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

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 1

• General overview
• Location guides
• Internet Sources
  • Find-A-Grave
  • Billions Graves
  • Ohio Gravestone Project
  • USGenWeb/Rootsweb

Part 2

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

Part 3

• Wayne County, Ohio Burial Records
• Wayne County, Ohio Cemeteries
  • Notebook with articles pertaining to cemeteries

Part 4

• Wayne County Cemetery Preservation Society
  • Updated cemetery tombstone readings
  • Individual cemetery publications
  • Most have been tombstone inscriptions -- two cemeteries involved working with the cemetery or historical society
    • Apple Creek Cemetery
    • Rittman Cemetery (not published, yet)
• Individual publications
  • Orr Cemetery by Michelle Brooks

Part 5

• Daughters of the American Revolution
  • Soldiers of the American Revolution Buried in Wayne Co., Ohio
    • Includes some older photos of tombstones
  • Partial Record of Soldiers' Buried in Wayne County from the American Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Mexican War
  • Wayne County Cemetery Records
    • A partial list of males buried in Wayne County; containing names of males whose ages make them eligible for service in the Revolutionary War; the War of 1812; The Mexican War. Names of females and minor children are included for the purpose of aiding in identifying a family.
• WPA, 1930s
  • Wayne County Grave Registration Cards
    • Includes a listing of those men who have served their country during war time and are buried in Wayne County, Ohio.
    • Includes the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Mexican-American War, Civil War, Spanish-American War, and World War I
    • Some information is incorrect; few source citations are found
• Individual publication
  • In Memoriam: A Compilation of the locations of the grave sites of Veterans buried in Wayne County, Ohio
    • Compiled by Marvin R. Oswald and published in July 1996
    • Organized by Township
    • Includes the the name of the veteran, the birth and death year, the war in which he or she served, and the cemetery he or she is buried.
    • On online version is available

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
• Index to Wayne County, Ohio Probate Court Records, Part I 1812-1917 and Part II 1918-1934

Note: Supplemental information may be found in the classroom.

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