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Carroll County was created on December 25, 1832 and was formed from Columbiana, Harrison, Jefferson, Stark and Tuscarawas Counties . The County was named for Charles Carroll of Carrollton, the last surving signer of the Declaration of Independence. The County Seat is Carrollton. See also County History for more historical details. The Health Department has Birth & Death Records from 1908-Present, see the Vital Records section for more details. Counties adjacent to Carroll County are Columbiana County (northeast), Jefferson County (southeast), Harrison County (south), Tuscarawas County (southwest), Stark County ( northwest) . Carroll County Municipalities Include Carrollton, Dellroy, Leesville, Magnolia, Malvern, Minerva, Sherrodsville. Townships Include Augusta, Brown, Center, East, Fox, Harrison, Lee, Loudon, Monroe, Orange, Perry, Rose, Union, Washington. Other localities Include Augusta, Harlem Springs, Mechanicstown
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All Departments below are in the Carroll County Courthouse 119 S Lisbon St, Carrollton 44615-1497, (330) 627-2323, unless otherwise noted below. The Official County website is located at http://www.co.carroll.oh.us/ . NOTE: The record dates below are from the earliest date to present time. Carroll County Clerk of Probate Court has Marriage Records from 1833 and Probate Records from 1833 . Phone Number: (330) 627-2250 Carroll County Recorder has Land Records from 1826.
PO Box 550,
Carrollton, OH 44615-0550;
330-627-4545,
Fax: 330-627-4295 Carroll County Clerk of Court of Common Pleas has Court Records from 1833. STE 202, (330) 627-2323Phone Number:
Below is a list of online resources for Carroll County Court Records. Email us with websites containing Carroll County Court Records by clicking the link below:
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Ohio did not make it a law to keep birth records until 1867. Ohio made it a law to record births in 1867. County probate courts kept birth records between 1867 and December 19, 1908. There is no statewide index to birth records from 1867 through December 19, 1908. Go to the list of county probate court birth records held at the Ohio Historical Society. If the Ohio Historical Society does not hold a county's birth records, please contact the county's probate court. Ohio Department of Health, Vital Statistics, 225 Neilston Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215; (614) 466-2531. Same-day service available to walk-in customers (for Ohio birth and death records only)., P.O. Box 570, Jefferson City, MO 65102, Please allow up to approximately 3 weeks to 6 months for processing of all type of certificates when ordered through the mail. They have the following records:
Order In Person: Same day service is available to walk-in customers. This is the fastest way to obtain a birth certificate. When you arrive, you will complete an application and pay the $16.50 required fee. Walk-in address is Ohio Department of Health,
Vital Statistics,
225 Neilston Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215
Below is a list of online resources for Carroll County Vital Records. Email us with websites containing Carroll County Vital Records by clicking the link below:
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Countywide Records: Federal Population Schedules that exist for Carroll County, Ohio are 1840, 1850 ,1860 ,1870, 1880, 1890 (fragment, see below), 1900, 1910, 1920 and 1930. Other Federal Schedules to look at when researching your Family Tree in Carroll County, Ohio are Industry and Agriculture Schedules availible for the years 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880. The Mortality Schedules for the years 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880. There are free downloadable and printable Census forms to help with your research. These include U.S. Census Extraction Forms and U.K. Census Extraction Forms. See Also Statewide Records that exist for Ohio Below is a list of online resources for Carroll County Census Records. Email us with websites containing Carroll County Census Records by clicking the link below:
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Genealogy Atlas has images of old American atlases during the years 1795, 1814, 1822, 1823, 1836, 1838, 1845, 1856, 1866, 1879 and 1897 for Ohio and other states.
You can view rotating animated maps for Ohio showing all the county boundaries for each census year overlayed with past and present maps so you can see the changes in county boundaries. You can view a list of maps for other states at Census Maps Below is a list of online resources for Carroll County Maps. Email us with websites containing Carroll County Maps by clicking the link below: |
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The uses and value of military records in genealogical research for ancestors who were veterans are obvious, but military records can also be important to re-searchers whose direct ancestors were not soldiers in any war. The fathers, grandfathers, brothers, and other close relatives of an ancestor may have served in a war, and their service or pension records could contain information that will assist in further identifying the family of primary interest. Due to the amount of genealogical information contained in some military pension files, they should never be overlooked during the research process. Those records not containing specific genealogical information are of historic value and should be included in any overall research design. Below is a list of online resources for Carroll County Military Records. Email us with websites containing Carroll County Military Records by clicking the link below:
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Tax records for Ohio began as early as 1800. The archives section of the Ohio Historical Society has a collection of original Ohio tax lists from the state auditor's office. They include lists from the county's organization to 1838, usually arranged by county and township. They are not indexed. County courthouses hold various tax records that have not been inventoried. They are in the office of the county auditor or the county records manager. The FHL has microfilm copies of all known extant tax records 1800-38 for Ohio. The National Archives-Great Lakes Region retains numerous federal tax records for Ohio. These include assessment books for 1867-73 and corporate and personal records for District 10, Toledo, and District 11, Columbus. Below is a list of online resources for Carroll County Tax Records. Email us with websites containing Carroll County Tax Records by clicking the link below: |
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The Repositories in this section are Archives, Libraries, Museums, Genealogical and Historical Societies. Many County Historical and Genealogical Societies publish magazines and/or news letters on a monthly, quarterly, bi-annual or annual basis. Contacting the local societies should not be over looked. State Archives and Societies are usually much larger and better organized with much larger archived materials than their smaller county cousins but they can be more generalized and over look the smaller details that local societies tend to have. Libraries can also be a good place to look for local information. Some libraries have a genealogy section and may have some resources that are not located at archives or societies. Also, take a special look at any museums in the area. They sometimes have photos and items from years gone by as well as information of a genealogical interest. All these places are vitally important to the family genealogist and must not be passed over. Below is a list of online resources for Carroll County Genealogical Addresses. Email us with websites containing Carroll County Genealogical Addresses by clicking the link below:
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There are many churches and cemeteries in Carroll County. Some transcriptions are online. A great site is the Carroll County Tombstone Transcription Project. Religion in Ohio was an early and important factor in settlement. The first Moravian mission was established in 1772. Presbyterians and Quakers were in the state at an early date, the latter having established forty-three monthly meetings and settlements between 1801 and 1883. The Presbyterians founded seventeen towns between 1784 and 1799. Baptists, Congregationalists, several reformed groups, Lutherans, Disciples of Christ, United Brethren, Methodists, and Catholics arrived prior to 1850. By 1890 the latter two denominations were the largest in the state. The Methodist circuit in Ohio was organized in 1798, with circuit riders traveling from log cabins to camp meetings across the territory. In 1831 the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints migrated from New York to Kirtland in Lake County. No thorough survey exists of any of the holdings of individual churches in Ohio, although many are on microfilm through the FHL. The Ohio Genealogical Society is presently undertaking a church records survey. According to the Ohio Genealogical Society, the majority of Ohio counties have published cemetery records in one form or another. They suggest contacting local societies or one of the major genealogical libraries in the state. Below is a list of online resources for Carroll County Cemetery & Church Records. Email us with websites containing Carroll County Cemetery & Church Records by clicking the link below:
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When view family trees online or not, be sure to only take the info at face value and always follow up with your own sources or verify the ones they provide. Below is a list of online resources for Carroll County Family Trees, web forums and other family type information. Email us with websites containing Carroll County Family Trees, web forums and other family type information by clicking the link below:
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The Ohio government authorized the creation of Carroll County on December 25, 1832. The county was named for Charles Carroll, the last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence. Carroll died in 1833. The county was originally part of Columbiana County. The Fighting McCooks, a family of Union Army volunteers during the American Civil War, resided in the county. One of the McCooks’ homes is now an Ohio Historical Society site. Carroll County is located in the eastern portion of Ohio, and it is in the heart of Appalachia. With less than one percent of the county’s 395 square miles deemed to be urban, most residents live in rural areas. The county averages just seventy-three people per square mile. The county’s largest community is Carrollton, the county seat, which had just over three thousand residents in 2000. Unlike many of Ohio’s predominantly rural counties, Carroll County actually experienced a growth in population between 1990 and 2000. In 2000, 28,836 people resided in the county, and increase of almost nine percent since 1990. Approximately ten percent of Carroll County’s residents earn their livings through farming. Manufacturing establishments, sales positions, and service industries are the three largest, non-agricultural employers in the county. Coal mining used to be a major industry in the county, but companies have extracted most of the coal through strip mining. In 1999, the per capita income for Carroll County residents was approximately twenty-one thousand dollars. Almost eleven percent of the county’s residents lived in poverty. This percentage is relatively small in comparison to most other counties in Appalachian Ohio. Carrollton is the county seat of Carroll County, Ohio. Founded in 1815, Carrollton originally was known as Centretown. Upon the formation of Carroll County in 1832, Centretown residents changed the community’s name to Carrollton. The town grew slowly, having only eight hundred residents in 1840. By 1846, the community consisted of just four churches, six retail stores, and two printing shops. Despite eventually having a railroad that connected Carrollton with the rest of Ohio, the town remained small throughout the nineteenth century. In 1880, only 1,136 people resided in the town. Approximately one-third of these people were school-aged children. Three newspapers, five churches, and one bank existed in the town. In October 1887, the townspeople boasted that no saloons existed in their community and that there was not a single criminal in the county jail, which was located in Carrollton. Some of Ohio’s “Fighting McCooks” resided in Carrollton during the 1800s. One of their homes is now a museum operated by the Ohio Historical Society. The twentieth century witnessed slow growth for Carrollton, which numbered just over three thousand residents in 2000. Carrollton was Carroll County’s largest community in 2000, and it did contain over ten percent of the county’s entire population. Only twelve percent of the city’s residents over twenty-five years of age had a four-year college degree in 2000. In that same year, most residents found employment in manufacturing or retail establishments. The city’s per capita income was just over fourteen thousand dollars. |
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