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Local History Resources
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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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