MAHONING COUNTY OHIO - INFO: Misc. county info & where to find records
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MAHONING COUNTY OHIO
DATE CREATED - 1846 
PARENT COUNTY - Columbiana, Trumbull 
COUNTY SEAT - Youngstown 
SURROUNDED BY
NORTHWEST - Portage County
NORTHEAST - Trumbull County
EAST - Pennsylvania
SOUTH - Columbiana County
WEST SOUTHWEST - Stark County
WEST NORTHWEST - Portage County

http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~maggieoh/mmahoning.html

OTHER INFORMATION

Mahoning County borders the state of Pennsylvania about 50 miles southeast
of Cleveland. Mahoning is an Indian word meaning "at the licks".

The city of Youngstown was settled by and named for John Young from New
York State. The discovery of local iron ore deposits initiated the city's
growth as a world center for steel manufacturing. Youngstown is the center
of the fourth largest steel-producing district in the nation.

County Health Department has birth & death records; Probate Judge has
marriage & probate records; Clerk of Courts has divorce & civil court
records; County Auditor has land records. At the Mahoning County
Courthouse, cost for a certified copy of a birth or death entry is $1.00
with a SASE. (Noncertified copy costs $.50 plus the SASE.) On the envelope,
designate: Probate Dept.for births, deaths, guardianships, marriages,
probate records (wills & estates); Recorder's Office for deed records,
grave registrations, soldier's discharges. At the Department of Health
Division of Vital Statistics vital records for the county and cities of
Youngstown, Canfield, and Sebring are kept. A certified copy of a birth or
death entry, from City Hall, costs $7.00 plus an SASE. (A noncertified copy
costs $2.50 plus the SASE.) The City Hall needs at least a month and year
date as the records are filed that way. For more detail see below.

There are no birth or death certificates prior to 20 Dec 1908!

Records at the Mahoning County Courthouse:
(This is from a paper that the Courthouse Gave Me on my visit.) 
At the Probate Office: 
A book titled "Births, Deaths and Marriages" located in the
marriage department in which these events were recorded for one year: 1
April 1856 through 31 March 1857. 
Marriage records since the county's beginning in 1846. (NOTE: Parents
names were not required until Jan. 1, 1899) 
Birth & death records from 1 April 1864 until 20 Dec 1908 
Guardianship records 
Wills and Estates since 1846 are on microfilm and microfiche. Original
Probate Records from 1846 through ca 1900 are at the Mahoning Valley
Historical Society Archival Library 
At the Recorder's Office: 
Soldier's discharges dated from the Civil War 
Deeds are copied from microfilm at $1.00 per page 
Land Records 
Grave Registrations 
Records at the Department of Health at City Hall, in Youngstown: 
Birth & death records after 20 Dec 1908 until the present 
Youngstown city deaths from 1892 to 20 Dec 1908 
The city of Campbell Board of Health started in 1932 
The city of Struthers Board of Health started in 1909 
Marriage Records for Mahoning County: 
Type of Record: M/DAR 
Dates: 1846 - 1865 
Roll/Call Number: GR 1399 
Type of Record: CD-Rom 
Dates: 1846 - 1848 





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