Genealogical Resources in Athens County

Forms:

• Genealogoly request form (Athens County Courthouse)
• Birth and Death Request Form (Athens City-County Health Department)

ATHENS COUNTY COURTHOUSE
1 S. Court Street
Athens, Ohio 45701
Hours: 8:00 to 4:00 Monday through Friday.

ATHENS COUNTY RECORDER
Courthouse Annex Bldg, 2^nd Fl., 15 S. Court St.
Athens, Ohio 45701
(740) 592-3228

• Website: www.ohiorecorders.com
• Deeds from 1790 to present
• Veterans buried in the county—Rev. War to Present (incomplete records)
• Soldiers’ Discharge Records—Civil War to present (incomplete)

ATHENS COUNTY AUDITOR
Courthouse Annex Bldg, 3^rd Fl., 15 S. Court St.
Athens, Ohio
(740) 592-3223

• Tax records from 1820s – some arranged by township

CLERK OF COURT
1 S. Court St., 4^th Fl., Court House
Athens, Ohio 45701
(740) 592-3242:

• Divorces (First index in Ohio University Microfilm Department)

PROBATE COURT
1 S. Court St., 2^nd Fl., Court House
Athens, Ohio 45701
(740) 592-3251

• Marriages from 1800 to present
• Wills from 1814 to present
• Estate Records from 1915 to present
• Delayed Registrations and Corrections of Birth
• Estate Records from 1800 to 1914 transferred to Ohio University Alden Library

ATHENS CITY-COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT
278 West Union Street
Athens, Ohio 45701
(740) 592-4431

• Hours: 7:30AM to 11:30AM and 12:00PM to 3:45PM, Monday through Friday:
• website: www.health.athens.oh.us
• Birth and Death Records from 1909 to Present
• Effective 10/15/03 only Certified Copies of Birth and Death Records will be issued
• ALL Birth & Death Records will be $22.00 per copy: Cash or Money Order Only
• As of January 1, 2011, we have statewide access to birth certificates for persons born in the State of Ohio from 1909 to the present.

ATHENS COUNTY GENEALOGICAL AND HISTORICAL LIBRARY
65 North Court Street
Athens, Ohio 45701

• Hours: 1:00 to 4:00 Monday through Friday or by appointment
• Phone: (740) 592-2280. Parking available.

OHIO UNIVERSITY ALDEN LIBRARY
Athens, Ohio 45701*

• Microfilm First Floor (740) 593-2658
• Extensive Collection of newspapers
• Early records, town histories, etc. in Library of American Civilization
• Southeastern Ohio county records
• Draper Collection
• Census indexes, complete Ohio, Scattered for the rest of the Country
• Census reports, complete Ohio through 1880
• Southeast Ohio 1900 and 1910, 1860 for nearly the whole country,
• and some early returns for other eastern states.

• REFERENCE, 4^th Floor, (740) 593-2710:
  • Published and unpublished genealogies, County and local histories, Atlases, County and
  • Municipal Records, Southeast Ohio W. E. Peters Papers-Cemetery inscriptions for Athens
  • Co., Peters Genealogy Collection (card file index), Probate Court Estate Records from
  • 1800 to 1914
• GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS, 5^TH Floor, (740) 593-2717
  • 1790 Census (incomplete)
  • Rosters of Ohio Soldiers
  • Senate and House Documents
• STACKS, 6^TH & 7^TH Floors, (740) 593-2717
  • Family Histories, Heraldry
  • State papers and archives (Penn. archives for example)
  • State histories and published records (Penn. Marriages)
  • Historical Society publication, Some international records
  • Some American Indian Records, Some War Records

*Alden Library Hours: Monday through Thursday 8:00 to 12:00, Saturday 10:00 to 10:00, Sunday 12:00 to 12:00

Note: Sumer hours, holidays, or when school is not in session may vary. Call (740) 593-2695 for current information.