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Sandy Fackler

Versailles, Ohio

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53Titles

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1812 to 1969Dates represented

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115,240Archive pages

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Discover the people, places, and stories of Versailles, Ohio.

Look for a detail that matters to you in Versailles, then follow your question into the collection shared by Sandy Fackler. Its fifty-three titles include material from 1812 to 1969.

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    In the collection shared by Sandy Fackler, you will find “Adams County New-Era” and “Xenia Weekly Sunlight”.

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    A story about Versailles may take shape across several sources, with each contributing a different detail.

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Titles in this collection

Browse fifty-three titles and 115,240 digitized pages, with material from 1812 to 1969. This collection is shared through Sandy Fackler'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.

Adams County New-Era

836 pages from 1877 to 1879

American Deaf Citizen

348 pages from 1929 to 1930

Anglaize County Democrat

16 pages from 1860 to 1866

Circulator

72 pages from 1838 to 1839

County Home Infirmary Record

444 pages in 1885

Democratic Club

18 pages in 1840

Entry of Pauper Statements and Warrants

546 pages in 1876

Fayette County Herald

148 pages in 1880

Fayette Republican

3,646 pages from 1879 to 1888

Fayette Republican

2,020 pages from 1882 to 1886

Freedoms Advocate

8 pages in 1829

Fulton County Union

8 pages in 1862

Genius of Liberty

76 pages from 1834 to 1836

Greene County Republican and Xenia Weekly Sunlight

24 pages in 1881

Observer

16 pages in 1899

Pike County Republican

16 pages in 1863

Record Republican

37,664 pages from 1905 to 1936

Roster of Ohio Militia War of 1812 Companies and Members

2,668 pages in 1812

Roster of Ohio Militia War of 1812 Surname Index

656 pages in 1812

Semi Weekly Torchlight

2,712 pages from 1883 to 1886

Sharp Shooter

10 pages in 1856

The Cyclone

256 pages from 1888 to 1889

The Cyclone And Fayette Republican

13,440 pages from 1889 to 1904

The Cyclone And Fayette Republican

3,658 pages from 1895 to 1903

The Cyclone-Republican

810 pages from 1899 to 1905

The Fayette Advertiser

868 pages from 1907 to 1908

The Ohio State Register

22,582 pages from 1866 to 1928

The Register And People's Advocate

936 pages from 1871 to 1873

Wakeman World

76 pages from 1915 to 1917

Wapakoneta Daily News

68 pages in 1969

Washington Daily Globe

8 pages in 1885

Washington Herald

16 pages in 1833

Washington Register

8 pages in 1860

Washingtonian

8 pages in 1841

Waverly Democrat

44 pages in 1832

Weekly Banner

16 pages in 1856

Weekly West Liberty Banner

8 pages in 1852

Wellsville Patriot

90 pages from 1853 to 1862

West Jefferson Clipper

8 pages in 1874

West Liberty Banner

66 pages from 1855 to 1928

West Liberty Banner and Logan County Advertiser

16 pages from 1853 to 1854

West Liberty Weekly Banner and Logan County Advertiser

8 pages in 1854

West Liberty Weekly Times

8 pages in 1856

Western Reserve Sentinel

16 pages in 1967

Xenia Democrat News

4,966 pages from 1880 to 1894

Xenia Gazette

1,740 pages from 1879 to 1881

Xenia Herald

2,392 pages from 1896 to 1902

Xenia Herald and Democrat News

452 pages from 1895 to 1896

Xenia Republican

7,366 pages from 1883 to 1901

Xenia Republican and Weekly Sunlight

652 pages from 1881 to 1883

Xenia Torchlight

2,360 pages from 1878 to 1883

Xenia Weekly Sunlight

242 pages from 1880 to 1881

Xenia Weekly Sunlight and Greene County Republican

104 pages in 1881

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Research Guidance

Compare sources without forcing agreement

If a story from Versailles has reached you through family or community memory, note what is known and what remains uncertain. Use the collection details shared by the Sandy Fackler to look for a source that can add context or test a detail. When another source is available, compare its dates, names, and context with the first. Preserve differences until the evidence explains them.

Compare a promising result with the title information and date context available for it. If the details do not fit your question, keep it as a possible lead and look for another account or source where available rather than forcing a connection.

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.

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Community Partnership

Keeping local history a community resource

This community archive is made possible by the collaboration of the Sandy Fackler, 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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It’s Your Community’s History, So Why Rent Something You Own?

We believe that history belongs to the communities where it was made - not locked behind paywalls or inaccessible due to budget restrictions. Subscription-based services and large content aggregators are generally more concerned with "content" and less concerned with the history that content contains. Their models typically involve a reoccurring charge for a plan that renews annually or licensing agreements with the library based on population served or circulation numbers. You are essentially Renting Access To YOUR History.
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