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Ethnic Resources

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Cleveland Public Library History and Geography Department Louis Stokes Wing, 6th Floor 525 Superior Ave. Cleveland, OH 44114-1271 Phone: (216)623-2864 Web: [cpl.org/sdi-history-and-geography.asp Archives and Records]

Ohio State University Black Studies Library 1858 Neil Ave. Mall, Rm 240 Columbus, OH 43210-1286 Phone: (614)292-6154 Web: [library.osu.edu/sites/blackstudies/ Archives]

Western Reserve Historical Society Library 10825 E. Boulevard Cleveland, OH 44106 Phone: (216)721-5722 Web: [www.wrhs.org/library/Archives]

Wilberforce University Stokes library P.O. Box 1003 Wilberforce, OH 45384-1003 Web: [wilberforce.edu/student_life/library.html Archives]

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Church Records and Archives
By 1900 the prominent denominations in Ohio were Roman Catholic, Methodist, and Presbyterian. There were also groups of Baptists, Lutherans, and Society of Friends. There are handbooks may help you locate and use church records.

While the majority of church records remain with the local churches, the Family History Library, Ohio Historical Society, and Western Reserve Historical Societyhave copies of local records from some churches. The Family History Library has film copies of the manuscript collection in the Western Reserve Historical Society. See A Guide to Manuscripts at the Ohio Historical Society, described in Ohio Archives and Libraries.

Many of the local church records available at the Family History Library have been microfilmed at various archives and libraries. Whenever possible, these are listed in the Family History Library Catalog under OHIO, [COUNTY], [TOWN] - CHURCH RECORDS. While no listing of Family History Library films by repository is available, the Family History Library Catalog identifies when and where each record was microfilmed.

Denominational histories for groups such as the Church of the Brethren, Evangelical, LDS (1830 to 1838), Lutheran, Mennonite, Methodist, Moravian, Presbyterian, and Roman Catholic are listed in the Locality Search of the Family History Library Catalog under OHIO - CHURCH HISTORY and OHIO, [COUNTY], [TOWN] - CHURCH HISTORY.


 * Lists of incorporationed churches before 1850 are included in Data Abstracted from the Laws of Ohio, 1803-1900.

AMISH And MENNONITES
In the 1700's Ohio There are several orders of the Amish faith found in Ohio. They are the Old Order, New Order, Swartzentruber, Beachy, Andy Weaver, and the conservative Mennonites and the Amish Mennonites. Most of the orders hold church services in their homes. The Mennonites usually have service in church buildings. In the 1700's between 50 and 100 Amish families arrived in America, settling mostly in Pennsylvania. Many others followed in the 19th century. Over the years, various orders of Amish spread into Ohio. http://www.digitalshoebox.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/steubenbks&CISOPTR=18697&CISOSHOW=18698