Online Resources

List of research database titles, descriptions and links
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African American Heritage
African American Heritage

Search records, books, serials, and other historical records specific to African Americans to trace your genealogy or to do research.

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Discover your family's history Ancestry library edition
Ancestry Library Edition

IN LIBRARY ONLY
Trace your genealogy using historical records. U. S. Census records; military records; court, land and probate records; vital and church records; directories; petitions for naturalization; passenger lists and more. You must be in the library to access this database..

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Family Search
Family Search

Search for a deceased ancestor in historical records to uncover vital information from their life.  

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Fold3 Military Records
Fold3

A premier collection of historical U.S. military records that brings to life the details of America's military veterans with stories, photos, and personal documents.

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HeritageQuest family history
HeritageQuest

Search census records, books, serials, and other historical records to trace your genealogy.

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Ohio Historical Society
Ohio Historical Society

Search the records of more than 230,000 items in the Society's library, newspaper, manuscript, audiovisual, state archives, history, natural history, and archaeology collections.

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Rutherford B Hayes Obituary Index
Rutherford B. Hayes Obituary Index

An index to almost 700,000 obituaries, death and marriage notices, and other sources from Ohio from the 1830's to the present day.

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Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps

Historical maps of Ohio cities.

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Arrowhead identification
What's The Point?

Identifying flint artifacts.

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