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  1. CENSUS:



    • 1820: Sandusky County (includes Seneca) + Clinton, Crawford, Hardin, Licking, Madison, Miami, Montgomery, Stark, and Union


    • 1830: Seneca + Sandusky, Scioto, Shelby, and Stark


    • 1840: Seneca + Shelby


    • 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880: Seneca + Clerk of Courts copies which include agricultural, industrial, and mortality schedules


    • 1880: Also Shelby County and part of Stark


    • 1890: No census available except for an enumeration of Civil War soldiers


    • 1900, 1910, 1920: Seneca



  2. NEWSPAPERS:



    1. Holdings:


      • Major: Seneca Advertiser 1842-1932; Tiffin Tribune 1856-1933; Advertiser-Tribune 1933-current INDEXED


      • Miscellaneous Tiffin Newspapers 1832-1900


      • German newspapers: Die Tiffin Press 1891-1894; Seneca Adler 1848


      • County newspapers: Bloomville Gazette 1928-1974; Green Springs Times 1891-1895, Green Springs Echo 1901-1921; Republic Literary Casket 1850-1851



      Be aware that up to 1933 there were usually two papers in Tiffin, so both should be checked if you want complete information on a certain person.



    2. The following topics have been indexed:


      • BIRTHS (up to 1911)


      • DEATHS (from 1832---)


      • DIVORCES (up to 1911)


      • MARRIAGE LICENSES (up to 1877)


      • MARRIAGES (announcements from 1832-1911)


      • MARRIAGE ANNIVERSARIES (filed with marriages starting 1900)


      • REUNIONS (from 1880-1940)


      • GENERAL TOPICS IN SENECA ADVERTISER 1842-1890's



    3. The following newspapers have been indexed:


      • Seneca Advertiser and the earliest Tiffin papers 1832-1919


      • Tiffin Weekly Tribune: May 1856-February 1919


      • Tiffin Daily Tribune: May 1887-June 1922


      • Tiffin Tribune: July 1922-January 1933


      • Advertiser-Tribune: 1933-present (obituaries only)



  3. COURT HOUSE INDEXES/RECORDS:



    1. Vital Statistics:


      • Seneca County Probate Court Marriage Records 1841-1983 (indexed) also in book 1841-1899


      • Seneca County Birth Records 1867-1908 (indexed)


      • Seneca County Death Records 1867-1908 (indexed)



    2. Tax Lists:


      • Seneca County 1826-1838 & 1843


      • Scioto County 1837-1838


      • Shelby County 1820-1825



    3. Seneca County Probate Court:


      • General Index to Files 1828-1977


      • Will Record 1828-1910


      • Civil Docket 1852-1886



    4. Seneca County Recorder's General Index to Deeds 1820-1900



    5. Seneca County Clerk of Courts Indexes 1824-1857



  4. MISCELLANEOUS:


    1. * Greenlawn Cemetery Records--list of burials, lot owners and location of plots


    2. St. Joseph Cemetery and burial records 1851-1983


    3. Hardesty's History and Geographical Encyclopedia with list and biographies of Seneca County Civil War Soldiers (Every name index available)


    4. Hardesty's Civil War Soldiers for Allen, Butler, Huron, Marion, Medina, Van Wert, and Preble Counties


    5. Records of various Tiffin and county churches



* Sources which are available only at the Tiffin-Seneca Public Library

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