Available Local History Sources 

PROBATE COURT RECORDS
          Birth:        1834-1920
          Death:      1834-1920
          Marriage:  1834-1927
          Wills:         1937-1941

** Birth & death records between 1908 and until the present may be found at the Putnam County Health Department (419-523-5608). 
 

CEMETERY INSCRIPTIONS
 

CENSUS
           Putnam County and the surrounding counties (Allen, Hancock, Henry,
           Van Wert, Wood) 1820-1930
           Census Index 1820-1920
 

MILITARY RECORDS
            The Official Roster of the Soldiers of the Sate of Ohio
            in the War of the Rebellion D.A.R. Patriot Index  973.34 OFF
            The Official Roster of Ohio Soldiers, Sailors and
            Marines in the World War 1917-1917  973.34 OFF
 

MISCELLANEOUS
             Genealogical Society Chapter Newsletters
             Family Histories & Family Files
             Immigration and Passenger Lists
             Putnam County Directories:  1916, 1972-73, 1948-49-50
             1918 World War I Draft Registration Cards
             Five Generation Charts
             Germans to America
             Memorial Card Collection (over 6000 cards)
             Putnam County Historical Society Newsletters
             Putnam County Schools Yearbooks
             Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps for Columbus Grove, Continental,
             Leipsic and Ottawa
             History of Putnam County  977.118 HIS
             Portrait and Biographical Record of
             Putnam County Ohio  977.118 POR
             Putnam County, Ohio One-Room Schools  977.118 HIS
             Putnam County Pioneer Association  977.118 HIS
             Centennial History 1873-1973
            1880 History of Putnam County, Ohio and 1895
            Atlas of Putnam County, Ohio  997.118 EIG