Events Calendar

Wayne County – It Starts With Organization

Wayne County Public Library 220 W. Liberty St., Wooster, United States

This is the first of a five-part series on searching online resources. With this presentation, we will discuss how to get started with family history, how to prepare and organize for the online search, and a sneak preview of the next four sessions in the series.

Free

Wayne County – Searching Online Resources: Fold 3 and American Ancestors

Wayne County Public Library 220 W. Liberty St., Wooster, United States

These two subscription databases have a wealth of information. Fold3 focuses on military records whereas American Ancestors focuses on the New England area. This presentation will provide an overview of both databases and some tips on how to improve your searches.

Free

Wayne County – Searching Online Resources: Digitized Newspapers

Wayne County Public Library 220 W. Liberty St., Wooster, United States

Historical newspapers are often referred to as the social media of their day. Many historical newspapers have digitized and are searchable. This presentation will look at several free and subscription databases that offer a variety of digitized newspapers available to family historians. The discussion will include Newspaper Archives, Newspapers.com, Advantage Preservation, Google News, and Chronicling […]

Free

Wayne County – Searching Online Resources: Finding Value in Using Historical Online Books in Family History

Wayne County Public Library 220 W. Liberty St., Wooster, United States

Family history involves more than a collection of names, dates, and places. Heritage Quest Online, Internet Archive, Google Books, and FamilySearch Books are just a few places you may find digitized books that may add some historical context and better understanding of your ancestors.

Free

Wayne County – Searching Online Resources: FamilySearch and Ancestry

Wayne County Public Library 220 W. Liberty St., Wooster, United States

Two of the most widely known databases are FamilySearch and Ancestry. Both of these databases have a substantial amount of information and records that are used in everyday family history research. This program will take a deeper dive into these two databases, learn what they offer, and explore better search mechanisms to find the records […]

Free

Wayne County – Leaving Your Legacy

Wayne County Public Library 220 W. Liberty St., Wooster, United States

As family historians, we get so caught up with researching the past that we forget about the present. This program will provide some ideas on how you can create a family history or scrapbook that your offspring may enjoy. Bring photos and documents you would like to use in your family history or scrapbook.

Free

Wayne County – Legacy Day at the Library

Wayne County Public Library 220 W. Liberty St., Wooster, United States

Do you struggle finding time to research? Do you want some time to devote to compiling your research, creating your scrapbook, or writing a narrative about your ancestor? Join other family historians as we enjoy four hours of time set aside for you to work on your family history project.

Free

Wayne County – AncestryDNA – Click on Everything

Wayne County Public Library 220 W. Liberty St., Wooster, United States

If you have an AncestryDNA test and aren't sure what you can learn from it, come to hear about all of the information available about ethnicity and shared matches. Learn how to figure out who the matches are in your match list. This program will be presented by Kelli Bergheimer.

Free

Wayne County – Overcoming Genealogy Roadblocks

Wayne County Public Library 220 W. Liberty St., Wooster, United States

We all have them. Genealogy roadblocks occur for many reasons. Ancestors my migrate, leaving no forwarding address; they may not leave a paper trail because they own little or no property; their names may be spelled or indexed incorrectly; or researchers may have not looked beyond the "low-hanging fruit". This program will take a look […]

Free

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Ohio Genealogical Society Writing Contests
OGN Contest 1 July – 30 September
OGSQ Contest 1 September – 31 December
OGS is sponsoring its genealogical writing contest to reward amateur and professional genealogical authorship and to help fill the pages of its renowned journals with articles.
Prizes range from $25 – $100. Full Writing Contest Details

PLEASE NOTE: All Lineage Society applications are due Nov 30!