Friday Finds: Stark County, Ohio Deed Archive

I’ve been following up on a clue regarding Michael Bender that led me to Stark County, Ohio. Needing to review a deed for the county, I went looking on FamilySearch to see if it was available online. No joy.

Next stop Google. One of the results was Archive Search Instructions for the Stark County Recorder. Lo and behold, deeds for 1809-1916 are available to search in their archives!

It includes images for both the deed indices and the deed books and is easy to use—even if you can’t just type in a name and pull up a record.

1. First, you’ll need to create an account and log in
2. Choose Archives in the menu at the top of the page
3. Select your parameters for the indices in the top set of drop-down menus on the left
4. Click on the image icon to show the image
5. Go to the first letter of the surname, then look for the first letter of the given name
6. Make note of the page number associated with the first letter of the given name
7. Select that page from the “Page” menu and click the image icon

You can scroll through the images using the arrows just above the image.

Once you’ve found a deed you want to view in the indices, make note of the book letter or number and the page number. Use the lower set of “Books” menus to make your selections and click the image icon pull up that page. You can save, print, email and/or download a PDF of your selected page by using the controls at the top of the image.

I found the deeds I was looking for, plus others which are adding to my knowledge of the Bender family. Check it out for yourself!

• Category: Resources
• Tag: Deeds, Friday Finds, Genealogy Resource