Research Databases Ancestry Library Edition Ancestry Library Edition provides easy access to more than 4,000 genealogy databases with a single search. Coverage focuses primarily on the United States and the United Kingdom, although other areas are covered. Databases include the complete U.S. Census & Index (1790-1930), vital, church, court, and immigration records. The Map Center contains more than 1,000 historical maps. Other notable collections include Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Books; Social Security Death Index (updated monthly); WWI Draft Registration Cards; Federal Slave Narratives; and a strong Civil War collection. Databases are updated continuously as new information becomes available. (IN LIBRARY USE ONLY- MUST BE A LIBRARY CARD HOLDER) HeritageQuest Online HeritageQuest features the U.S. Census, 1790-1930 (1850-60 Slave Census Schedules not included), the Periodical Source Index (PERSI), a digitzed collection of more than 25,000 family and local history books, Records from the Revolutionary War Era Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files and Freedman's Bank Records (1865-1874).
Full List of Research Databases
Barberton City Directories 1895, 1897, 1899, 1901, 1905, 1906, 1910, 1911, 1913, 1915, 1916, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1922, 1924, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1933, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1943, 1946, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1962 to present
Microfilm Barberton News (1892-1929, incomplete) Barberton Leader (1913-1922) Barberton Post (1953-1960) Barberton Herald (1928-1932, 1934-present) Akron Beacon Journal (1960-present) Census data (1820-1930) Indexes Barberton Herald Index (1928-present) Barberton Obituary Index (1928-present) Akron Beacon Journal Index (1841-1939) Year Books Barberton High School 1914-1932 (incomplete), 1945-2006
Norton High School 1938, 1954, 1956-63, 1965-2005
Maps & Atlases Summit County Atlas 1874, 1891, 1910 Plat books 1915, 1922 Sanborn Insurance Maps, Barberton, 1927 Abandoned Underground Mines Archaeological Atlas of Ohio
Barberton History 100 Years of Magic: The Story of Barberton, Ohio, 1891-1991 Talk of the Town: Stories from the Barberton Herald, 1988-1994 America’s Match King: Ohio Columbus Barber, 1841-1920 Ghosts of the Magic City A Bicentennial Remembrance The Story of Barberton, Ohio, the “Magic City” Barberton and Kenmore, Ohio, the Golden Years
Periodicals Ancestry Ohio Civil War Genealogy Journal Ohio Records & Pioneer Families Ohio History Timeline Ohio Genealogy News Ohio Archaeologist
Photograph Collections Houses Around Lake Anna: A History Anna Dean Farm Photograph Album Barber Estate Photograph Album Barberton Postcard Album J. Trivisonno Photography Collection: Barberton and Local Area Barberton Merchants and Businesses
Genealogy Cemetery inscriptions Local family histories Ohio marriage records Ohio tax lists Summit County abstracts of will books Summit County census index County histories
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