Ohio County WV Genealogy

USA (1,379,301) > West Virginia (26,539) > Ohio County (519)

If you're not sure which records would be helpful, you can try our Ancestor Source Finder tool. Ohio Records by Type Birth Records (9) Cemetery Records (54) Census Records (27) Church Records (11) City Directories (67) Court Records (31) Death Records (12) Histories and Genealogies (14) Immigration Records (7) Land Records (24) Map Records (16) Marriage Records (15) Military Records (7) Minority Records (1) Miscellaneous Records (27) Newspapers and Obituaries (141) Probate Records (29) School Records (22) Tax Records (5)

Overview of Ohio County Records

• Ohio County was created in 1776 from District of West Augusta.
• Birth records for 1917 and later, marriage records for 1921 and later, and death records for 1917 and later can be obtained from the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources .
• The Ohio County Clerk has birth and death records starting in 1853, marriage records starting in 1793, probate records starting in 1777, and land records starting in 1778.
• The Ohio County Clerk Circuit Court has divorce and court records starting in 1884.
• Online indexes and images of some of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.