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The original Lawrence County Ohio Record of Birth Books are housed at the Alden Library Ohio University, Athens Ohio.  To obtain copies, you will have to hire a paid researcher or visit one of the locations listed below. If you want to see the original books at Athens, please call ahead and make an apt. You will find their phone number on their website.

They are NOT at the Lawrence County, Ohio courthouse in Ironton, Ohio.

Microfilmed copies were made from these books and they are available at the following locations:

Family History Center Libraries, which are branch facilities of the Family History Library located in Salt Lake City, UT. With over 3,400 centers worldwide, there is one in your area. To search click here.  Their collection boasts of over 2.2 million rolls of microfilm. You will find many Lawrence County, Ohio records in their collection.
Ohio Historical Society, 1982 Velma Ave., Columbus Ohio 43211.
Alden Library, Ohio University in Athens, Ohio 45701.
Briggs Library, 321 S. 4th ST, Ironton Ohio 45619.

Lawrence County Ohio Birth Certificates are NOT available until 1909 and the index for these certificates for the years 1909-1945 are listed here.

For births 1945-present you will have to contact the City Health Dept. in Ironton.  To obtain copies of those, you must:

hire a paid researcher
visit the Health Dept. in person
email Attn: Juanita Dalton, Registrar, Registrar Email: jdalton@odh.ohio.gov
call 740-532.2212
write to the Ironton City Health Dept., 2212 South 8th ST, Ironton Ohio.  Copies are $18.00 each.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 

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