The library's local history and genealogy collection is housed in the McLaughlin Room, located just off the children's department. Most of the collection must be used in-house, with selected books available for check out. The room provides table space for materials, a microfilm scanner with printing and email capabilities, and a computer with Internet access to Ancestry.com as well as other genealogy sites.
Included in the library's collection:
- DAR Patriot Index
- History of Henry & Fulton Counties, 1888
- History of Williams County, 1882
- History of Fulton County, 1920
- Fulton County, Ohio: 1850-1976, A Collection of Historical & Family Sketches
- Fulton County Marriages, 1864-1925; June 10, 1927-July 21, 1944
- Tombstone Inscriptions for Fulton County
- Civil War Soldiers Discharge Abstracts, Fulton County
- Our Town: History of Pettisville, Ohio
- A Pictorial History of Swanton, Ohio
Additional Websites
Archbold Buckeye Archives - Searchable archived issues beginning 8/8/2007 to the present. Free except for two months prior to current date.
Bureau of Land Management - Search Federal Land Patents and more
MennObits - Obituary site maintained by Mennonite Church USA
Fulton County historical and genealogical information, including obituaries, can be found at Fulton County GenWeb.
Some of the following family histories and genealogies are available to view as .pdf files which require a reader such as Adobe Acrobat. If you need a copy of Adobe Acrobat you may download if for free. 
Family Histories, Genealogies, Memoirs |
Compiled by/Author |
| Peter Aeschliman II (1789-1855) and Descendants |
Mona Aeschliman Mann |
| The Gottlieb Beck Family |
Carol Nafziger |
| Descendants of Christian Beck |
Mona Mann |
| Descendants of Jacques Binder (Bender) |
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| Descendants of Jacob & Fanny (Lauber) Bernath/Ida (Bernath) Bernath (second wife) | |
| Bucher Genealogy |
Willis Bucher |
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John N. & Anna Buehrer Ancestors & Descendants - 1600-1981
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Margaret Bock Phillips |
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The Ancestry & History of the Buhrer Families; An online version of this title is available here.
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James D. Buhrer |
| Diary of Susan Burkholder |
Susan Burkholder |
| The Dominique Family of Fulton County, Ohio, 1849-1990 |
Jana Sloan Broglin |
| One Man's Family - A History & Genealogy of the Fetzer Family |
John Fetzer |
| The Fredrick Folks (Elias & Mary) Ancestors, Descendants & "Kissin' Kin" |
Isabelle Pursel |
| The Jacob C. & Mary (Burkholder) Frey Family - Ancestors & Descendants, 1997 |
Marcile Rupp Nofziger |
| The History of the Grime & Roth Family |
Nona & Gene Grime |
| The Hartpence Family in America - Descendants of Johannes Eberhart Pence & Han Kitchen of Hunterdon County, New Jersey, 1735-1985 |
Esther Leonard Heer |
| Ancestry of Minnie Mae Leu Heer, Fulton County |
Esther Leonard Heer |
| Ancestry of Nelson Vere Heer, Fulton County, Ohio |
Esther Leonard Heer |
| The Huber-Hoover Family History Index |
Jerri Lynn Burkett |
| Heartland Memories |
Marion J. Johnson |
| Interesting Facts About My Home Town |
Florence Walter |
| Memories of Jessie Belle Hopper Lantz, April 28, 1868 - November 16, 1959: History of the Hopper Family |
Jesse Belle Hopper Lantz |
| An American History of the 1837 Leininger Family
A copy of this book can be ordered from the Fulton Co. Gen. Society
Additional Information on the Leininger Family |
Georgene (Leininger) Gallagher Charles Keller |
| The Leininger Family - One of the Oldest in the State & Nation |
Mrs. Charles Bailer |
| The Miley Family History (1495-1964) |
Paul Newcomber Miley, David Ray Miley, Ray Leonard Miley |
| Ol' Dan's Diary |
Daniel & Joel Rashley |
| Reisz Families (Rice) in Europe & America - 1572-1995 |
Betty (Rice) Henry |
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George Louis Renaud Family |
Jo Ann (Lantz) Falcusan |
| August Ruihley: A Private History |
Glen Richard Ruihley |
| Descendants of Johannes Rupp |
Allen E. Rupp |
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Christian B. Rupp Family |
Henry G. & Edna M. Rupp |
| My Memories |
Hulda E. Schlapfer |
| My Searles Family Line of Massachusetts; Tompkins County, New York; Cayuga County, New York; Huron County, Ohio; Fulton County, Ohio; Eaton County, Michigan |
Albert Good |
| The Sells - Gessells & McQuaide Families |
David Stivison |
| A Short Story of the Joseph B. Short Family |
Isabelle Pursel |
| The Peter D. Short Family |
Frederick (Fritz) Stamm |
| The Spiess Family Story - Switzerland to the Midwest USA |
Arlene Post Norton |
| Stauffer - Sauder Genealogy |
Marjorie Ladd Holbrook |
| The Stotzer - Gould Family History |
Jonathan Gould Stotzer |
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The Werder Family |
Alice Shaffer |
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Winzeler Family Lines in USA |
Howard W. Winzeler |
| Shirley Wyse | |
School Yearbooks |
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| Archbold: 1912, 1928, 1936, 1939, 1946-1965, 1970-1971, 1973-1986, 1988-1989, 1991-- | |
| Ridgeville Corners: 1946, 1948-1960 | |
| Wauseon: 1923-1927, 1929-1931 | |
| Bound editions of the Archette, the newspaper of Archbold High School - 1941-1946, 1949-1958 | |
Microfilm |
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| Archbold Herald - 11/4/1893-6/9/1898 | |
| Archbold Advocate - 1/18/1900-12/5/1907 | |
| Archbold Buckeye - 1905-present |