Dear Rebecca, Thank you, i didn't know all of that especially that Seneca County kept their own records after 1908. Living in Franklin County and have been doing research mostly in Madison County and that is not the case here. Jeanne Dumond ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rebecca Hill" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2000 9:40 PM Subject: birth and death records > Ohio birth and death records were kept at the Probate Court of each > county from 1867 to Dec. 1908. After that, they were kept at the > County's Health Department and also by the State of Ohio. The Ohio > Historical Society has Death Records index on line from 1908 to the > 1930's, I believe > www.ohiohistory.org > Some cities kept their own vital statistics separately and not by the > county. > Seneca Co. Probate has them from 1867-1908 > Seneca Co. Health Dept. from 1909 to present (and also the State of > Ohio) > > Tiffin Seneca Public Library has the microfilm of the 1867-1908 records; > not the 1909 to present. It has an excellent obituary index to > newspapers from the 1830's to the present day. > > Becky > > -- > Becky Hill > 420 S. Monroe St. > Tiffin, OH 44883 > > 419-448-4607 > [email protected] > > 419-332-2081 (work) > [email protected] (work) > > >