Historic Archives

Discover your unique personal history through census records, vital records, freedman and slave records, church records, legal records and more.

Discover a rich collection of full-text plays, poems and prose. Read a Shakespearean play or Bible passage. Recite your next favorite poem or find an obscure work of fiction.

Build your family tree with the most sophisticated genealogy tool available. Billions of records in census data, vital records, directories, photos and more are at your fingertips.

Discover why famous people are famous with this research tool.

Search for your ancestors in millions of historical records. Discover your place in history by preserving your genealogy online. See what others have contributed and share your family story.

Meet the military men and women of the past with unique primary sources and images. Traditionally, the third fold in some flag-folding ceremonies honors and remembers veterans for their sacrifice in defending their country and promoting peace in the world.

Discover the premier collection of U.S. obituaries and death notices for genealogical research, 1704 - today.

Dig into an American genealogical treasury. Trace your unique family history with primary sources, local and family histories and finding aids back to the 1700s.

From the late 1800s to today, discover historic photographs of people, buildings, and events in Westerville, Ohio. 

From 1880 to present, discover who got married, who died, and where they lived with this historic collection of newspaper articles and maps. 

Uncover the magic of the past with historic large-scale street plans and maps for Ohio from 1882 to 1962.

Discover the records and publications of one of the most influential forces for social reform during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The Temperance and Prohibition Movement attracted wide public support through several important organizations who eventually succeeded in placing a national prohibition amendment in the Constitution.