Historical Documents

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This document reflects the record locations as they existed during the years I worked at the Auglaize County Courthouse. At that time, these offices were the proper custodians for the materials listed here and generally remain so until records are formally archived, often to Wright State University’s Archives. Because record management changes over time, some collections may now be housed elsewhere, so researchers should verify current locations with the appropriate county office.

Auglaize County Records by Office

County Records Inventory — Reference Document

Board of Health
  • Birth Record — 1908 to present
  • Death Record — 1908 to present

Clerk of Courts Common Pleas Records
Coordinator’s Note: Coroner’s Inquest Records early 1860s records have been found within Auglaize Clerk of Courts books rather than filed separately.
  • Chancery Court Record (1802–1851)
  • Supreme Court (1803–1851)
  • District Court (1852–1883)
  • Circuit Court (1883–1912)
  • Court of Appeals Current
  • Common Pleas Court Minutes
  • Criminal Records Civil Records
  • Coroner’s Inquest Records
  • Declaration of Intention
  • Naturalization Records
  • Licenses: Real Estate, Optometry, Auctioneers, Ferry, Tavern, Peddlers, Explosives, Embalming
  • Quadrennial Enumeration Records
  • Federal Census Duplications
  • Registration of Negroes
  • Court of Quarter Sessions Record
  • Record of Earmarks and Brands
  • Jury Lists and Records
  • Estrays
  • Register of Trademarks
  • Divorce, Dissolution and Alimony
  • Mother’s Pensions
  • Juvenile

Probate Court, 1851 to Present

*Not all counties maintain these records.

  • Birth and Death Record (1867–1908), also Corrections
  • Marriage Records
  • Executors and Administrators Record Wills and Administrations
  • Guardian Records
  • Adoption Records, also Lunacy and Mental Illness *
  • Minister’s Record licenses
  • Physician’s Record Nurse’s Certificates
  • Assessor’s Birth and Death Record, 1857*
  • Civil Dockets*
  • Epilepsy Records*
  • Mortality Records

Sheriff
  • Jail Register
Coroner
  • Inquest and Autopsy Records
Treasurer
  • Tax Records

Municipalities
Board of Education
  • Student Record
  • Enumeration
City Council
  • Apprenticeship Record
  • Municipal Census
  • Poll Registration Record
Fire Department
  • Record of Fires
City Engineer
  • Plat Maps
  • Cemetery Maps
Municipal Court
  • Civil Journal
  • Criminal Journal
  • Mayor’s Court Record
City Infirmary
  • Director’s Minutes
  • Register
Cemetery Board
  • Interment Record

Townships
Township Trustees
  • Minutes
  • Poll Books and Tally Sheets
  • Poor Record
  • Township Roads
  • Board of Education Records
  • Justice of Peace Records – Marriage, Birth, Death and Court
  • Cemetery Interment
Police Department
  • Blotter
  • Jail Register


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