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+ | |content=In early [[Wayne County, Ohio]], section 16 of each township in Ohio was set aside to financially support the schools. The land was leased at $0.12 per acre and not sold. This method did not produce adequate funding. In 1826 Congress passed an act which permitted the states to sell the land. The money was deposited into the State Treasury and the interest earned on these funds would be paid to the Township Schools. This system of funding continued until 1968. After 1968, the funds would be paid directly to the school boards. | ||
+ | The Genealogy and Local History Department has some "One-Room School files". These files include a variety of items, dependent on what was available to the compiler of the collection. Other school records from the mid-1880s have been found for [[Franklin Township, Wayne County, Ohio|Franklin Township]]. | ||
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Revision as of 16:35, 15 May 2017
The Wayne County (OH) Wiki was started in 2014. Since its introduction, library staff have a new vision for the Wiki. To find out more about the Wayne County (OH) Wiki and its vision, please read About Wayne County (OH) Wiki. The Wayne County (OH) Wiki is divided into three main sections: Genealogy, Local History and Business. To simplify browsing subjects on the Wiki, the most common areas of interest are listed below.
The department does not have interior photos of buildings. We do have city and county directories which may be used to research the residents of homes. Directories in connection with plat maps and deed searchers may aid researchers in tracking previous owners of the property or building to see if early photos still exist.
The Wayne County Historical Society maintains a list of Wayne County Historical Landmarks through their website.In Ohio, marriages begin when the county was first organized. For Wayne County, Ohio, marriages begin in 1812. However, most parents were not listed on marriages in Wayne County until 1899.
Domestic Relations Court was not established in Wayne County, Ohio until 1914. Divorces prior to this time may be found in Chancery Records, Land Deeds, Supreme Court Records, Journals, Newspapers and other possible places. The department has been working on an early divorce index.Leading up and following the Civil War, many of the great folks who had moved westward into Northwestern Ohio, Indiana, and places further west started to return home to Wayne County, OH.
Many individuals from Virginia and the Carolinas moved northward to work in the mining industry. Moving into the 20th century, individuals from southern Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, and other areas started to move northward to seek employment in the industry of the North.