Research Databases

Search essential historical records for African-Americans, including Federal Census, Marriage and Cohabitation Records, Military Draft and Service Records, Registers of Slaves and Free(d) Persons of Color, Freedman's Bank and more.

Ancestry is the #1 online source for family history information, including the web's largest collection of historical records. Available only in the library.

The Cleveland Necrology File contains local cemetery records and newspaper death notices for the following years: 1833, 1847-1848, 1850-1975.

FamilySearch offers access to 400 million genealogical sources and digital records. You will need a free FamilySearch account.

Available only in the library.

Featuring premier collections of original military records.

Geneology and ancestor database.

A searchable index which includes Ohio Department of Health Certificates.

It offers full text historical documents online, as well as a searchable newspaper index and death certificate index.

Ohio Memory is a statewide collaborative digital library.This freely available collection includes materials from more than 360 cultural heritage institutions representing all of Ohio's 88 counties.

An index to over 3,500,000 obituaries, death and marriage notices, and other notices from Ohio from the 1810s to the present day.

The Digital Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps provide a searchable interface for locating historical maps of Ohio towns and cities in the years 1867-1970.

A program designed to help users identify flint artifacts.

Build and share timelines. Use your own events and images or add content and images from World Book.