OGS Field Trip

On Wednesday 13th October, 2010the Ashtabula county Genealogy Society is planing a field trip to The Ohio Genealogical Society’s new Library in Bellville, Ohio. Admission is free to OGS members and $4.00 per day to non-members. Hours are 9:  am-5:00pm Tuesday through Saturday.

The Van has limited seating with a fee of $20.00 per person. There will be two pick up sites. In Ashtabula at the parking lot in the back of Key Bank at 8:00 AM  and at the parking lot  of the Geneva Public Library at 8:15 AM. You can register for this field trip at the Ashtabula Senior Center at 4632 Main Avenue,  phone number 440-998-6750.

General Holdings

The OGS Library is an indispensable resource for Ohio genealogy.

• 28,500 volumes alphabetically by state/county/subject
• Ohio published histories and genealogical references
• Large family history section
• 250,000 ancestor cards alphabetical by surname
• 4,000 Family Bible records, indexed
• First Families of Ohio files, with over 10,000 pre-1821 Ohio settlers
• Settlers and Builders of Ohio files
• Society of Civil War Families of Ohio files
• Various Ohio county court records on microfilm
• Ancestor Charts filed by member surname
• Eight cabinets of family Vertical Files
• Complete set of Ohio Genealogical Society Quarterly (formerly The Report), OGS Genealogy News, Ohio Records & Pioneer Families, Ohio Civil War Genealogy Journal, Gateway to the West and other periodicals
• Ohio Cadastral Map Collection (Land owners)
• Ohio census 1820-1930, Indexes
• Newsletters from 100 OGS Chapters
• Original 1880 Census volumes
• 200 CD ROM titles, computer stations, Internet access
• County and City Directories for Ohio
• Yearbooks
• Nearly 300 manuscript collections
• International Genealogical Index, Ancestral File, for World.
• Researchers in our library can access the following sites: ogs.org, Ancestry.com, Heritagequestonline.com, Footnote.com, Newspaperarchive.com, genealogybank.com, Newenglandancestors.org, and labs.familysearch.org. Please ask the volunteer for assistance.
• For more information on The Ohio Genealogical Society visit their web site..