Formed February 14, 1848, primarily from Allen and Mercer counties · county seat Wapakoneta. Repository addresses, online record links, and a free printable record checklist below.
Short episodes that walk through Auglaize County's records, one record type at a time.
Formation · Settlers & Migration · Probate · Land · Tax · Churches · Newspapers · Where to Look
Watch on YouTube201 Willipie Street, Suite 119, Wapakoneta, OH 45895 · (419) 739-6778
auglaizecounty.org/courts/probate-court
Estates, guardianships, adoptions, name changes, marriage licenses, and pre-1908 vital records (county vital statistics only begin December 1908).
209 S. Blackhoof St., Suite 103, Wapakoneta, OH 45895 · (419) 739-6735
[email protected] · auglaizecounty.org/elected-officials/recorder
Deeds and land/property records from 1848 to present.
201 S. Willipie Street, Room 043, Wapakoneta, OH 45895 · (419) 739-6765
www2.auglaizecounty.org/elected-officials/clerk-courts
Divorces, civil suits (including partition suits that divide land among heirs), and Common Pleas journals. Before 1852, this court also handled wills and estates.
209 S. Blackhoof Street, Suite 102, Wapakoneta, OH 45895 · (419) 739-6705
auditoraccess.auglaizecounty.org
Current tax lists and property transfer records. Early tax duplicates are on FamilySearch and at the Ohio History Connection.
203 S. Perry Street, Wapakoneta, OH 45895 · (419) 738-2921
auglaizelibraries.org/content/genealogy
Ancestry Library Edition, HeritageQuest, and an Ohio Obituary Index (1.8 million+ entries).
Wapakoneta Local History Museum, 206 West Main Street, Wapakoneta, OH 45895 · (419) 738-9328
[email protected] · auglaizecountyhistory.org
Also operates the Daniel F. Mooney Museum in St. Marys. Artifacts, photographs, and family/business research files.
Meets 1st Saturday, 10:30 a.m., Sept–May, at the Wapakoneta library (basement meeting room)
Cemetery indexes and lookup services. Previously operated as the "Auglaize County Genealogical Society" — call ahead to confirm current name if writing.
813 Defiance St., Wapakoneta, OH 45895 · (419) 738-3410
auglaizehealth.org/birth-certificates
Certified birth (Ohio-wide) and death (Auglaize County only) certificates, December 1908–present, $25/copy.
Find A Grave — Auglaize County, Interment.net — Auglaize County, and OHGenWeb's Auglaize cemetery listings.
Not sure which office has what? See Which County Office Holds What.
Many Auglaize County record books are filmed and free to view at FamilySearch (free account required).
In Full-Text Search, add Auglaize County, Ohio as the place to find names inside handwritten deeds, wills, and court books. How to use it.
Auglaize County was formed in 1848 from Allen and Mercer Counties. For records made before then, search the parent counties:
Part of Auglaize County lies in the Virginia Military District, land Virginia set aside for its Revolutionary War veterans. It was surveyed in irregular metes and bounds, and the first owners' records follow a warrant, entry, survey, and patent trail.
Other parts of the county were federal Congress Lands or smaller special tracts. Where land was sold by the federal government, the first purchase appears as a federal patent.
Titles that covered Auglaize County, historic and current, with where to search each one. Not every historic title has been digitized — several survive only on microfilm.
| Title | Years | Where to Search |
|---|---|---|
| Auglaize County Democrat (Wapakoneta) | 1856–1926 | Chronicling America |
| Auglaize Republican | 1872–1922 | Chronicling America |
| Wapakoneta Daily News | 1914–current | Early years on Chronicling America; current at wapakdailynews.com |
| The Evening Leader (St. Marys) | 1905–current | Early years on Chronicling America; current at theeveningleader.com |
| Wapakoneta Bee | 1876–1880 | Microfilm only — check Auglaize County Genealogical Society or Wapakoneta-Auglaize County Public Library |
Fill in what you're looking for, print it, and take it with you to the courthouse or library.
Brick Walls & Buckeyes
brickwallsbuckeyes.com · Auglaize County, Ohio
Addresses and links last checked October 2026.
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