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Non-Internet Resources

The Local History & Genealogy Archives maintains a large collection of books, publications, clippings. CDs, and microfilms. All material is non-circulating, but you can make photocopies or printouts of most materials at $0.10 a page.

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CDs

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The Local History and Genealogy Archives has over 300 CDs of information available for public use. 

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A Small Sampling of the Available CDs:

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  • 1851 British Census Devon Norfolk Warsick - LDS

  • Acadian-Cajun Family Trees

  • Births - VA Births 1656-1896 - Ancestry.com

  • California Marriage Index and other Selected States 1728-1850

  • DC CSRA Date of Birth Reference Index 1997, NJ PA DE DC MD VA WV

  • Early Settlers of New York State, 1760-1942

  • Flood pictures September 2004 - by Charlie Fogle

  • Germans to America 1850-1874

  • Irish Immigrants to North America 1803-1871

  • Mayflower Vital Records, Deeds & Wills, 1600s to 1900s

  • New York Genealogical Records 1675-1920

  • Ohio Land & Tax Records 1787-1840

  • Quaker Genealogy, Encyclopedia of 1750-1930

  • Texas Marriage Index and other Selected States 1728-1850

  • Virginia Land, Marriage & Probate Records 1639-1850

  • Williamson - Descendants of Samuel Williamson, Fifeshire, Scotland, 1688-1771

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Microfilm

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The Local History and Genealogy Archives maintains an extensive collection of microfilm and has five microfilm readers available for public use. You can make copies of microfilm pages yourself for $ .10 a page or library staff can make copies for you and mail them for $2.00 a page.

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Some of the Available Microfilms:

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  • Probate Court Records

  • Common Pleas Court Records

  • Washington County Auditor/Treasurer Records

  • Soldiers and Infirmary Records

  • Vital Statistic Records for Washington and several surrounding counties in both Ohio and West Virginia

  • Marietta Times, 1803-present.

  • Woodsfield and New Matamoras newspapers.

  • Washington County Census 1800-1920, including 2 tiers of surrounding counties.

  • Washington County Poll Books and Tally Sheets (lists of voters and election results) for all available election years 1864-1908. A good substitute for finding males in Washington County in the in-between census years.

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