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)
• Wooster Library Re-opening, 2020: Genealogy and Local History (0:53)

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 (50:57)

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 (18:23)

Note: Supplemental information may be found in the classroom.

Genealogy How-To Series: Using Local Resources (2020)

Our department has been very fortunate to have great resources compiled by members of the Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio (Genealogy Division, before 1997) and the Wayne County Genealogical Society (1997-present). This series of videos takes a look at some of these resources and how-to use them.

Cemetery Records

• Part I: General Overview (9:52)
• Part II: Wooster Cemetery (7:56)
• Part III: Wayne County Cemeteries (9:59)
• Part IV: Wayne County Cemeteries, Updated and Expanded (11:54)
• Part V: Veterans Buried in Wayne County (10:02)

Note: Supplemental information may be found in the classroom.

Census Records

• The Federal Census of 1820 - Wayne County, Ohio

Court Records

• Wayne County, Ohio: Will Abstracts, Estates and Guardianships: 1812-1851 (12:13)
• Wayne County, Ohio: Will Abstracts, Estates and Guardianships: 1852-1900 (8:10)
• Index to Wayne County, Ohio Probate Court Records, Part I 1812-1917 and Part II 1918-1934 (6:36)

Note: Supplemental information may be found in the classroom.

Vital Records

• Introduction to Vital Records (7:21)
• Wayne County, Ohio Births, Marriages, Deaths for 1856-1857 (5:57)
• Birth Records (8:18)
• Marriage Records (9:31)
• Divorce Records (7:18)
• Death Records (12:13)

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, Family History, Teen
• Stranger in My Genes: A Memoir by Bill Griffeth (4:15)
  • Biography, Adult, Genetic Genealogy (DNA), Family History