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Property Research Strategies | Sample Project | HIST 338 Class Webpage
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First Steps
- Select a piece of property
- Go to the County Recorder's Office to get the legal description of the property
- Using Deed Records, compile a list of the owners. Remember to record the dates! Remember to get all the previous owners.
- For Wood County properties, use the Geographical Index
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Where to Research the History of Your Property
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Local Archives, Library & Historical Society
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Secondary Sources
- City & County Histories
- Corporate Histories
Pictorial Collections
- Postcards
- Photographs
- Prints
Maps
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Other Sources
- City Directories/Gazetteers
- Newspapers
- Builders and Trade Catalogs
- Architectural Drawings
- Manuscript Collections
- Oral Histories
- Tax Duplicates
- Deed Indexes
- Cemetery Records
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Census Records
The CAC holds Population Schedules for all of Ohio (1820-1930) and Agriculture and Manufacturing Schedules for northwest Ohio
counties for 1870-1880. Population Schedules may list all members of the household, their ages, occupations, relationships,
and place of birth; Agriculture and Manufacturing Schedules give information about crops grown and products made.
- Population
- Agriculture
- Manufacturing
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County Courthouse
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Auditor's Office/Board of Equalization
- Plat Books
- Assessor's Cards
- Tax Duplicate Records
- Industrial Appraisal Records
- Reappraisements
- Oil and Gas Returns
Recorder
- Plat Maps
- Deed Records
- Geographical Index
- Mechanic's Lien Records
- Mortgage Records
Clerk of Courts
- Common Pleas Court Records
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Probate Court
- Will Records
- Vital Records: Births, Marriages, Deaths
- Estate Records
Engineer
- Aerial Photographs
- Ditch & Road Survey Records
- Survey Records
Commissioners
- Commissioners' Journals
- Building Cards
- Building Permits
- Building Plans
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Municipal Offices
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Buildings & Inspections
- Building Permits
- Building Cards
- Demolition Permits
Engineering Office
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Water Works
- Water & Sewer Tap Records
Clerk's Office
- Ordinances
- City Bulletins
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Corporate and Institutional Records
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Churches
- Dedication Pamphlets
- Marriage Records
- Baptismal Records
- Account Books
- Church Bulletins
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Companies
- Written Histories
- Maps
- Ledgers, Account Books
- Photographs
- Interviews
- Annual Reports
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Private Collections
- Personal Papers/Manuscripts
- Letters/Diaries
- Photographs/Postcards
- Scrapbooks/Albums
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- Family Bible Records
- Interviews and Oral Histories
- Architectural Drawings
- Title Abstracts
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Internet Resources
Center for Archival Collections
The Center for Archival Collections holds many of the public records and books described above. To request these items, consult
the following:
- University Libraries online catalog lists books, pamphlets, newspapers, and manuscripts held by the CAC.
- Guide to Local Government Records lists all county, township, and municipal records held by the CAC, whether in original or microfilm format.
- The Wood County Obituary Index locates the date and Wood County newspaper for obituaries of landowners.
- The Guide to Newspaper Holdings lists titles and dates of all newspapers held by the CAC.
- Research strategies. Suggestions for organizing your research. What to look for and how to look for it.
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