Created April 1, 1820 and fully organized April 1, 1826 from Delaware and Marion counties — named for Col. William Crawford · county seat Bucyrus. Repository addresses, online record links, and a free printable record checklist below.
Short episodes that walk through Crawford County's records, one record type at a time.
Formation · Settlers & Migration · Probate · Land · Tax · Churches · Newspapers · Where to Look
Watch on YouTube112 E. Mansfield St., Suite 103, Bucyrus, OH 44820 · (419) 562-8891
Wills, estate administration, guardianships, marriage licenses, adoptions, and birth/death records 1867–1908.
A second phone number, (419) 562-5876, appears in some directories — call ahead to confirm which line is current.
112 E. Mansfield St., Suite 206, Bucyrus, OH 44820 · (419) 562-6961
Deeds, mortgages, and leases from the 1820s forward; staff will assist with historical/genealogical lookups. See the office's own genealogy page at crawfordohrecorder.com/geneology.
112 E. Mansfield Street, Suite 204, Bucyrus, OH 44820 · (419) 562-2766
crawford-co.org/clerk/default.html
Divorces, civil suits (including partition suits that divide land among heirs), and Common Pleas journals. Before 1852, this court also handled wills and estates.
112 E. Mansfield Street, Suite 105, Bucyrus, OH 44820 · (419) 562-7941
Current tax lists and property transfer records. Early tax duplicates are on FamilySearch and at the Ohio History Connection.
200 E. Mansfield St., Bucyrus, OH 44820 · (419) 562-7327
bucyruslibrary.org/resources/local-historygenealogy
Digitized Bucyrus Telegraph-Forum (1850–present, in-library use), city directories, cemetery records, Sanborn maps, and Ancestry Library Edition. Also see the Galion Public Library Ohio Room for the county's eastern communities.
PO Box 1033, Bucyrus, OH 44820
crawfordcountyohiogenealogy.org
Chartered 1974. Meets 3rd Thursday monthly (except Feb/Jul/Aug/Dec) at Bucyrus Public Library. Maintains an obituary file, surname index, and cemetery transcriptions — a separate nonprofit from the library and from the Bucyrus Historical Society below.
202 S. Walnut St., Bucyrus, OH 44820 · (419) 562-6386
bucyrushistoricalsociety.org · Fridays 1–4pm, April–early December
Established 1969. A distinct organization from the OGS chapter above, though the two cross-link and collaborate.
1520 Isaac Beal Rd., Bucyrus, OH 44820 · (419) 562-5871
crawfordhealth.org/vital-statistics
Birth certificates 1909–present (any Ohio birth); death certificates 1909–present for Crawford County excluding Galion City, which has its own city health jurisdiction. Records 1867–1908 are at the Probate Court above.
Find A Grave — Crawford County and Interment.net — Crawford County.
Not sure which office has what? See Which County Office Holds What.
Many Crawford County record books are filmed and free to view at FamilySearch (free account required).
In Full-Text Search, add Crawford County, Ohio as the place to find names inside handwritten deeds, wills, and court books. How to use it.
Crawford County was formed in 1820 from Delaware County. For records made before then, search the parent county:
Most of Crawford 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 Crawford 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bucyrus Journal | 1834, 1864–1923 | Chronicling America |
| The Bucyrus Evening Telegraph | 1894–1923 | Chronicling America |
| The News-Forum (Bucyrus) | 1901–1923 | Chronicling America |
| The Telegraph-Forum (Bucyrus) | 1923–current | Newspapers.com (1923–1937+); current at telegraph-forum.com |
| The Galion Inquirer | 1877–current | Chronicling America (historic); Newspapers.com and OldNews.com; current at galioninquirer.com |
Fill in what you're looking for, print it, and take it with you to the courthouse or library.
Brick Walls & Buckeyes
brickwallsbuckeyes.com · Crawford County, Ohio
Addresses and links last checked October 2026.
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