Preble County District Library
Preble County Room
Saturday 9-5 (First and third of month only.)
Local History and Genealogy Links
General | Preble County | Neighboring counties | Ohio | Indiana | United States | International | General
Subscribed resources:
- Ancestry Library Edition
- FamilySearch
- HeritageQuest
HeritageQuest is an online resource for those doing family & genealogical research. The resource contains over 25,000 family and history books, the U.S. Federal Census, PERSI (a subject guide to genealogical and local history magazines), Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files and the U.S. Serial Set.
- WorldVitalRecords
WorldVitalRecords contains over 600 million images of genealogical and historical records. These records include birth, marriage and death records; military records; newspapers; maps and history books; yearbooks; tombstone photos; census; and much more.
With over 1.2 billion records in over 3,000 databases, Ancestry is the most comprehensive on-line source of information for conducting genealogical and local history research available. Included in Ancestry are the digitized images of the U.S. Federal Census from 1790 forward, the American Genealogical Biographical Index, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, and much more.
FamilySearch contains indexes to and images of census, marriage, death, tax and other primary genealogical records. Some of the collections include: Ohio Death, 1908-1953; Ohio County Marriages, 1790-1950 (includes images for Darke, Preble & Montgomery Counties); Ohio, Montgomery County, Probate Estate Files, 1850-1900 to name a few.
Preble County sources:
- The Preble County Historical Records database continues to be updated. It currently contains marriage and obituary information from county records. Search through our database to find ancestors with ties to Preble county.
- Preble County District Library Catalog allows you to search for items housed only in the Preble County Room in addition to materials at other branches.
- Historical Inventory (Buildings & Homes of Preble County)
- Genealogical & Historical Records of Preble County
- Miami Valley Genealogical Index
Census, Court, and vital records
- Migrations
A great site to reserach the migration of your ancestors throughout the United States
- Obituaries: Barnes Funeral Home
- Ohio Pix - Images of Eaton from Ohio Memory Project
- Preble County early land purchasers
- Preble County Genealogical Society
- Preble County GenWeb
- Preble County Historical Society
- Preble County Land Maps
- Preble County Offices
- Preble County resources
at Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio.
- Preble Memory Gardens
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Scenes from the past (Eaton and Preble County)
- Historic Hopewell
- Surname list
Find others that are researching the same surnames
- Preble County genealogy list
To subscribe, send an email to preble_co_oh-l-request@rootsweb.com with the word subscribe as the only text in the body of the message
- How Preble County got its name
- Old Ohio Schools - Preble County
Our Neighboring Counties' sources:
- Brookville Historical Society
- Butler County Genealogical Society
- Butler County GenWeb
- Butler County Records Center & Archive
- Champaign County Ohio Local History & Genealogy
- Darke County Garst Museum
- Darke County Genealogical Researchers
- Darke County GenWeb
- Darke County Land Maps
- Darke County Ohio Genealogical Society
- Dayton History
- Dayton History Books
- Dayton Metro Library Obituaries Index
- Franklin County, IN GenWeb
- Greene County Records & Archives
- Hamilton County Genealogical Society
- Miami County Genealogy Researchers
- Miami County Historical and Genealogical Society
- Miami Valley Genealogy On-line
- Montgomery County: Dayton National Cememtery
- Montgomery County David Cemetery Association
- Montgomery County Genealogical Society
- Montgomery County GenWeb
- Montgomery County Historical Records
- Montgomery County Land Maps
- Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County Genealogy & Local History
- Richmond, IN: Morrison-Reeves Library
- Southwest Butler County Genealogical Society
- Union County, IN GenWeb
- Warren County Genealogical Society
- Wayne County, IN GenWeb
- Woodland Cemetery
Ohio sources:
- The Brethren Heritage Center
- The (Benjamin Russel) Hanby House
- Ohio in the Civil War
- Ohio Cemetery Preservation
- Ohio Genealogical Society
- Ohio GenWeb
- Ohio Historical Society
- Ohio Lands
- Ohio Memory Online Scrapbook
- Ohio Online Death Certificate Index
- The Ohioana Room
- RecordsProject: Ohio Genealogy Record Information Online
- RootsWeb Ohio Genealogical Resources
- Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library
Indiana sources:
- Allen County Public Library
- Indiana State Library Genealogy Section
This site contains a cemetery locator and a marriage index to 1850
- Jay County GenWeb
- Muncie Public Library
- Randolph County GenWeb
United States sources
- Civil War Soldiers database
- Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR)
- Elmer's Genealogy Library
- Family Search Labs
- General land office records
- Geographic Names Information System
A gazetteer to the U.S. and its territories provided by the U.S. Geological Survey
- Illinois State Archives
- Archival Research Catalog
ARC is the online catalog of NARA's nationwide holdings in the Washington, DC area, Regional Archives and Presidential Libraries
- National Obituary Archive
- Quaker records
- RootsWeb
- Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps
Sanborn Historic Maps are large scale street plans produced by the Sanborn Fire Insurance company from 1867 to 1970.
- US GenWeb
- US GenWeb Archives
- Fellowship of Brethren Genealogists
- Cornell University
"War of the Rebellion" on the Internet
International sources
General genealogy helpers and sources
- Ancestry.com
- Birth Date Calculator
- Cyndi's List of Genealogical sites on the Internet
- Convert Between Old and New Style Dates (IE only)
- Family Search (LDS)
- Family Tree Searcher
- Find A Grave
- Genealogy.com
- One Minute Genealogist
- Soundex Converter
- Who, What, When
Interactive historical timelines
