The genealogy collection in Special Collections holds a variety of sources in multiple formats. While our collections are focused primarily on Ohio and the states surrounding it, we also actively collect materials for the states of the eastern seaboard, New England and the South.
Some Highlights of the Collection
- Books are listed in our library's online catalog
- Indexes to the obituaries in the Akron Beacon Journal (1937-)
- Indexes to the Akron Beacon Journal 1841-1939 (including births, marriages, and deaths as well as articles)
- Online Akron city directories (1859 -1969)
- Summit County census indexes
- List of our microfilm holdings
- Genealogy & local history databases available from the Research Databases page
- Our local history resources also contain additional genealogical information
- Visit the digital collections website of Summit County History at Summit Memory.
- Local Records
