1810 Census of Wayne County
Welcome to the WCPL Genealogy and Local History Department!
The Wayne County Public Library's Genealogy and Local History Department can trace our ancestry back to 1953 when the Wooster-Wayne Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) indicated an interest in housing family histories and other resources of genealogical value in the Wooster Library. We started with a small collection of Family Histories and Wayne County information. We have grown to include publications on north and northcentral Ohio; northeastern Indiana, central and northcentral West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Maryland. Other states of interest include Virginia, New Jersey, and New York.
To request information, you may email us at the address above, or fill out our online request form. When requesting information, please be specific with your request, and limit the requested items to no more than five. Include names of interest, approximate dates, and places the events may have taken place. Please refer to Department Services for a complete list of available services and costs.
Your request will be answered as quickly as possible. If you have not heard from the department within 4 - 6 weeks, please do not hesitate to contact the department to find out the status of your request.
Please do not send duplicate requests by mail, email, phone and/or fax to the department or staff members in the department.
Our local resources include Bible Records, Biographies, Business Files, Court Records, Family Histories, High School Yearbooks, Local Histories, Newspapers, Vital Records, and much more. Please refer to Department Resources for a more complete list of resources available in our department.