Welcome to the Ohio
USGenWeb Obituary Project!

Participating Newspapers
Public Domain Obituaries (pre-1925) and Abstracts
The following table of the Ohio counties has active links (underlined names) to the counties that have obituaries online in the Ohio USGenWeb Archives.
Adams Allen Ashland Ashtabula Athens Auglaize Belmont Brown Butler Carroll Champaign Clark Clermont Clinton Columbiana Coshocton Crawford Cuyahoga	Darke Defiance Delaware Erie Fairfield Fayette Franklin Fulton Gallia Geauga Greene Guernsey Hamilton Hancock Hardin Harrison Henry Highland	Hocking Holmes Huron Jackson Jefferson Knox Lake Lawrence Licking Logan Lorain Lucas Madison Mahoning Marion Medina Meigs Mercer	Miami Monroe Montgomery Morgan Morrow Muskingum Noble Ottawa Paulding Perry Pickaway Pike Portage Preble Putnam Richland Ross Sandusky	Scioto Seneca Shelby Stark Summit Trumbull Tuscarawas Union Van Wert Vinton Warren Washington Wayne Williams Wood Wyandot
Obituary Indexes
Medina County (1998) (1999)
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
Here is how you can help with the Ohio Obituary Project: To volunteer send your name, email address, and the newspaper you will be working from, make a note if you are indexing or submitting whole obits. Once a month, you will email me your file of obit information. We will then place them online. Questions or comments, please contact me, . Contact local newspapers to ask permission for the USGenWeb Archives Project to archive their obituaries. Here is a sample letter to send to the newspapers. Contact me with the name of the newspaper and name and title of person granting permission from the publication. Check with state archives and genealogical societies to locate microfilm or other sources of pre-1923 (public domain) newspapers to transcribe obituaries from. Something to think about, some newspapers offer subscriptions by mail. Volunteer to transcribe obituaries from newspapers already granting permission (must have access to their publication or website). Copyright Law: The Ohio Obituary Project will abide by today's copyright laws. Obituaries published after December 31, 1922, unless: you are/were the original author of the obituary, or the newspaper in question grants permission to reprint the obituary, or the obituary is that of a family member (you must give the relation), or you submit an abstract/INDEX of your obituaries. A good abstract might give the paper's name, name of deceased, age, date of death, and date that the obituary appears in the paper (in parenthesis). Tips for Locating an Obituary can be found at this link. To submit obituaries use the automated submission forms at http://www.genrecords.org/.