Although the fruit of the buckeye tree has symbolized Ohio since the mid-1800s, it wasn't until 1904 that the scarlet carnation was chosen as our official state flower. This flower was a favorite of William McKinley and was adopted by the state legislature partly because it represented a token of love and reverence for the Ohio president. When Legislator Elijah W. Hill introduced the adoption resolution on the floor of the Ohio House of Representatives, he said, in part: "England has the rose, France has the lily; Ireland, the shamrock; Scotland, the thistle. These flowers awaken in the hearts of the natives of these countries memories of home, fireside, childhood days, sweet sorrows, family ties, and incidents of the land of their nativity. To these ends we seek to adopt the scarlet carnation as Ohio's floral emblem."
Ohio adopted its official state flower, the red carnation, in 1904. The state legislature chose the red carnation to honor President William McKinley, an Ohioan, who was assassinated in 1901. McKinley liked to wear red carnations stuck in his buttonhole on the lapel of his jacket.


VITAL STATISTICS


Marriages of Jefferson County
Ohio Vital Records by County
Washington County, Pennsylvania Early Marriages
1867-1879 Birth Records
of Jefferson County, Ohio
1879-1894 Birth Records
of Jefferson County, Ohio
1894-1901 Birth Records
of Jefferson County, Ohio
1901-1906 & 1906-1908 Birth Records
of Jefferson County, Ohio
1867-1934 Black Birth Records
of Jefferson County, Ohio
Vital Research Records of Births, Deaths and Marriages of West Virginia--beneficial to Ohio researchers
California Deaths 1940-1997
California Births 1905-1995
Ohio Death Certificate Index 1913 - 1944
Texas births
Texas Deaths
Texas Marriages
Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Indiana
Marriages Records
Indiana
State Archives Online
Illinois State Archives
Statewide Vital records; Military & More
Online Ohio Death Records & Indexes
Online Missouri Death Certificates 1910-1964
Utah
Death Certificates 1905-1964
Online Searchable Indexes, Records & Obituaries--an all State site
Quaker Page--includes births of children at Short Creek MM which includes parts of Jefferson, Belmont and Harrison Counties
Massachusetts Archives
Vital Records Search-Index only
Georgia's Virtual Vault
Death Certificates 1919-1927 non-indexed
1847-1861 Marriages
of Hancock County, West Virginia
Some Births, Marriages & Divorces
of Jefferson County, Ohio
United Kingdon National Archives of Births, Deaths and Marriages with other important vital records
Washington State
Online Digital Archives; Includes marriage records, birth, death, military, naturalizations, institutional and miscellaneous as well as census records.
Northwest Digital Archives
Archival and Manuscript Materials in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Alaska and Montana
Kansas State
Genealogical Research pages through the Historical Society
Kentucky
Vital Records Project
Long Island Genealogy
Excellent New York website containing many records and pages to search
Michigan
Death Records 1897 to 1952
Minnesota
Vital records indexes; this brings you to the birth index and the death index is linked to the page as well
Memphis
Tennessee death and marriage records index
Idaho
Death Index online
Kentucky
Death's online--1911 to 1992
Illinois
Marriages--1763 to 1900
Funeral Cards
online
Minnesota Marriages
online with state wide search engine


Minnesota Marriage Indexes listed by county
Oregon State Archives
Georgia Digital Archives
New Jersey Marriage Index Records
May 1848 - May 1878
New Jersey Death Index
Jun 1878 - Jun 1886
New Jersey
Division of Archives & Records-many Indezes to Vital Records
Wisconsin pre 1907 vital records
including birth, death and marriage
Tennessee
Statewide Death Records Index 1914-1933
Pennsylvania
Death Indices 1906-1964
Pennsylvania
Birth Indices 1906 - 1909
Maine State Archives
Search for death information and more
Greenville County, South Carolina Probate Court Search website
Birth Indices 1906 only
Maryland Archives of Maryland Online
lots of great documentation
Louisiana Vita Records Archives
Search for death information and more


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