Club Records List

The following is a list of club records, including some miscellaneous newspapers held at the Library. To make inquiries, please contact Jane Kelly, Local History & Genealogy Coordinator.

Box 1 of 6

• Young Men's Reading Association Records [1877-1879]
• Ladies Aid Society Treasurer's Book [1901-1914]

Box 2 of 6

• Army-Navy Award invitation, program & complete transcript of broadcast over Columbia network [January 16, 1943]
• Medical Descriptive Book, Evans Post #149 [n.d.]
• Grand Army Journal, Evans Post #149 [1892-1912]
• Quarterly Reports, Evans Post #149 [1883-1890]
• Monthly Reports, Evans Post #149 [1882-1891]

Box 3 of 6

• Evans Post #149 [1893-1896] and [1928-1932]
• Grand Army of the Republic Records [1967-]
• Evans Post #149, Found Records [1882-1891]

Box 4 of 6

• Front page second section of the Bryan Times article on Lockport
• [July 8, 1954]
• Bryan Union Press [January 5, 1865]
• Roll of Honor: Williams County Soldiers who died in service [1861-1865]
• Fourth Ohio Times [March 21, 1862]
• Hicksville Independent [June 7, 1894]
• Ladies Home Journal [January 1893], [October 1895]
• Scientific American supplement [January 25, 1879]
• Chicago Herald Tribune (copy), issue 16 historic front pages as 1933 Christmas greeting to readers. [1933]

Box 5 of 6

• Souvenir program West Unity Community [1834-1934]
• Homeopathic Veterinary Practice [1931]
• Bryan City Directory [1877]
• Directory of Williams County [196-1921]
• Directory of the World's War Heroes of Williams County [July, 4 1919]
• Jerusalem College Term Reports [n.d.]
• Minutes of the Bryan Normal Academy student reunion [n.d.]
• Charles A. Bowersox: Manual of Legislative Practices in the General Assembly of Ohio School Districts ledger [1860-1866]
• Rural Hall School teacher's report [November 27, 1871 - March 27, 1872]

Box 6 of 6

• Nurse Committee records [1923-1938]
• Bryan Homecoming records [1911]
• Williams County Teacher's Association [1896-1899]
• Williams County Horse Breeder's Association [1933-1940]

Microfilm Holdings List

Census

• Defiance County, Ohio [1850 - 1930]
• Erie County, New York (Buffalo City) [1900]
• Fulton County, Ohio [1850 - 1930]
• Henry County, Ohio [1840 - 1930]
• Hillsdale County, Michigan [1860 - 1930]
• Richland County, Ohio [1860]
• Williams County, Ohio [1830 - 1930 ]

Newspapers

• Bryan Democrat [30 Apr 1863 - 1948]
• Bryan Press [4 Jan 1872 - 1949]
• Bryan Times [July 1949 - present]
• Defiance Democrat [5 Jan 1850 - 31 Dec 1859]
• Edgerton Earth [12 Nov 1909 - 23 Dec 1987]
• Edon Commercial [23 Nov 1912 - 27 Dec 1939]
• Montpelier Leader Enterprise [24 Sept 1880 - 31 Dec 2003]
• Pioneer Tri State Alliance [28 June 1879 - 26 Sept 1974]
• West Unity Reporter [7 Jan 1880 - 18 Feb 1920 ]

Miscellaneous Bryan and Ohio Newspapers

• The Acorn (Bucyrus)
• Birmingham Community News
• Bloomville Gazette
• Boardman News
• Botkins Herald
• Bowling Green Daily News
• Bratenhall Times
• Bryan Press [28 Oct 1869 - 21 Dec 1871]
• Bryan Union Press [20 Aug 1863 - 29 Sept 1864] [6 Oct 1864 - 13 Aug 1868]
• [20 Aug 1868 - 21 Oct 1869]
• Brookville Town Talk
• Buckeye Vidette [22 Apr 1880 - 10 Nov 1881]
• Equal Rights [4 Oct, 11 Oct, 18 Oct 1848]
• Fountain City Argus [25 May 1876 - 31 Jan 1878] [7 Feb 1878 - 13 Nov 1879]
• The Northwestern (Bryan) [6 Mar 1846 ] [29 Oct 1847 - 21 Jan 1848]
• Press & Leader [14 Aug 1862 - 13 Aug 1863]
• The Republican Standard (Bryan) [5 Jan. 1856] [7 May 1857 - 24 Dec. 1857]
• Spirit of the Age (Bryan) [7 Dec 1848, 4 Jan 1849; 15 Nov 1849]
• Union Press [31 Jan 1862 - 1 Aug 1862]
• Weekly Family Visitor (Bryan) [5 Dec 1850 and 2 May 1850]
• West Unity Equal Rights [13 June 1849 and 18 July 1849]
• Williams County Gazette [12 Aug 1858, 11 Nov 1858, 10 Feb 1859,
• 31 Dec 1857 - 1 Sept 1859]
• Williams County Leader [27 Oct 1859 - 29 Aug 1861] [3 Oct 1861- 31 July 1862]

Williams County, Ohio Court Records (listed by box #)

# 1 - Clerk of Courts -
Common Pleas Appearance Docket [1852 - 1857]
Journal # 3 1/2 [1844 - 1848 ]

# 2 - Clerk of Courts -
Common Pleas Journal # 4 [1848 - 1857]
Chacery Record # 2 [1846 - 1856]

# 3 - Clerk of Courts -
Common Pleas General Index # 1 [1825 - 1878]
Common Pleas General Index # 2 [1846 - 1854]

# 4 - Clerk of Courts - Supreme Court/District Court
Complete Record [1833 - 1846]
Complete Record Vol. 2 [1846 - 1860]

# 5 - Probate Court -
Civil Docket Vol. 1 [1859 - 1878]
Civil Docket Vol. 2 [1878 - 1887]

# 6 - Probate Court -
Naturalization Record
Loose Material [1836 - 1839] [1842 - 1922 - 1929]

# 7 - County Home Registers [1874 - 1912] [1874 - 1955]

# 8 - County Recorder - Deed Records
Vol. 49 Nov 1881 - June 1882
Vol. 50 June 1882 - Feb 1883

# 9 - County Recorder Deed Records
Vol. 51 Feb 1883 - Aug 1883
Vol. 52 Aug 1883 - Mar 1884

# 10 - County Recorder Deed Records
Vol. 53 Mar 1884 - Oct 1884
Vol. 54 Oct 1884 - May 1885

# 11 - County Recorder Deed Records
Vol. 55 May 1885 - Jan 1886

Williams County, Ohio Probate Records (listed by box #)

# 1 - Ad. Bonds [1845 - 1852] [1858 - 1871]
# 2 - Administration Records [1852 - 1859] [1825 - 1830]
# 3 - Administration Docket [1858 - 1891]
# 4 - Civil Docket [1861 - 1887] [1878 - 1887]
Probate Execution Docket [1856 - 1868]
# 5 - Gr. Bonds and Letters [1865 - 1873]
# 6 - Assignment Records [1881 - 1928]
# 7 - Guardians Bonds [1857 - 1865]
# 8 - Executors Bonds [1858 - 1886]
# 9 - Administrator, Executor, and Guardian Accounts [1856 - 1863] [1862 - 1868]
# 10 - Administrator, Executor, and Guardian Accounts [1861 - 1869] [1869 - 1871]
# 11 - Administrator, Executor, and Guardian Accounts [1871 - 1876] [1874 - 1876]
# 12 - Administrator, Executor, and Guardian Accounts [1874 - 1877] [1878 - 1880]
# 13 - Administrator, Executor, and Guardian Accounts [1877 - 1882] [1878 - 1883]
# 14 - Administrator, Executor, and Guardian Accounts [1874 - 1877]
# 15 - Administrator, Executor, and Guardian Accounts [1852 - 1864] [1872 - 1875]
# 16 - Probate Records [1864 - 1868]
# 17 - Real Estate Records [1852 - 1864] [1872 - 1875]
#18 - Real Estate Records [1878 - 1882] [1878 - 1886]
# 19 - Inventory and Sale Bills [1856 - 1864] [1863 - 1868]
# 20 - Inventory and Sale Bills [1868 - 1874] [1873 - 1881]
# 21 - Inventory and Sale Bills [1881 - 1883] [1883 - 1888]
# 22 - Probate Journal [1852 - 1864] [1864 - 1868]
# 23 - Probate Journal [1868 - 1871] [1871 - 1875]
# 24 - Probate Journal [1875 - 1878] [1878 - 1880]
# 25 - Probate Journal [1880 - 1882] [1882 - 1885]
# 26 - Probate Journal [1885 - 1887] [1887 - 1890]
# 27 - Record of Births and Deaths [1867 - 1879] [1879 - 1891]
# 28 - Marriage Records [1852 - 1864] [1864 - 1868]
# 29 - Record of Births and Deaths [1892 - 1943] [1893 - 1941] [1893 - 1909]
# 30 - Marriage Records [1868 - 1878]
# 31 - Marriage Records [1881 - 1889] [1889 - 1895]
# 32 - Marriage Records [1895 - 1899] [1899 - 1903]
# 33 - Marriage Records [1903 - 1908 (Vol. # 9)] [1908 - 1913 (Vol. # 10)]
# 34 - Marriage Records [1913 - 1918 (Vol. # 11)]
# 35 - Will Records [1809 - 1852] [1858 - 1872]
# 36 - Will Records [1872 - 1883] [1883 - 1889]
# 37 - Will Records [1889 - 1893] [1893 - 1897]
# 38 - Will Records [1897 - 1901] [1901 - 1906]
# 39 - Will Records [1906 - 1911] [Index]

Miscellaneous Records

• Civil and Criminal Court Cases in Williams County [Oct 1824 - 1900]
• Defiance County Commissioner's Journal [1845 - 1867]
• First Presbyterian Church Minutes [1872 - 1951] [1898 - 1946]
• Pulaski Township Board of Education Records
• Minutes 1853 - 1887
• Minutes 1911 - 1914
• Minutes 1923 - 1941
• Minutes 1941 - 1954
• School Register 1900 - 1901
• Annual School Reports 1917 - 1919
• Annual School Register 1919 - 1921
• Enumeration of School Age Youth
• Williams County Treasurer's Tax Duplicates [1827 - 1905 ]