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Findlay Hancock County Public Library
Findlay, Ohio
Explore this community history collection to discover the people, places, organizations, and events of Findlay.
1839 to 1971Dates represented
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627,984Archive pages
Historical pages reported for this collection.
Explore local history
Discover the people, places, and stories of Findlay, Ohio.
Explore the past of Findlay, Ohio through newspapers in the Findlay Hancock County Public Library's digital archive. Its fifty-three titles include material from 1839 to 1971.
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Selected titles
In the collection shared by Findlay Hancock County Public Library, you will find “Arcadia News” and “Weekly Jeffersonian”.
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A closer look
A familiar name or event takes on another dimension in the newspaper coverage of its time, alongside the stories that mattered to the readers of that issue.
Reporting from the time can reveal how people described the events, work and concerns of their day, placing a local story within the history unfolding around it. Whether you are tracing a family connection, exploring a local event or sharing history with a class, there is more to discover than names and dates alone. Explore the archive online for free, without a subscription.
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Titles in this collection
Browse fifty-three titles and 627,984 digitized pages, with material from 1839 to 1971. This collection is shared through Findlay Hancock County Public Library's partnership with Advantage Archives. Some years or items may be missing between the dates shown.
If you are tracing a family connection or exploring local history, the titles below offer a place to begin and a thread to follow.
Arcadia News
236 pages from 1905 to 1940
County Treasurer Tax Duplicate
3,194 pages in 1839
Courier Union
5,012 pages from 1904 to 1907
Daily Courier
18,368 pages from 1903 to 1907
Daily Jeffersonian
4,460 pages from 1884 to 1885
Democratic Courier
850 pages from 1846 to 1848
Evening Jeffersonian
32 pages in 1903
Findlay City Directories
2,922 pages from 1879 to 1902
Findlay Courier
13,848 pages from 1901 to 1903
Findlay Daily Courier
113,618 pages from 1887 to 1924
Findlay Daily Jeffersonian
7,744 pages from 1880 to 1884
Findlay Daily Republican
4,220 pages from 1886 to 1888
Findlay Daily Star
4,154 pages from 1882 to 1884
Findlay Jeffersonian
984 pages from 1879 to 1881
Findlay Republican
2,758 pages from 1894 to 1904
Findlay Union
9,898 pages from 1891 to 1904
Findlay Weekly Republican
3,848 pages from 1883 to 1892
Findlay Weekly Union
178 pages from 1890 to 1891
Fostoria News
8 pages in 1860
Four Corner News
36 pages in 1964
Hancock County Herald
40,070 pages from 1890 to 1960
Hancock County Herald
3,120 pages from 1923 to 1927
Hancock County News Democrat
184 pages in 1933
Hancock County, Probate Court, Marriage Record
3,196 pages in 1924
Hancock Courier
24,042 pages from 1851 to 1914
Hancock Jeffersonian
1,406 pages from 1857 to 1862
Hancock Journal
528 pages from 1850 to 1852
Hancock Probate Court Death Records
3,028 pages from 1867 to 1920
Home Companion
36 pages in 1857
Marriage Records
4,772 pages from 1901 to 1934
Mayor Docket
1,792 pages in 1870
McComb Booster
112 pages from 1961 to 1964
McComb Herald
3,440 pages from 1888 to 1931
Morning Republican
35,418 pages from 1888 to 1896
Mount Blanchard Journal
33,350 pages from 1910 to 1960
Mt Blanchard Echo
16 pages in 1883
Mt Blanchard News
114 pages from 1897 to 1906
Republican Jeffersonian
8,464 pages from 1904 to 1911
The Arcadia Reporter
8 pages in 1901
The Arlingtonian
2,260 pages from 1920 to 1924
The Arlingtonian
30,510 pages from 1907 to 1971
The Arlingtonian And Mount Blanchard Journal
8 pages in 1961
The Arlingtonian And The Jenera Journal
258 pages in 1927
The Findlay Daily Minute
888 pages in 1888
The Hancock County Herald
14 pages in 1961
The McComb Sun
212 pages from 1967 to 1968
The Morning Republican
198,116 pages from 1896 to 1929
The Mount Blanchard Weekly Tribune
48 pages from 1886 to 1887
The Mt Blanchard Globe
16 pages in 1893
The Republican Jeffersonian
28 pages in 1909
The Republican-Courier
10,742 pages from 1952 to 1966
The Rural News
56 pages in 1956
Weekly Jeffersonian
25,364 pages from 1881 to 1921
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About the Archive
About The Findlay-Hancock County Public Library’s History Archives
Explore the Findlay-Hancock County Public Library ’s digital archives, made available through a partnership with Advantage Archives . These archives provide free access to a wide collection of historical newspapers and documents, capturing the rich history of Findlay, Ohio, and its surrounding areas. This archive serves as an invaluable resource for genealogists, researchers, and anyone interested in the local history of Hancock County.
About the Library
About The Findlay-Hancock County Public Library
The Findlay-Hancock County Public Library serves the vibrant community of Findlay and the surrounding areas of Hancock County, Ohio . The library offers a wide range of materials, services, and programming to promote lifelong learning, cultural enrichment, and access to local historical records through its digital archives.
Library History
The History Of The Findlay-Hancock County Public Library
The Library has a long-standing history of service to the community, offering free access to information, resources, and programming. The library's digital archives provide valuable resources for research, genealogy, and community engagement, helping residents connect with their local heritage and historical records.
Partner Story
Mission Statement
The mission of the Findlay-Hancock County Public Library is to provide materials, services, and information that promote lifelong learning, community engagement, and access to local history for all residents of Findlay and Hancock County.
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Research Guidance
Look for the story behind a result
A family name, a familiar street or a story passed down through generations can lead to a closer look at the history of Findlay. The digital archive shared by the Findlay Hancock County Public Library offers a place to begin. When using historical newspapers, try alternate spellings and nearby dates, then read the surrounding page to place a local story in its time. Compare later reporting or another available title to explore different perspectives rather than treating one account as the whole story. Search a person, place, or event with a second term, then compare the date and context of each result. A repeated name needs more evidence before it identifies the same person or connects two parts of a story.
After recording the issue and page, search a second term tied to the result and compare the surrounding dates and accounts. Keep matching names provisional until the place and context fit. This can turn one result into a better question without turning a repeated name into a confirmed story.
Capture the title, date, and page or item location for a detail you may want to revisit. Label your interpretation as your reading, not the source's own words. Keep enough context with the note that another reader can retrace it.
Community Partnership
Keeping local history a community resource
This community archive is made possible by the collaboration of the Findlay Hancock County Public Library, its community, and Advantage Archives. Together, these partnerships preserve local sources and give people a way to explore, learn from, and share the history around them.
Advantage Archives covers ongoing archive hosting, storage, development, and maintenance. The institution and its community do not pay a subscription, seat license, annual support contract, or other recurring archive-service charge. Local history remains a community resource, not a subscription to maintain.
Would you like to see more of your community's history preserved and accessible? Start a conversation with your library, newspaper publisher, historical or genealogical society, museum, or school about the materials they would like to share and a possible partnership with Advantage Archives.
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Stories, research tips, and archive news
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