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Research Resources

This is a list of links that will help you do some of your own history and genealogy research

BGSU Center for Archival Collections Houses rare texts on local subjects

EBSCO Host† Search thousands of magazines, academic journals, newspapers, reference books, photos and maps on millions of topics

FamilySearch* A popular, free resource for genealogy and family history research containing over 6 billion searchable names and 2 billion images of historic genealogical records

Federal Depository Library Program A depository for U.S. Government documents

FindAGrave.com A search tool to help you find the graves of ancestors

Fold3‡ A collection of historical U.S. military records that brings to life the details of America’s military veterans with stories, photos, and personal documents

Heritage Hub† Find obituaries and death notices published in newspapers dating back to 1704; funeral home notices dating back to 2019; and Social Security Death Index (SSDI) records, which mostly cover the period between 1935 and 2014

Lucas County Cemetery Maps This is an incredible interactive map of all of the cemeteries in Lucas County

Newspaper Archive† Contains tens of millions of newspaper pages from 1607 to present. Every newspaper in the archive is fully searchable by keyword and date

Newspapers.com* or Newspapers.com† Extensive online database of 4,000+ historical newspapers from the early 1700s to the 2000s

Oxford Research Encyclopedias† Peer-reviewed summaries on history, business, English, language arts, health, government, history, social studies

Revolutionary War Soldiers Buried in Wood County A list and history of the Revolutionary War soldiers who were buried in Wood County

Rutherford B. Hayes Obituary Index* Sells prints of obituaries from the Rossford Record Journal and local papers

Toledo Blade Collection† A collection of Toledo Blade from 1848 to the present

Wood County Genealogical Society Get help with your genealogy research

Any resident of Ohio is eligible for a library card in any other county of Ohio. Simply visit any library in any county or sign up for a card online. Some libraries will only issue you a temporary card if you apply online.

*These links require a card from the Rossford Public Library. They have even greater resources to those who use them on the computers inside the library.

† These links require a Toledo Lucas County Public Library card to use.

‡ These links require a Wood County Public Library card to use.

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