Adams County Genealogical Society
The Adams County Genealogical Society, located two blocks north of the Court House on State Route 247 in West Union, Ohio, holds extensive local genealogical records, including obituaries, cemetery records, family histories, books and maps and artifacts from Adams County history, and much more. Genealogical Society library hours are Thursday and Saturday from 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm, but the staff are happy to open the library by appointment for visitors traveling from outside the local area. The Genealogical Society Library is supported exclusively by donations, and members perform research and record look-up services, for a requested donation. Call the Society at 937-544-8522, or email them at acgsoh@yahoo.com.
To become a member of the Adams County Genealogical Society fill out the printable form below:
You can also request an obituary lookup, or records lookup, please complete the printable forms below:
For al requests, please send the above forms to:
Adams County Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 231
West Union, OH, 45693
Ohio Southlands Journals
Access Ohio Southland: A Quarterly Journal of History for Adams, Brown, Clermont, & Highland Counties, published by Adams County historian Stephen Kelley from 1989 – 1993. Ohio Southland covers local history, genealogy, archaeology, and natural history for the Ohio valley region. Read every published issue, available on the library’s website as high-quality digital scans.
Other Online Resources
- Community History Archive – Search digital newspapers from Adams County and surrounding areas.
- Chronicling America – Search historic American newspapers from around the country, from 1864 – 1922, digitized and offered online by the Library of Congress.
- Newspaper Source lets you search for and read current news articles in a huge database of current publications, provided by EBSCOhost.
- Family Search
- Find a Grave – Search cemeteries and burial records nation-wide.
- Ohio Death Indexes – a compiled list of resources for finding death records, cemetery burials, and obituaries
- Ohio Memory Online Scrapbook
- Ohio Obituary Index
- Public Record Center
The Peebles Library has limited genealogical and local history records in our collection. For more information, please contact the library.