For those persons researching their ancestors in the Lebanon area, the following resources are available:
LEBANON PUBLIC LIBRARY
101 S. Broadway, Lebanon, Ohio 45036
(513) 932-2665 www.lebanonlibrary.org
Hours : Monday – Thursday 10 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Friday – Saturday 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Sunday (October through April) 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
The Library holds a minimal amount of genealogical material consisting of mainly family and county histories and a subscription to Ancestry.com for use by the public in the library. Ask for assistance at the Information Desk.
WARREN COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
406 Justice Dr. (Lower level), Lebanon, Ohio 45036
(513) 695-1144 www.wcgsoh.org
Hours: Monday-Friday 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
The Society offers county histories, family biographies, census records, Bible records, cemetery records, Shaker & Quaker history, Civil War and Revolutionary War along with other war veterans’ records & pension files, tax duplicates from 1800, records and indexes for: abstracts of wills and estates, obituaries, funeral home records, birth, marriage and death records, guardianship and naturalization, Ancestry.com, Roots Magic, Newspaper.com Lebanon Gazette, Miami Gazette and the Western Star issues from 1807 through 1922 more than 26,000 pages now available online at https://ohiomemory.org/
WARREN COUNTY HISTORY CENTER
105 S. Broadway, Lebanon, Ohio 45036 E-mail: wchs@wchsmuseum.org
(513) 932-1817 www.wchsmuseum.org
Hours: Tuesday – Friday 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Saturday 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Closed Sundays, Mondays and holidays
Fees: Admission: $10.00 for adults, $6.00 for students ages 5-18; $2.00 discount for active military.
Copies: 25 cents ea. Research: $15 per hour, by volunteers
The Museum is next to the Lebanon Public Library and has an extensive collection of genealogy and local history materials. Included are: Shaker history, National Normal University information, church histories, topical files, family files, local newspapers since 1807, atlases, works by Warren County authors, some court records, cemetery records, tax records, Quaker history, and more.
GOVERNMENT OFFICES OF ASSISTANCE TO GENEALOGISTS
WARREN COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT
416 S. East St., Room 104, Lebanon, Ohio 45036
(513) 695-1228 https://warrenchd.com/home/birth-and-death-records
Hours: Monday – Friday 7:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
The Health Department has birth and death records from 1909.
EDNA L. BOWYER RECORDS CENTER AND ARCHIVES
406 Justice Dr., Lebanon, OH 45036
(513) 695-1815 http://www.co.warren.oh.us/recordscenter/ Will take on-line research requests.
Hours: Monday – Friday 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Closed federal holidays.
The Records Center has marriage records (1803 to 1996), records of wills and estates (from 1800), birth & death records (1867 to 1908), apprenticeships (1824-1867), soldiers’ discharges (1865-1954), tax duplicates (from 1809; some gaps in records), records from Commissioners’ meetings, divorce records, and coroner’s inquests (1884-1900s).
WARREN COUNTY RECORDER’S OFFICE
406 Justice Drive, Lebanon Ohio 45036
(513) 695-1382 https://www.warrencountyrecorder.com/
Hours: Monday – Friday 7:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
The Recorder’s Office has deeds or land records from 1799 to the present.
