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Wood County Public Library
Bowling Green, Ohio
Explore this community history collection to discover the people, places, organizations, and events of Bowling Green.
1866 to 1991Dates represented
See individual titles for available dates.
429,592Archive pages
Historical pages reported for this collection.
Explore local history
Discover the people, places, and stories of Bowling Green, Ohio.
Discover another side of Bowling Green, Ohio through newspapers preserved in the Wood County Public Library's digital archive. Its forty-six titles include material from 1866 to 1991.
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Selected titles
The collection from Wood County Public Library includes “Beacon Street Fair Daily” and “Wood County Weekly Sentinel”.
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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.
The reporting of earlier years offers a way to explore how events were understood as they happened and how local experiences became part of the historical record. A family story, a classroom project or curiosity about a familiar place can lead to a closer look at the community and the lives of earlier generations. Explore the archive online for free, without a subscription.
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Titles in this collection
Browse forty-six titles and 429,592 digitized pages, with material from 1866 to 1991. Through a partnership with Advantage Archives, Wood County Public Library shares these sources from the past. Some years or items may be missing between the dates shown.
Explore the titles below for a closer look at the places, people and everyday life of earlier generations.
Beacon Street Fair Daily
32 pages in 1895
Bowling Green Advocate
184 pages in 1866
Bowling Green Democrat
880 pages from 1878 to 1881
Bowling Green Sentinel
340 pages from 1867 to 1868
Bradner Advocate
34,766 pages from 1894 to 1954
Daily Sentinel
45,230 pages from 1890 to 1906
Gospel Banner
16 pages in 1896
Leader
12,180 pages from 1961 to 1976
North Baltimore Beacon
720 pages from 1884 to 1886
North Baltimore News
168 pages from 1953 to 1960
Pemberville Fairette
12 pages in 1937
Pemberville Independent
110 pages from 1877 to 1881
Pemberville Leader
67,782 pages from 1889 to 1961
Pemberville Lecture Course
8 pages in 1901
Pemberville Reporter
16 pages in 1887
Risingsun Unique Weekly
15,230 pages from 1928 to 1948
Sentinel
16 pages in 1867
The Beacon
1,006 pages from 1941 to 1942
The Beacon Street Fair Daily
32 pages in 1892
The County Fair News
8 pages in 1897
The Custar News
336 pages from 1897 to 1924
The Daily Gazette
488 pages in 1888
The Grade Gazette
16 pages from 1934 to 1935
The Junior Monthly
32 pages from 1910 to 1911
The Leader
4,956 pages from 1884 to 1980
The North Baltimore News
3,670 pages from 1901 to 1991
The Pemberville Press
254 pages in 1896
The Press
16 pages in 1941
The Record
462 pages from 1917 to 1919
The Weekly Beacon
4 pages in 1891
The Wood County Democrat
28,654 pages from 1890 to 1924
The Wood County Free Press
9,732 pages from 1900 to 1909
The Wood County Gazette
26 pages in 1885
Unique Derrick
9,090 pages from 1948 to 1958
Unique Weekly
17,122 pages from 1907 to 1927
Weekly Beacon
37,638 pages from 1886 to 1941
Wood County Democrat
8,408 pages from 1881 to 1930
Wood County Gazette
2,704 pages from 1886 to 1889
Wood County Index
16 pages in 1889
Wood County News
3,710 pages from 1930 to 1934
Wood County Republican
19,672 pages from 1918 to 1945
Wood County Sentinel
18,266 pages from 1868 to 1906
Wood County Sentinel And Gazette
1,318 pages from 1889 to 1892
Wood County Sentinel-Tribune
83,674 pages from 1906 to 1926
Wood County Tribune
436 pages from 1889 to 1890
Wood County Weekly Sentinel
156 pages in 1868
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About the Archive
About The Wood County Public Library’s History Archives
Explore the Wood County Public Library ’s digital archives, made available through a partnership with Advantage Archives . These archives provide free access to a vast collection of historical newspapers, capturing the rich history of Wood County and its surrounding areas. This digital collection is invaluable for research, genealogy, and community engagement.
About the Library
About The Wood County Public Library
The Wood County Public Library is an essential community asset, offering a wide range of resources, materials, and services to enrich the lives of its patrons. From a robust collection of physical books to digital resources, the library encourages lifelong learning, exploration, and community engagement.
Library History
The History Of The Wood County Public Library
Founded with a mission to serve the public, the Wood County Public Library has been a cornerstone of the community for decades. The library’s archives are a vital resource for local historians, genealogists, and residents interested in the rich history of Wood County and its surrounding areas.
Partner Story
Mission Statement
Our mission is to encourage lifelong learning and advance knowledge through literature, information, and exploration.
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Research Guidance
Trace a name across nearby issues
The history of Bowling Green includes individual lives as well as events remembered by the wider community. In the digital archive shared by the Wood County Public Library, begin with a name, place or date connected with the story you want to explore. 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.
If a name does not appear, try an alternate spelling or a related term, then read around any match. Note the issue date and page so a result stays connected to its context. Use those details to follow a story without treating one search result as a complete answer.
Build a trail through the past that someone else can follow: record the title, date, page or item reference, and a link when available. Keep historical quotations distinct from your own interpretation. If accounts disagree, note what each source supports before deciding how the details fit together in a family or community story.
Community Partnership
Keeping local history a community resource
This community archive is made possible by the collaboration of the Wood 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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