FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Ohio Tasks-Repositories

WikiProject Ohio Wiki Project New Ohio Tasks - Repositories

Description
The purpose of this task is to find archives containing records located in a county and list their contact information, website, collections and databases for family history research..

Instructions
Please cite at least one source for each item you add. See Albany County for examples. See also


 * FamilySearch Wiki:Verifiable policy page
 * Help:How to add citations instruction page
 * FamilySearch Wiki:Source Citation Formats guidelines, and WikiProject NY Framework #3

1. To locate any archives in a county, search the following websites:


 * Linkpendium
 * Ohio USGenWeb
 * Cyndi's List
 * Google "[county name and state] archives"

2. For each county archive you locate, add the following:


 * Name of the archive. If the archive has a website, add the link to the name of the archive. See the example below. If there is no website link, bold the name of the archive.
 * Address
 * Phone number
 * Email

3. Add one or two sentences that discuss the strengths and peculiarities of the databases or collections of the county archives.

4. You may also wish to include the following:


 * Rules for using the collection
 * Copy policies
 * Research help
 * Cost of entrance

5. If you copy a link and add it to the county page, make sure the link works. Do not add any broken links. 6. Some archives are also libraries. If the repository is already listed as a library, you do not need to list it again.

7. You do not need to add state archives to county or town pages.

Archives
Essex County Historical Society/Brewster Memorial Research Library and Archives Adirondack History Center Museum 7590 Court St. P.O. Box 428 Elizabethtown NY, 12932 Phone: 518-873-6466

Call for hours. Holdings include vertical files (biography &amp; subject oriented), newspaper collections, photographs, manuscripts, maps, cemetery index, some census (on microfilm only), special collections library, historical documents relating to the history of Essex County. There are no birth, death, or marriage certificates. Research room rules, access regulations and fees for use of library apply

