Resources

Online Resources

Government

Hocking County Probate Court
Courthouse
1 East Main Street
Logan, OH 43138
(740) 835-3615
Hours of operation: 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM M-F

Logan Hocking County Library
230 E. Main St.
Logan, OH 43138
(740) 385-2348

Hocking County Records Repository
Huls Building
51 E. Main Street
Logan, Ohio 43138
(740) 380-2457

Ohio Department of Health
Vital Statistics
P.O. 15098
Columbus, OH 43216-0118
(614) 466-2531
Email: VitalStat@gw.odh.state.oh.us

Genealogical Societies

Hocking County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society
PO Box 115
Rockbridge, OH 43149-0115

Historical Societies

Ohio Historical Society
1982 Velma Avenue
Columbus, OH 43211
(614) 297-2300

Books

Hocking County

Births

Index to Birth Records Vol. 1 1867-1882 Hocking County, OH

Hocking County Chapter, OGS. 141 pages.

Index to Birth Records Vol 2 1882-1894 Hocking County, OH

Hocking County Chapter, OGS. 143 pages.

Births & Deaths, Mar 1856 - Mar 1857

Hocking County Chapter, OGS.

Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Benton Township, Hocking County, Ohio by Robert and Clara MaeRedd

Hocking County Chapter, OGS. 120 pages.

Cemeteries of Marion Township, Hocking County, Ohio

Hocking County Chapter, OGS. 224 pages.

The Cemetery of St. Jacobus German Evangelical Lutheran Church, Marion Township, Hocking County, State of Ohio by Mrs. Carl H. (Bernice A.) Gutekunst.
The cemetery was recorded 23 May, 1983.

Fairview Cemetery

Hocking County Chapter, OGS. 225+ pages.

Falls Gore Township Cemeteries, Hocking County, OH

Hocking County Chapter, OGS. 53 pages.

Good Hope Township

Hocking County Chapter, OGS. 160 pages.

Hocking Co. Cemetery Surnames by George and Garnet Colvin, 1987, Perry County Chapter of the OGS

Morgan Chapel Cemetery Tombstone Inscriptions by Mary Crist Balzer and Naomi Crist
Inscriptions read on 29 May, 1988.

Oak Grove and Old Logan Cemeteries 1846-1923, Hocking County, Logan, Ohio by Robert and Clara Harsh

Hocking County Chapter, OGS. 112 pages.
Lists taken from the Cemetery Register kept in the Logan City Water Department Office.
Over 3,000 names.

Perry Township

Hocking County Chapter, OGS. 225 pages.

Starr Township

Hocking County Chapter, OGS. 200 pages.

Census

1890 Special Schedule Census for Hocking Co., Ohio - Surviving Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, and Their Widows

Index to Census, 1870, Hocking County, OH

Hocking County Chapter, OGS. 83 pages.

Index to Census, 1880, Hocking County, OH

Hocking County Chapter, OGS. 110 pages.

Naturalization

Naturalization service declaration of intent of Hocking County 1907-1908

Hocking County Chapter, OGS. 10 pages.

Churches

Churchbook of the Emmanuel Evangelical Lutheran Congregation

The Lord's Shepherds, compiled by David V. Stivison

Hocking County OGS. Compiled in 1974, 77 pages.
Biographies of 175 ministers and wives of the United Brothern and the Evangelical United Brothern Churches of the SE Ohio Conferences, from 1901-1974.

Deaths

Index to Death Records Vol 1. 1867-1883 Hocking County, OH

Hocking County Chapter, OGS. 50 pages.

Index to Death Records Vol 2. 1883-1894 Hocking County, OH

Hocking County Chapter, OGS. 45 pages.

Index to Death Records Vol 3. 1894-1903 Hocking County, OH

Hocking County Chapter, OGS. 41 pages.

Index to Death Records Vol 4. 1903-1908 Hocking County, OH

Hocking County Chapter, OGS. 24 pages.

Births & Deaths, Mar 1856 - Mar 1857

Hocking County Chapter, OGS.

Directories

Murray City Merchant Directory, 1900
Contains a biography on each owner of each business in Murray City, which was a booming coal mining town in 1900 (about 50 pages.)

Estatess

Estate Index, 1820 - 1921

Hocking County Chapter, OGS. 13 pages.

Family

Those Roving Rittgers, by Joyce Rorabaugh; Heritage Books, Inc., Bowie, Md., 1998.

Funeral HOmes

Index to Leonard Funeral Home Records, 1925 - 1964

Hocking County Chapter, OGS. 60+ pages.

General

The History of Hocking Valley Ohio, 1883, published 1883, Chicago, Inter-State Publishing Company.

Partially available online at Genealogy and Historical Information for Perry County Ohio (Tim Fisher's Site)
Lookups also available - contact Judith Burkhardt (jburkhardt@adamswells.com)
Reprint available from Hocking County Chapter, OGS.

Index to the History of the Hocking Valley, Ohio, 1883

Hocking County Chapter, OGS. 206 pages.

Marion Township Hocking County Book

Infirmary

Index to Infirmary and County Home, Hocking Co. 1871 - 1955

Hocking County Chapter, OGS. 52 pages.

Marriages

Early Marriages of Hocking County, OH, 1832-1840

Taxes

Index to 1836, 1838, and 1839 Duplicate Taxable Real Property & Chattels

Hocking County OGS, 140 pages.

Wills

Hocking Co., Ohio Will Abstracts 1820-1840

Hocking Co., Ohio Will Abstracts 1842-1851

Yearbooks

Logan High School Yearbook, The Aerial, 1924 and 1927
Yearbooks also include lists of graduation classes dating back to 1872.

Ohio

Biography

The biographical encyclopoedia of Ohio of the nineteenth century., published 1876, Galaxy publishing company, Cincinnati and Philadelphia, 868 p.
Available Online

Genealogy

Genealogical Research in Ohio by Kip Sperry.
The 315 page book is fully indexed. It sells for $28.50 (plus $3.50 postage and handling) and is available from: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1001 North Calvert Street, Baltimore, MD 21202-3897, Telephone: 1-800-296-6687 or 410-837-8271

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