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Newspapers provide valuable genealogical information, including obituaries, marriage announcements, biographical sketches, divorce notices, and so forth. Other personal information may be included in various sections of a newspaper. There are many English and foreign-language newspapers from the early days of Ohio. Although these publications were often related to political or religious causes, they contain valuable genealogical information. | Newspapers provide valuable genealogical information, including obituaries, marriage announcements, biographical sketches, divorce notices, and so forth. Other personal information may be included in various sections of a newspaper. There are many English and foreign-language newspapers from the early days of Ohio. Although these publications were often related to political or religious causes, they contain valuable genealogical information. | ||
=== Web Sites for Obituary and Newspaper Indexes === | === Web Sites for Obituary and Newspaper Indexes === | ||
*[http://index.rbhayes.org/hayes/index/ Ohio Obituary Index] 42 libraries are partners in the Ohio Obituary Index and are indexing old and current newspaper entries, totaling more than 1.6 million obituaries from 1810-2010. For more info: [[Ohio Obituaries|Ohio Obituary Index]] | |||
*[http://index.rbhayes.org/hayes/index/ Ohio Obituary Index] 42 libraries are partners in the Ohio Obituary Index and are indexing old and current newspaper entries, totaling more than 1.6 million obituaries from 1810-2010. | |||
*[http://www.gendisasters.com/oh/newspapers.htm Ohio Newspaper Obituaries] | *[http://www.gendisasters.com/oh/newspapers.htm Ohio Newspaper Obituaries] | ||
*[http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/archlib/newsindx.html Ohio Archived Newspapers] Ohio Newspaper Indexes | *[http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/archlib/newsindx.html Ohio Archived Newspapers] Ohio Newspaper Indexes | ||
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