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Archives Month In Ohio
October is Archives Month, a celebration of archives and special collections around the state and across the country. In Ohio, this year’s theme is Reunions: Together in the Archives. Reunions celebrate connections between people within a family, school, religion, organization, … Continue reading
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Local Government records at OHS
Local government records are one of the many types of archival resources at the Ohio Historical Society. These records include local probate court birth, death and marriage records, as well as county recorder’s deed records, county auditor tax records and … Continue reading
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Ohio Naturalization Records
Family historians are often in search of the Immigrant: that person who was the first to step foot in America. Naturalization records are one resource genealogists can use to determine the country of origin and the method of transportation used … Continue reading
Please Support Increased Funding for the Ohio Historical Society and the State Archives/Library
One of the most important public functions the Ohio Historical Society performs is to administer the state archives. The State Archives works to collect and preserve documents pertaining to the operation of state and local governments so they may remain … Continue reading
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Ohio Death Certificate copies can be purchased online!
The Ohio Historical Society announces that online purchasing is now available in four new areas: Ohio Death Certificates, OhioPix images, Workshops, and Membership. In addition, many new items have been added to the Ohio History Store. Customers can search the … Continue reading
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Mining Accidents and Fatalities: Clues for Genealogists
Have you ever run into a dead end concerning an ancestor who lived in Southeast Ohio? If it is possible that a member of the family worked in one of the hundreds of mines in the area, then the Annual … Continue reading
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Ohio Penitentiary Records
The Ohio Historical Society holds the Prisoners’ Register (the admission books) for the Ohio Penitentiary from 1829 through 1973. These records, particularly those prior to 1900, are of real interest to genealogists as they often contain a great deal of … Continue reading
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Girls Industrial School
The Ohio Historical Society is pleased to announce a new addition to our Online Resources: Girls Industrial School Inmates’ Case Records Index. We have added these records to the Boys Industrial School Index so that one search finds both … Continue reading
Stillborn Death Records
All genealogists use vital records as information sources. One intriguing area of vital records is stillbirth records. Often these sad events are not openly discussed among family members and thus the information is not readily available to searchers. The situation … Continue reading
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Boys Industrial School
The Ohio Historical Society hosts an online index of Boys Industrial School inmates’ case records to improve access to this resource for genealogical and family history research. Currently, this database indexes the admission records from 1858 to 1944. The web … Continue reading
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