Reference & Research

Local History & Genealogy

Are you searching for your family tree, for your roots, or just looking for records of someone dear to you?

We Can Help ...

If you are from out of the area and need assistance obtaining an obituary from our local newspaper or other resources, please email the Reference Department at refdept@oplin.org [2] or send a letter to the Reference Department, Carnegie Public Library, 219 E. Fourth Street, East Liverpool, OH 43920. Please include your home address as we do not have a scanner to email newspaper articles.

Please make your request as specific as possible as it will be researched and processed for up to 30 minutes. Open-ended and "needle-in-the-haystack" requests are highly discouraged. Researchers seeking inquiry for such questions should consult a researcher for hire. There is a list of genealogists at the Board for Certification of Genealogists [3] website.

We also have subscriptions to HeritageQuest [4]and Ancestry Library Edition [5] available through library computers. Stop by to search for your family's information!

If we have not been able to help you please try contacting one of the following web pages:

Columbiana County Archives [6]

Columbiana County Chapter of the OGS [7]

Genealogy Pit Stop [8] or

Tri-State Genealogical Society [9]

If you want to learn more about the Tri-State Area of Ohio, West Virginia and Pennsylvania please take a look at the Local History section of the Library Home Page.

Here are some additional genealogy websites.

The Genealogy Home Page [10]

The Mayflower Web Pages [11]

National Archives and Records Administration [12]

Online Resources

Here are some external websites that may be helpful.

Book Sale

Better World Books [13] An online sidewalk sale of old library books. A percentage of the net sales from this "sidewalk sale" goes to Carnegie Public Library and to the National Center for Family Literacy (which works with literacy programs throughout the U.S., helping families in need gain necessary literacy skills).

Tax Forms

We have select Ohio State and Federal tax forms available at the library. Forms are also available at www.irs.gov [14] for Federal forms, Ohio forms are at http://www.tax.ohio.gov/ohio_individual/individual/filefaster.aspx [15], and http://www.state.wv.us/taxrev/personal.html [16] for West Virginia forms.

If you are in the library and wish to print or copy forms or publications, please remember that the cost is 10¢ per page. We are an official tax form distribution location in Columbiana County (at no cost to you), however we do not carry all forms, and we occasionally run out of those we do. If you choose to print or copy forms or publications, you must pay for them.

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Newspapers

Ohio.com [18] A service of the Akron Beacon Journal
The Columbus Dispatch [19]
Cleveland.com [20] The Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Cincinnati Enquirer [21]
The Review Online [22]
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette [23]
Morning Journal [24]

Ohio

Ohio Web Library [25]
Ohio State Parks Directory [26]
Ohio State Bar Association [27] Resources for the public including their LawFacts Pamphlets.
Ohio Revised and Administrative Codes [28]
State Library of Ohio [29]
Ohio Department of Taxation [30]

East Liverpool Links

The Official Home Page of East Liverpool, Ohio [31]
East Liverpool Chamber of Commerce [32]
East Liverpool Historical Society [33]
East Liverpool Schools [34]
East Liverpool Museum of Ceramics [35] or themuseumofceramics.org [36]
The REVIEW (Online) - East Liverpool, Ohio [37]
East Liverpool H.S. Alumni Assoc. [38]
Kent State East Liverpool Campus [39]
Family Recovery Center [40]
National Weather Service local forecast [41]

Pottery Links

Homer Laughlin China Company [42]
Hall China Company [43]
Museum of Ceramics [36]
A History of The Potteries in the East Liverpool [44]
Set Your Table - Discontinued Tableware Dealers Directory [45]

Links:
[1] http://www.oplin.org/databases/
[2] mailto:refdept@oplin.org
[3] http://www.bcgcertification.org/
[4] http://www.oplin.org/heritagequest
[5] http://ancestrylibrary.proquest.com/
[6] http://www.columbianacountyarchives.org/
[7] http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohcolumb/index.htm
[8] http://www.genealogypitstop.com/
[9] http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wvtsghs/
[10] http://www.archives.com/
[11] http://mayflowerhistory.com/
[12] http://www.archives.gov/
[13] http://www.betterworldbooks.com/Carnegie-Public-Library-H0.aspx?SuffixId=4532
[14] http://www.irs.gov/
[15] http://www.tax.ohio.gov/ohio_individual/individual/filefaster.aspx
[16] http://www.state.wv.us/taxrev/personal.html
[17] http://www.knowitnow.org
[18] http://www.ohio.com/
[19] http://www.dispatch.com/
[20] http://www.cleveland.com/
[21] http://news.cincinnati.com/
[22] http://reviewonline.com/
[23] http://www.post-gazette.com/
[24] http://www.morningjournalnews.com
[25] http://www.ohioweblibrary.org/
[26] http://www.dnr.ohio.gov/parks/
[27] https://www.ohiobar.org/ForPublic/Resources/Pages/PublicResources.aspx
[28] http://codes.ohio.gov/
[29] http://library.ohio.gov/
[30] http://tax.ohio.gov/
[31] http://www.eastliverpool.com/
[32] http://www.elchamber.com
[33] http://www.eastliverpoolhistoricalsociety.org/
[34] http://www.elcsd.k12.oh.us
[35] http://www.ohiohistory.org/museums-and-historic-sites/museum--historic-sites-by-name/museum-of-ceramics
[36] http://www.themuseumofceramics.org/
[37] http://www.reviewonline.com/
[38] http://www.elhsaa.com/
[39] http://www.eliv.kent.edu/
[40] http://www.familyrecovery.org/
[41] http://www.erh.noaa.gov/ifps/MapClick.php?CityName=East+Liverpool&state=OH&site=PBZ
[42] http://www.hlchina.com/
[43] http://www.hallchina.com/
[44] http://www.carnegie.lib.oh.us/potteries
[45] http://www.setyourtable.com/