Researcher’s Guide to Montgomery County


Dayton Metro Library
215 East Third Street
Dayton, Ohio 45402
937-227-9500

website

Resources include general histories; city directories; maps; genealogical data; clippings file; newspapers on microfilm; census records and the Lutzenberger photograph collection.


Montgomery County Records Center and Archive

Reibold Building- 6th Floor
117 South Main Street
Dayton, Ohio 45422
937-225-6366

website

Resources include tax duplicates to 1940; 19th century criminal and civil court cases; divorce records; birth & death records (1867 – 1908); early County commission journals and marriage licenses (1803-1933).


Montgomery County Courts Building

41 North Perry Street
Dayton, Ohio 45422
937-225-4640

website

Resources include probate records, wills and marriage licenses from 1934 to the present.


Montgomery County Vital Records Office

Reibold Building
117 South Main Street
Dayton, Ohio 45422
937-225-4418

Resources include birth and death records from 1909 to the present.


Montgomery County Administration Building

451 West Third Street
Dayton, Ohio 45422
937-225-4275

Resources include deeds and lot numbers.


Wright State University Special Collections and Archives

Paul Laurence Dunbar Library
3640 Colonel Glenn Highway
Dayton, Ohio 45435
937-775-2092

website

Resources include a significant Wright brothers collection; local history collections (for an 11 county region); area business and organizational records; 19th century Montgomery County records and the Miami Valley Genealogical Society library.


Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Genealogical Library

1500 Shiloh Springs Road
Dayton, Ohio 45426
937-854-4566

website

Resources include extensive genealogical records.


Ohio Genealogical Society, Montgomery County Chapter

PO Box 1584
Dayton, Ohio 45402

website

An interest group which can provide direction to researchers; additional resources and cemetery information and indexes.





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