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
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Acadian-Cajun Family Trees
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Births - VA Births 1656-1896 - Ancestry.com
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California Marriage Index and other Selected States 1728-1850
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DC CSRA Date of Birth Reference Index 1997, NJ PA DE DC MD VA WV
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Early Settlers of New York State, 1760-1942
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Flood pictures September 2004 - by Charlie Fogle
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Germans to America 1850-1874
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Irish Immigrants to North America 1803-1871
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Mayflower Vital Records, Deeds & Wills, 1600s to 1900s
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New York Genealogical Records 1675-1920
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Ohio Land & Tax Records 1787-1840
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Quaker Genealogy, Encyclopedia of 1750-1930
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Texas Marriage Index and other Selected States 1728-1850
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Virginia Land, Marriage & Probate Records 1639-1850
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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
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Common Pleas Court Records
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Washington County Auditor/Treasurer Records
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Soldiers and Infirmary Records
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Vital Statistic Records for Washington and several surrounding counties in both Ohio and West Virginia
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Marietta Times, 1803-present.
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Woodsfield and New Matamoras newspapers.
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Washington County Census 1800-1920, including 2 tiers of surrounding counties.
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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.