Instructional videos

YouTube Videos

Genealogy Play List

1. Once you are in YouTube, do a search on Wayne County Public Library Ohio.
2. Choose Playlists
3. Scroll down
   1. Local History: Select "Wayne County (Ohio) History, Civil War Roundtable, Living History, and Biographical Sketches"
   2. Genealogy: Select "By Branch Location"
      1. ) Scroll to the right. Choose "Wooster Main library, Genealogy & Local History"
      2. ) Choose "View Full Playlist"

General Information

• Genealogy and Local History: Inside the Wayne County Public Library (3:02)

Genealogy Fall Series (2019)

• Getting Started: Part 1 of 3 (17:03)
• Getting Started: Part 2 of 3 (16:00)
• Getting Started: Part 3 of 3 (27:29)
• Sources, Part 1 of 7 (8:15)
  • Introduction and overview to locating birth and death dates when vital records are not available
• Sources, Part 2 of 7: Vital Records (12:03)
• Sources, Part 3 of 7: Census Records, Part 1 (11:39)
• Sources, Part 4 of 7: Census Records, Part 2 (10:11)

Genealogy 2019-2020 Series: Case Studies

• Using U.S. Census & Vital Records, Case Study No. 1, pt. 1 (13:02)
• Using Vital and Census Records to Resolve Conflict, A Case Study: Ralph Albert Keener (16:28)
• Using Vital and Census Records to Resolve Conflict, A Case Study: Benjamin Harrison Keener (29:21)
• Using Vital and Census Records to Resolve Conflict, A Case Study: Isaac Keener (forthcoming)

Genealogy How-To Series (2020)

• What You Need to Start (10:39)
• Ancestor Charts and Family Group Sheets (11:49)
• The Research Plan (12:04)
• Correspondence and Research Logs

Using Local Resources (2020)

Forthcoming short clips

Cemetery Records

• Wooster Cemetery
• Wooster Cemetery Burial Permits
• Wooster Cemetery, Wooster, Ohio 1852 thru 2003: More Than Just Tombstone Readings

Census Records

• The Federal Census of 1820 - Wayne County, Ohio

Court Records

• Wayne County, Ohio: Will Abstracts, Estates and Guardianships: 1812-1851
• Wayne County, Ohio: Will Abstracts, Estates and Guardianships: 1852-1900
• Index to Wayne County, Ohio Probate Court Records, Part I 1812-1917 and Part II 1918-1934

Property Records

• Early Land Records of Wayne County, Ohio
• Wayne County, Ohio Early Censuses and Tax Lists

Genealogy Book Reviews (2019)

• Backwater by Joan Bauer (2:30)
  • Adventure, Teen
• Stranger in My Genes: A Memoir by Bill Griffeth (4:15)
  • Biography, Adult