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United States Ohio  Athens  Archives and Libraries  Ohio University Alden Library

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Contact Information
Address:


 * Ohio University Alden Library
 * 30 Park Place
 * Athens, OH 45701

Telephone: 740-593-2699

Hours: OU Libraries hours.

Map, directions, parking, and public transportation:


 * Map: Google map: Ohio University Alden Library.
 * Directions: Traveling to Ohio University's Athens Campus.
 * Parking: OU and Athens City parking.
 * Public transportation: All Athens Transit bus routes 1 to 6, and Summit stop near the Library.

Internet sites and databases:


 * Ohio University Libraries resources, services, about, need help?, articlesPlus, ALICE catalog, databases, course reserves, subject and course guides, hours, events, news.
 * ALICE catalog online by keyword, title, periodical title, author, subject, course reserves, or databases. Also available in WorldCat.
 * Genealogy subject guide online databases and forums, Alden Library resources, other local resources, contact/need help?.

Collection Description
Their excellent manuscript collection includes church records, and business records. They also have county histories, biographies, and newspapers. It is like a second state archives. Alden Library genealogy resources include these collections:


 * Government Documents: Soldiers of the American Revolution Buried in Ohio, Roster of Ohio Soldiers in the War of 1812, Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War of the Rebellion, The Civil War CD-ROM: the war of the rebellion: a compilation..., and The official roster of Ohio Soldiers in the War with Spain, 1898-1899
 * Microforms:
 * Special Collections:

Alternate Repositories
If you cannot visit or find a source at the , a similar source may be available at one of the following.

Overlapping Collections


 * National Archives I, Washington DC, census, pre-WWI military service &amp; pensions, passenger lists, naturalizations, passports, federal bounty land, homesteads, bankruptcy, ethnic sources, prisons, and federal employees. Includes Northwest Territory (Ohio) papers.
 * National Archives Great Lakes Region (Chicago) old federal court and agency records for Ohio, U.S. federal censuses 1790–1940; military service and pension indexes, passenger lists, naturalizations, Ancestry.com, HeritageQuest, Fold3.
 * Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana, premier periodical collection, including Ohio genealogies, local histories, databases, military, censuses, directories, and passenger lists.
 * Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois, a large repository with genealogies, local histories, censuses, military, land, indexes, vital records, court, and tax records mostly from the Mississippi Valley, eastern seaboard, Canada, and the British Isles.
 * Ohio Historical Society, Columbus, serves as the state archives. Excellent manuscript collection for government, land, and military records. Also has biographies, genealogies, and vital records.
 * State Library of Ohio, Columbus, has good records of Ohio, and of states like Pennsylvania, New York, and the states of New England which all contributed early immigrants to Ohio.

Similar Collections


 * Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, a top genealogy and local history collection of early Ohio sources. This includes the Inland Rivers Library  of the Ohio River and its tributaries (riverboat traffic between Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Louisville, Kentucky) in Special Collections.

Neighboring Collections


 * Columbus Public Health Office of Vital Statistics birth and deaths since 1908.
 * Franklin County Clerk of the Courts, civil, and criminal cases.
 * Franklin County Coroner deaths.
 * Franklin County Recorder land records, DD-214 military discharges, veterans graves.
 * Franklin County Probate Court adoptions, birth, guardianships, mental commitments, name changes, probates and wills.
 * U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio, Columbus, recent civil and criminal cases.
 * Columbus Historical Society memory project, recommended reading, and links.
 * American Jewish Archives, Cincinnati, manuscripts, photos, oral histories, 1000 family files, Jewish communities and immigration to the American colonies and Caribbean Islands.
 * Archdiocese of Cincinnati Regional Roman Catholic records of historic value.
 * National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, Cincinnati, more a museum (few original manuscripts) than an archives. However, it has a Family History Center for ordering microfilms, and Ancestry.com.
 * Columbus Metropolitan Library Internet history and genealogy, Sanborn maps, newspaper indexes, Columbus Historical Society, and images. (Genealogy section moved until Aug 2016).
 * Franklin County Genealogical and Historical Society, Grove City, research services, obituaries, and pioneer families.
 * Hillard Historical Society Library, Hillard, papers, books, photographs, maps, and other historical materials.
 * Palatines to America German Genealogy Society Resource Center, Columbus, has an extensive collection of German immigrant ancestor files.
 * Repositories in surrounding counties: Delaware, Fairfield, Licking, Madison, Pickaway, and Union.
 * Ohio Genealogical Society, Bellville, has the best collection of family folders in Ohio. They also have county record guides, biographies, genealogies and unique indexes to various Ohio records.
 * Bowling Green State University Jerome Library local government records, and newspapers.
 * Dayton Metro Library, the Dayton Room  has one of Ohio's best genealogical collections including books, periodicals, indexes, genealogies, and biographies.
 * Erie Lackawanna Historical Society, Cleveland, history of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, Erie Railroad, Erie Lackawanna Railway, and related lines.
 * Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County, a good solid genealogy collection with oral histories, state and county histories, biographies, and genealogies. Youngstown was a portal for immigrants from Pennsylvania and New England entering Ohio.
 * Ohio University Alden Library, Athens, their excellent manuscript collection includes church records, and business records. They also have county histories, biographies, and newspapers. It is like a second state archives.
 * Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center, Fremont, is strong on Ohio history and genealogy, as well as Sandusky River and Great Lakes history, U.S. history and Black studies.
 * Toledo‑Lucas County Public Library, this is the place to come if you are looking for early Ohio settlers who entered Ohio via the Great Lakes and Toledo. They have Great Lakes traffic records.
 * University of Akron Libraries Polsky Building one of six regional centers of Ohio records such as newspapers, printed materials, and local government records.
 * University of Cincinnati Blegen Library one of six regional history centers of Ohio for records such as newspapers, printed materials, and local government records.
 * Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, The Western Reserve was a large part of Ohio settled by Connecticut Revolutionary War refugees. This important collection includes original land records, as well as many genealogies, biographies, histories, and Bibles of Pennsylvania and New England.
 * Wright State University Dunbar Library, Dayton, one of six regional centers of Ohio records such as newspapers, printed materials, and local government records.
 * Youngstown Historical Center of Industry and Labor one of six regional history centers of Ohio for records such as newspapers, printed materials, and local government records.
 * Repositories in surrounding states: Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Pennsylvania, West Virginia; and in Canada: Ontario.
 * Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, millions of books, newspapers, periodicals, and photos about genealogy and family history, biographies, censuses, citizenship, immigration to and from Ohio and the USA, settlement, births, marriages, deaths, and divorces.