Death Certificate Index, 1913 - 1937
Search the death certificate index for persons that died in Ohio (1913 - 1937). Helpful for determining date of death and death certificate number, the researcher can later obtain a copy of the certificate itself (which holds further information).

Online Collection Catalog (OCC)
The Ohio Historical Society's Online Collection Catalog allows you to search the records of more than 230,000 items in the Society's library, newspaper, manuscript, audiovisual, state archives, history, natural history, and archaeology collections.

Newspaper Index
Search by title, city, or county, to find microfilmed Ohio newspaper titles(not the content) held by the Archives/Library, the largest collection of Ohio's newspapers in existence. Microfilmed newspapers are available for use at the A/L Reading Room or through interlibrary loan. Some are available for purchase by the roll.

African-American Experience in Ohio: 1850-1920
This sample of digitized primary materials illuminates specific moments in Ohio's history and provides an overview of the experiences of African Americans in Ohio. This project was made possible by the generous support of the Library of Congress and Ameritech.

Fight for the Colors (the Ohio Battle Flag Collection)
The Fight for the Colors exhibit provides online access to one of the Ohio Historical Society's most significant and popular Ohio Historical Society collections, the Ohio Battle Flag Collection. Ohio soldiers carried the flags, known as colors, in the Mexican War, Civil War, Spanish American War, World War I and World War II. There are more than five hundred flags in the collection, the majority of which are from the Civil War.

Civil War Documents
Search Adjutant General documents, including abstracts of almost 4000 letters from Series 147, Correspondence to the Governor and Adjutant General, 1861-1866; Index to [Ohio] Prisoners at Andersonville and Salisbury Prisons, 1864-1865; and also from the Civil War Guide Project, Guide to Primary Resource Collections at OHS.

Fundamental Documents
Search the full text of the early Ohio Constitutions, the Ordinance of the Northwest Territory, Executive Journal of the Northwest Territory, War of 1812 in the Northwest documents, biographical sketches of Ohio governors (1803-1971), Early Ohio Political Leaders finding aid.

Military Rosters
Search the full text of the Roster of Ohio Soldiers in the War of 1812from the Adjutant General records. Ohio furnished 1759 officers and 24,521 enlisted men.

National Register of Historic Places, Listings in Ohio
Search by architectural style, city, or county for the Ohio subset of the National Register of Historic Places. Listings from the Ohio Historic Preservation Office.

Teachers, Primary Resources for
Search by Title, Subject, Curriculum Category, and Appropriate Grade (k-12) in this database of primary source material, a collaborative effort of OHS' Archives/Library and Educational Services Divisions. Subjects include Ohio History, Civil War, Native Americans, Underground Railroad/Slavery, and Women.

Ohio History Online
This digital archive of the society's scholarly journal contains more than 100 years of historical research concerning Ohio and the middle west. Browsers can page through individual issues or look up specific topics using either the index or full-text search tool. The archive includes all text and illustrations published in the journal from 1887 to 2000.

OhioPix
Search images from the Ohio Historical Society's collections online in our image database, OhioPix. The database is searchable by subject, title, photographer and dates. Curators have selected highlights from our photograph collections and created "galleries" to illustrate specific topics or themes.