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Genealogy Links for Local Sources
Our SMART STAFF genealogy experts have put together some of the most often referenced links for ancestry research. If you don't find what you are looking for below, we have thousands of other options in our catalog. Simply use our search bar at the top of this page for a seemingly endless supply of genealogy resources. Also see our Stark County Online Indexes for more links.
Genealogy Flickr Albums
Stark County Links
Auditor’s Office – Real Estate Search
Cemetery Inscriptions – Search for your ancestor using the Rootsweb fields. Any hits in the Stark County cemetery books will be under “Other Searches” in “Book Indexes.”
Clerk of Courts – Naturalizations
Probate Court – Marriages and Estates
Recorder’s Office – Deeds
Stark Library’s Genealogy Blog
Stark Library's Flickr Photo Gallery
1875 Atlas of Stark County, Ohio (full text)
Vital Records
Ohio Death Certificates at Family Search (You must create a free account to see the full images.)
Ohio Death Certificate Index at the Ohio History Connection
Obituaries
Akron Beacon-Journal Obituary Index
Alliance Review Obituary Index
Massillon Obituary Index (available through the R.B. Hayes Obituary Index)
Obituaries from Canton Newspapers (These indices are near the bottom of the page.)
Libraries
Ft. Wayne [IN] Public Library’s Genealogy Website
Ramsayer Research Library at the McKinley Presidential Library and Museum
Rodman Public Library in Alliance Ohio
Western Reserve Historical Society Library
Genealogical Organizations
Alliance Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society
Stark County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society
