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Local History Resources

Weston Digital Collections

Preview of some of our digital local history photographs

 

 

Weston's First Car!!
Sam Oswald is pictured

 

Commercial Hotel
Weston

Mayor: Sam Wood & Jim Murphy
Fire Dept. Pumper

 

The Local History Room

The Weston Public Library acquires and stores  historical   information on the village of Weston, Weston Cemetary, and Otsego School District. Due to the limited space available, local history content is limited exclusively to Weston and its immediate area.  

 

Historical Sources Available at Weston Library

Obituary File - From 1891 to present
                      (May 1891-1919, Jan., 1926-1949, Wood County Herald, on microfilm)
                    -1966-present, from the Sentinel-Tribune

Also on microfilm - Tri-County News, Grand Rapids, OH 1933-1953
                           - Eighth Census of U.S. 1860 Wood County

 

Print Resources

High School Yearbooks, Weston & Otsego

Pictures from the 1900's, Weston area

Northwest Ohio Quarterly, 1952-1981, 1971-1990

Ohioana Quarterly, 1961-1988, 1994

Official Roster of the Ohio soldiers, Sailors and Marines, 1917-1918, vol. 1-23

Roster of Ohio Soldiers, 1861-1866, vol. 1-11

Howe's Historical Collection of Ohio, vol. 1-2

Men of Wood County and Familiar Faces of Ohio

Wood County Commemorative record 1897

Index to 1870 U.S. Census of Wood County

Index to 1880 U.S. Census of Wood County

Scrapbook of Weston news, 1967-present (newspaper clippings)

Wood County Cemetary Indexed (Oak Grove, Union Hill-Bowling Green; Henry and Jackson twp, Liberty twp, Milton twp, Portage twp, Weston Village twp, and Potter Town.

Wood County, Ohio Wills, Estates, and Guardianships, 1851-1900