Creston Historical Society Publications

Creston and Canaan Township Books

• Creston Past Almost Forgotten by Kathleen Murray Slater, Creston, OH: Creston Historical Society, 1991.
• Newsprint Gleanings from the 19th Century Clipped from the Wooster Republican and the Wayne County Democrat newspapers 1889 to 1901, including Creston, Canaan, Burbank, and Sterling: Compiled by Kate Murray Slater, 1984.
• Speaking from the Journal of Creston, Ohio 1881 to 1923: Edited by Kate Murray Slater, 1983.
• 1858-1971 Canaan Township Justice of Peace Civil Docket (Linda Shue)
• 1907-1932 Canaan Township Civil Docket
• 1909-1933 Creston Mayor's Court Docket
• 1909-1938 Birth and Death Register
• 1887-1918 Deeds issued of Maple Mound Cemetery Association
• History of Wayne County Library, Creston Branch from 1939
• Creston Marshall and Police Chiefs 1899-1993
• 1914 The Horr-Warner Company

Family Histories

• The House of Grimmet (McIlvaine Genealogy)
• Garrison, Jones, Starr, Brewster, Murray, Slater Family Trees

Servicemen and Women

• Civil War to 1991: Men and Women in Service, 4 books
• 1949 World War 1 and 2 Service Record, 2 books
• 1940-1947 Doris McIlvaine Scrapbook
• 1941-1945 Donna Nichols Scrapbook
• World War II Scrapbook (blue), source unknown
• 1902-1987 Memorial Day Observances
• 1988-1992 Memorial Day Observances
• American Legion Post 497 History (Charter 1921) Memorial Day Programs from 1933

Wayne County, Ohio Books

• 1878 History of Wayne County, Ohio by Ben Douglass, 2 copies
• 1910 History of Wayne County, Ohio published by B. F. Bowen and Company, volume 2
• 1873 and 1897 Caldwell's Atlas of Wayne County and City of Wooster

Books Published by the Wayne County Historical Society

• Baker's 1856 Map of Wayne Co.
• 1826 Tax List with details Wayne Co.
• 1820 Federal Census (Smith)
• 1880 Census Wayne Co., Complete
• Wayne Co. Will Abstracts, Estates and Guardianship 1813-1852
• Wayne Co. Will Abstracts, Estates and Guardianship 1852-1900
• Early Land Records of Wayne Co.
• Wayne Co. Probate Court Birth Records 1867-1990
• Wayne Co. Burial Records - early 1800's to 1980
• Historic Heritage of Wayne Co., Ohio

Ohio Books

• 1911 Ohio Farm Laws
• Local History: How to Gather, Write and Publish It
• 1902 Historical Collection of Ohio by Henry Howe, 2 volumes
• 1931 History of North Central Ohio by William A. Duff, 3 volumes
• Ohio Builds a Nation, copyright 1939