Welcome to Mercer County, Ohio Genealogy and History A Part of the Genealogy Trails Group   Volunteers Dedicated to Free Genealogy Our goal is to help you track your ancestors through time by transcribing genealogical and historical data and placing it online for the free use of all researchers. This Site is Available for Adoption! Our goal is to help you track your ancestors through time by transcribing genealogical and historical data and placing it online for the free use of all researchers. This website is available for adoption! If you have a love for history, a desire to help others, and basic web-authoring skills, consider joining us! Get the details on our Volunteer Page. [A desire to transcribe data and knowledge of how to make a basic webpage is required.] If hosting isn't for you, we can use your help in other ways. More information can be found on the Volunteer Page. Check your attics! Dust off your family scrapbooks! We're looking for DATA for this site!!! If you are interested in adding your families' information this website, Email US. We'll be happy to help your families' obituaries, news items and other historical data find a home here at Ohio Genealogy Trails, where it will remain free for all to view. The website has been reorganized. MAKE SURE AND REFRESH THE VARIOUS WEBPAGES TO SEE ALL THE LATEST DATA. WE REGRET THAT WE ARE UNABLE TO DO PERSONAL RESEARCH FOR YOU. ALL DATA IS ADDED TO THE SITE AS WE COME ACROSS IT . County Information Founded April 1, 1820 from Darke County Named for Hugh Mercer, an officer in the American Revolutionary War The county seat is Celina Cities - Villages Celina Burkettsville * Chickasaw * Coldwater * Fort Recovery * Mendon * Montezuma * Rockford * St. Henry Unincorporated Areas: Bursville * Carthagena * Cassella * Chattanooga * Cranberry Prairie * Durbin * Erastus Hinton * Macedon * Maria Stein * Mercer * Monterey * Neptune * Padua * Philothea Scudder * Sebastian * Sharpsburg * Shively * Skeels Crossroads * St. Joseph * St. Peter St. Rose * Tama * Wabash * Wendelin Townships Black Creek * Butler * Center * Dublin * Franklin * Gibson * Granville * Hopewell * Jefferson * Liberty * Marion * Recovery * Union * Washington Wayne (defunct, now part of Celina) Main Street, looking north Celina Ohio Online Data Biographies Birth Records Cemeteries Census Church Histories / Records County Records Death Records Family Bibles County History Marriage Records Military Records Miscellaneous Data Newspaper Gleanings Obituaries and Death Notices School Records Wills/Probate Records Website Updates: Mar 2013: HARNER bio Feb 2013: TOMLINSON obit Dec 2012: Early Marriage Records SEARCH OUR SITES SUBMIT A TRANSCRIBED OBITUARY to US We have mailing lists set up so that you can read about updates, discuss your families and connect with other researchers who are looking in the same area as you. Don't Miss Another Update! Join our Genealogy Trails Midwestern States Mailing List to get email notices when our county sites are updated. For the Midwest States of : Ohio -- Kansas -- Indiana -- Iowa -- Missouri -- Kansas Illinois is covered under its original Illinois Trails List Surrounding Counties Van Wert County (north) Auglaize County (east) Shelby County (southeast) Darke County (south) Jay County, Indiana (southwest) Adams County, Indiana (northwest) Remember to bookmark us and keep checking back for new additions to our sites!   Ohio State Page Visit our National Site   Many thanks to Linda Dietz for all her hard work on this site. Copyright © Genealogy Trails All data on this website is Copyright by Genealogy Trails with full rights reserved for original submitters.