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"

The following videos have a focus on genealogy. Local history videos are listed separately.

General Information

• Genealogy and Local History: Inside the Wayne County Public Library (3:02) - January 10, 2019
• Wooster Library Re-opening, 2020: Genealogy and Local History (0:53) - July 6, 2020

Genealogy Fall Series (2019)

• Getting Started: Part 1 of 3 (17:03) - August 21, 2019
• Getting Started: Part 2 of 3 (16:00) - September 3, 2019
• Getting Started: Part 3 of 3 (27:29) - September 3, 2019
• Sources, Part 1 of 7 (8:15) - September 11, 2019
  • Introduction and overview to locating birth and death dates when vital records are not available
• Sources, Part 2 of 7: Vital Records (12:03) - October 29, 2019
• Sources, Part 3 of 7: Census Records, Part 1 (11:39) - October 31, 2019
• Sources, Part 4 of 7: Census Records, Part 2 (10:11) - November 4, 2019

Genealogy 2019-2020 Series: Case Studies

• Orison Sheldon Reed: Debunking a Family Story (22:11) - February 11, 2021
• Using U.S. Census & Vital Records, Case Study No. 1, pt. 1 (13:02) - December 18, 2019
• Using Vital and Census Records to Resolve Conflict, A Case Study: Ralph Albert Keener (16:28) - January 3, 2020
• Using Vital and Census Records to Resolve Conflict, A Case Study: Benjamin Harrison Keener (29:21) - January 3, 2020
• Using Vital and Census Records to Resolve Conflict, A Case Study: Isaac Franklin Keener (50:57) - July 8, 2020

Genealogy How-To Series (2020)

• What You Need to Start (10:39) - May 18, 2020
• Ancestor Charts and Family Group Sheets (11:49) - June 15, 2020
• The Research Plan (12:04) - June 19, 2020 - June 19, 2020
• Correspondence and Research Logs (18:23) - June 25, 2020

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 (9:51) - August 6, 2020
• Part II: Wooster Cemetery (7:56) - August 8, 2020
• Part III: Wayne County Cemeteries (9:59) - August 14, 2020
• Part IV: Wayne County Cemeteries, Updated and Expanded (11:54) - August 14, 2020
• Part V: Veterans Buried in Wayne County (10:02) - August 14, 2020

Note: Supplemental information may be found in the classroom.

Court Records

• Wayne County, Ohio: Will Abstracts, Estates and Guardianships: 1812-1851 (12:13) - July 1, 2020
• Wayne County, Ohio: Will Abstracts, Estates and Guardianships: 1852-1900 (8:10) - July 9, 2020
• Index to Wayne County, Ohio Probate Court Records, Part I 1812-1917 and Part II 1918-1934 (6:36) - July 13, 2020

Note: Supplemental information may be found in the classroom.

Newspapers

• Genealogy & Local History: Newspaper Research (8:09) - December 31, 2020
• Genealogy & Local History: Online Newspapers (6:38) - December 31, 2020

Property Records

• Wayne County, Ohio Early Censuses and Tax Lists (5:43) - October 24, 2020

Vital Records

• Introduction to Vital Records (7:21) - August 27, 2020
• Wayne County, Ohio Births, Marriages, Deaths for 1856-1857 (5:57) - August 27, 2020
• Birth Records (8:17) - August 27, 2020
• Marriage Records (9:31) - August 31, 2020
• Divorce Records (7:18) - August 31, 2020
• Death Records (12:13) - August 31, 2020

Genealogy How-To Series: Using Local Resources (2021)

General Information

• How Many Records Are Enough? (8:43) - January 19, 2021
• Using Family Stories in Genealogy Research (8:39) - January 20, 2021

Online Resources

• Utilizing Online Resources: RB Hayes Obituary Index, part 1 (18:57)- April 21, 2021
  • Using RB Hayes with FamilySearch and Find-A-Grave
• Utilizing Online Resources: RB Hayes Obituary Index, part 2 (24:19) - April 27, 2021
  • Using RB Hayes with Historical Community of the Wayne County Public Library (historical newspapers)

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

Genealogy Program Teasers

• SLAM 2021: NGS conference (3:48) - March 15, 2021
• Spring Genealogy Lock-in (1:53) - March 20, 2019
• Woman's Suffrage: A Local Perspective (3:10) - November 12, 2020