Local Government Records : Clark County, Ohio
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Clark County | Springfield
| Bethel Twshp | Green Twnshp
| Mad River Twshp
Moorefield Twshp | Pike Twshp
| Springfield Twshp
Selma Special District School Rec | Springfield
School Records | Federal
ClarkCounty |
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Record Title |
Date Span |
Format |
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Auditor |
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Assessors' Returns of Personal Property
|
1846, 1851, 1863 |
3 volumes |
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Blind Relief Record
|
1906-1936 |
MFM |
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Burial of Ex-Union Soldiers
|
1884-1913 |
MFM |
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Chattel Tax Lists
|
1845-1900 |
75 volumes |
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Common School Funds
|
1832-1833 |
1 folder |
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Correspondence
|
1820-1827 |
1 folder |
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Coupons Redeemed
|
1858-1859 |
volume |
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Delinquent Chattel Tax Lists
|
1849-1853 |
volume |
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Election Results
|
1830-1838 |
1 folder |
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Enumeration of Deaf & Dumb
|
1822 |
1 folder |
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Enumeration of Deaf & Dumb German Twp
|
1864 |
MFM |
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Enumeration of Deaf & Dumb German Twp |
1864 |
1 folder
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Enumeration of Householders
|
1827-1832 |
MFM |
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Enumeration of Householders
|
1827-1833 |
1 folder |
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Enumeration of Soldiers & Sailors
|
1865-1900 |
MFM |
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Enumeration of White Unmarried Youth
|
1829-1833 |
4 folders |
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Enumeration of White Youth
|
1829-1833 |
MFM |
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Militia Rolls for Bethel Twp
|
1864 |
MFM |
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Militia Rolls for Bethel Twp
|
1864 |
1 folder |
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Mothers' Pension Record
|
1915-1936 |
volume |
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Official Letter & Documents Record
|
1839-1851 |
volume |
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Railroad Assessment Record
|
1863-1872 |
volume |
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Real Estate Tax List
|
1833, 1839-1850 |
20 volumes |
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Sale of Lots & Town Lands
|
1851 |
volume |
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School District Boundaries
|
1828-1834 |
1 folder |
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School Enumerations
|
1925-1968 |
RC box |
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School Fund Record (scattered)
|
1836-1893 |
4 volumes |
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School Land Sales
|
1829-1846 |
volume |
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Soldiers' Burial Record
|
1913-1928 |
MFM |
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Soldiers' Relief Commission Minutes
|
1887-1903 |
2 volumes |
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Soldiers' Relief Record
|
1888-1923 |
4 volumes |
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Tax Apportionment/Settlement
|
1820-1838 |
2 folders |
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Tax Lists by Township
|
1820-1828 |
15 folders |
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Board of Elections
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Sample Ballots
|
1932-1973 |
2 hollinger boxes |
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Child Welfare Board
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Pamphlet Boy-Girl Relationships
|
1949 |
1 folder |
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Children's Home
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Death Records
|
1878-1927 |
MFM |
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Indenture Records
|
1878-1913 |
MFM |
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Indenture Records
|
1878-1913 |
MFM |
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Monthly Movement of Children
|
1917-1927 |
MFM |
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Receipts & Expenditures
|
1886-1887, 1912-1962 |
10 volumes |
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Record of Inmates
|
1878-1917 |
MFM |
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Trustees' Minutes
|
1914-1965 |
6 volumes |
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Visitors' Register
|
1878-1917 |
MFM |
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Clerk of Courts
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Chancery Records
|
1820-1855 |
3 MFM |
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Circuit Court Appearance Docket (scattered) |
1885-1913 |
3 volumes |
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Circuit Court Law Record |
1885-1912 |
3 volumes
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Circuit Court Minutes
|
1885-1912 |
4 volumes |
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Common Pleas Civil Docket
|
1821-1852 |
MFM |
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Common Pleas Civil Minutes
|
1820-1854 |
4 MFM |
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Common Pleas Index to Complete Record
|
1818-1906 |
MFM |
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District Court Appearance Docket
|
1866-1885 |
5 volumes |
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District Court Chancery Record
|
1852-1860 |
volume |
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District Court Law Record
|
1853-1883 |
3 volumes |
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District Court Minutes
|
1852-1884 |
volume |
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Justice of Peace Commissions
|
1889-1956 |
volume |
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Justice of the Peace Returns
|
1837-1848 |
2 volumes |
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Naturalizations 1st & 2nd Papers
|
1856-1877 |
MFM |
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Naturalizations 1st Papers
|
1856-1873 |
MFM |
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Naturalizations 2nd Papers
|
1856-1877 |
MFM |
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Platbook of County Lines
|
1879-1885 |
volume |
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Railroad Police Commission
|
1885-1928 |
volume |
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Supreme Court Chancery Record
|
1821-1851 |
MFM |
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Supreme Court Minutes
|
1819-1851 |
2 volumes & MFM |
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Commissioners |
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Bids & Contracts (scattered)
|
1860-1960 |
hollinger box |
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Improvement Schedule County Courthouse
|
1821 |
1 folder |
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Improvement Schedule Courthouse Square
|
1830 |
1 folder |
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Mad River Bridge Plane
|
1832 |
1 folder |
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Miscellaneous Activity Book
|
1859-1872 |
volume |
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Road Surveys
|
1820-1838 |
11 folders |
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Subscription List for Bridge Timber
|
1857 |
1 folder |
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County Home
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Annual Reports
|
1838, 1914-1963 |
7 folders |
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Daily Movement of Population |
1913-1960 |
2 folders & hollinger box
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Director's Minutes
|
1893-1904 |
MFM |
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Emergency Fund Record
|
1911-1934 |
volume |
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Expenditures & Receipts (scattered)
|
1863-1966 |
6 volumes |
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Minutes of Directors
|
1893-1904 |
volume |
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Pay Patients Accounts
|
1914-1934 |
volume |
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Record of Inmates
|
1836-1924 |
MFM |
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Relief Record
|
1913-1920 |
volume |
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Health Department
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Annual Reports
|
1966 |
1 folder |
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Probate Court
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Birth Records
|
1867-1908 |
2 MFM |
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Death Records
|
1867-1908 |
1 MFM |
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Final Record |
1852-1930 |
microfiche |
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Inventory of Personal Property
|
1818-1824 |
volume |
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Marriage Records |
1818-1946 |
20 MFM |
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Naturalizations
|
1861-1879 |
MFM |
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Naturalizations 1st & 2nd Papers
|
1879-1906 |
MFM |
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Naturalizations 1st Papers
|
1861-1880 |
MFM |
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Records of Appointment |
1891-1952 |
microfiche |
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Records of Inventory/Sales Bills |
1823-1957 |
microfiche |
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Will Records |
1956-1964 |
microfiche |
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Recorder
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Deeds (samples)
|
1837-1954 |
1 hollinger box |
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Soldiers' Relief Commission
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Burial Record
|
1884-1918 |
MFM |
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Minutes
|
1887-1951 |
2 MFM |
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Treasurer
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Enumeration of Soldiers & Sailors
|
1865-1900 |
MFM |
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Soldiers' Relief Record (scattered)
|
1912-1934 |
2 volumes |
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Tuberculosis Sanatorium
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Cash Book
|
1918-1934 |
4 volumes |
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Daily Roll Book (scattered)
|
1933-1946 |
7 volumes |
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Expenditures & Receipts (scattered)
|
1920-1957 |
4 volumes |
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Laboratory Reports
|
1928-1937 |
volume |
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Patients Register
|
1910-1929 |
MFM |
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Petty Cash Book
|
1918-1934 |
volume |
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Treatment Record
|
1928, 1941-1944 |
2 volumes |
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Trustees' Minutes
|
1935-1965 |
3 MFM |
Springfield |
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Unprocessed
|
n.d. |
2 RC boxes |
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Board of Health
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Health Order Book
|
1866-1869 |
3 volumes |
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Minutes/Ordinances/Resolutions
|
1903-1914 |
volume |
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Board of Public Affairs
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Journal
|
1891-1903 |
5 volumes |
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Record of Sewer Permits
|
1884-1898 |
2 volumes |
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Board of Public Safety
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Minutes
|
1903-1913 |
6 volumes |
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City Clerk
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Unprocessed
|
n.d. |
3 RC boxes |
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City Manager
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Annual Reports
|
1926-1928 |
2 folders |
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Correspondence - Unprocessed
|
n.d. |
12 RC boxes |
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Journal
|
1914-1960 |
6 volumes |
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Reports - Unprocessed
|
n.d. |
2 RC boxes |
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Unprocessed
|
n.d. |
7 RC boxes |
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Clerk of Commission
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Account Ledger
|
1873-1882 |
2 volume |
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Annual Financial Report
|
1927 |
1 folder |
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Annual Reports - Newspaper Version
|
1959 |
1 folder |
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Board of Control Minutes
|
1910-1913 |
volume |
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Board of Tax Commissioners' Minutes
|
1883-1903 |
volume |
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Building Permits
|
1879-1896 |
2 folders |
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Certificates of Election
|
1834-1887 |
21 folders |
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Charter Commission Minutes
|
1913 |
volume |
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City Charter
|
1913, 1916 |
1 folder |
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Record Title Date Span Format
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Clerk of Commission
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City Commission Minutes
|
1914-1926 |
3 MFM |
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City Council Journal
|
1850-1913 |
23 volumes |
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City Council Minutes
|
1906-1913 |
MFM |
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Corporation Funds Cash Book
|
1832-1851 |
volume |
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Cyclone Suffers Committee Records
|
1892-1983 |
3 folders |
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Election Abstracts of Votes |
1854-1905 |
4 folders
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Election Files
|
1869-1897 |
6 folders |
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Election Judges List of New Voters
|
1877 |
volume |
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Employees' Performance Bond Record
|
1887-1906 |
volume |
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Enumerations |
1849-1862 |
1 folder |
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Hospital Commission Minutes
|
1898-1932 |
5 volumes |
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Hospital Trustees Minutes
|
1940-1954 |
3 volumes |
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Informal Minutes
|
1984-1985 |
2 volumes |
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Ledger of Fund Accounts
|
1860-1879 |
3 volumes |
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Ledger of Various Fund Accounts
|
1893-1895 |
volume |
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List of Registered Electors
|
1892 |
volume |
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Militia Enumerations, Rolls, and Bounties
|
1863-1865 |
2 hollinger box |
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Minutes of Council
|
1827-1834, 1838 |
8 folders |
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Mitchell-Thomas Hospital History
|
1902 |
1 folder |
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Notices to Saloon Keepers
|
1877-1900 |
volume |
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Order Book
|
1834-1851 |
volume |
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Order Book Stubs (scattered)
|
1853-1866 |
4 volumes |
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Ordinances
|
1850-1860 |
18 folders |
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Ordinances
|
1850-1915 |
5 MFM |
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Park Board Trustees Minutes
|
1898-1924 |
MFM |
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Payroll Record
|
1875-1881 |
volume |
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Poll Books & Tally Sheets .
|
1833-1905, n.d |
7 RC boxes & 8 hollinger boxes |
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Public Library Trustees Annual Reports
|
1874-1890 |
1 folder |
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Record of In-Lots and Out-Lots
|
1853 |
volume |
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Register of Appointments/Promotions
|
1903-1929 |
2 volumes |
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Register of Licenses Issued
|
1907-1909 |
volume |
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Register of Names and Addresses
|
n.d. |
volume |
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Register of Orders Paid
|
1882-1889 |
volume |
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Register of Orders Paid Out of Treasury
|
1874-1882 |
volume |
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Register of Receipts into Treasury
|
1874-1882 |
volume |
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Rental of City Hall and Armory
|
1869-1906 |
4 volumes |
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Resolutions
|
1880-1911 |
RC box |
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School Administrative Files
|
1850-1904 |
4 folders |
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School Managers Reports1
|
1848-1853, 1908 |
folder |
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Service Record
|
1903-1933 |
10 volumes |
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Sinking Fund Trustees' Journal
|
1926-1945 |
volume |
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Snyder Park Payroll
|
1896-1908 |
2 volumes |
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Statements of Registered Voters Ward 5
|
1877 |
volume |
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Street and Alley Grades
|
1879-1883 |
1 folder |
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Street Assessment Cash Book
|
1894-1898 |
volume |
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Street Assessment Ledger
|
1893-1902 |
volume |
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Street Commission Employees
|
1889-1896 |
volume |
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Street Hands Payroll
|
1900-1906 |
2 volumes |
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Street Paving Ledger
|
1895-1897 |
volume |
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Summary Minutes
|
1983-1985 |
4 volumes |
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Teachers' Reports
|
1848-1854 |
11 folders |
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Traffic Commission Record
|
1942-1944 |
volume |
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Treasury Investment fund Trustees
|
1942-1947 |
volume |
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Unprocessed
|
1829-1869 |
13 hollinger boxes & 1 RC box |
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Unprocessed
|
n.d. |
56 RC boxes & 7 hollinger boxes |
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Zoning Ordinances
|
1948 |
1 folder |
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Engineer
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Appropriation Reports
|
1950-1951 |
2 volumes |
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Blueprints
|
n.d. |
1 folder |
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Greenmount Cemetery Correspondence
|
1913-1914 |
1 folder |
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Greenmount Cemetery Map
|
n.d. |
volume |
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Greenmount Cemetery Permits
|
1863-1902 |
volume |
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Greenmount Cemetery Records
|
1885 |
1 folder |
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Greenmount Owners Burials
|
1863-1902 |
volume |
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Project Reports
|
1936-1982 |
23 volumes & 1 hollinger box |
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Street Plans/Grades
|
1880-1883 |
1 folder |
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Finance Department
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Annual Budget
|
1968 |
1 folder |
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Fire Department
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Annual Reports
|
1915-1951 |
hollinger box |
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Auxiliary Firemen's Class Record
|
1900-1910 |
volume |
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Fire and Police Commission Journal
|
1891-1903 |
volume |
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Fire and Police Commission Ledger
|
1891-1903 |
volume |
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Fire Records
|
1942-1943 |
23 volumes |
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List of Horses Owners
|
1887 |
volume |
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Payroll Record
|
1881-1907 |
5 volumes |
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Record of Inhalation Calls
|
1938-1948 |
volume |
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Supply Ledger
|
1908-1913, 1939-1951 |
2 volumes |
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Health Department
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Annual Reports
|
1970-1971 |
1 folder |
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Mayor's Court
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City Affidavits
|
1867 |
volume |
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State Affidavits
|
1866-1867 |
2 volumes |
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Municipal Court
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Police Court Docket
|
1910-1911, 1913 |
2 volumes |
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Police Court Journal
|
1916-1917, 1920-1921 |
2 volumes |
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Police Court Judges Docket
|
1925-1926 |
volume |
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Police Department
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Annual Reports
|
1965-1970 |
2 folders |
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Arrest Record
|
1889-1961 |
4 volumes |
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Daily Activity Record
|
1926-1927 |
volume |
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Daily Record of Complaints
|
1910-1924 |
4 hollinger boxes & 2 volumes |
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Daily Record of Complaints Index
|
1909-1927 |
3 volumes |
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Newspaper Scrapbooks
|
1920-1939 |
volume |
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Relief/Pension Fund Laws
|
1945 |
1 folder |
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Sanborn Map Company
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City Maps Volume 1-2 |
1928-1952 |
6 volumes |
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Urban Renewal Department
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Community Renewal Program Report
|
1961 |
2 folders |
Bethel Township |
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Justice of Peace
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Civil Docket
|
1895-1919, 1950-1955 |
2 volumes |
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Criminal & Civil Docket
|
1876-1919 |
volume |
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Criminal Docket
|
1857-1896, 1950-1955 |
2 volumes |
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Record Book c.a.
|
1869-1883 |
1 volume |
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Treasurer
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Ledger
|
1896 |
volume |
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Justice of Peace
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Civil Docket
|
1945-1953 |
volume |
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Criminal Docket
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1946-1949 |
2 volumes |
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Marriage Records
|
1946-1957 |
volume |
Green Township |
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Justice of Peace
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Civil Docket (scattered)
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1856-1956 |
2 volumes |
Mad River Township |
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Justice of Peace
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Criminal Docket
|
1946-1952 |
volume |
Moorefield Township |
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Justice of Peace
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Criminal Docket
|
1946-1965 |
volume |
Pike Township |
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Justice of Peace
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Criminal Docket
|
1845-1889 |
volume |
Springfield Township |
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Clerk of Trustees
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Poor Relief Record (scattered)
|
1889-1919 |
8 volumes |
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Justice of Peace
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Civil Docket (scattered)
|
1903-1925 |
15 volumes |
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Criminal Docket
|
1908-1925 |
3 volumes |
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Criminal Docket
|
1917-1920 |
volume |
Selma Special District - School Records |
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Board of Education
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Course of Study/Rules
|
1905 |
1 folder |
Springfield - School
Records |
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Board of Education
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Minutes (scattered)
|
1858-1965 |
4 volumes |
Federal |
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U.S. Census for Ohio - Clark County
|
1820-1930 |
12 MFM |
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