Local History Department

Genealogy and Local History Collections

Microfilm Listing          Vertical File Listing         Archives Collection             Museum

Items of interest to genealogists and Local History researchers include local cemetery indexes, marriages indexes, and Piqua City Directories.  Our resources on microfilm include Piqua newspapers, (1820-present); Complete Ohio census records from 1820 to 1880, and area county census records for 1900-1930, as well as some local municipal records, county vital records, and local church records.

The Vertical File is the Library's clipping file which now numbers over 3200 listings.  The contents range from obituaries to newspaper articles to pamphlets and flyers.

The Local History Department's books are included in the Library's online card catalog with the designation LH/ not for loan.  The Department's materials are not available for check out or interlibrary loans.