 | Holmes County Public Library
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The Library hours are M-T-TH 9am to 8pm, W-F 9am to 5pm and Saturday 10am to 2pm
Local History and Genealogy Pathfinder
This is a guide to 17 broad subject areas that our collection addresses and the nature of the items described by those subject areas. It is not intended to be a title-by-title list, but a general description of our materials.
Ohio Cemetery Records
 Amish Community (East Holmes and Vicinity) |
| Glenmont Sunnyside Cemetery deeds |
| Holmes |
| Knox |
| Ohio Cemetery Records |
| Stark (mf) |
| Tuscarawas |
| Wayne |
Ohio Census on microfilm
(listed by Year/County)
| 1820 | 1830 | 1840 | 1850 | 1860 | 1870 | 1880 | 1890 | 1900 | 1910 | 1920 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clark | Hancock | Holmes | Ashland | Hancock | Highland | Hocking | Lost | Hocking | Holmes | Ashland |
| Coshocton | Holmes | Huron | Coshocton | Hardin | Hocking | Holmes | in | Holmes | Huron | Athens |
| Gallia | Huron | Henry | Hocking | Holmes | Holmes | fire | Huron | Columbiana | ||
| Harrison | Highland | Holmes | Coshocton | |||||||
| Hocking | Hocking | Jackson | Holmes | |||||||
| Huron | Holmes | Lawrence | ||||||||
| Knox | Huron | Trumbull | ||||||||
| Lawrence | Knox | Tuscarawas | ||||||||
| Meigs | Wayne | Union | ||||||||
| Monroe | Wayne | |||||||||
| Perry | Wood | |||||||||
| Portage | ||||||||||
| Preble | ||||||||||
| Scioto | ||||||||||
| Shelby | ||||||||||
| Tuscarawas | ||||||||||
| Washington | ||||||||||
| Wayne |
US Census Indexes
(listed by Year/State)
1790Maryland
Pennsylvania
Virginia
1800
Maryland
Pennsylvania
1810
Pennsylvania
1820
Ohio
(AlsoWayne Co.)
Virginia
1830
Ohio
(Also these counties: Coshocton, Holmes, Tuscarawas, Wayne)
1840
Ohio
1850
Ohio
Pennsylvania (partial)
1860
Ohio
1870
Not available
1880
Ohio
1890
Lost in fire
Church Records
(listed by state/county)
OhioCoshocton
Holmes
Tuscarawas
Wayne
Pennsylvania
Fayette
Somerset
Washington
Westmoreland
County & Local Histories, Publications dates included
(listed by state/county)
OhioAdams (1797)
Ashland (1880)
Belmont (1880)
Carroll (1980)
Coshocton (1881,1919, 1985)
Fayette (1984)
Geauga (1880)
Guernsey (1943)
Hancock (1881)
Harrison (1900)
Highland (1971)
Holmes (1932, 1912, 1985)
Jefferson (1880)
Knox (1881)
Lawrence (1990)
Madison (1883)
Medina (1948)
Mercer (1882)
Morrow (1889)
Muskingum (1984)
Nobel (1887)
Perry (1967)
Richland (1880)
Ross (1880)
Stark(1881)
Tuscarawas (1884, 1988)
Van Wert (1882)
Washington (1980)
Wayne (1878, 1987)
Pennsylvania
Beaver (1888)
Bedford (1884)
Chester (1881)
Fulton (1884)
Greene (1882)
Somerset (1884)
Washington (1882, 1983)
Westmoreland (1882)
Family Records
(Includes family histories, journals, genealogies etc.)
MarylandCecil
Hartford
Ohio
Highland
Holmes
Wayne
Pennsylvania
Southeastern
United States
IGI Index
Vertical File
Virginia (Shenandoah Valley)
Immigration & Emigration Records
Passenger Ships in N.Y. Harbor (1820-50)
Ohio
Naturalization Lists
Passenger Lists
Pennsylvania
German Immigrants (1709-86)
German Pioneers (1727-1808)
Land Records
(Includes deed reords, plat books)
Ohio
Holmes
Wayne
Pennsylvania
Washington
Legal Records (Includes court records, tax records etc.)
Holmes Co.
Auditor's Duplicate (1841-50, mf)
Court Records (mf)
Tax Duplicates (1825-41, mf)
Naturalization Records (1840-1940, mf)
Maps
Holmes
Atlas (1874 and 1907)
Plat Maps (1954, '71, '73, '79, '81, '83, '87, '90)
Pennsylvania
Fayette Atlas (1872)
Greene (1865)
Washington Atlas (1876)
Westmoreland Atlas(1876)
United States
Genealogical Atlas (1966)
Military Records
Ohio
Holmes Grave Records (Revolutionary War, Mexican American War, Civil War, Spanish American War)
Index to Grave Records of War of 1812
U.S. Pension Rolls
Mid-Atlantic States
Mid-Western States
New England States
Southern States
Miscellaneous Records
Ohio
Geology of Holmes
Holmes County Authors
Newspapers and Newsletters
Ohio
Holmes Co. Republican (8/21/1856-1911, 1/17/23-7/18/23)
Holmes Co. Whigg (1844-53, some missing)
Holmes Co. Genealogical Society Newsletter (1983-)
Holmes Co. Farmer/Farmer Hub (1843-1991 mf, some missing)
Pennsylvania
Abstracts from Newspapers
Laurel Messenger (1971-1989)
Probate Records
Ohio
Ashland
Holmes
Morgan
Richalnd
Tuscarawas
Wayne
Vital Statistics (marriages)
Indiana
Owen (1819-44)
Kentucky (1797-1865)
Maryland (1743-1811)
Ohio
Carroll (1843-49)
Columbiana (1803-33)
Coshocton (1811-1830)
Holmes (1825-95)
Indexes for: 1918-1924, 1926-27, 1929-31, 1933, 1927, 1958-60
Vital Statistics (obituaries)
Holmes ( 1843-1895)
Indexes for: 1843-95, 1918-31, 1933-37, 1958-60
Obituaries clipped from Farmer Hub (1985-)
Yearbooks and Directories
Holmes
East Holmes High School Yearbook
West Holmes High School Yearbook
Robinson's Directories