Welcome to the Genealogy and Local History Room!

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The Genealogy and Local History Room is located in historic downtown Wooster, on the second floor of the Main Library (220 W. Liberty St.). We offer a wide variety of resources for counties in northeast, northcentral, and southeast Ohio, and resources for Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Virginia.

 

Genealogy Department Hours

Monday 9:30 AM – 8 PM

Tuesday 9:30 AM – 8 PM

Wednesday 9:30 AM – 5:30 PM

Thursday 9:30 AM – 8 PM

Friday 9:30 AM – 5:30 PM

Saturday 9 AM – 3 PM

 

Frequently Used Resources

Ancestry Library Edition

FamilySearch

Find a Grave

Historical Newspapers of Wayne County 

Ohio Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps 

Rutherford B. Hayes Ohio Obituary Index 

Wooster Daily News

Wooster Daily Republican

Wayne County Democrat

Wayne County Deed Index

Wayne County Through the Years

U.S. Bureau of Land Management

 

Research Assistance 

To request information, you may contact us several ways:

  1. Mail your request to the Wayne County Public Library; Genealogy and Local History; 304 N Market St; Wooster, OH 44691

  2. Email genealogy@wcpl.info.

  3. Call us at 330-262-0916, ext. 4670.  Only simple questions can be answered by phone.  Any detailed request should be submitted by mail or email.

Fees

Obituary requests

$1.00 per individual (includes postage)

Non-obituary requests (to be mailed)

$1.00 minimum fee + $0.25 per page + postage

Non-obituary requests (to be emailed)

$1.00 minimum fee + $0.25 per scan

Combination requests

$1.00 minimum fee + $0.25 per non-obituary copy + postage + $1.00 per obituary

USB drive

$7.00 flat fee. This includes the cost of the USB drive + postage