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=== Contact Information  ===
=== Contact Information  ===
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=== Collection Description  ===
=== Collection Description  ===


The '''Toledo‑Lucas_County_Public_Library''' is the place to come if you are looking for early Ohio settlers who entered Ohio via the Great Lakes and Toledo. They have a collection of Great Lakes boat traffic records.<ref name="DB89" />
The '''Toledo‑Lucas_County_Public_Library''' is the place to come if you are looking for early Ohio settlers who entered Ohio via the Great Lakes and Toledo. They have a collection of Great Lakes boat traffic records.<ref name="DB89" />  


=== Tips  ===
=== Tips  ===
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*[[Dayton and Montgomery County Public Library]], the ''Dayton Room&nbsp;'' has one of Ohio's best genealogical collections including books, periodicals, indexes, genealogies, and biographies.<ref name="DB89" />  
*[[Dayton and Montgomery County Public Library]], the ''Dayton Room&nbsp;'' has one of Ohio's best genealogical collections including books, periodicals, indexes, genealogies, and biographies.<ref name="DB89" />  
*[[Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County]], a good solid genealogy collection with oral histories, state and county histories, biographies, and genealogies. Youngstown was a portal for immigrants from Pennsylvania and New England entering Ohio.<ref name="DB89" />  
*[[Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County]], a good solid genealogy collection with oral histories, state and county histories, biographies, and genealogies. Youngstown was a portal for immigrants from Pennsylvania and New England entering Ohio.<ref name="DB89" />  
*[[Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County]], a top genealogy and local history collection of early Ohio sources. This includes the Inland Waterways Library of Ohio River (and its tributaries) riverboat traffic between Pittsburgh, PA and Louisville, KY.<ref name="DB89" />  
*[[Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County]], a top genealogy and local history collection of early Ohio sources. This includes the Inland Waterways Library of Ohio River (and its tributaries) riverboat traffic between Pittsburgh, PA and Louisville, KY.<ref name="DB89" />


'''''Neighboring Collections'''''<br>  
'''''Neighboring Collections'''''<br>  
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*[http://www.bgsu.edu/library/cac.html Bowling Green State University Jerome Library] local government records, and newspapers.  
*[http://www.bgsu.edu/library/cac.html Bowling Green State University Jerome Library] local government records, and newspapers.  
*[http://www.erielackhs.org/index.php/archives Erie Lackawanna Historical Society], Cleveland, history of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, Erie Railroad, Erie Lackawanna Railway, and related lines.  
*[http://www.erielackhs.org/index.php/archives Erie Lackawanna Historical Society], Cleveland, history of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, Erie Railroad, Erie Lackawanna Railway, and related lines.  
*[http://fcghs-oh.org/ Franklin County Genealogical and Historical Society], Grove City, research services, obituaries, and pioneer families.
*[http://fcghs-oh.org/ Franklin County Genealogical and Historical Society], Grove City, research services, obituaries, and pioneer families.  
*[[Ohio University Alden Library]], Athens, their excellent manuscript collection includes church records, and business records. They also have county histories, biographies, and newspapers. It is like a second state archives.<ref name="DB89" />  
*[[Ohio University Alden Library]], Athens, their excellent manuscript collection includes church records, and business records. They also have county histories, biographies, and newspapers. It is like a second state archives.<ref name="DB89" />  
*[https://www.palam.org/ Palatines to America German Genealogy Society Resource Center], Columbus, has an extensive collection of German immigrant ancestor files.  
*[https://www.palam.org/ Palatines to America German Genealogy Society Resource Center], Columbus, has an extensive collection of German immigrant ancestor files.  
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Revision as of 09:28, 3 March 2015

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Toledo‑Lucas County Public Library
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Contact Information[edit | edit source]

E-mail:[1]  repository@whatever.net

Address:[1]

000 Santa's Workshop Lane
North Pole, AK 99999-9999

Telephone:[1]  800-000-0000, or 801-000-0000
Fax:  802-000-0000

Hours and holidays:[1]  Monday-Saturday 9:00 to 4:30

Directions, maps, and public transportation:[1]  {Optional}

Internet sites and databases:

  • Repository Internet site {create a link for each bullet, and then give a line or two listing content so the reader will know if it is worthwhile to click on that link}.
  • Repository catalog online.
  • Repository database.
  • other(s).

Collection Description[edit | edit source]

The Toledo‑Lucas_County_Public_Library is the place to come if you are looking for early Ohio settlers who entered Ohio via the Great Lakes and Toledo. They have a collection of Great Lakes boat traffic records.[2]

Tips[edit | edit source]

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Guides[edit | edit source]

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Alternate Repositories[edit | edit source]

If you cannot visit or find a source at the Toledo‑Lucas County Public Library, a similar source may be available at one of the following.

Overlapping Collections

  • National Archives I, Washington DC, census, pre-WWI military service & pensions, passenger lists, naturalizations, passports, federal bounty land, homesteads, bankruptcy, ethnic sources, prisons, and federal employees.[3] Includes Northwest Territory (Ohio) papers.
  • National Archives Great Lakes Region (Chicago) old federal court and agency records for Ohio, U.S. federal censuses 1790–1940; military service and pension indexes, passenger lists, naturalizations, Ancestry.com, HeritageQuest, Fold3.[4]
  • Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana, premier periodical collection, including Ohio genealogies, local histories, databases, military, censuses, directories, and passenger lists.[5]
  • Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois, a large repository with genealogies, local histories, censuses, military, land, indexes, vital records, court, and tax records mostly from the Mississippi Valley, eastern seaboard, Canada, and the British Isles.[6]
  • Ohio Historical Society, Columbus, serves as a state archives. Excellent manuscript collection of government, land, and military records. Also, biographies, genealogies, and vital records.[2] [7]
  • State Library of Ohio, Columbus, has good records of Ohio, and of states like Pennsylvania, New York, and the states of New England which all contributed early immigrants to Ohio.[2]

Similar Collections

Neighboring Collections

Sources[edit | edit source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Source 1.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 William Dollarhide, and Ronald A. Bremer, America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers (Bountiful, UT: Heritage Quest, 1988), 89. At various repositories (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 J54d.
  3. Information for Researchers at the National Archives Building in Washington, DC in National Archives (accessed 31 December 2013).
  4. Genealogy in National Archives at Chicago (accessed 27 February 2014).
  5. Genealogy Center Collections in Genealogy Center (accessed 27 February 2015).
  6. Genealogy and Local History in The Newberry (accessed 27 February 2015).
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 Ohio Network of American History Research Centers in Ohio History Connection (accessed 28 February 2014).
  8. Discover the Collection at Library and Archves Canada (accessed 6 August 2013).


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