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The following pages and links all contain data of genealogical value in Bloom Twp., Fairfield Co., Ohio. This township, in western Fairfield County,
consists of the towns/villages of Lithopolis, Greencastle, Jefferson, Slough, and Galesburgh. This township, established in 1805, is known as township 14 of Range 20 and is banked by Violet township on the north, Greenfield township on the east, Amanda township on the south, and Franklin Co., Ohio on the west. Note: Portions of what is now Canal Winchester in Madison Twp., Franklin Co., Ohio, were once within the boundaries of Bloom township.
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Bloom Township Online Searchable Gedcom Database
5 JULY 2009
Search Bloom Township Database by SURNAME
Search Bloom Township Database by INDIVIDUAL This way is quicker if there known errors in this database. Information was gleaned from a variety of sources; individual researchers, church, cemetery, birth, death and marriage records, census, etc. Trying to put all these
families together is not an easy process :) Your help in documenting these sources even further is appreciated! This database surpassed the 30,000 mark in the summer of 2006. The database is actually the data within a genealogy program that I then produce a "gedcom" of and turn into html (web pages) for the website. There are 1000s of pages it produces. It does NOT include the 100 or so other pages on this website such as census extractions, cemetery listings, etc. To search for more pages with your surnames, use the site-search engines at the bottom of the page.
Bloom Township Queries and Guestbook!
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VIEW Queries/Guestbook
Archived Queries

Submit Your Bloom Township Information
Want to submit a page such as the Glick and Courtright descendancies? Or a page like the Kitzmiller info? Your information is welcomed (needed, and appreciated) by other researchers! Just email me at foorgenealogy@yahoo.com.
Cemeteries
Photos
Bloom Township History
Bloom Township history as published in an 1875 atlas
Newspaper Extractions 1826-1973
Toby Town Indian settlement in Bloom township
Articles about history of Rock Mill (bridge and mill) - some from 1928
Veterans Buried in Bloom Twp
Some Early Settlers to Bloom Township
Bloom Township History - offsite link
Pioneer sketch - Brobst,
Glick - Sketch speaks of early pioneers to Bloom Township, schools, churches, more. Offsite link
Early One-Room School Houses of Bloom Township
Bloom Township - Miscellaneous Probate and other data
Some Bloom Township births, deaths and marriages from pre-1860 Newspapers
Some Bloom Twp Probate Births - mostly between 1869-1892
Some Pre-1900 Bloom Township Deaths
More recent Lithopolis deaths
Post-1996 Bloom Township Deaths and/or Burials
Ohio Vital Records - How and where to obtain Ohio vital records
Search the Social Security Death Index (free)
Links Page
Links - a page of genealogy links I commonly use while researching for this site
Bloom Township Census and Tax Lists
All of the following census's are 'complete' - they are not merely indexes.
1806 Bloom Twp. Taxpayers
1816 Bloom Twp. Taxpayers
1816 Fairfield Co. tax lists off-site link
1820 Bloom Twp., Fairfield Co., OH Census
1830 Bloom Twp., Fairfield Co., OH Census
1840 Bloom Twp., Fairfield Co., OH Census
1850 Bloom Twp., Fairfield Co., OH Census
1860 Bloom Twp., Fairfield Co., OH Census
1870 Bloom Twp., Fairfield Co., OH Census link
1880 Bloom Twp., Fairfield Co., OH Census
1890 Veterans Schedule - Bloom Twp.
1890 Veterans Schedule - Lithopolis
1900 Bloom Twp., Fairfield Co., OH Census partial only
1910 Lithopolis, Fairfield Co., Ohio Census
Search US Federal Census Records
- Ancestry.com (offsite link)
Fairfield County, Ohio, Probate Records
Maps
1866 Bloom Twp. Map and Land Ownership
1875 Bloom Twp. Map and Land Ownership
Map of Ohio's 88 counties
Map of the Townships of Fairfield county Ohio
Map of Bloom Township, Fairfield County, Ohio
Ohio Migration Trails
Map of Fairfield County, Ohio
Another map of Fairfield County, Ohio (see section 3)
Military
Partial list of those buried in Bloom Township who served in the military
Ohio Union Veterans of the Civil War - burials off-site link. In search option choose "Ohio" for state, "Fairfield" for county.
Ohio in the Civil War
Books viewable online pertaining to Fairfield County, Ohio history
A Complete History of Fairfield County, Ohio, by Hervey Scott, 1877 (offsite link)
Centennial History of Lancaster, Ohio, and Lancaster People, Wiseman, 1898 (offsite link)
Pioneer period and pioneer people of Fairfield County, Ohio, Wiseman, 1901 (offsite link)
History of Fairfield and Perry Counties, A.A. Graham, 1883 (offsite link)
A Biographical record of Fairfield County, Ohio, S. J. Clark Pub., 1902 - (offsite link)
Fairfield County, Ohio, Websites, and Query/Message Areas
Fairfield County, Ohio, Chapter OGS
Fairfield County Ohio GenWeb Page
Publications for Bloom Township
Historical Collections of Ohio, Henry Howe, V 1, 1888; (Fairfield Co., Ohio portion)
Rootsweb - Fairfield County, Ohio query area (offsite link)
GenForum - Fairfield County, Ohio query area (offsite link)
CousinConnect - Fairfield County, Ohio query area (offsite link)
Other sites or pages within this site that have residents or ancestors in Bloom Twp.
Beery, Ezra F. 1837-1896; 2 generation descendancy
Blackwood, Brossman and Brown of Lithopolis (in .doc format). 
Benedum - some Benedum's of Fairfield Co.
Brobst Family History - offsite link
Courtright, Abraham Van - Will of Abraham Van Courtright (1748-1825)
Courtright, John - Will of John Courtright (1805-1878)
Courtright, John - Will of John Courtright (1779-1863)
Courtright Narrative
Elsea, John - Descendants of John Elsea - offsite link
Finney - Descendants of [?] FINNEY
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Glick, John - 6 Generations of John Glick (1803-1885)
Glick, John Philip (1791-1862) descendants
Gordon, Samuel - Estate of Samuel Gordon, 4 Mar 1823
Gordon, Samuel - Estate Sale of Samuel Gordon, 21 Mar 1823
Gordon, Samuel - Samuel Gordon Partition Record, 9 June 1830
Huffman, Jacob b 1817 and wife Sarah Barnes Bible Records. DOC format
Kitzmiller
Mason
Plotner Partition Record of 1866
Ricketts
Riegel, John George (1776-1855) descendants
Schwander, Frederick - Descendants of Frederick Schwander - offsite link
Weidner, Solomon 1840-1920 - 5 Generations
Whitzel, Thomas - Some Descendants of Thomas WHITZEL, b abt 1790/1800
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Ohio Genealogy and History & Misc.
Ohio Historical Society
Ohio Genealogy Society
Ohio Resources at RootsWeb
Ohio Mailing Lists for Genealogy
Ohio Public Library Information Network (OPLIN)
Ohio Family History Centers
Ohio Network of American History and Research Centers
Ohio Resource Page
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