Montgomery County Links

Montgomery County, Ohio

• Miami Valley Genealogy On-Line
• Miami Valley Genealogy Index
• The Wright Brothers ~ from the Wright State University Libraries History Collection
• Montgomery County Vital Records ~
• Montgomery County Gov. Page
• Official Dayton Homepage
• Wright Patterson Air Force Base
• Wright Dunbar Village, Dayton Ohio
• The Oregon Historic District in Dayton, Ohio ~ Dayton's oldest neighborhood - Great Pictures!
• McPherson Town Historical District, Dayton, Ohio
• Northmont Area Community Network ~ Montgomery County's northern communities: Englewood, Clayton, Union, Phillipsburg, and Randolph Twp
• The City of Trotwood
• The City of Centerville
• The Centerville-Washington Twp Historical Society
• The City of Huber Heights
• Dayton Convention and Visitors Bureau
• 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 Montgomery County,  referenced in the 1883 History - check it out!
• Montgomery County, Ohio ~ an informational site on Montgomery County hosted by Pam Arnold
• Cemetery Photos ~ taken by Mark and Karen Krugman

Ohio

• OH @ Trails to the Past
• Ohio Biographies Project
• Rt. 40/National Road
• American Memory Railroad Maps ~ Ohio from the Geography and Map division, Library of Congress
• 1895 U.S. Atlas ~ Ohio
• Ohio Migration Trails
• Pioneer Migration Routes through Ohio
• Vital Records Information ~ Ohio
• Ohio River Valley Families Genealogical Database
• Ohio USGenWeb Archives
• Ohio Lands; A short History
• Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet ~ Ohio
• University of Michigan's Making of America ~ Main page and index.  A great source for Ohio researchers!
• University of Michigan's Making of America ~ has on-line biographies from The Biographical Encyclopedia of Ohio of the Nineteenth Century by Galaxy publishing company, 1876.
• American Local History Network ~ Ohio

Libraries

• State Library of Ohio ~ Genealogy Dept.
• DAR Library
• Bowling Green State University ~ Libraries and Learning resources
•     ~ Special Collections and Services
•              ~ Historical Collections of the Great Lakes
•              ~ Center for Archival Collections & Preservation Services
•              ~ Map Collection
• Dayton and Montgomery County Public Library
•     ~ Local History Collection
•     ~ Genealogy Resources and Services
•     ~ Montgomery County Historical Society Collections
•     ~ Shaker's Collection
•     ~ Dayton Newspaper Obituary Index 1985-1997
• Wright State University Libraries
•     ~ History
•     ~ Paul Laurence Dunbar Library
•             ~ Special Collections and Manuscripts

Genealogical & Historical Sites

• Ohio Historical Society
• Ohio Genealogical Society
• 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, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin.
• Society for Intercultural History
• Genealogical Society of Montgomery County, Ohio ~ searchable databases!
•     ~ Publications and Projects page
•     ~ Research in the Greater Dayton area (map and addresses)
• Randolph Township Historical Society
• 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.

Military Sites

• 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
• Roster of Ohio Soldiers 1861-1866
• American Revolutionary War Soldiers and Their Descendants ~ also contains French and Indian War Soldiers & War of 1812 Soldiers
• 19th Century Ohio Civil War Colored Troops
• Ohio Civil War Regiments ~ from the  Ohio GenWeb Civil War site
• 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
• Bullrun.com
• U.S. Civil War Center at Louisiana State University
• Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System
• Ohio Soldiers Aboard the 1865 Sultana

Railroad, Aviation, and Great Lakes Shipping Databases

• Downward Bound ~ Great Lakes shipping
• Wisconsin Maritime History ~ Great Lakes History Depository
• Railroad History Database
• Historic American Highways
• The Paddlewheel Riverboat ~ the beginning of our  great inland river transportation system

African American Genealogy Sites and Databases

• 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
• African-American Census Schedules Online
• 19th Century African American's
• Preserving the Legacy of the United States Colored Troops ~ by Budge Weidman

General Sites

• US Biographies Project
• WorldGenWeb
• USGenWeb
• Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
• Bureau of Land Management -Eastern States
• National Archives and Records Administration
• GENDEX ~ Gene Stark's WWW Genealogical Index
• 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
• Pie (Pursuing our Italian Names Together)
• Ellis Island
• 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.
• Murphy's Public House ~ Irish and German families of Ohio, the Great Lake's Region, and America
• National Register of Historic Places
• Ground Work; Genealogy on the Internet
• Lost Leaves Photos ~ Repository of unidentified photographs.  You may find a picture of a long lost relative or find a cousin who can identify an unidentified photograph that you own!
• 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.

Family Pages with a local Interest

• Tina's Genealogy Page
• SCHREMMER-POLLOCK families page ~ by Bill and Diana Sowers
• Martz Family History and Biographies ~ by Allen Donald Tallman
• McBride Family Page
• Erin & Andrei Nikitchyuk's Family Home Page
• Steve & Donna's Family Tree and Homepage
• Reflections From My Family Tree ~ by Carolyn Johnson Burns
• Our Family History ~
• Susan's Family Roots ~ Contains information on Neff family members who came from Montgomery county.

If you know of a site that I should add, or if a link is not working, let me know!

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   Last Updated: 02/05/05