbus, Ohio) Archive Grid

Records (microform) 1915-1992, Overbrook Presbyterian Church (Columbus, Ohio) Archive Grid

South United Methodist Church (Columbus, Ohio) records 1897 - 1995 Archive Grid

The Columbus Catholic cemetery : history and records, 1846-1874 WorldCat

The Columbus Dispatch : obituaries for October 13, 1999 FamilySearch Library

The collection and registration of vital statistics WorldCat

Columbus Histories and Genealogies (55)


Columbus Immigration Records

Declarations of intention and petition for naturalization, 1846-1917 FamilySearch Library

Military petitions for naturalization at Columbus, 1918-1919 FamilySearch Library

Naturalization index (Ohio), 1852-1991 FamilySearch Library

Naturalization records, 1859-1906; index to naturalization records, 1850-1906 FamilySearch Library

Naturalization service petition and record at Columbus, 1918-1931 FamilySearch Library

Naturalization service petition and record at Columbus, 1918-1931 FamilySearch Library

Ohio, County Naturalization Records, 1800-1977 MyHeritage online

Record of declaration of intention at Columbus, 1917-1933 FamilySearch Library

Willcox, Wilcox; migration and settlement, Orange County, New York, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, Franklin County, Ohio and other places FamilySearch Library

Columbus Land Records

Caldwell's atlas of Franklin Co., and of the city of Columbus, Ohio FamilySearch Library

Deed records (Franklin County, Ohio), 1804-1877 FamilySearch Library

Columbus Map Records

Birds eye view map of Columbus, Ohio, 1872 Library of Congress online

Caldwell's Atlas of Franklin County, and of the City of Columbus, Ohio, from Actual Surveys, 1872 (included in U.S. County and Regional Histories and Atlases collection) Ancestry online

Caldwell's atlas of Franklin Co., and of the city of Columbus, Ohio FamilySearch Library

Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio precinct boundaries maps FamilySearch Library

Columbus, Ohio 1941 Map American Geographical Society online

Franklin County, Ohio; wall maps for 1842, 1856 & 1883 : printed one township per page and Caldwell's atlas of 1872, plus a consolidated index for the wall maps and the 1872 atlas FamilySearch Library

Ohio highway map, city of Columbus, Franklin Co. FamilySearch Library

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, 1891 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, 1901 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, 1921-1922 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, 1921-1951 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, 1950 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, February 1887 Library of Congress online

Twin Valley Behavioral Healthcare (Central Ohio Psychiatric Hospital) Columbus, Ohio : patient burial list, 1909-1977 : compilation by patient identification number, plot map : compiled as required by RC 5122.47 (HB 398, 125th General Assembly). WorldCat

Columbus Marriage Records

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1774-1993 Ohio, County Marriages Ancestry online

Baptisms and marriages, 1852-1861, St. Patrick Roman Catholic Church, Columbus, Ohio FamilySearch Library

Deaths and marriages from The Ark, and Odd Fellows' western monthly magazine : transcribed from vol. 2, 1845, and vol. 3, 1846, Columbus, Ohio FamilySearch Library

East 8th Avenue Evangelical United Brethren Church (Columbus, Ohio) records 1901-1957 Archive Grid

First Methodist Church (Columbus, Ohio) records 1886 -1968 Archive Grid

Franklin County, Ohio, divorces before 1870 : with many state-wide references FamilySearch Library

Marriage affidavits, 1844-1857 FamilySearch Library

Marriage records, 1803-1951; index, 1803-1918 FamilySearch Library

Marriage records, 1889-1893 FamilySearch Library

Morgan Memorial United Methodist Church (Columbus, Ohio) records 1910-1973 Archive Grid

Neil Avenue United Methodist Church (Columbus, Ohio) records 1877 - 1995 Archive Grid

Oakwood United Methodist Church (Columbus, Ohio) records 1896 - 1986 Archive Grid

Ohio Avenue Evangelical Church (Columbus, Ohio) records 1913-1933 Archive Grid

Ohio Marriages, 1803-1900: Franklin County, Ohio Marriages, 1851-1860 Ancestry online

Records (microform) 1867-2006, Broad Street United Methodist Church (Columbus, Ohio) Archive Grid

Records (microform) 1885-1959, First Methodist Episcopal Church (Columbus, Ohio) Archive Grid

Records (microform) 1915-1992, Overbrook Presbyterian Church (Columbus, Ohio) Archive Grid

South United Methodist Church (Columbus, Ohio) records 1897 - 1995 Archive Grid

The collection and registration of vital statistics WorldCat

Columbus Military Records

Burials and Civil War prisoners' records, 1861-1896 FamilySearch Library

Confederate cemeteries in Ohio : Camp Chase & Johnson Island FamilySearch Library

Lincoln's Body Guard, the Union Light Guard of Ohio Ancestry online

List showing inscriptions on headstones for the Confederate soldiers and sailors who, while prisoners of war, died at Columbus and Camp Denison, Ohio, and were buried in Camp Chase Confederate cemetery LDS Genealogy online

List showing inscriptions on headstones for the Confederate soldiers and sailors who, while prisoners of war, died at Columbus and Camp Denison, Ohio, and were buried in Camp Chase Confederate cemetery Internet Archive online

Military petitions for naturalization at Columbus, 1918-1919 FamilySearch Library

The 25th Ohio Vet. Vol. Infantry In the War For the Union Ancestry online

The Confederate dead buried at Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio FamilySearch Library

The story of Camp Chase; a history of the prison and its cemetery, together with other cemeteries where Confederate prisoners are buried, etc. FamilySearch Library

Columbus Minority Records

Columbus Jewish Chronicle, 1918-1919 Ohio Memory online

Columbus Jewish Chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio) 1918-1919 US Newspaper Directory

Early German Village history, South Columbus, Ohio FamilySearch Library

German Village Gazette, 2003-2005 Google News Archive online

Jewish Chronicle, 1919-1919 Ohio Memory online

Jews and Judaism in a midwestern community : Columbus, Ohio, 1840-1975 FamilySearch Library

Lager and liberty : German brewers of nineteenth century Columbus FamilySearch Library

OJC Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1990-1994 Ohio Memory online

Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1922-1990 Ohio Memory online

Ohio Jewish Chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio) 1922-1990 US Newspaper Directory

Ohio Jewish Chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio) 1958-1962 US Newspaper Directory

Ohio State Monitor, African American newspaper, 1919-1920 Ohio Memory online

Ohio State News, African American newspaper, 1944-1952 Ohio Memory online

The Columbus Germans FamilySearch Library

The Welsh of Columbus, Ohio : a Study in Adaptation and Assimilation Ancestry online

The Welsh of Columbus, Ohio: a study in adaptation and assimilation Public Library of Cincinnati online

Westbote (1843), German newspaper, 1843-1862 Ohio Memory online

Westbote (1843), German newspaper, 1863-1871 Ohio Memory online

Westbote (1872), German newspaper, 1872-1895 Ohio Memory online

Wochenblatt des Westboten, German newspaper, 1871-1872 Ohio Memory online

Columbus Miscellaneous Records

Official Report of the Proceedings and Debates of the Third Constitutional Convention of Ohio Ancestry online

Register of prisoners, 1834-1919 FamilySearch Library

The Railway reflector (Jackson, Ohio) : a periodical devoted to the interests of railroads and railroad centers; June 1987 issue FamilySearch Library

Columbus Newspapers and Obituaries (112)


Columbus Probate Records

1786-1998 Ohio, Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Abstracted wills & estate settlements from Franklin Co., Ohio : Probate Court records, with genealogical notes FamilySearch Library

Abstracted wills, 1805-1831, from Franklin County, Ohio court records with genealogical notes FamilySearch Library

Abstracts of wills of Franklin County, 1803-1865 FamilySearch Library

Columbus School Records (182)




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