Category Archives: Research Tips

All the News that’s Fit to Print!

We have new hardcopy newspapers cataloged and available to use in the Reading Room.   Amherst News Times 2009 Antwerp Bee Argus 2009 Attica Hub 2009 Batavia Clermont Sun 2009 Bluffton News 2009 Caldwell Journal 2009 Carey Progressor Times 2009 … Continue reading

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Read All About It!

We have new newspaper microfilm cataloged and available for use in the Reading Room.   Amherst News Times 2006-2008 Chillicothe Gazette Dec 2008 Cincinnati Enquirer Sept 1-10, 2008; Dec 11-20, 2008 Cleveland Call & Post July 2007 – Dec 2008 … Continue reading

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What’s Between the Sheets?

Newspaper Research For Genealogists April 29, 2010, 6:30 – 8:30 pm Newspapers contain vast amounts of family history information beyond obituaries yet are often overlooked as a resource. This class will cover birth, death and marriage announcements as well as … Continue reading

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Collections Cataloged and Available to Researchers

The Manuscripts & Visual Resources Team at the Ohio Historical Society is pleased to announce that a variety of collections are now cataloged and available to researchers.  These original manuscript and photographic collections are housed at the Ohio Historical Center in Columbus, Ohio.  They are available for use in … Continue reading

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Photographs in the Mail

You may notice when examining older postcards that some look like real photographs. In 1902 Eastman Kodak began manufacturing postcard stock on which photographs were directly developed. Other manufacturers of photographic products soon followed Kodak’s lead. These postcards, known as … Continue reading

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Collections Cataloged and Available to Researchers

The Manuscripts & Visual Resources Team at the Ohio Historical Society is pleased to announce that a variety of new collections are cataloged and available to researchers.  These original manuscript and photographic collections are housed at the Ohio Historical Center in Columbus, Ohio.  They are available for use … Continue reading

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2010 Geneaology Workshop Series

The Ohio Historical Society Archives/Library (OHS), the Ohio Genealogical Society (OGS) and the Franklin County Genealogical and Historical Society (FCGHS) jointly offer a series of programs designed to introduce family history researchers to the many records and resources available to … Continue reading

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Collections Cataloged and Available to Researchers

The Manuscripts & Visual Resources Team at the Ohio Historical Society is pleased to announce that a variety of new collections are cataloged and available to researchers.  These original manuscript and photographic collections are housed at the Ohio Historical Center in Columbus, Ohio.  They are available for use … Continue reading

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Tips to Find Audiovisual Collections in the OHS Online Collections Catalog

How can I use keyword searching to find audiovisual collections? General keyword searching for subjects and genre terms can retrieve relevant collections.  Keep in mind that the general keyword search searches many fields in the bibliographic record for each word … Continue reading

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Collections Cataloged and Available to Researchers

The Manuscripts & Visual Resources Team at the Ohio Historical Society is pleased to announce that a variety of new collections are cataloged and available to researchers.  These original manuscript and photographic collections are housed at the Ohio Historical Center in Columbus, Ohio.  They are available for use … Continue reading

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