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Main Author: Schweitzer, George Keene, 1924- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Knoxville, TN : G.K. Schweitzer, [1994].
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Ohio background (p.5). 1. Ohio geography (p.5) ; 2. Pre-Revolutionary OH (p.10) ; 3. Territorial OH (p.15) ; 4. Early OH statehood (p.18) ; 5. The War of 1812 (p.19) ; 6. Between the wars (p.19) ; 7. The Civil War (p.22) ; 8. Post-Civil War (p.23) ; 9. OH developmental factors (p.24) ; 10. OH county formation (p.29) ; 11. Recommended reading (p.31)
  • Chapter 2. Types of records (p.49). 1. Introduction (p.49) ; 2. Bible records (p.51) ; 3. Biographies (p.52) ; 4. Birth records (p.57) ; 5. Cemetery records (p.57) ; 6. Census records (p.59) ; 7. Church records (p.65) ; 8. City directories (p.73) ; 9. City and county histories (p.74) ; 10. Court records (p.75) ; 11. DAR records (p.77) ; 12. Death records (p.78) ; 13. Divorce records (p.79) ; 14. Emigration and immigration records (p.80) ; Ethnic records (p.82) ; 16. Gazetters, atlases, and maps (p.83) ; 17. Genealogical compilations and indexes (p.86) ; 18. Genealogical periodicals (p.87) ; 19. Genealogical and historical societies (p.89) ; 20. Land records (p.90) ; 21. Manuscripts (p.96) ; 22. Marriage records (p.98) ; 23. Military records: Revolutionary War (p.99) ; 24. Military records: 1812-48 (p.102) ; 25. Military records: Civil War (p.104) ; 26. Mortuary records (p.106) ; 27. Naturalization records (p.106) ; 28. Newspaper records (p.108) ; 29. Published genealogies (p.109) ; 30. Regional records (p.110) ; 31. Tax lists (p.112) ; 32. Wills and probate records (p.114) ; 33. WPA works (p.115)
  • Chapter 3. Record locations. 1. Court houses (p. 117) ; 2. The OH Historical Society (p. 122) ; 3. The State Library of OH (p. 127) ; 4. The Western Reserve Historical Society (p. 128) ; 5. The Allen County Public Library (p. 132) ; 6. The Public Library of Cincinnati (p. 132) ; 7. The Family History Library and its Branch Family History Centers (p. 133) ; 8. The National Archives (p. 138) ; 9. The OH Network of American History Research Centers (p. 139) ; 10. The OH Genealogical Society (p. 141) ; 11. Regional libraries (p. 141) ; 12. Local repositories (p. 142) ; 13. Large genealogical libraries (p. 142)
  • Chapter 4. Research procedure & county listings (p. 145).