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Created in 1808, Knox County is located in central Ohio about
35 miles north and east of Columbus. This database is a collection of vital
records from the county between 1800 and 1882. It includes the names of over
8600 persons who were born, were married or died in the county.
City of Toledo, Board of Health Birth Record Index, 1888-1890
Situated on the southern shores of Lake Erie, Toledo is the county seat of Lucas
County, Ohio. The population of Lucas County swelled from 67,377 in 1880 to
102,296 by 1890, with the largest percentage of the population living within the
City of Toledo.
The Northwest Territory, which was established in 1787,
includes present-day Ohio. After a period of about 16 years, Ohio became a state
in 1803. This database contains records of marriages that took place in Ohio
between 1803 and 1900.
Just four miles west of downtown Columbus, Ohio, is Camp Chase
Confederate Cemetery, the final resting place of 2,163 confederate soldiers from
thirteen different southern states. These soldiers died between 1862 and 1865
while at the Civil War prison camp located there.
The county seat of Lucas County, Ohio, the City of Toledo was
home to over 131,000 people by 1900. This database contains 7,388 names from the
Toledo Health Department, Death Records Index, 1894-1897.