Online Probate Record Indexes
If you are researching kinship for your Clermont ancestors, be sure to take a look at several helpful online indexes for wills, estates and guardianships, by going to our Research Resources, then selecting our Records and Indexes page. You will find descriptions and links to FamilySearch.org for these:
General index to administrators and assignors, v. 1 1800-1915
Index to wills v. 1-2 1810-1963
Clermont County, Ohio, wills, estates & guardian ships, 1800 - 1851
Clermont County, Ohio, wills, estates & guardian ships, 1851 - 1900
Some time ago, CCGS received a Facebook message, about a will reference from the above digitized book, Clermont County, Ohio, wills, estates & guardian ships, 1800 – 1851. The copy of the will was on one of the hundreds of microfilm rolls at Probate Court. It proved difficult to find, because it was on Miscellaneous roll #5, and not on Wills or Estates roll #5! Thanks to our volunteer research team for finding it and making a copy for the Batavia library’s surname files. Here is an abstract from the will our volunteers found:
Abstract of Will of William Hodges/Hodgens
William was of North Carolina, County of Rowan. His beloved wife was given one third of his plantation for her use during her widowhood. She was not mentioned by name. His son James was named as executor and was to have all William's land after his wife's widowhood. His son James also got farm equipment which was listed. Daughter Rebeckah Canter was to have four dollars and no more. Unmarried daughters Mary and Ann were each to have one bed and furniture, one cow and one colt from the mare he gave his wife. A grandchild William, last name not legible, was to have twenty shillings.
The will is dated 23rd day of January 1804. Witnesses were Aquila Beck, Will Hunt and John Mcmachan.
If you find an item from these online indexes, and think it is a microfilmed record, email the reference from the index to info@ccgsoh.org, and CCGS volunteers will try to locate it for you.
Submitted by Paige Craig, CCGS President
Welcome to Clermont County Genealogical Society
The CCGS Library
Clermont County Genealogical Society Library Collections are held in a designated area within the Doris Wood Branch of the Clermont County Public Library (CCPL) in Batavia. The Collections are available during CCPL regular hours and must be used within the library. The collections continue to grow through donated gifts and an occasional purchase by the Society. CCGS reference books and microfilms available to researchers can be found by searching the Clermont County Public Library’s online catalog.
CCGS has created an online catalog of donated family history notebooks and file items that are found on the shelves and in the file cabinets at the library. Entry of the notebooks is complete, but entry of the file folders is still in progress; volunteers have completed letters A through R. Search the catalog, Library-Physical Resource.
This brief list includes some topics from both CCGS and CCPL genealogical resources at the
Batavia Library:
- Books and specialized indexes with a Clermont County emphasis
- wills, estates, guardianships, marriages, births, deaths, deeds, court records, military, cemeteries, census, maps
- Ohio and related states genealogical and historical books
- Genealogical Reference Books on standards, resources, methodology
- Migration, Immigration, Emigration
- Family History surname Notebooks
- Family File surname Files
- Obituary Card Files
- Clermont County Newspapers (Microfilm from 1814 to present)
The library has available for use:
- Microfilm Reader-Printer
- Photocopier
- Computers
If time permits CCPL Librarians in Batavia may answer in person requests, while you wait.
To contact the CCGS Librarian, use our online request form on our contact information page.
Cemetery & Obituary Records
We have many cemetery & obituary records important to researchers.
Search our Cemeteries and Obituaries databases by going to Research Resources and clicking on Cemeteries or Obituaries.
We now have 45,440 burials from 201 Clermont cemeteries on our website. Thanks to the Cemetery Committee Volunteers, Pat Dudek, Alyssa Dugan, and Mark Peterson, Chair, for continuously adding to this collection.
As of 1 December 2025, there are 29,429 obituaries.
Thanks to Kathy Payne Chair, Stacie Ishmael, and Pat Dudek. Their progress is amazing! Kathy estimates the project is over 90% complete.
Let us know if you find any broken links or data which you believe may be incorrect by emailing webmaster@ccgsoh.org. CCGS Store
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You will find some great resources like Clermont County, Ohio 1980, A Collection of Genealogical and Historical Writings Volume One, containing original family histories and photos contributed by past CCGS members
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December 6
CCGS Board Meeting
If you would like to attend, please contact us by the day before the meeting at info@ccgsoh.org or by calling (513) 723-3423, so we can email an invitation.
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December 6
Member Storytelling Day
PROGRAM: CCGS Members Storytelling Day Come join us for a day dedicated to sharing tales about Revolutionary War era figures. CCGS members will recount, perhaps embellish, stories of Edward Doane, Cornelius McCollum, James Leeds, Joseph Shaylor, David Jennings, James Graham, and Peter Teeple. We will learn where these ancestors ...
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January 3
The Largest Census of American Women You've Never Heard About
Presenter: Amber Oldenburg, One Branch at a Time Genealogy After America entered World War I in 1917, the Council of National Defense ordered the establishment of women's councils as a domestic defense, where they registered over 4,000,000 women to provide services during the war. The data compiled represent the ...
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February 7
CCGS Board Meeting
If you would like to attend, please contact us by the day before the meeting at info@ccgsoh.org or by calling (513) 723-3423, so we can email an invitation.
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February 7
America at 250 years old! Researching Your Revolutionary Ancestors
Presenter: Scott Norrick, Ancestral Past At the time of America’s independence, the population of the American colonies was about 2.5 million. While 1776 is a pivotal year, the war for independence (the Revolutionary War) was fought from 1775-1783. About 200 thousand Americans served in the Patriots’ cause in some ...
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March 7
Forensic Genealogy: Genealogy and the Law
Presenter: Dr. Katharine O'Connell, North Coast Genealogy Forensic genealogists do family research related to the law. Some work with police departments, others locate family members for the military. Still others help adoptees find their birth families or locate family members listed in wills. Some of their work involves DNA, ...
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