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We are saddened by the news that Grace Luebke has passed away.  She will be fondly remembered for all of her work in genealogy and local history.  This digitization project and the continuation of her Local History Room will be a tribute to her memory.

February 10, 1920-February 14, 2009

The Local History Room at the Harris-Elmore Public Library has been in operation for over 40 years due to the painstaking research of local historian Grace Luebke. Housed there are numerous historical documents that are helpful to the expert genealogist or the curious patron. Obituaries, naturalization records, photographs, and news articles, etc. can be found for Ottawa, Sandusky, Wood, Lucas, and Erie Counties in a range of dates. A complete list of holdings is currently being compiled and can be viewed on this site by clicking the highlighted link below.

LOCAL HISTORY LIBRARY HOLDINGS

This site will hold a vast number of our collections in a digital format that will be searchable. This is made possible by a grant from the Ottawa County Community Foundation and a partnership with the Ohio Historical Society's Ohio Memory Project. In 2009, this project has also been funded in part by an LSTA grant that partners with 11 other Ohio Libraries through NORWELD. All of our digital collections can also be found at Ohio Memory.

If you would like to be part of this project, or wish to submit materials, please contact Jennifer Fording through the "Contact Us" link.

Volunteers Needed!

The Grace Luebke Local History Room has numerous volunteer opportunities for people interested in history, genealogy, archives, or librarianship. Volunteers can help out in the following areas:

• --  Scanning materials for the digital collection
• --  Typing metadata into our online database
• --  Processing collections in our archives (repairing documents, organizing and putting in boxes, sorting materials for research)
• --  Preparing finding aids for our collections
• -- Transcribing handwritten records

There is also many other areas volunteers may be of use. If you are interested in being a volunteer, please contact Jennifer Fording for more information.

 Do you know me?

As you may have noticed, we have a number of unidentified photographs and other records.  If you know who is in the photographs, please email or call us so that we can fix the problem.  Your help is greatly appreciated!!

Just updated!

1. 10/12/09   New Obituaries! (slowly getting through the B's)
2.                                          PHOTOGRAPHS!
3.                                         Carroll Township
4.                                          School Pictures
5.                                                Families

Coming Soon!

 Civil War Era Letters
 Nellie Linker Scrapbooks
      Our Entire Photograph Collection
Obituaries C-D
               

Come check out the local history room in person as well where all of our "Scrapbooks" have been unearthered and copied for your viewing!