Ashland County Books
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    ASHLAND CEMETERY BURIAL RECORDS, ASHLAND, ASHLAND COUNTY, OHIO.
    This soft cover book of over 500 pages contains a history of the cemetery, section maps showing lot location and a list of those buried (alphabetical by surname), plus burial date, section and lot, lot owner, relationship to lot owner, age and cause of death.
    Ordering information: $39.00 plus $3.50 mailing. Ohio Residents add tax at the rate charged in your county of residence.


  • THE FARM JOURNAL ILLUSTRATED, DIRECTORY OF ASHLAND COUNTY, OHIO, 1915 - 1920, Wilmer Atkinson Company, Publishers of the Farm Journal, Washington Square, Philadelphia, 1915; 6" x 9", perfect bound, 288 pages.
    This, 2004 reprint by Closson Press, for the Ashland County Chapter OGS, does not contain the Ashland County map mentioned on the book's title page. Contents: names and addresses of those living in Ashland, Loudonville, and the county. Over 100 area companys placed advertisements in the original directory, giving a unique look into the county's past. There is also a section on Poultry Diseases, Concrete, Horse Ailment, Spraying Formulas, etc., along with some photographs.
    Ordering information: $21.00 (originals, with the map, are selling for as much as $95), Ohio residents must add 7% tax, $3.85 Priority Mail - this rate is only available until 19th December 2004 (drops back to $3.50 shipping and handling Media Rate), add $1.50 for each additional title ordered.
    Example of a listing: "Chapman, C.E. (Alta) 3 ch farmer T 176a 4h 16c R2 Sullivan Sul 25 Ind tel nip." Using the directory's abbreviations this translates to: C. E. Chapman (Alta - wife) 3 children, farmer, tenant, 176 acres, 4 horses, 16 cows, Rural Route 2, Sullivan Township, Sullivan Road Number 25, telephone information
  • ASHLAND COUNTY, OHIO MARRIAGE RECORDS, PROBATE COURT VOLUME 4, 1870 - 1878 AND VOLUME 5, 1878 - 1886
    This publication was compiled for the Chapter by Don and Lucille Boyd, assisted by Linda Funk.
    This abstract of the Ashland County, Ohio Probate Court marriage records cover the years 1870 to 1886. Neither Volume 4, nor Volume 5 of the Probate Court original marriage records contained a female index and the male index was not complete.
    This book abstracts the following marriage record information: page number, date of marriage, full name of male and female as written in the original record.
    The letter - A - following a date denotes the marriage license application date. The couple may have married but the official who married them did not return a marriage date. It is also possible a marriage license was applied for, but the marriage never took place.
    Within this book Volume 4 appears first beginning with Feb 1870 and ends with 17 Oct 1878; followed by Volume 5 beginning with 18 Oct 1878 and ends with 3 December 1886. Within each volume the males are listed first, alphabetically and then the females, also alphabetically.
    perfect bound, 166 pages, $17.00, Ohio residents tax of 6.25%, $3.50 postage/handling


  • THE 1870 CENSUS INDEX, ASHLAND COUNTY, OHIO; perfect bound, 55 page index to the 1870 census of Ashland County, contains full name of the head of the household (along with others in the household with a different surname), township/town, and page number where that household will be found on the census microfilm, $9.00.



    Two new books released in 2001:
  • ASHLAND COUNTY, OHIO DEATH RECORDS VOLUME 2, PART 1, 1880 - 1894

  • ASHLAND COUNTY, OHIO DEATH RECORDS VOLUME 2, PART 2, 1895 - 1908 With the addition of these books the death records recorded in Probate Court are now complete. After 1908 deaths were reported to the county's Vital Records Department.


    The following information appears in both books: first and last name; page number in original book; place of death and birth; single, married or widow/widower; date of death & age; residence at time of death; who recorded the death; occupation if listed; cause of death if unusual.


    Each book is perfect bound and has over 100 pages, plus an index. They each sell for $15.00 ($14 members) plus $3.20 postage for the first book and $1.50 for any additional book. Ohio residents must add 6.25% tax.


  • ASHLAND COUNTY, OHIO DEATH RECORDS, VOLUME 1, 1867 - 1879, transcribed by Sue Dunlap Lee, assisted by Kay Abrams, Linda Funk & Rita Bone Kopp, for the genealogy chapter, 105 pages, perfect bound, index, contains name of deceased, date & place of death, age, place of birth, residence of deceased, page number in orginal record, plus a column for miscellaneous information.
    Price - $15.00


  • LOUDONVILLE NEWSPAPER DEATH NOTICE INDEX, 1903 - 1986, by Esther Nave Harris (now deceased), prepared for printing by Sally Zody Spreng, 300 pages, perfect bound, covers the Loudonville Democrat 1903 - 1920, the Loudonville Advocate 1915 - 1920, and the Loudonville Times 1922 - 1986 (minus the years 1951 & 1955 to 1972),
    Price - $28.00 (this book requires $4.50 postage)


  • ASHLAND COUNTY, OHIO RESEARCH AID #1, HANOVER TOWNSHIP, photocopy, contains the same information as the other research aids - minus cemetery and tax records, 122 pages.
    Price - $26.00


  • ASHLAND COUNTY, OHIO RESEARCH AID #2, GREEN TOWNSHIP, photocopy, contains the same information as the other research aids - minus cemetery records, 151 pages,
    Price - $26.00


  • ASHLAND COUNTY, OHIO RESEARCH AID #11, CLEAR CREEK TOWNSHIP, 221 pages, index
    Price - $26


  • ASHLAND COUNTY, OHIO RESEARCH AID NUMBER 4, RUGGLES TOWNSHIP, photocopy, 152 pages. Price - $26.00


  • ASHLAND COUNTY, OHIO RESEARCH AID NUMBER 6, MOHICAN TOWNSHIP, photocopy, 206 pages. Price - $26.00
  • A new book by the Ashland Co Chapter OGS was released in 2000 called Church Records of Ashland County, Ohio, Volume 1. *Here is a listing of churches* in the county, first by township, and second, by denomination. The book includes a short history of each church and actual records from selected churches. $19.00


  • The Ashland City and Ashland County Directory 1895
    6 x 9 - 104 pages - softbound
    This first-time reprint of a rare 1895 title contains many business advertisements, an index to advertisers, business listings for Albion, Hayesville, Jeromesville, Knowlton, Lake Fork, Loudonville, McKay, McZena, Mifflin, Mohican, Nankin, Nova, Paradise Hill, Perrysville, Polk, Red Haw, Rowsburg, Ruggles, Savannah, Sullivan, and Widowville. It contains a short history of Ashland, a street directory, an alphabetical listing of residents of the City of Ashland, giving occupation and house address. There is also a business directory for the City of Ashland, a directory of faculty and students at Ashland University, a listing of Ashland County political officeholders (county and city), a list of Justices of the Peace, information on the post office, a paragraph on each church in Ashland, a list of all fraternal societies with their meeting times and places, and more! It will be a nice addition to your personal library of Ashland County history and would make a great Christmas gift for friends.
    Price - $14.00
    Shipping for 1 book $3.50
    Ohio residents add 6.25%sales tax


  • Ashland: The City of Progress and Prosperity 1815 -1819
    William A. Duffy
    An overall history of the city, with many pictures 187 pp.
    $18.00


  • Ashland County: Genealogical Abstracts of Will Book I 1846 -1857
    Rita Kopp
    Wills list family groups, belongings and land distributions
    $9.00


  • History of the Ashland Pioneer Historical Society
    Samuel Riddle 173 pp.
    Gives information on many of the people who settled in Ashland County
    $19.00


    • Township Research Aids
      • Jackson Township 156 pp.$23
      • Lake Township 80 pp. $15
      • Mifflin & Milton Twp. 243 pp. $27
      • Perry Township 199 pp. $18
      • Vermillion Township $25


Send check to Ashland County Chapter OGS
PO Box 681 Ashland, Ohio 44805-0681
Ohio residents add 7 1/4% sales tax
Shipping for 1 book $3.50
$1.50 for each additonal book