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Local History Databases & Online Resources


Obituary Index Search [1]: name search our online index created here at the Local History Center at the Williams County Public Library

Ancestry.com [2]:  find census, birth, marriage, death records, newspaper & historical stories, photos, historical maps, and other media. (IN LIBRARY USE ONLY)

HeritageQuest Online [3] (For Home Access you will need your library card number)

Ohio Death Certificate Index [4] : Database containing death certificates of persons that died in Ohio from 1913-1937.
 
Ohio History Central [5]:  An evolving, dynamic online encyclopedia from the Ohio Historical Society.

Ohio Memory [6]: Project to bring together digital versions of historical collections from more than 330 archives, historical societies, libraries, and museums.
 
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps [7]: Large scale street plans – including building outlines, property boundaries, and building use - produced by the Sanborn Fire Insurance Company from 1867 to 1970 
 
Shin Surname Index [8] provided by WCGS

Williams County Historical Society [9]

Williams County Genealogical Society [10]

Center for Archival Collections [11]:  Bowling Green Ohio's center for Northwest Ohio history.


Source URL: http://www.mywcpl.org/localhistonline

Links:
[1] http://obits.mywcpl.org
[2] http://www.ancestrylibrary.com/default.aspx
[3] http://www.oplin.org/heritagequest
[4] http://www.ohiohistory.org/dindex/
[5] http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/index.php
[6] http://www.ohiomemory.org/
[7] http://www.oplin.org/sanborn
[8] http://www.wcgs-ogs.com/shinn.html
[9] http://www.williamscountyhistory.org/
[10] http://www.wcgs-ogs.com/
[11] http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/cac/