Wayne County Public Library has digitized genealogy collections hosted at the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library, Ohio Memory, and Advantage Archives.

• Ohio Obituary Index at RBHPL

• Wayne County Democrat 1845-1891, Nov 1913, at OM 

• Wooster Daily News, at OM

• Wooster Daily Republican, at OM 

• All Wayne County Collections, at OM – newspapers, photos, manuscripts

• Wayne County Public Library – Shreve Branch, at OM – photos

• Wayne County Historical Newspapers, at AA – with search capability for birth announcements, marriage announcements, obituaries, etc.

  • Wooster Daily Record
    1920-1939
  • Dalton Gazette
    1875-2002
  • Rittman Press
    1912-1979
  • West Salem Messenger
    1963-2020
  • Wayne County Democrat
    1850-1913
  • Wooster Republican
    1853-1908
  • Wooster Daily Republican
    1890-1895
  • Creston Journal
    1904-1930
  • Shreve News
    1907-1952
  • Main Street Press
    1980-1982
  • Wayne County Herald
    1882-1903
  • Shreve Chronicle
    1962-1974
  • Wooster Democrat
    1840-1849
  • Jacksonian
    1881-1899
  • Press
    1979-1980
  • Wooster Journal And Democratic Times
    1836-1840
  • Tri County News
    1891-1893
  • Shreve Daily
    1902-1902
  • Daily Republican
    1861-1861
  • Community News
    1946-1946
  • Tri County Weekly News
    1891-1891
  • Wooster Morning Republican
    1887-1887
  • West Salem Weekly
    1960-1960
  • Dalton Advertiser
    1878-1879
  • Spencer News
    1960-1960
  • Wooster Daily News
    1883-1885
  • Dalton Monthly Gazette
    1879-1879
  • Signal
    1971-1971
  • Iron Valley Reporter
    1882-1882

• Wayne County Public Library Wiki

  • Births

    • Index to Births and Deaths found in the Tri County Weekly News 1891-1893
    • Milestone Birthdays
    • Rittman Press Births

    Burials

    • Crown Hill Cemetery Burial Records

    Business

    • Wayne County Topics

    Calamities

    • Wooster Fires

    Census

    • 1815 Census of Wayne County
    • 1819 Census of Wayne County
    • 1823 Census of Wayne County
    • Quadrennial Enumeration Wooster 1887
    • Quadrennial Enumeration Wooster 1907

    Church

    • Wayne County, Ohio Churches (Table)

    Court

    • Wayne County Court Index

    Deaths

    • Homicides in Wayne County
    • Index to Births and Deaths found in the Tri County Weekly News 1891-1893
    • January 1923 deaths
    • Reading Adler death notices
    • Rittman Press Deaths
    • Wayne County Infirmary Death Records

    Divorces

    • Early Divorces found in area newspapers, 1822-1935

    Education Services

    • Wayne County School Reunions

    Ethnicity

    • Blacks in 1830
    • Blacks in 1840
    • Blacks in 1850
    • Blacks in 1860
    • Blacks in 1870
    • Blacks in 1880
    • Blacks in 1900
    • Blacks in 1910
    • Blacks in 1920
    • Blacks in 1930
    • Blacks in 1940

    Genealogies

    • Family Reunions
    • Multi-Generation Photos I
    • Multi-Generation Photos II

    Geography

    • Place names in Wayne County, Ohio

    Government

    • County statistics
    • Wayne County Officials, Table

    Marriages

    Forthcoming: Not available yet

    Military

    • Pensions (1880s)
    • Pensions (1890s)
    • Pensions (1950s)
    • World War II Scrapbook Index

    Occupations

    • 1886 Physicians in Wayne County, Ohio
    • 1901 Physicians in Wayne County, Ohio
    • Apprenticeship
    • Ministers performing marriages
    • Physicians Listed in Directories
    • Physicians Listed in Newspapers

    Property

    • 1856 Baker Map Index Plain
    • Caldwell’s Atlas (1873)
    • Caldwell’s Atlas (1897)
    • First land owners of Wayne County, Ohio
    • Land Deeds in Wayne County, Ohio