Defiance County Recorder
Birth and Death records from 1867 - 1908.
Marriage records from 1845 to 2013.
Wills and estate records from 1845 to 2013.
Naturalization records from 1845 to 1929.
Deeds from 1823 to 1961.
There are also Plat maps, Coroner records, Indigent burials,
Military Discharges, Criminal and Civil Cases.
Online searching is available.

Defiance County Health Dept.
Stacie Hummel, Registrar 1300 East Second Street, Suite 100
Defiance, OH 43512
Phone: (419) 784-3818
Birth and Death records from 1908 to present day.
Copies are currently $25 each.
Please send a addressed, stamped legal-sized envelope to maile copies to you.
Fee may be paid with cash, money order or a personal check with an Ohio address. Birth Cert Request Form

Ohio Department of Health
Vital records such as births from 1908 to the present,
and death records from 1964 to the present.
Death records prior to 1964 are at the Ohio Historical Society
and at the Defiance County Records Center listed above.