 | MCHGS |
| AREA GENEALOGICAL RESOURCES |
| GOVERNMENT OFFICES |
| Miami County Safety Building Clerk of Courts/Common Pleas Court (937) 440-6050: Probate Court (937) 440-6050: Recorder (937) 440-6040: Auditor (937) 440-5925: |
| Hobart Center for County Government Health Department/Vital Statistics, Suite 130 (937) 440-8105: Veterans' Services Office, Suite 140 (937) 440-8126 |
| Piqua City Hall Health Department (937) 778-2060 |
| COUNTY LIBRARIES |
| Piqua Public Library The History Room contains a large number of history and genealogy items relating to Piqua, Miami County, and other Ohio areas. Included are traditional sources such as a 5000+ volume book collection; maps of Piqua and Miami County from the 1850s; Department of the Interior maps of Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, and Pennsylvania; magazines; cemetery records and indexes; microfilm of newspapers from Miami County and surrounding areas from 1820; microfilm of tax, church, official, etc. records; censuses and general genealogy information on CDs; plus city directories, police and court records, high school yearbooks, and numerous other assorted records, indexes, and lists. Their email is localhistory@oplin.org. [See the Stories page of this Website regarding the Library's new facility] |
| Troy-Miami County Public Library Local History Room The library has an extensive collection of books relating to State of Ohio and various county histories; local genealogical history; historic maps; cemetary listings; microfilmed local newspapers; obituaries; births, deaths, and marriage records up to 1908; histories and listings of religious groups; etc. The collection also includes a number of specific family histories. |
| Troy-Miami County Public Library The library has a collection of microfilmed records of local newspapers. |
| Tipp City Public Library Their collection includes genealogical records of residents of Tipp City; biographical records; Grace Kinneys' collection of newspaper clippings; town happenings; and information about historical sites and events in Tipp City. |
| Milton-Union Public Library The library has a collection of West Milton records from the early 1900's on microfilm, obituary files from the West Milton Record, Milton-Union High School yearbooks, and some Quaker information. |
| Oakes Beitman Memorial Library |
| J.C. Clarke Public Library The library has various family histories from the Covington area, a Civil War Collection, an extensive obituary file, Miami County censuses from 1880 to 1910 and Montgomery County censuses from 1850 to 1870, and microfilm of the Stillwater Valley Advertiser newspaper from 1930. |
| AREA LIBRARIES |
| Amos Memorial Public Library The library has a genealogy section containing a collection of genealogical history books concerning Shelby County and from around eastern U.S.; there are newsletters from a number of organizations, and the library has files of the Sidney newspaper. |
| Wright State University Libraries Many of the area's original historical records are now stored at WSU. All materials are non-circulating, so research must be done in-house, by mail, or by telephone. |
| OTHER RESOURCES |
| Brethren Heritage Center The organization was established in 2001 as a repository for historical records and artifacts of the various Brethren denominations. There is a library section with over 10,000 books and materials and a genealogy section with maps, letters, diaries, census records, birth records, etc. |
| Dayton East Stake Family History, LDS Church |
| Union Township Historical Museum and Quaker Research Center The Center contains historical displays of the West Milton area and early Friends Church records and artifacts. |
| MEMBERS' WEBSITES Debbie Carder Laurence (Larry) Harlan |
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