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Need Help Getting Started on Your Family Tree or Ancestor Search?
The Licking County Genealogical Society (LCGS) can provide personalized assistance to help get you started on researching your ancestors or how to get started on your family tree.
Call us at 740-349-5510, Mon-Thurs 11-4:0; or email us at CGS@lickingcountylibrary.org
to make an appointment to talk to one of our volunteers.
Resources in Our Library
The Licking County Genealogical Society Library has hundreds of resources available for researching your family. The following lists are are only some of them, so please stop by to visit us (always call first to be sure we are open), or contact us by phone or email, to see what else we may have. If your ancestor's name appears in any of the indexes, just contact us for copies, costs and other information. We also have some resources for other Ohio counties and other states that may be of interest.
SEE SAMPLES OF SOME OF OUR DATABASES
AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE.
See lists below for Public and Members Only resources found on this website and in our library, as well as some SAMPLES of the databases at the bottom of this page.
You must be a current member of the Licking County Genealogical Society to access the Members Only page. To become a new member or renew your 2025 membership, go to the "Join" page on this website.
WHAT CAN WE FIND?
BASIC RESEARCH PACKAGE:
BASIC RESEARCH PACKAGE:
BASIC RESEARCH PACKAGE:
- We are available to do research for you. Basic Research Package includes: Birth, death, marriage, cemetery records, obituaries, family group sheets, census, and city directories. $30.00 per surname.
- Copies of additional obituaries can be purchased for $4.00 each.
ADVANCED RESEARCH
BASIC RESEARCH PACKAGE:
BASIC RESEARCH PACKAGE:
Review the items BELOW and contact us to send a request for research of additional information, letting us know specifically which of the resources you would like us to search for each surname.
An estimate for additional research will be determined based on the amount of time involved and the number of resources being accessed.
DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH
BASIC RESEARCH PACKAGE:
Indexes, Books, Histories,Maps and Much More
- Please come visit us to do your own research. See our HOME tab for location, hours and our phone number. Due to occasional unavailability of volunteer staffing, it is always wise to call first to be sure we are going to be open.
Indexes, Books, Histories,Maps and Much More
Indexes, Books, Histories,Maps and Much More
Indexes, Books, Histories,Maps and Much More
- County Home (Infirmary)
- Children's Home Records
- Common Pleas Court
- Land Records, Atlases, Maps, Partition Actions
- Probate Court and Estates Indexes
- 1800s Tax Records
- Licking County Military Records
- Birth, death, marriage
- Family histories
- Civil War Families
- First Families
- Pioneer Families
- Cemetery Indexes by Township
- Yearbooks
- City Directories: 1858-2001
- Census Records
- Surname Indexes
- Newark School Enrollment
- Partition Records
- Local histories with biographies.
- Church Records
- Tax records
- Books for other counties and states
- School Enrollment
- Yearbooks
- Veterans Records
- Schools and Teachers
- Items in the Members Only column
- And much, much more!
Members Only (available online)
Indexes, Books, Histories,Maps and Much More
Members Only (available online)
- 1808 Transcribed Land Records
- 1812 Tax Duplicates
- 1816 Licking County Tax Record
- 1820 & 1830 Census
- 1875 Atlas
- 1982 History of Licking County
- Brister's 1909 Centennial History of Licking County
- Cemetery Indexes by Township
- Childrens' Home Records
- Civil War Families
- Death Certificates 1905-1909
- Dr. Brown (Hebron) Birth Records
- Family Histories Index
- First Families of Licking County
- "Green Tree" Index
- Hill's History of Licking County
- Licking County Home/Infirmary/Poor House
- Newark School Enrollment 1890-1895
- Licking Co. Teachers 1921-1929
- Licking Twp. Teachers Licenses 1876-1913
- Partition Records
- Pioneer Families
- Probate Records 1829 - 1904
- Revolutionary War Soldiers from Licking County (Rev. Aug 2025).
- Sheriffs of Licking County
- Smucker's "Centennial History"
- Surname Index
- List of various records created by the Auditor’s Office 1832-1970 held by the County's Records & Archives Center.
SAMPLES FROM OUR DATABASES
Dr. Brown's Birth Records
Infirmary/County Home/PoorHouse
Dr. Brown's Birth Records
Dr. Brown's office was in Hebron and he delivered many babies during the early 1900s. For more information, copies and costs, please contact us.
See the child name only index here.
An example of a complete listing:
Child's Name: Eliza Anna Abbott
Residence: Hebron
Father: Otto Dow Abbott, age 28, born in OH, laborer
Mother: Elizabeth Anna Baker Abbott, age 20, born in OH
Living Births 2-2
Birth Date: 2-2-1917, 8:30 pm
Cemetery Index
Infirmary/County Home/PoorHouse
Dr. Brown's Birth Records
We have reference materials for most of the Licking County Cemeteries, plus a 13,000 name index.
An example below.
Ackley Phebe Sellick 1778 1831 Barnes Cemetery Mary Ann Twp
Infirmary/County Home/PoorHouse
Infirmary/County Home/PoorHouse
Infirmary/County Home/PoorHouse
Our collections include a register of residents from 1838-1872 and 1900-1963
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Entered 07/24/1879:
Bice, Samuel of Harrison Twp., age 18; Insane; Good Habits; born in Ohio; died 12/18/1935, Grave 169
American Revolution Soldiers
Applications for Administrators Bonds
Infirmary/County Home/PoorHouse
Over 180 Licking Countians served in the American Revolution. Our database includes births, deaths, and burial location. An example below:
Albaugh Zachariah 1758 1859 Evans Cemetery Saint Louisville, Licking Co., OH
Applications for Administrators Bonds
Applications for Administrators Bonds
Applications for Administrators Bonds
These Probate Court records provide family connections: Example:
Estate of: McClelland William, 12/4/1878; Abbott Sarah, Sister, Mt. Liberty, Knox Co. OH; Jaggers Charles, Brother, Mt. Gilead, Morrow Co. OH.; Jaggers Silas, Brother Lock, Knox Co. OH
Pre 1808 Land Grants
Applications for Administrators Bonds
Applications for Administrators Bonds
Grantor, Grantee, Date Granted, Location:
Stephen Abbott
Jacob Winchester
18Jul1800
4 Qtr., Twp. 1
PARTITION ACTIONS
PARTITION ACTIONS
PARTITION ACTIONS
To the Honorable the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in and for the County of Licking and State of Ohio . Your petitioners George Avery , Christopher Avery , and Simeon Avery son & heirs of George Avery late of said County deceased and Polly Avery and Synthia Avery by her Guardian Mary Spelman late Mary Avery daughters and heirs of the said George Avery deceased and Timothy Spelman and his wife Mary Spelman late widow of the said George Avery deceased all of said County humbly showeth unto your honors that the said George Avery late of said County departed this life on the twenty seventh day of September eighteen hundred and seven....
NATURALIZATION RECORDS
Your ancestors who were immigrants to America could become a citizen by filing documents in the Licking County Probate Court. :
- Declaration of Intention (First Papers):
- An immigrant had to file a sworn statement in court declaring their intent to become a U.S. citizen and renounce allegiance to their former country.
- This usually had to be filed at least 2 years before they applied for citizenship.
- Petition for Naturalization (Second Papers):
After living in the U.S. for a total of 5 years (with at least 1 year of residence in the state where they applied), the immigrant could petition for citizenship. - At that time, they would present their witnesses (to prove continuous residence and good moral character) and formally renounce allegiance to their former sovereign.
CALL OR EMAIL US TO SEARCH FOR YOUR ANCESTOR'S RECORDS!
NATURALIZATION RECORDS
An excerpt from Smucker's "Our Pioneers 1801-1802
CALL OR EMAIL US TO SEARCH FOR YOUR ANCESTOR'S RECORDS!
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED AND WELCOMED!
Volunteers are at the heart of our society. Do you have a few hours each month to contribute to the ongoing mission of LCGS? Greet visitors and assist them in locating material about their family, create indexes and databases, re-shelve books, file documents, update and reorganize inventory, keep the obituary collection updated, create family history notebooks, continue to expand our veterans collection, contribute to our Facebook page and this website, help research family histories in response to inquiries, or just plain have fun working with other volunteers. Some projects are short term if you have limited time constraints. Contact us at LCGS@lickingcountylibrary.org or call us at 740-349-5510, Mon-Thurs 11-4:00 and we will find a home for you in the society.
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