Portal:Genealogy/Websites

Wayne County, Ohio Online Resource Center Portals

• Organizations
• Genealogy
• Local History

Welcome to the

Website Portal

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There are many places researchers may visit when doing research. Many places have some web presence.

Wayne County, Ohio

• Wayne County Public Library Internal Databases
• Wayne County Auditor
• Wayne County Clerk of Courts

Libraries and Archives

• Akron-Summit County Public Library
• Allen County Public Library (IN)
• Cleveland Public Library
• U.S. National Archives
• Wayne County Public Library

Historical & Genealogical Societies

• Ashland County Chapter, OGS
• Ohio Genealogical Society: Ask staff for login
• Swiss Anabaptist Genealogical Society: Ask staff for login
• Wayne County Chapter, OGS
• Wayne County Cemetery Preservation Society

Online

Books and Manuscripts

• ArchiveGrid
• Digital Public Library
• Hathi Trust
• Internet Archive
• WorldCat

General Information

• Access Genealogy
• Cyndi's List
• FamilySearch
• U.S. GenWeb

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Many records continue to become available online. Some websites include abstracts and indexes while others include digital images.

Immigration

• Ellis Island
• Ship Transcriber's Guild

Maps

• David Rumsey Map Collection
• Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps,1867-1970
• Sanborn Maps, Library of Congress

Military

• National Park Service, Civil War
• 120th OVI, Civil War

Links to area newspapers

Newspaper

• The Bargain Hunter
• The Daily Record
• Dalton Gazette & Kidron News
• OrrViews Community News
• Northern Wayne Post

Digitized

Newspapers

• Wayne County Newspapers
• Wayne County Democrat 1850-1913
• Wooster Daily News 1906-1913, 1917-1920
• Wooster Daily Republican 1917-1920
• The Community Archive
• Miscellaneous Titles

Obituaries and Deaths

• Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library, Obituary Index
• Billion Graves
• Find A Grave
• Legacy

Property

• Bureau of Land Management
• Ohio Recorder's Association

1790-1950

Census and Local Enumerations

• FamilySearch

Births, Marriages, Deaths

Vital Records