Ottawa County OH Genealogy
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If you're not sure which records would be helpful, you can try our Ancestor Source Finder tool. Ottawa Records by TypeBirth Records (25)Cemetery Records (109) Census Records (42) Church Records (46) City Directories (4) Court Records (5) Death Records (49) Histories and Genealogies (26) Immigration Records (7) Land Records (17) Map Records (43) Marriage Records (26) Military Records (8) Miscellaneous Records (5) Newspapers and Obituaries (75) Probate Records (8) School Records (37) Tax Records (4) 
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Overview of Ottawa County Records
- Ottawa County was created in 1840 from Erie, Sandusky, and Lucas counties.
- Copies of birth and death certificates from 1908 and later can be ordered from the Ohio Department of Health.
- The Ottawa County Health Department has birth records from 1867 to 1908, death records from 1867 to 1908, and burial records.
- The Ottawa County Probate Judge has marriage records from 1840 and probate records from 1840.
- The Ottawa County Clerk Court has court records starting in 1840, divorce records, and naturalization records starting in 1905 to 1929.
- The Ottawa County Recorder has land records.
- Online indexes and images of many of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.