Local History & Genealogy
Internet Resources
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America's Genealogy Bank (You must have
a Washington County Public Library card
number to log in) - Easily search and browse millions of genealogies, obituaries,
marriage and birth announcements and more from 1652 to the present.
Includes historical newspapers, books and documents, along with
modern obituaries and the Social Security Death Index.
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Archivegrid - Contains nearly a million archival collection descriptions held by hundreds of
libraries, archives and museums.
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Brigham Young University Digital Collections
- This Brigham Young library site has complete searchable
digital copies online of the 1881 Williams history of
Washington County, the 1902 Andrews history of
Washington County, Hildreth's Biographical and
Historical Memoirs of the Early Pioneers, and the
Revolutionary War Soldiers of Washington County, Ohio.
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Castle Garden
- Free access to a database of information on 10 million immigrants from
1830 through 1892, the year Ellis Island opened.
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Cyndi's List
- List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet.
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Defense Prisoner of War/Missing
Personnel Office
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The Digital Shoebox
- A searchable collection of historical images from
Southeastern Ohio (to choose WCPL, click the "Select Collections"
button).
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Ellis
Island - An informative site about Ellis
Island. Also provides free searches of immigration records.
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Familyreunion.com
- A web site dedicated to family reunions. Includes a free area to post
information about your up coming family reunion.
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FamilySearch
- A large collection of free family history, family tree and genealogy
records.
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FamilySearch Record Search
- A pilot program of searchable genealogy records, including digitized Ohio death
certificates 1908-1953, 1850 census, 1880 census.
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Genealogy.com
- A wealth of online genealogy resources including a genealogy learning center.
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Genforum
- A large collection of genealogy forums.
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The Library of Congress - Preservation -
Information on the care, handling, and storage of
photographs.
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The Marietta Daily Leader, 1895 to 1906 - A Searchable archive
by
the Ohio Historical Society and the Library of Congress.
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Ohio Memory
- Discover 21,000 primary sources from archives, historical
societies, libraries, and museums that document Ohio's past from prehistory through the present.e present.
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R. B. Hayes Obituary Index
- An index to over 1,300,000 obituaries, death and marriage
notices and other sources from Ohio from the 1810s to the present day.
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Rootsweb
- Free and comprehensive genealogy resource site.
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USGenWeb Project
- A group of volunteers working together to provide free genealogy
websites for genealogical research in every county and every state of
the United States.
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Screengenes.com
- A portal to many genealogical resources on the Internet.
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Washington County Chapter, Ohio Genealogical Society
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Washington County, Ohio Historical & Genealogical Links
(Currently unavailable) - This page is an index of links to help people who cannot get to the library with their research.
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