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Resources for Researchers

Birth & Death Records & Family Genealogy

Hardin County Genealogy Society

211 West Franklin Street, PO Box 520, Kenton, Ohio 43326

(419) 674-4088

Wednesday-Thursday 1:00-5:00 PM and By Appointment

http://www.hardincountyconnections.com/

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Land Records

Hardin County Recorder

One Courthouse Square, Suite 220, Kenton, Ohio, 43326

(419) 674-2252 

Monday-Friday 8:30-4:00 PM

https://www.ohiorecorders.com/hardin/

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Microfilmed and Digitized Newspapers​

Mary Lou Johnson-Hardin County Library

325 East Columbus Street, Kenton, Ohio, 43326

(419) 673-2278

Monday-Thursday 9:00-8:00 PM

Friday-Saturday 9:00-5:00 PM

https://mljlibrary.org/

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Ada Public Library

320 N. Main Street, Ada, Ohio 45810 

(419) 634-5246

Monday-Thursday 10:00-8:00 PM

Friday 10:00-5:00 PM

Saturday 10:00-2:00 PM

https://adalibrary.org/content/genealogy

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Forest-Jackson Public Library

102 W. Lima Street, Forest, Ohio 45810

(419) 273-2400

Monday-Thursday 10:00-5:00 PM

Friday 10:00-5:00 PM

Saturday 10:00-1:00 PM

https://forestlibrary.org/online-resources

 

​Government Records, Surveys, Maps, and More

The Center for Archival Collections, University Libraries, Bowling Green State University

5th Floor, Jerome Library, 1001 E. Wooster Street Bowling Green, Ohio 43403

(419) 372-2411

Monday-Friday 8:00-5:00 PM

https://www.bgsu.edu/library/cac.html

Hardin County Historic Building Inventory

This downloadable spreadsheet contains information on historic buildings around Hardin County. The data was compiled during the late 1970s and early 1980s.

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