Warren County Genealogical Society
Warren County, Ohio
Chapter of Ohio Genealogical Society
Warren County Archives

 

(513) 695-1144

 


406 Justice Drive, Lebanon, Ohio 45036
Hours: 9 AM-4 PM Monday through Friday

Driving Directions

 wcgs@co.warren.oh.us

 

 

Edna L. Bowyer Record Center & Archives

James Zimmerlan, Records Manager & Archivist

Location406 Justice Dr. #052, Lebanon, OH 45036

Phone: (513) 695-1815

Email archives@co.warren.oh.us

Web Site:   http://www.co.warren.oh.us/recordscenter/index.htm

Hours: M-F, 8 AM to 4:30 PM, except holidays

Holdings: The Records Center has a storage capacity of over 20,000 cubic feet. The Reading Room offers patrons an opportunity to research county records in hard copy, electronic, and microfilm forms, and is next door to the Genealogical Society.  They have births from 1867-1908; deaths 1867-1908; clerk of courts general index 1803-1978; probate court general index 1803-1936; marriage licenses/records 1803-1996; soldiers discharges 1865-1954; auditor’s tax list & duplicates various years; treasurer’s tax & duplicates various years and other miscellaneous records.

 

 

The “archives” is the repository for records generated in Warren County. As of April 2009 any record containing social security numbers is required to be removed on the copied record. You will need to contact that specific court to request those records to obtain a copy, as they are otherwise unavailable in the archives. This inventory list is subject to change and additional records may be available.  Check with receptionist for availability.  These are public records.

 

Record Inventory

 

Record Type

Record Title

Dates

Format

Location

WCGS Indexed

Apprenticeship

Apprenticeships

1824-1867

Book

Controlled Storage

No

Apprenticeship

Warren County Recorder Apprenticeship & Indenture Records

1824-1867

Microfilm #1

Reading Room

Not by WCGS

Children’s Home

Warren Co. Children’s Services Board, Children’s Home Trustees Minutes

1874-1926

Microfilm #18

Reading Room

No

Commissioners

Commissioners Journal

1880-1935

Book

Controlled Storage Area 14-33

No

Commissioners

Commissioners Journal

(Book #34-#57)

1935-1986

Book

Reading Room

No

Commissioners

Index to Commissioner’s Journal

1887-1987

Book

Reading Room

No

Commissioners

Warren Co Board of Commissioners Journal

DNE

Microfilm #1 DNE

Reading Room

No

Commissioners

Warren Co Board of Commissioners Journal

1869-1873

Microfilm #3

Reading Room

No

Commissioners

Warren Co Board of Commissioners Journal

1873-1877

1880-1884

Microfilm #4

Reading Room

No

Commissioners

Warren Co Board of Commissioners Journal

1884-1892

Microfilm #5

Reading Room

No

Commissioners

Warren Co Board of Commissioners Journal

1895-1901

Microfilm #6

Reading Room

No

Commissioners

Warren County Board of Commissioners, Index to Journal Year

1803-1892

Microfilm #2

Reading Room

No

Commissioners

Warren County Board of Commissioners, Index to Journal Year

1892-1901

Microfilm #3

Reading Room

No

Common Pleas

Civil Dockets

(~8 books)

1852-1986

Book

Reading Room

In progress

Common Pleas

Clerk of Courts, General Index (covers books 1-5)

1803-1952

Book

Reading Room

No

Common Pleas

Clerk of Courts-Common Pleas Record

1842-1847

Microfilm #11

Reading Room

No

Common Pleas

Clerk of Courts-Common Pleas Record, Vol. 10,11

1823-1824

Microfilm #7

Reading Room

No

Common Pleas

Clerk of Courts-Common Pleas Record, Vol. 12,13

1824-1831

Microfilm #8

Reading Room

No

Common Pleas

Clerk of Courts-Common Pleas Record, Vol. 14,15

1832-1834

Microfilm #9

Reading Room

No

Common Pleas

Clerk of Courts-Common Pleas Record, Vol. 16

1837-1842

Microfilm #10

Reading Room

No

Common Pleas

Clerk of Courts-Common Pleas Record, Vol. 1A, 2B, C

1803-1812

Microfilm #1

Reading Room

No

Common Pleas

Clerk of Courts-Common Pleas Record, Vol. 2B, 3C, C

1808-1812

Microfilm #2

Reading Room

No

Common Pleas

Clerk of Courts-Common Pleas Record, Vol. 6-7

1818-1820

Microfilm #4

Reading Room

No

Common Pleas

Clerk of Courts-Common Pleas Record, Vol. 7A, 7B

1820-1822

Microfilm #5

Reading Room

No

Common Pleas

Clerk of Courts-Common Pleas Record, Vol. 8, 9

1822-1823

Microfilm #6

Reading Room

No

Common Pleas

Clerk of Courts-Common Pleas Record, Vol. D, 5

1816-1818

Microfilm #3

Reading Room

No

Common Pleas

Clerk of Courts-Common Pleas: Civil Record

1848-1851

Microfilm #17

Reading Room

No

Common Pleas

Clerk of Courts-Common Pleas: Record of Black & Mulatto Persons

1803-1851

Microfilm #0

Reading Room

Yes

Common Pleas

Clerk of Courts-Common Pleas: Treasurer Commutation Receipts

1864

Microfilm #17

Reading Room

No

Common Pleas

Clerk of Courts-Journal Record Vol. 21-23

17 Dec 1877 –23 Jun 1880

Microfilm #1

Reading Room

No

Common Pleas

Clerk of Courts-Journal Record Vol. 24-27

24 Jun 1880-11 Nov 1884

Microfilm #2

Reading Room

No

Common Pleas

Clerk of Courts-Journal Record Vol. 28-30

Oct 1884-

23 Jan 1888

Microfilm #3

Reading Room

No

Common Pleas

Clerk of Courts-Journal Record Vol. 31-33

24 Jan 1888- 14 Sep 1891

Microfilm #4

Reading Room

No

Common Pleas

Clerk of Courts-Journal Record Vol. 34-36

17 Sep 1891- 1 Feb 1895

Microfilm #5

Reading Room

No

Common Pleas

Clerk of Courts-Journal Record Vol. 37-39

4 Feb 1895- 19 Apr 1898

Microfilm #6

Reading Room

No

Common Pleas

Clerk of Courts-Journal Record Vol. 40-42

19 Apr 1898- 2 Nov 1901

Microfilm #7

Reading Room

No

Common Pleas

Clerk of Courts-Journal Record Vol. 43-45

4 Nov 1901 – 22 Dec 1905

Microfilm #8

Reading Room

No

Common Pleas

Clerk of Courts-Journal Record Vol. 46-48

23 Dec 1905- 19 Sep 1910

Microfilm #9

Reading Room

No

Common Pleas

Clerk of Courts-Journal Record Vol. 49-50

19 Sep 1910- 18 Feb 1914

Microfilm #10

Reading Room

No

Common Pleas

Clerk of Courts-Journal Record Vol. 51-53

19 Feb 1914-30 Oct 1918

Microfilm #11

Reading Room

No

Common Pleas

General Index, Common Pleas Court (5 books)

1803-1952

Book

Reading Room

No

Common Pleas

Index to Civil Dockets (3 books)

1900-1986

Book

Reading Room

In progress

Coroner

Coroner’s Inquests

1873-1928

Files

Controlled Storage

1917-1930

1931-1934

Guardianship

Guardianship Bonds

1803-current

Pouches

Controlled Storage

1865-1868

Guardianship

Guardianships

1803-current

Pouches

Controlled Storage

1803-1916

Guardianship

Lunacy (No longer available)

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1904-1913

Military

Soldier’s Discharges

(14 books covering 1865-1954.  As of April 2009 only 3 book for records prior to 1934 are available)

1865-1934

Book

Reading Room

All

Naturalizations

Naturalization Record

1820/1848-1876

Packets

Reading Room

1821-1925

Naturalizations

Naturalization Record

1878-1903

Book

(2 books but one book is blank)

Reading Room

1821-1925

Naturalizations

Naturalization Petition and Record

1908-1929

Book

Reading Room

1821-1925

Probate Court

Journal Records (From Probate)

1888-1988

Book 10-205

Controlled Storage

No

School

Community College of Warren County

 

CD

Reading Room

No

School

Warren Co Board of Commissioners Community College of Warren County

2002-2004

Microfilm #1

Reading Room

No

Supreme Court

Clerk of Courts – Supreme Court Issue Docket

1803-1851

Microfilm #2

Reading Room

No

Tax

Auditor’s Tax Duplicates

1832-2004

Book

Controlled Storage

No

Tax

Ohio Historical Soc. Tax Duplicates, Roll 1851, Vol. 18

1809

Microfilm #18

Reading Room

No

Tax

Treasurer’s Tax Duplicates

1870-2003

Book

Controlled Storage

No

Tax

Warren Co Tax, Records Manufactured Home Tax

1994

Microfilm #1

Reading Room

No

Tax

Warren Co Tax, Records Manufactured Home Tax, Final Dup.

1994-1996

Microfilm #2

Reading Room

No

Tax

Warren Co Tax, Records Personal Property Tax

1992-1993

Microfilm #4

Reading Room

No

Tax

Warren Co Tax, Records Personal Property Tax

1994-1996

Microfilm #5

Reading Room

No

Tax

Warren Co Tax, Records Personal Property, 1989-1996, Real Estate Tax Penalty, 1997

1989-1996

Microfilm #3

Reading Room

No

Tax

Warren County Auditor Tax Duplicate

1832

CD

Reading Room

No

Vitals

Name Changes

1993-2000

Files

Controlled Storage

No

Vitals: Birth

Adoptions

start-1964

Pouches

Controlled Storage

1856-1917

Vitals: Birth

Birth Records (3 books)

1867-1908

Book

Reading Room

1867-1908

Vitals: Birth

Registration [Late] & Corrected Birth Records

1941-1985

Book & Original

Controlled Storage

1868-1938

Vitals: Death

Death Records (3 books)

1867-1908

Book

Reading Room

1867-1908

Vitals: Marriage

Index to Marriage Applications

 

Book

Reading Room

n/a

Vitals: Marriage

Index to Marriage Records

1831-

Book

Reading Room

n/a

Vitals: Marriage

Marriage Affidavits

(2 books)

1847-1854

1861-1867

Book

Reading Room

No

Vitals: Marriage

Marriage Consents

1817-1906

Microfilm #721

Reading Room

1803-1903

Vitals: Marriage

Marriage Licenses

1803-1979

Book

Reading Room

1803-1834

Vitals: Marriage

Marriage Records

(after 1979 contact the Probate Court due to SSN)

1979-1996

Book

Reading Room

1803-1902

Vitals: Marriage

Marriage Records (~50 books)

1803-1979

Book

Reading Room

1803-1907

Vitals: Marriage

Minister’s Licenses (4 books)

1823-1976

Book

Controlled Storage

No

Vitals: Marriage

Old Marriage Returns

1815-1871

Microfilm #3137

Reading Room

No

Vitals: Marriage

Old Marriage Returns

1872-1885

Microfilm #3104

Reading Room

No

Vitals: Marriage

Old Marriage Returns

1900-1907

Microfilm #1551

Reading Room

No

Vitals: Marriage

Old Marriage Returns,

missing part of Dec 1899

1886-1899

Microfilm #2902

Reading Room

No

Wills & Estates

Docket of Estates

(~57 books)

1803-1993

Book

Reading Room

In progress

Wills & Estates

Estate Records

(Open to 1939. After 1940-1964 available only if SSN have been removed.  Records after 1964 have to be requested through the Probate Court)

1803-2006

Pouches

Controlled Storage

OCP to

Box 711

Wills & Estates

General Index to Estates / Probate Court, General Index (2 books)

1803-1936

Book

Reading Room

In progress

Wills & Estates

Index to Pending Suits, Living Judgments & Executions

(covers books 1-16)

1879-1978

Book

Reading Room

No

Wills & Estates

Will Records

(Open to 1939. After 1940-1964 available only if SSN have been removed.  Records after 1964 have to be requested through the Probate Court)

1803-2006

Pouches

Controlled Storage

OCP to

Box 711

Wills & Estates

Will Records

(~125 books)

1803-1985

Book

Reading Room

In progress

 

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