Primary and Secondary Local History and Genealogy sources found in the Local History Room

Primary and Secondary Local History and Genealogy sources found in the Local History Room
Please note: Local history and genealogy sources may not be available for check-out. Many of the items can only be used in the Local History Room. Operating hours of the Local History Room.

Census Records
First Census of the United States, 1790: Ohio Northwest Territory, vol. 1-2
Ohio 1800-1810 (special census data)
1812 Census of Ohio: Statewide Index of Taxpayers
1820 Federal Population Census
1840 Ohio Census Index
1850 Index to the Federal Population Census of Ohio
1860 Index to the Federal Population Census of Ohio
1870 Ohio Census Index
1880 Ohio Census Index
1820-1930 Federal Census, Summit and surrounding counties

Summit County Records
Summit County, Ohio, Naturalizations, 1840-1858
Index to the Federal Census of 1900 for Summit County
Summit County, Ohio, Death Records, 1866-1902

Cemetery Records and Inscriptions
Lest We Forget: Sixty+ Unique Summit County, Ohio, Cemeteries: Their Stories and Existing Records
Fairview Cemetery, Boston Heights Village, Ohio
Glendale Cemetery Burial Records, 1838-1868, Akron, Ohio (formerly Akron Rural Cemetery)
Locust Grove Cemetery, Twinsburg, Ohio
Maple Lawn Cemetery, Stow, Ohio
Markillie Cemetery, Hudson, Ohio
Mount Hope Cemetery, Akron, Ohio
New Portage Cemetery, Barberton, Ohio
St. Bernard’s Catholic Church Cemetery Inscriptions and Funeral Records, Akron, Ohio
St. Mary’s, 1858-1988, Hudson, Ohio
Stow Cemetery, Stow, Ohio
Summit County Cemetery Inscriptions
Stark County Cemetery Inscriptions (7 volumes)
Portage County Cemeteries (15 volumes)
Ohio Cemeteries (by county)
Ohio Cemeteries, 1803-2003

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

Alphabetical List of Family Histories

A
Ackerman (Auckerman)
Adair

B
Barber
Bauer
Bernard
Betz
Bierce
Boden
Breitenstine
Briner
Butzer

C
Chisnell
Conrad
Crom
 
E
Easterling
Edwards
Etling
 
F
Flickinger
 
G
Gangler
Good
 
H
Harter
Harvey
Heppert
Himmelright
Hoot
Hunsberger
Huth

K
Kinney
 
L
Leidel
 
M
McNamara
Miller
Momchilov
Mong
 
N
Nash

O
Oplinger

P
Paolano
Parmelee
Paul
Perkins
 
R
Reichard
Romig
 
S
Seiberling
Serfass
Smiley
Snyder
Stadtmiller

T
Thesing
Trisch (Treash; Treesh)
 
V
Van Hyning
Vieta
 
W
Walsh
Waltz
Way
Weigand
Whims (Wyms; Wemyss)
Witner
 
XYZ
Yoder
Young
Zook