Shelby County, Ohio

• Miami Valley Genealogy Index On-Line
• 1880 Shelby County Census Index ~ Heads of Households. From the MVGI.
  
• City of Sidney, Shelby County, Ohio
• Shelby County Historical Society
• Perry County/Fairfield County Genealogical Information ~ by Timothy E. Fisher. He has "1883 History of Fairfield and Perry Counties, Ohio" and other publications on-line (now available with a search engine).  There are many other counties, including Shelby, referenced in the book - check it out!
• Shelby County Courthouse Pictures

• LEHMANN Family from Schirrhein, France to OH
• THE GEESEMAN / GIESEMAN / GIESSEMAN / GIESSERMAN FAMILY HOMEPAGE
• Williamson Family Website.

• Ohio American Local History Network (ALHN)  
• Ohio Biographies Project
• Ohio County Courthouse Project Index
• OHGenWeb
• Rt. 40/National Road
• Abbott's History of Ohio ~ found in the USGenWeb Archives
• American Memory Railroad Maps ~ Ohio from the Geography and Map division, Library of Congress
• Ohio Migration Trails
• Pioneer Migration Routes through Ohio
• Miami Valley Genealogy Index
• Vital Records Information ~ Ohio
• Ohio River Valley Families Genealogical Database
• Ohio USGenWeb Archives
• Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet ~ Ohio
• The Poorhouse Story ~ This is a clearinghouse for information about 19th century American Poorhouses.  Just click on "POORHOUSES BY STATE", then on "OTHER STATES" and then click on "OHIO" on the table of states. There you will see a great deal of information already posted about poorhouses in various Ohio counties.
• University of Michigan's Making of America ~ Main page and index.  A great source for Ohio researchers!

• State Library of Ohio ~ genealogy services are no longer available.  Please contact the Columbus Metropolitan Library instead.  
• DAR Library
• Bowling Green State University ~ Libraries and Learning resources
•              ~ Historical Collections of the Great Lakes
•              ~ Center for Archival Collections & Preservation Services
• Heritage Quest Online ~  Where to find free access to the service.  
• Wright State University Libraries

• Ohio Historical Society
• Ohio Genealogical Society
• Botkins Historical Society ~ has pictures of Botkins
• Old NorthWest Historical Society ~ Dedicated to preserving and perpetuating the history of the Old Northwest Territory. The region northwest of the Ohio river that became the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinios, Michigan, and Wisconsin.
• Sons & Daughters of Pioneer Rivermen ~ America's riverboat historical society. Organized in 1939 for the purpose of preserving and furthering the history of the Mississippi River System and the river boats that plied upon its waters.

• Civil War Battle Summaries by State ~ Ohio
• The Civil War Archive ~ Union Regiments of Ohio
• Ohio in the Civil War
• Revolutionary War Soldiers living in the State of Ohio in 1818-1819
• 19th Century Ohio Civil War Colored Troops
• The USGenWeb Archives Pension Project *CivilWar* ~ Ohio
• The USGenWeb Archives Pension Project *CivilWar* ~ main page
• Civil War Photographs ~ from The Library of Congress: American Memory
• Genealogy and the American Civil War
• The American Civil War Homepage
• U.S. Civil War Center at Louisiana State University
• Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System

• Railroad History Database
• Downward Bound ~ Great Lakes shipping
• Historic American Highways
• Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Historical Society ~ history of the B&O.   
• Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society ~ history of the railway.
• U.S. Railroad Retirement Board ~ May be able to provide railroad employee records, but the employee must be deceased and must have worked for a railroad after 1936. Please contact them for the current costs for the search.  The board's site also contains links to other sites that may help you find information on employees who worked for railroads before 1936 .  

• Lest we Forget ~ This is a Montgomery County site that researches, publishes and  disseminates historical and current documents that focus on the history and culture of African-Americans and other groups.
• Ohio African American Genealogy ~ The Ties That Bind

• US Biographies Project
• WorldGenWeb
• USGenWeb
• Ellis Island Records
• FHC - online
  
• Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
• Bureau of Land Management
• National Archives and Records Administration
• Rootsweb
• Social Security Death Index ~ June 1999 Release - 61,664,927 records (from Rootsweb)
• The Olive Tree Genealogy Page
• GenForum
• Ancestry.com ~ online Social Security Database
• 40 Shades of Green ~ great spot for Irish genealogy
• Point (Pursuing our Italian Names Together)
• American Memory from the Library of Congress
• Links to the Past: National Parks Service Cultural Resources ~ The National Parks Service offers links to the past -- including the National Register of Historic Places.
• National Register of Historic Places
• Tomb With A View ~ A newsletter which is devoted to the appreciation, study and preservation of art and heritage in historic U.S. and Canadian cemeteries that is based out of Cleveland.  The newsletter includes articles about historic cemeteries and preservation efforts, but also includes items about the stories behind the stones.  There are four pages of walking tours, lectures and other special events in or about cemeteries.
• Cemetery Junction ~ Contains more than 11,000 cemetery listings (which are broken down by state), tombstone articles, obituaries, wills, family research, local societies, related sites, etc.
• The Poorhouse Story ~ a clearinghouse for 19th century American poorhouses.
• The American Colonist's Library ~ Primary Source Documents pertaining to Early American History.
• Virginia Land Office Patents and Grants ~ "A fully-searchable index to: land patents issued prior to 1779; land grants issued by the Virginia Land Office after 1779; grants issued in the Northern Neck from 1692-1862; and original and recorded Northern Neck surveys. Images for the land patents, Land Office grants, Northern Neck grants, and recorded Northern Neck surveys (1786-1874) are available online. The unrecorded Northern Neck surveys prior to 1782 are available on microfilm."