Formed March 24, 1803 from Hamilton and Ross counties — named for Revolutionary War General Richard Montgomery · county seat Dayton. Repository addresses, online record links, and a free printable record checklist below.
Short episodes that walk through Montgomery County's records, one record type at a time.
Formation · Settlers & Migration · Probate · Land · Tax · Churches · Newspapers · Where to Look
Watch on YouTube41 N. Perry St., 2nd Floor, Dayton, OH 45422 · (937) 225-4640
Estates, trusts, guardianships, adoptions, marriage licenses (937-225-4400), name changes, and mental-health commitments.
451 W. Third St., Dayton, OH 45422 · (937) 225-4275
Deeds, mortgages, and liens, with an online record-search portal (RISS).
41 N. Perry Street, Dayton, OH 45422 · (937) 496-7623
Divorces, civil suits (including partition suits that divide land among heirs), and Common Pleas journals. Before 1852, this court also handled wills and estates.
451 W. Third Street, Dayton, OH 45422 · (937) 225-6024
Current tax lists and property transfer records. Early tax duplicates are on FamilySearch and at the Ohio History Connection.
215 E. Third St., 2nd Floor, Dayton, OH 45402 · (937) 463-2665
daytonmetrolibrary.org/history
Over 200 years of Dayton/Montgomery County/Miami Valley material: books, photos, maps, manuscripts; in-library Ancestry, Fold3, HeritageQuest, and Dayton Daily News archives (1898–1922 and 1990–present); the Dayton Obituary and Genealogy Database; and the "Dayton Remembers" digitized image collection.
PO Box 1584, Dayton, OH 45401 · meets at Dayton Metro Library, Community Room 2-B
Active for over 50 years — monthly meetings, in-person and via Zoom, free and open to the public. Maintains its own Cemetery Information resource page.
1000 Carillon Blvd., Dayton, OH 45409 · (937) 293-2841
daytonhistory.org · Mon–Sat 9:30am–5pm, Sun 12–5pm
The county's historical society today — formed in 2005 when Carillon Historical Park merged with the former Montgomery County Historical Society. A separate organization from MCC-OGS above, with no direct organizational relationship.
Reibold Building, 117 S. Main St., Dayton, OH 45422 · (937) 496-3114
Can issue any Ohio birth certificate, 1908–present. Deaths in Montgomery County, 1909–present. For deaths 1867–1908, contact the Probate Court; for deaths in the City of Dayton 1867–1908, contact the City directly.
Interment.net — Montgomery County and OhioGravestones.org, plus MCC-OGS's own Cemetery Information page.
Not sure which office has what? See Which County Office Holds What.
Many Montgomery County record books are filmed and free to view at FamilySearch (free account required).
In Full-Text Search, add Montgomery County, Ohio as the place to find names inside handwritten deeds, wills, and court books. How to use it.
Montgomery County was formed in 1803 from Hamilton and Wayne Counties. For records made before then, search the parent counties:
Most of Montgomery County's land was federal Congress Lands, surveyed in townships and sections and first sold through U.S. land offices. The first buyer of each tract received a federal patent.
Titles that covered Montgomery 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Weekly Empire / Dayton Daily Empire | 1844-1867 | Chronicling America (Library of Congress) |
| Dayton Daily Herald | 1879-1890 | Chronicling America (Library of Congress) |
| Dayton Times | 1890-1898 | Chronicling America (Library of Congress) |
| Dayton Forum | 1918-1946 | Chronicling America (Library of Congress) |
| Dayton Daily News | 1898-present | Digitized 1898-1922 Dayton Metro Library; Newspapers.com/GenealogyBank for later |
| Journal Herald | 1949-1986 | Microfilm only — Dayton Metro Library (Dayton Room); Wright State archives |
Fill in what you're looking for, print it, and take it with you to the courthouse or library.
Brick Walls & Buckeyes
brickwallsbuckeyes.com · Montgomery County, Ohio
Addresses and links last checked October 2026.
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