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Department Services
The Wayne County Public Library provides access to several genealogy databases as a service to its patrons.
Databases
Frequently Used Databases
- Access World News: Remote access with valid library card
- More than 665 million current and archived articles can be searched, browsed, printed, emailed and even cited from over 10,000 news sources around the world! Extensive, exclusive coverage in Wooster and throughout the state of Ohio, the United States and all over the globe! Available in the library and remotely with your library card on an easy-to-use mobile responsive interface. Includes quick links into suggested topics for your convenience.
- African American Heritage: Oplin database, Remote access with valid library card
- American Ancestors: Main library use only
- Ancestry Library Edition: Oplin database, Library use only
- FamilySearch: Anywhere with Internet access
- Fold3: Oplin database, Remote access with valid library card
- Heritage Quest Online: Remote access with valid library card
- RB Hayes Obituary Index: Anywhere with Internet access
- WCPL Catalog: Anywhere with Internet access
Local Newspapers
- Ohio Newspapers: Remote access with valid library card.
- Includes the Akron Beacon Journal 1984 - present; the Ashland Times-Gazette 2006 - present; several newspapers from the Columbus area; Medina Sun 2007 - present; Plain Dealer (Cleveland) 1991 - present; Repository (Canton) 1999- present; and many more titles.
- The Daily Record (official website): The Daily Record covers news, sports, and events in Wooster and surrounding Wayne County, Ohio.
- The Daily Record Collection: Remote access with valid library card.
- This links provides images to the Wooster Daily Record from 2018. Text-based articles date back to 1999.
- Online Newspapers of Wayne County, Ohio 24 newspaper titles covering the years 1840-1982: Anywhere with Internet access
- Wayne County Democrat 31 issues sporadically covering 1845-1891 and November 1913: Anywhere with Internet access
- Wooster Daily News 1906-1913, 1917-1920:Anywhere with Internet access
- Wooster Daily Republican 1917-1920: Anywhere with Internet access
- Newspaper Archive includes the Orrville and Massillon newspapers: Library use only
Miscellaneous
- ReferenceUSA: Remote access with valid library card
- Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps,1867-1970: Remote access with valid library card
Society Databases
- Ohio Genealogical Society Research Databases: Ask staff for login
- Swiss Anabaptist Genealogical Society: Ask staff for login
- Wayne County Cemetery Preservation Society: Anywhere with Internet access.
- Cemetery Listings by Township
- Master Name Index
- Wayne County, Ohio Death Records 1867-1908
- Wooster German Lutheran & Reformed Church
- Wayne County Genealogical Society: Anywhere with Internet access
- 1815, 1819, 1823 Quadrennial Enumerations
- Pioneers of Wayne County with Townships
- Wayne Ancestors Newsletters 2000-2007
- Wayne Ancestors Index 2000-2007
Wayne County, Ohio Digital Collections
- Wayne County, Ohio Through the Years: Anywhere with Internet access
- Wooster Digital History: Anywhere with Internet access