of Gallia County
Post Offices
Probate
Marriages
Bible Records
Loose Papers
The list of resources in the column on the left side of the page represent information that originally was scattered in various locations in Gallia County and elsewhere. It is our aim to direct the genealogical researcher to the sources of this information and also to eventually present as much as possible on this site online. As this information is extracted it will be put on web pages under these titles and will be accessible from this page. Click on the items with underlines in the left column to access the records that have already been completed.
The "Military Obituaries" link brings you to obituaries of Civil War veterans. The "Obituaries" link brings you to over 1700 obituaries collected from Gallia County newspapers.
Church records and church histories have been obtained from nine different Gallia County churches and can be found by clicking on "Church Records."
The Cemetery link brings you to descriptions and locations of cemeteries as well as to a comprehensive listing of over 38,000 burial records. Over 5,000 of those records are linked to photographs of the actual stones.
The Hardesty Index is an alphabetical listing of all of the names found in Hardesty's History of Gallia County which was published in 1882. The original book did not contain an index. This index was created in modern times by Maxine Marshall and contains over 6,000 names.
Birth records are from Vol. 3 of the birth records in the probate court records and cover the years 1894 to 1903. Volumes 1 and 2 have been published in book form and can be ordered by mail. (See list of publications available by clicking here)
The entire Gallia County alphabetized census for 1820 is available by clicking on the census link. Census records from 1850 through 1900 have been published in book form and can be ordered by mail. (Publications)
The French 500 section contains ship's passenger lists for two of the ships that transported them from France.
News articles can be accepted for
publication in the History section. Click on the following link
to see the guidelines for what is acceptable for publication.
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