Ottawa County, Ohio Genealogy and History part of the Genealogy Trails Family   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 perform personal research for you. All data we come across is added to this site, so please keep checking back! County Information Ottawa County was formed March 6, 1840 from portions of Erie, Lucas and Sandusky counties. It was named either for the Ottawa Indian Tribe or for a Native American word meaning "trader" The county seat is Port Clinton. Cities and Villages Port Clinton Clay Center * Elmore * Marblehead * Oak Harbor * Put-in-Bay Rocky Ridge Other Communities Blackberry Corner * Camp Perry * Catawba Island * Curtice Danbury * Elliston * Forest Park * Graytown * Grodis Corner * Gypsum * Hickory Grove * Isle St. George * Lacarne Lakeside * Limestone * Locust Point * Martin * Middle Bass Trowbridge * Williston * Yale Townships Allen * Bay * Benton * Carroll * Catawba Island * Clay * Danbury * Erie * Harris * Portage * Put-in-Bay * Salem Ottawa County Courthouse 315 Madison St. Port Clinton 43452-1993 (419) 734-6710 Online Data Biographies Birth Records Cemeteries Census Church Histories / Records County Records Death Records Family Bibles County History Marriages Military Miscellaneous Data Newspaper Gleanings Obituaries and Death Notices School Records Wills/Probate Records Website Updates: SEARCH OUR SITES SUBMIT A TRANSCRIBED OBITUARY to US 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 Adjacent Counties Erie County (southeast) Sandusky County (south) Wood County (west) Lucas County (northwest) Ohio State Page Visit our National Site JOIN US! DEDICATED TO FREE GENEALOGY Copyright © Genealogy Trails All data on this website is Copyright by Genealogy Trails with full rights reserved for original submitters.