New Features

  • HTML5 Throughout

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    • Obsolete JavaScript replaced by native HTML5 elements.
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  • Choice of Upload Folders

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    • Can choose to upload to folder for current year.
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  • Obsolete JavaScript Libraries Removed

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  • Updated Audio and Video Player

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  • New Media Library Grid

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  • See Where Media are Used

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  • Media Categories and Tags

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    • Optionally upload media to a folder associated with a specified media category.

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  • Bulk and Quick Edit Media

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    • Same familiar interfaces.
    • Media are no longer second-class citizens!

  • Accessible Menus and Modals

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    • Accessibility comes built-in.
    • Dragging and dropping works on touchscreens!

  • User Groups

    • Create user groups just like categories for posts!
    • Useful for allocating users to groups like schools or classes.
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The OHGenWeb Project

Providing free online genealogical & historical information

OHGenWeb is an association of dedicated volunteers whose goal is to provide online genealogical information at no cost to the visitor.

You will find all 88 counties in Ohio represented here. We are totally non-commercial and all information you will find in the county sites is free.

Unlike other non-commercial concerns, we never solicit funds to continue operating. However, we continually solicit donations of information, photos, documents and time. To provide information regarding a specific county, contact that county’s coordinator. To volunteer to adopt a county, contact your State Coordinator.

What resources might you find here?

  • Transcribed census records, tombstones, deed records, etc.
  • Local courthouse and government offices information
  • Surnames of others researching similar family names
  • Possible ancestor photos and historical landscape photos

Brief History of Ohio

The settling of Ohio began in 1788 with the arrival of 48 members of an expedition sponsored by the Ohio Company, a group that purchased more than one and a half million acres of the Northwest Territory by Congress. They chose what would become the city of Marietta as their first settlement.

The Ohio Company’s mission was helped along when General Anthony Wayne negotiated the Treaty of Greenville with the Native Americans in 1795. This treaty opened the door for settlement in much of the eastern and southern parts of the territory. Within three years, the male population of the area reached 5,000.

At that point, as provided for under the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, the settlers were given the right to elect a house of representatives. The first meeting of the legislature met in Cincinnati in 1799 and the body elected Edward Tiffin as Speaker of the House and William Henry Harrison as the territory’s representative to Congress.

The area that would soon be officially known as the State of Ohio continued to grow in population. In 1802, Congress passed a bill that authorized the formation of a state government in Ohio, and in 1803, Ohio was admitted to the Union as the 17th state.

From “o HI’ o Defined”, published by the office of the Ohio Secretary of State