Finding Free Online Genealogy Collections in Ohio

If you follow The Ancestor Hunt, you know that we specialize in curating and presenting links to Free Online Genealogy Records, Collections, and Indexes by genealogical category. Everything that is online for free has not been captured in our link lists, as some specific categories and resources have not been curated as yet, or we may never do.

However, there are archives, libraries, unique document collections, and specialized genealogy websites throughout the state. With the list below, you should have exposure to the great majority of free online resources for the state.

• Access Genealogy – Ohio
• Akron-Summit County Public Library Archival Collections
• Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
• American History & Genealogy Project – Ohio
• Ancestry Free Index Collections
• Antioch College Digital Collections
• Archbold Community Library
• Ashland University Digital Collections
• Ashtabula Public Library
• Athens County Public Libraries
• Baldwin-Wallace University Digital Collections
• Bluffton University Digital Collections
• Bowling Green State University Digital Collections
• Canton, Stark Library
• Case Western Reserve University Digital Collections
• Cedarville University Digital Collections
• Champaign County Library
• Chronicling America – Ohio
• Cincinnati Public Library
• Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Database
• Clark County Public Library
• Cleveland Public Library Digital Gallery
• Cleveland State University Digital Collections
• Columbus Metropolitan Library
• Coshocton County District Library
• Cyndi’s List – Ohio
• David Rumsey’s Historical Maps
• Dayton Metro Library
• Dayton Metro Library
• Dead Fred
• Death Indexes – Ohio
• Denison University Digital Collections
• Digital Commons Collections
• Digital Public Library of America – Ohio
• Erie Lackawanna Historical Society Archives
• FamilySearch
• FamilySearch – Ohio Online Genealogy Records
• FamilySearch Catalog
• FamilySearch Wiki – Ohio
• FindAGrave
• Findlay-Hancock County Public Library
• Geauga County Genealogical Society
• Genealogy Trails – Ohio
• Google
• Google Books – Ohio
• Greater Cincinnati Memory Project
• Greene County Public Library
• Greenville Public Library
• Hamilton County Genealogical Society
• HathiTrust – Ohio
• Huron County Community Library
• I Dream of Genealogy
• Interment.net – Ohio
• Internet Archive – Ohio
• Kent State University Digital Collections
• Kenyon College Digital Collections
• LDS Genealogy – Ohio
• Library of Congress Digital Collections
• Linkpendium – Ohio
• Lourdes University Digital Collections
• Malone University Digital Collections
• Mansfield/Richland County Public Library
• Marietta College Digital Collections
• Mercer County District Library
• Miami University of Ohio Digital Collections
• Muskingum County Library System
• National Archives and Records Administration
• National Archives at Chicago
• National Archives Online Exhibits
• National Archives Resources for Genealogists
• Nationwide Gravesite Locator
• New Horizons Genealogy – Ohio
• Oberlin College Digital Collections
• Ohio Genealogical Society
• Ohio History Connection
• Ohio Memory
• Ohio Northern University Digital Collections
• Ohio State University – Columbus Digital Collections
• Ohio University, Athens Digital Collections
• Ohio Wesleyan University Digital Collections
• Otterbein University Digital Collections
• PastPerfectOnline Collections
• Preble County Library
• Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County
• Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County
• Sanborn Maps – Ohio
• Smithsonian Digital Library
• State Library of Ohio
• State Library of Ohio Collections
• The Cleveland Memory Project
• The College of Wooster Digital Collections
• The Digital Shoebox Project: Historical Treasures of Southeastern Ohio
• The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History
• The Official Land Records Site
• The University of Findlay Digital Collections
• Tiffin-Seneca Public Library
• Toledo‑Lucas County Public Library
• United States Social Security Death Index
• University of Akron Digital Collections
• University of Cincinnati Digital Collections
• University of Dayton Digital Collections
• University of Toledo Digital Collections
• Ursuline College Digital Collections
• US GenWeb – Ohio
• US GenWeb Archives – Ohio
• Walsh University Digital Collections
• Warren-Trumbull County Public Library
• Western Reserve Historical Society
• Williams County Public Library
• Wilmington College Digital Collections
• Wright State University Digital Collections
• Xavier University Digital Collections
• Youngstown State University Digital Collections

Here is the list of over 10,570 curated Ohio genealogy collection links from The Ancestor Hunt, by category:

• Newspapers
• Yearbooks
• Births
• Marriages
• Deaths
• Alumni Records
• Cemetery Records
• Church Records
• Coroner Records
• Criminal Records
• Directories
• Divorce Records
• Immigration Records
• Institutional Records
• Military Records
• Mortuary Records
• Naturalizations
• Obituaries
• Photos
• Probate and Wills
• School Records
• Tax Records
• Voter Records

Good Luck and Happy Hunting!