Paulding County Genealogy Society

The Paulding County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogy Society (OGS), also known as the Paulding County Genealogy Society, welcomes you to join this group if you are interested in tracing your Paulding County Family History. There are two different certificates, First Families of Paulding County and Century Families of Paulding County that can be applied for. Visit pauldingcountyogs.org for more information.

You are eligible to join The First Families of Paulding County if your ancestor was here by December 31, 1880.

To join First Families:

• You must be a member of the Paulding County Genealogy Society when your application is submitted
  
• You must be able to prove each generation back to the ancestor that was in the county by December 31, 1880, including yourself
  
• A fee of $10 for adult and $5 for a child is due at the submission of the application

The First Family/Century Family Banquet is held on the fourth Sunday of October. New members are presented a certificate documenting their ancestry as a First Family.

The Paulding County Carnegie Library welcomes researchers from novice to experts to visit the library when investigating their Paulding County roots.

The collection includes an obituary card file, cemetery inscriptions, a birth index, family histories, and much more.

Please contact the library with questions regarding local genealogy research. Additional assistance is available by appointment.

Write down everything you can learn about your ancestors from your knowledge and by interviewing living relatives. You can do this in a notebook to begin. Write down full names, places where they passed away, marriages, etc. Keep track of dates.

Put your information in chronological order. A five-generation chart is helpful. Most public libraries can find a chart for you, or you can find one by conducting an online search.

Visit your public library and consult “how-to” books on tracing your ancestry.