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It is also important that the entire state of Ohio records be searched to see if there might be a state-wide marriage record in addition to the county-wide index. If there were a major city in the county, that record should also be checked.

Click on the HOME link at the bottom of the screen to take you back to the beginning of the Family History Library Catalog.

When I entered the word Ohio, I received this answer:

Place search results:

Indiana, Ohio
Kentucky, Ohio
New York, Herkimer, Ohio
Ohio
Virginia, Ohio
West Virginia, Ohio

Numbers 1-6 of 6 matching places

Only one of these selections matched what I was looking for as the others were county or town names. By double clicking on "Ohio," I found over 200 references. One of them on the last page was for state-wide vital records.

I didn't have to click on all the 238 references because I knew the categories (which were listed for you on page 10-5 of your textbook) were in alphabetical order. Therefore, the category "vital records" would be near the bottom.

When I double clicked on the Ohio - Vital Records, Indexes, I found these entries:

Death index, 1908-1944 , Ohio. Department of Health
Index to the Henry R. Baldwin genealogical records , Baldwin, Henry R
Marriage index, Ohio
Ohio marriages recorded in county courts through 1820 : an index , Nathan, Jean

The state-wide marriage index only went up through 1820, so that would not help me. Now that I had checked the county and state-wide marriage indexes, I could write down on my Research Planner the information I planned to look up in the future.