Over the past few decades, genealogical research has been revolutionized with the help of electronic databases, DNA analysis, and improved access to historical documents at libraries and archives. The growing number of Web resources and available volunteers have also made a considerable difference to those who could not find information using conventional research methods. This Genealogical resource page was developed with assistance from the Local History and Genealogy Department at the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library, and was subsequently expanded to include other resources. We hope to assist visitors in their search for ancestors, long-lost relatives, and related information; however, Toledo's Attic is not a genealogy website and nor does it have genealogists on staff and, therefore, cannot offer genealogical services.
Do-it-Yourself-Genealogy A PDF presentation for do-it-yourselfers created in 2008 by Toledo's Attic curator Arjun Sabharwal
The Web pages below are not managed by Toledo's Attic or the affiliate organizations, and may move, change, or disappear without notice.
Local Genealogy Resources
Toledo and NW Ohio | Ohio | Michigan
Resources By Category
Cemeteries | Gazetteers and Maps | Immigration | Land Records and Patents | Lineage Societies | Military and Veterans | Newspapers and Obituaries
Resources By Ethnicity
Native-Americans | African-Americans | British/Irish/Scottish | Canada | Central/Eastern Europe | Western/Northern Europe | Jewish/Mediterranean
General Resources on the Internet
Local Genealogy Resources
Toledo and NW Ohio - Lucas and Wood Counties
Lucas County Cemeteries - Interment.net
Lucas County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society
Toledo Genealogical Records (Forebears)
Toledo-Lucas County Public Library, Family Tree Workbook (PDF)
Toledo-Lucas County Public Library, Local History and Genealogy
Toledo-Lucas County Public Library, Obituary Index, 1835-present
Ohio
Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library
Ohio Census Records, 1820-1840
Ohio Department of Health - Vital Statistics
Ohio Genealogical Records (Forebears)
U.S. Census Data: Toledo (filtered search for Toledo)
U.S. Census Data: Northwest Ohio (filtered search for all counties in Northwest Ohio)
Michigan
Michigan Division of Vital Records and Health Statistics (DVRHS)
Library of Michigan, Vital Records, Family History
Michigan Genealogical Records (Forebears)
Genealogy Resources by Category
Cemeteries
Access Genealogy - Cemetery Records
Interment.net - Cemetery Records Online
Gazetteer and Maps
Global Gazetteer of the American Revolution
U.S. Board on Geographic Names
Immigration
Geni: Castle Garden (1820 - 1892)
Immigration records (National Archives)
Passenger Lists (by Stephen P. Morse)
Land Records and Patents
Ancestor Search: Land Records Search
Bureau of Land Management, Federal Land Records
Cyndi's List: Land Records, Deeds, Homesteads
National Archives: Land Records
Lineage Societies
American Ancestors, New England Historic Genealogical Society
Cyndi's List: Societies & Group - Lineage
Daughters of the American Revolution
The Mayflower Society - Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Ohio
Ohio Genealogical Society - Lineage Societies
Military and Veterans
Access Genealogy - Military Records
American Battle Monuments Commission
Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System (CWSS)
Military Records (United Kingdom, Ancestry.com)
National Archives: Genealogy Research in Military Records
National Archives - Military Personnel Records
National Cemetery Administration, Nationwide Gravesite Locator
Online Revolutionary War Indexes and Records
Newspapers, Newspaper Abstracts, and Obituaries
Ancestor Hunt: Free Online Ohio Mortuary and Funeral Home Records
Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
Newspaper abstracts: Find your ancestors in the news
Newspaper.com: Historical Newspapers from the 1700s–2000s
Ontario Genealogy Historical Newspaper Archives
RootsWeb Genealogy Mailing Lists: Newspaper Abstracts
Toledo-Lucas County Public Library, Obituary Index, 1835-present
United States Obituaries (FamilySearch): Ohio - Crawford and Washington Counties
Genealogy Resources by Ethnicity
(arranged by continent, country, and region)
Americas - Native Tribes / First Nations
AccessGenealogy - Native American - Indian Genealogy
Olive Tree Genealogy - Native American Genealogy
Tracing American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) Ancestry (Bureau of Indian Affairs)
Africans, African-Americans
AfricanDNA (Henry Louis Gates)
BlackPast.org: The Genealogy Page
British Isles and Ireland, Scotland
Birth, marriage and death records (United Kingdom, ancestry.com)
Court, Governmental & Criminal Records (United Kingdom, ancestry.com)
GEN-UKI: UK & Ireland Genealogy
Irish-American Genealogy Guide
The National Archives: Family History (UK)
The Scottish Genealogy Society
Canada
Canada Birth, Marriage & Death Collections (Ancestry.com)
Archives Canada (English & French)
Automated Genealogy: Indices to Canadian Censuses
Genealogy Today: Canadian Genealogy
Tracing Family History: Canada Immigration and Citizenship Genealogy Guide
Central/Eastern Europe & Baltics
Austrian
Baltics
Office of the Chief Archivist of Lithuania: Genealogical Search
Croatian
Rodoslovlje.hr - Genealogical Research
Czech
Czech Genealogy and Heraldry Society in Prague
Hungarian
Radixindex: Hungarian and Central European Genealogy & Local History Databases
Polish
Polish Genealogical Society of America
Romanian
Russian
Slovak
Genealogical Research: Slovakia & former Austria-Hungary
Western Europe & Scandinavia
Belgian
State Archives of Belgium - Genealogist
Danish
Genealogical Research in Denmark
Dutch
Finnish
National Archives of Finland: Genealogical Research (English)
French
France Genealogy (FamilySearch)
German
German Roots - German Genealogy
Palatines to America - German Genealogy Society
Norwegian
Swedish
Jewish and Mediterranean
Greek
Foundation of the Hellenic World - Genealogy & Oral History
Italian
Jewish
SephardicGen Resources (Turkey, Greece, Balkans)
Lebanese & Syrian
Researching Your Lebanese or Syrian Ancestry
Portuguese
Portugal Genealogy (FamilySearch)
Spanish
Spain Genealogy (FamilySearch)
Turkish
Türkiye Genealogy (FamilySearch)
General Resources On The Internet
Asian American History Timeline
Cyndi's List of Genealogical Sites
Digital Public Library of America (DPLA): The Family Research Guide to DPLA
Family Tree Builder - Free genealogy software (download here)
Finding Family from Ship's Passenger Lists
Genealogy and Family History Internet Web Directory
Genealogy: The Complete Resource Guide
Guide to Finding the Best DNA Ancestry Test
History at Home: A Guide to Genealogy (HomeAdvisor)
MyTrees.com - Find your family trees
National Archives (US): Resources for Genealogists
Old Fulton New York Postcards (New York & surrounding states)
Olive Tree Genealogy Databases
Social Security Death Index (Ancestry)
The Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, Family History Center -- Ellis Island History
Toledo's Attic kindly thanks all visitors who have kindly suggested the addition of new resources. We have added all that we could consider appropriate for our genealogy resource page.We look forward to your suggestions. Please contact