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Medina County District Library
Medina, Ohio
Explore this community history collection to discover the people, places, organizations, and events of Medina.
1830 to 1998Dates represented
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320,938Archive pages
Historical pages reported for this collection.
Explore local history
Discover the people, places, and stories of Medina, Ohio.
Get to know Medina, Ohio in earlier years through the newspapers shared in the Medina County District Library's digital archive. Its seventy-six titles include material from 1830 to 1998.
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Selected titles
Selected titles from Medina County District Library include “Apple Blossom” and “Weber's Banner”.
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A closer look
An earlier generation comes into view through the stories its newspapers chose to report, placing familiar names and events within the concerns of their time.
Historical newspapers can connect a family name with the events and everyday concerns of an earlier time, offering more than a date or a name on its own. Bring a family connection, a question about a familiar place or an interest in local history, and see where the sources lead. Explore the archive online for free, without a subscription.
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Titles in this collection
Browse seventy-six titles and 320,938 digitized pages, with material from 1830 to 1998. A partnership between Medina County District Library and Advantage Archives makes this collection available. Some years or items may be missing between the dates shown.
Follow a family connection or a question about the community through the titles below and the history they preserve.
Apple Blossom
202 pages from 1874 to 1876
Bank Notes
2,674 pages from 1944 to 1971
Bowman's Facts And Fun For Farmers
2,072 pages from 1933 to 1955
Broadcaster
48 pages from 1938 to 1940
Brunswick Citizen
8 pages in 1958
Brunswick High Devilier
48 pages in 1966
Brunswick Signal
8 pages in 1936
Brunswick Times
5,602 pages from 1975 to 1978
Brunswick Times And The County Line
456 pages in 1975
Buckeye Local Spotlight on Education
320 pages from 1976 to 1991
Crossroads
672 pages from 1994 to 1996
Daily Leader Post
24 pages in 1964
Democratic Watchman
412 pages from 1843 to 1844
Highlighter
30 pages in 1957
Home Banner
8 pages in 1901
Inside Buckeye
94 pages from 1986 to 1988
Litchfield County Times
776 pages from 1978 to 1979
Match Tips
524 pages from 1950 to 1956
Medina County Business Review
46 pages in 1967
Medina County Democrat
8 pages in 1853
Medina County Gazette
163,628 pages from 1854 to 1965
Medina County Gazette Almanac
54 pages in 1880
Medina County Health Messenger
8 pages in 1953
Medina County News
16 pages in 1884
Medina County Record
28 pages from 1889 to 1890
Medina County School News
16 pages in 1932
Medina Democrat
16 pages in 1852
Medina Landmarks About the Past
3,118 pages from 1963 to 1991
Medina Mirror
798 pages from 1854 to 1855
Medina Town Square Trading Post
168 pages in 1992
Medina Trading Post
54 pages from 1934 to 1964
Medinamite
578 pages from 1941 to 1983
Mid-Ohio Farm Weekly And Seville Chronicle
184 pages from 1976 to 1977
Morning Star
8 pages in 1868
Ohio Free Press
38 pages from 1832 to 1836
Permold News
18 pages in 1945
Review Chronicle
2,610 pages from 1988 to 1991
Review Chronicle Tribune
2,488 pages from 1990 to 1991
Seville Times News
32 pages from 1916 to 1917
Seville Weekly Times
48 pages from 1894 to 1912
Sevilles Sunshine Newsletter
8 pages in 1985
Spencer Weekly
38 pages in 1979
The Brunswick Reporter
32 pages in 1960
The Buckeye Expo
48 pages in 1992
The Cloverleaf Review Chronicle
528 pages from 1987 to 1988
The Constitutionalist
48 pages from 1830 to 1840
The County Line
1,736 pages from 1973 to 1975
The Daily News
16 pages in 1885
The Democrat
8 pages in 1853
The Democratic Whig
68 pages from 1844 to 1853
The Hornets Nest
28 pages in 1979
The Lodi Advertiser
39,382 pages from 1955 to 1987
The Lodi Review
8,006 pages from 1888 to 1955
The Lodi Trade Journal
16 pages in 1890
The Madison Pickle Vine
698 pages from 1942 to 1946
The Medina County Republican
106 pages from 1867 to 1868
The Medina Democrat
48 pages from 1853 to 1888
The Medina Examiner
8 pages in 1856
The Medina Sentinel
50,510 pages from 1888 to 1950
The Medina Town Square Post
364 pages from 1991 to 1998
The Ohio Free Press and Medina County Advertiser
24 pages from 1832 to 1834
The Review Chronicle
1,812 pages from 1991 to 1993
The Scholars Companion
16 pages in 1889
The Seville Chronicle
26,528 pages from 1946 to 1975
The Seville Chronicle And Farm Journal
1,052 pages in 1975
The Seville Herald
16 pages in 1918
The Seville Times
4 pages in 1889
The Seville Weekly Times
8 pages in 1873
The Sevillian
20 pages from 1938 to 1940
The Valley City Visitor
48 pages from 1899 to 1907
The Valley News
460 pages from 1956 to 1959
The Watchtower
1,232 pages from 1838 to 1842
The Young Folks
16 pages in 1875
The Young Folks Gems
16 pages in 1876
Tri-County News
42 pages in 1970
Weber's Banner
8 pages in 1901
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More ways to explore and share local history
Research Guidance
Read a report in its time and place
Start with something you would like to understand about the past of Medina. It might be a person, a neighborhood or an event remembered in your family. Use the digital archive shared by the Medina County District Library to follow that question into the historical record. 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. Check nearby issues or another listed newspaper when available. Differences in timing and wording can add perspective to a story, while the issue date and surrounding articles help show what kind of account you are reading.
Follow a promising report into a nearby issue or another title where available. Compare dates and surrounding coverage; a single account is one perspective on a story. Use the surrounding account to shape your next question, while keeping each source's perspective distinct.
Keep the title, date, page, or item reference with each useful finding. Separate the words in a historical account from your interpretation, and note conflicting perspectives rather than choosing one too quickly. These notes help connect a local story to its evidence and show what remains uncertain.
Community Partnership
Keeping local history a community resource
This community archive is made possible by the collaboration of the Medina County District 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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