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1. Check the [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Indiana Tasks-Repositories#Assignment_Chart|Assignment Chart]] below to choose a county to edit. <br>  
1. Check the [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Indiana Tasks-Repositories#Assignment_Chart|Assignment Chart]] below to choose a county to edit. <br>  


2. Sign up on the Assignment Chart to accept the task. Sign-up instructions are posted with the Assignment Chart below.<br>
2. Sign up on the Assignment Chart to accept the task. Sign-up instructions are posted with the Assignment Chart below.<br>&nbsp;


3. Add information to the county page by editing in [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Indiana Tasks-Repositories#Wikitext_Editing_Instructions|wikitext]].Read the general instructions then follow the wikitext link to continued task directions about using wikitext to edit this project.<br>  
3. Add information to the county page by editing in [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Indiana Tasks-Repositories#Wikitext_Editing_Instructions|wikitext]].Read the general instructions then follow the wikitext link to continued task directions about using wikitext to edit this project.<br>  
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:*Hours of operation<br>
:*Hours of operation<br>


6. Discover the strengths and peculiarities of the databases or collections of the repository. You may add a sentence or two about the collection.  
6. Discover the strengths and peculiarities of the databases or collections of the repository. You may add a sentence or two about the collection.&nbsp;


7. You may also wish to include the following:<br>  
7. You may also wish to include the following:<br>  
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3. Scroll to the heading Repositories.  
3. Scroll to the heading Repositories.  


4. Scroll to the appropriate section, Archives, Library, or Museum within Repositories.  
4. Scroll to the appropriate section, Achives, Library, or Museum within Repositories.  


5. If there already is archive, library or museum information posted under the heading, do not remove the links, but you may reorganize or post any additional information you may find. If you move any linked information, to avoid breaking any links, be '''sure to move all text in while in wikitext.'''  
5. If there already is archive, library or museum information posted under the heading, do not remove the links, but you may reorganize or post any additional information you may find. If you move any linked information, to avoid breaking any links, be '''sure to move all text in while in wikitext.'''  
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:d. To link the e-mail address:  
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Mark the envelope of your requests with Probate Office or Recorder's Office  
Mark the envelope of your requests with Probate Office or Recorder's Office  


<br> [http://www.mahoningcountyoh.gov/DepartmentsAgencies/Departments/ClerkofCourts/ContactInformation/tabid/999/Default.aspx Mahoning County Clerk of Courts]<br>Mahoning County Court House <br>120 Market Street <br>Youngstown, OH 44503 <br>1-330-740-2104  
<br> [http://www.mahoningcountyoh.gov/DepartmentsAgencies/Departments/ClerkofCourts/ContactInformation/tabid/999/Default.aspx Mahoning County Clerk of Courts]<br>Mahoning County Court House <br>120 Market Street <br>Youngstown, OH 44503 <br>330-740-2104  


<br> Original civil court files 1846–1900 are housed at the [http://www.mahoninghistory.org/ Mahoning Valley Historical Society].  
<br> Original civil court files 1846–1900 are housed at the [http://www.mahoninghistory.org/ Mahoning Valley Historical Society].  


===== FamilySearch Centers  =====
===== Family History Centers  =====


[https://www.familysearch.org/centers/locations/ FamilySearch Centers] (FSCs) are branches of the [https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/ FamilySearch Library] in Salt Lake City, Utah, and are located all over the world. Their goal is to provide resources for family history research.  
[[Introduction to LDS Family History Centers|Family History Centers]] (FHCs) are branches of the [[Family History Library|Family History Library]] in Salt Lake City, Utah, and are located all over the world. Their goal is to provide resources for family history research.  


The main FSC for Mahoning County, Ohio is the [[Youngstown Ohio FamilySearch Center|Youngstown Ohio FamilySearch Center]]. For additional nearby FamilySearch Centers, search online in the [https://www.familysearch.org/centers/locations/ FSC directory].  
The main FHC for Mahoning County, Ohio is the [[Youngstown Ohio Family History Center|Youngstown Ohio Family History Center]]. For additional nearby Family History Centers, search online in the [https://www.familysearch.org/locations FHC directory].  


===== Libraries  =====
===== Libraries  =====
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===== Societies  =====
===== Societies  =====


[http://www.mahoningcountychapterogs.org/ Mahoning County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society]<br>PO Box 9333<br>Youngstown, Ohio 44513-9333 <br>Email: [mailto:MCCOGS@zoominternet.net MCCOGS@zoominternet.net]  
[http://www.mahoningcountychapterogs.org/ Mahoning County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society]<br>PO Box 9333<br>Youngstown, Ohio 44513-9333 <br>E-mail: [mailto:MCCOGS@zoominternet.net MCCOGS@zoominternet.net]  


<br> The society has volunteers at the courthouse each Thursday 8am to 3pm; located in the Marriage Dept in the basement. Society members also volunteer at the Main Library Thursdays 1–4.<br>  
<br> The society has volunteers at the courthouse each Thursday 8am to 3pm; located in the Marriage Dept in the basement. Society members also volunteer at the Main Library Thursdays 1–4.<br>  
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[http://www.mahoninghistory.org/ Mahoning Valley Historical Society]<br>648 Wick Avenue <br>Youngstown, OH 44502-1289 <br>Phone: 330–743-2589 <br>[mailto:mvhs@mahoninghistory.org mvhs@mahoninghistory.org]  
[http://www.mahoninghistory.org/ Mahoning Valley Historical Society]<br>648 Wick Avenue <br>Youngstown, OH 44502-1289 <br>Phone: 330–743-2589 <br>[mailto:mvhs@mahoninghistory.org mvhs@mahoninghistory.org]  


<br> Genealogical collections: The [http://www.mahoninghistory.org/archhome.htm MVHS Archival Library] Original probate and civil court records 1846–1900 for Mahoning County. Collection includes diaries, Bibles, photographs, fraktur, manuscripts, deeds, wills, maps, architectural and mechanical drawings, ledgers, county and local government records, and church records.<br>  
<br> Genealogical collections: The [http://www.mahoninghistory.org/archhome.htm MVHS Archival Library].&nbsp;Original probate and civil court records 1846–1900 for Mahoning County. Collection&nbsp;includes diaries, Bibles, photographs, fraktur, manuscripts, deeds, wills, maps, architectural and mechanical drawings, ledgers, county and local government records, and church records.<br>
 
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=== Assignment Chart  ===
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=== Indiana County Assignment Chart  ===
=== Indiana County Assignment Chart  ===
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| [[Adams County, Indiana|Adams]]  
| [[Adams County, Indiana|Adams&nbsp;]]  
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| [[Allen County, Indiana|Allen&nbsp;]]  
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| [[Benton County, Indiana|Benton]]  
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| [[Boone County, Indiana|Boone]]  
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| [[Clinton County, Indiana|Clinton]]  
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| [[Crawford County, Indiana|Crawford]]  
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| [[Daviess County, Indiana|Daviess]]  
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| [[De Kalb County, Alabama|De Kalb]]  
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| [[Decatur County, Indiana|Decatur]]  
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| [[Delaware County, Indiana|Delaware]]  
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| [[Dubois County, Indiana|Dubois]]  
| [[Delaware County, Indiana|Delaware&nbsp;]]  
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| [[Elkhart County, Indiana|Elkhart]]  
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| [[Fayette County, Indiana|Fayette]]  
| [[Elkhart County, Indiana|Elkhart&nbsp;]]  
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| [[Floyd County, Indiana|Floyd]]  
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| [[Fountain County, Indiana|Fountain]]  
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| [[Franklin County, Indiana|Franklin]]  
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| [[Fulton County, Indiana|Fulton]]  
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| [[Gibson County, Indiana|Gibson]]  
| [[Fulton County, Indiana|Fulton&nbsp;]]  
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| [[Grant County, Indiana|Grant]]  
| [[Gibson County, Indiana|Gibson]]&nbsp;
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| [[Greene County, Indiana|Greene]]  
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| [[Hamilton County, Indiana|Hamilton]]  
| [[Greene County, Indiana|Greene&nbsp;]]  
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| [[Hancock County, Indiana|Hancock]]  
| [[Hamilton County, Indiana|Hamilton&nbsp;]]  
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| [[Harrison County, Indiana|Harrison]]  
| [[Hancock County, Indiana|Hancock]]&nbsp;
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| [[Hendricks County, Indiana|Hendricks]]  
| [[Harrison County, Indiana|Harrison&nbsp;]]  
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| [[Howard County, Indiana|Howard]]  
| [[Henry County, Indiana|Henry&nbsp;]]  
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| [[Huntington County, Indiana|Huntington]]  
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| [[Jasper County, Indiana|Jasper]]  
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| [[Jennings County, Indiana|Jennings]]  
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| [[Johnson County, Indiana|Johnson]]  
| [[Jennings County, Indiana|Jennings]]&nbsp;
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| [[Knox County, Indiana|Knox]]  
| [[Johnson County, Indiana|Johnson&nbsp;]]  
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| [[Kosciusko County, Indiana|Kosciusko]]  
| [[Knox County, Indiana|Knox&nbsp;]]  
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| [[La Porte County, Indiana|La Porte]]  
| [[Kosciusko County, Indiana|Kosciusko&nbsp;]]  
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| [[La Grange County, Indiana|La Grange]]  
| [[La Porte County, Indiana|La Porte&nbsp;]]  
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| [[Lake County, Indiana|Lake]]  
| [[La Grange County, Indiana|La Grange&nbsp;]]  
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| [[Marshall County, Indiana|Marshall&nbsp;]]  
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| [[Martin County, Indiana|Martin&nbsp;]]  
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| [[Miami County, Indiana|Miami&nbsp;]]  
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| [[Monroe County, Indiana|Monroe&nbsp;]]  
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| [[Morgan County, Indiana|Morgan]]&nbsp;
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| [[Newton County, Indiana|Newton]]  
| [[Newton County, Indiana|Newton&nbsp;]]  
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| [[Noble County, Indiana|Noble]]  
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| [[Ohio County, Indiana|Ohio]]  
| [[Ohio County, Indiana|Ohio&nbsp;]]  
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| [[Orange County, Indiana|Orange]]  
| [[Orange County, Indiana|Orange&nbsp;]]  
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| [[Owen County, Indiana|Owen]]  
| [[Owen County, Indiana|Owen&nbsp;]]  
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| [[Parke County, Indiana|Parke]]  
| [[Parke County, Indiana|Parke&nbsp;]]  
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| [[Perry County, Indiana|Perry]]  
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| [[Pike County, Indiana|Pike]]  
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| [[Porter County, Indiana|Porter]]  
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| [[Posey County, Indiana|Posey]]  
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| [[Pulaski County, Indiana|Pulaski]]  
| [[Pulaski County, Indiana|Pulaski]]&nbsp;
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| [[Putnam County, Indiana|Putnam]]  
| [[Putnam County, Indiana|Putnam&nbsp;]]  
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| [[Randolph County, Indiana|Randolph]]  
| [[Randolph County, Indiana|Randolph]]&nbsp;
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| [[Ripley County, Indiana|Ripley]]  
| [[Ripley County, Indiana|Ripley&nbsp;]]  
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| [[Rush County, Indiana|Rush]]  
| [[Rush County, Indiana|Rush&nbsp;]]  
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| [[Scott County, Indiana|Scott]]  
| [[Scott County, Indiana|Scott&nbsp;]]  
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| [[Shelby County, Indiana|Shelby]]  
| [[Shelby County, Indiana|Shelby&nbsp;]]  
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| [[Spencer County, Indiana|Spencer]]  
| [[Spencer County, Indiana|Spencer&nbsp;]]  
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| [[St. Joseph County, Indiana|St. Joseph]]  
| [[St. Joseph County, Indiana|St. Joseph&nbsp;]]  
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| [[Starke County, Indiana|Starke]]  
| [[Starke County, Indiana|Starke&nbsp;]]  
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| [[Steuben County, Indiana|Steuben]]  
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| [[Sullivan County, Indiana|Sullivan]]  
| [[Sullivan County, Indiana|Sullivan&nbsp;]]  
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| [[Switzerland County, Indiana|Switzerland]]  
| [[Switzerland County, Indiana|Switzerland]]&nbsp;
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| [[Tippecanoe County, Indiana|Tippecanoe]]  
| [[Tippecanoe County, Indiana|Tippecanoe&nbsp;]]  
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| [[Tipton County, Indiana|Tipton]]  
| [[Tipton County, Indiana|Tipton&nbsp;]]  
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| [[Union County, Indiana|Union]]  
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| [[Vanderburgh County, Indiana|Vanderburgh]]  
| [[Vanderburgh County, Indiana|Vanderburgh&nbsp;]]  
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| [[Vermillion County, Indiana|Vermillion]]  
| [[Vermillion County, Indiana|Vermillion&nbsp;]]  
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| [[Vigo County, Indiana|Vigo]]  
| [[Vigo County, Indiana|Vigo&nbsp;]]  
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| [[Wabash County, Indiana|Wabash]]  
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| [[Warren County, Indiana|Warren]]  
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| [[Warrick County, Indiana|Warrick]]  
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| [[Washington County, Indiana|Washington]]  
| [[Washington County, Indiana|Washington]]&nbsp;
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| [[Wayne County, Indiana|Wayne]]  
| [[Wayne County, Indiana|Wayne]]&nbsp;
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| [[Wells County, Indiana|Wells]]  
| [[Wells County, Indiana|Wells&nbsp;]]  
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| [[White County, Indiana|White]]  
| [[White County, Indiana|White&nbsp;]]  
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| [[Whitley County, Indiana|Whitley]]  
| [[Whitley County, Indiana|Whitley&nbsp;]]  
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  • Locate the word Print or the icon of a printer. Click on the icon.
  • Print.

Instructions[edit | edit source]

1. Check the Assignment Chart below to choose a county to edit.

2. Sign up on the Assignment Chart to accept the task. Sign-up instructions are posted with the Assignment Chart below.
 

3. Add information to the county page by editing in wikitext.Read the general instructions then follow the wikitext link to continued task directions about using wikitext to edit this project.

  • If you have questions about editing, go to wiki help links under the heading Description.

4. To locate any archive, library or museum in a county, click on the website name and then search:

  • Cyndi's List
  • Epodunk Browse appropriate county profile for repositories
  • Google Type in the search box "Archive [county name and state]" or "Library [county name and state]" or "Museum [county name and state]"
  • Google "[county name and state] genealogy blog" then scan the blog for mention of any archive, library or museum for that county
  • US GenWeb

Additional Links to Library Sites:

More links to library sites. These sites are organized by city and are best consulted after you have already located a library and are looking for additional contact information:

5. For each county archive, library or museum you find, look for the following:

  • Name of the archive, library or museum
  • Address
  • Phone number
  • E-mail
  • Website
  • Hours of operation

6. Discover the strengths and peculiarities of the databases or collections of the repository. You may add a sentence or two about the collection. 

7. You may also wish to include the following:

  • Rules for using the collection
  • Copy policies
  • Research help
  • Cost of entrance

8. You do not need to add state–level archive, libraries or museums to county pages.

9. If you do not find any archive, libraries or museums, your task is complete.

10. Mark the Assignment Chart below to indicate you have finished the task.

11. Also, report your finished task on the Ohio FamilySearch Completed Task Google Form. Follow the instructions on the Google form. This step is important for documenting completed wiki volunteer work. Thank you!

Wikitext Editing Instructions[edit | edit source]

1. Click on your chosen county name in the Assignment Chart. This will take you to your county page.

2. Login to the FamilySearch wiki using your FamilySearch login name and password.

3. Scroll to the heading Repositories.

4. Scroll to the appropriate section, Achives, Library, or Museum within Repositories.

5. If there already is archive, library or museum information posted under the heading, do not remove the links, but you may reorganize or post any additional information you may find. If you move any linked information, to avoid breaking any links, be sure to move all text in while in wikitext.

6. Be consistent in the format you use to present the information.

7. Open the Archive, Library or Museum heading for editing by clicking on the check mark in square on the right-hand side of the page, opposite the heading title.

8. Click on the word wikitext with in toolbox at the top of the edit box.

9. Scroll to where you want to insert the information.

10.To add a county archive, library or museum:


For each archive, library or museum society you find, add the following:

Name of the archive, library or museum <br> Address:<br> Phone:<br> E-mail:<br>
a. Adding the <br> between the entries, moves the information to a new line.
b. If the archive, library, or museum has a website, add the link to the name of the archive, library, or museum as follows:
i. On the website page, hover the cursor over the web address. Right click your mouse. This will highlight the address and an edit box will appear.
ii. Left click on COPY.
iii. Return to the FamilySearch Wiki county page, at the point where you want to add the linked archive, library or museum.
iv. In wikitext type [(Web Address) (Archive, library, or museum Name)]
v. Replace the words Web Address and parenthesis with the copied web address.
vi. Replace the words Archive, library, or museum Name and parenthesis with the archive, library, or museum name.
vii. The link is now complete.
c. To bold the name of the archive, library, or museum:

If there is no website link, bold the name of the archive, library, or museum.

i. Place three ''' before and after the archive, library, or museum name to bold it.
ii. The name is now bolded.
d. To link the e-mail address:
i. After the word E-mail: type [mailto:(e-mail address) (e-mail address)]
ii. Paste the e-mail address in twice,replacing the words e-mail address.
::iii. Remove the parenthesis and place a space between the two entries.
iv. The link is now complete.

9. Add one or two sentences that discuss the strengths and peculiarities of the databases or collections of the archive, library, or museum.

11. You may also wish to include the following:

  • Rules for using the collection
  • Copy policies
  • Research help
  • Cost of entrance

12. If you copy a link and add it to the county page, make sure the link works. Do not add any broken links.

13. Please cite at least one source for each item you add. See Mahoning County for examples. See also

Section Example[edit | edit source]

Archives[edit | edit source]

Youngstown Historical Center of Industry and Labor
151 W. Wood Street
Youngstown OH 44501–0533
Phone: 330–743-5934

Genealogical resources: Mahoning County Common Pleas Court Records, Court Dockets, Deeds, Newspapers

Complete Heading Example[edit | edit source]

Resource Repositories[edit | edit source]

Courthouse[edit | edit source]

Probate Court
Mahoning County Court House
120 Market Street
Youngstown, OH 44503
330-740-2310
MCProbate@mahoningcountyoh.gov
Genealogical Resources: County marrige records; Births and Deaths 1864–1908; Guardianship; Will and estates (Wills are on film–originals are at the Mahoning Valley Historical Society.)


Mahoning County Recorder's Office
Mahoning County Court House
120 Market Street
Youngstown, OH 44503
330-740-2345
npalermo@mahoningcountyoh.gov


Genealogical Resources: Land and deeds; grave registrations; soldier's discharges after 1864.

Mark the envelope of your requests with Probate Office or Recorder's Office


Mahoning County Clerk of Courts
Mahoning County Court House
120 Market Street
Youngstown, OH 44503
330-740-2104


Original civil court files 1846–1900 are housed at the Mahoning Valley Historical Society.

Family History Centers[edit | edit source]

Family History Centers (FHCs) are branches of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, and are located all over the world. Their goal is to provide resources for family history research.

The main FHC for Mahoning County, Ohio is the Youngstown Ohio Family History Center. For additional nearby Family History Centers, search online in the FHC directory.

Libraries[edit | edit source]

Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County
305 Wick Ave.
Youngstown, OH 44503
Phone: 330–744–8636

Genealogical resources: Newspaper film copies and indexes, directories, cemetery inscriptions database. This library is a FamilySearch Center where films can be ordered and viewed.

Museums[edit | edit source]
Other Repositories[edit | edit source]

Youngstown Historical Center of Industry and Labor
151 W. Wood Street
Youngstown OH 44501–0533
Phone: 330–743-5934


Genealogical resources: Mahoning County Common Pleas Court Records, Court Dockets, Deeds, Newspapers

Societies[edit | edit source]

Mahoning County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society
PO Box 9333
Youngstown, Ohio 44513-9333
E-mail: MCCOGS@zoominternet.net


The society has volunteers at the courthouse each Thursday 8am to 3pm; located in the Marriage Dept in the basement. Society members also volunteer at the Main Library Thursdays 1–4.

Mahoning Valley Historical Society
648 Wick Avenue
Youngstown, OH 44502-1289
Phone: 330–743-2589
mvhs@mahoninghistory.org


Genealogical collections: The MVHS Archival Library. Original probate and civil court records 1846–1900 for Mahoning County. Collection includes diaries, Bibles, photographs, fraktur, manuscripts, deeds, wills, maps, architectural and mechanical drawings, ledgers, county and local government records, and church records.


Assignment Chart[edit | edit source]

If you are accepting this task:

1. Sign in to the wiki at the upper right-hand corner of this page. Use your FamilySearch account username and password.
2. Open the Assignment Chart for editing by clicking on the check mark in the box at the right opposite the Assignment Table heading.
3. Place your cursor in the box under the heading Name/Date Task Accepted and opposite your county of choice.
4. Type 4 tildes (~). This symbol is located on the upper left-hand part of your keyboard, next to the number 1. The ~~~~ is an electronic signature and will leave your user name and date when you signed.
5. Scroll nearly to the bottom of the page. Add a summary sentence in the Summary box saying something like, "Selected Adams County for adding societies".
6. Click on the box "Save Page".
7. You are now signed up to complete this task.


If you are completing this task:

  • Follow the same instructions as accepting the task, except place your cursor in the correct county box under the heading Date Completed. Change your summary sentence to something like, "Completed Adams County for societies."

Indiana County Assignment Chart[edit | edit source]



County  Name/Date accepted Date Completed
Adams     
Allen     
Bartholomew     
Benton     
Blackford     
Boone     
Brown     
Carroll     
Cass     
Clark     
Clinton     
Crawford     
Crawford     
Daviess     
De Kalb     
Dearborn     
Decatur     
Delaware     
Dubois     
Elkhart     
Fayette     
Floyd     
Fountain     
Franklin     
Fulton     
Gibson     
Grant     
Greene     
Hamilton     
Hancock     
Harrison     
Hendricks     
Henry     
Howard     
Huntington     
Jackson     
Jasper     
Jay     
Jefferson     
Jennings     
Johnson     
Knox     
Kosciusko     
La Porte     
La Grange     
Lake     
Lawrence     
Madison     
Marshall     
Martin     
Miami     
Monroe     
Montgomery     
Morgan     
Newton     
Noble     
Ohio     
Orange     
Owen     
Parke     
Perry     
Pike     
Porter     
Posey     
Pulaski     
Putnam     
Randolph     
Ripley     
Rush     
Scott     
Shelby     
Spencer     
St. Joseph     
Starke     
Steuben     
Sullivan     
Switzerland     
Tippecanoe     
Tipton     
Union     
Vanderburgh     
Vermillion     
Vigo     
Wabash     
Warren     
Warrick     
Washington     
Wayne     
Wells     
White     
Whitley     





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