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Collections and resources of the Greene County Room.

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Birth Records, 1869-1909

A digital collection of more than 18,000 births linked to digital images of the actual record; a collaborative project between the Library and the Greene County Record Center and Archives.

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Census Records

This database is an index of the 1900, 1910 and 1920 US Federal census records for Greene County, Ohio.

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Greene County, Ohio Historical Files

This database is an inventory listing of file folder topics in the "Greene County, Ohio Historical Files." The source of information in these files are newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and a variety of other sources. This database is a tool to help researchers know what the Greene County Room has before coming to the library to do research.

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Ohio Soldiers & Sailors Orphans Home

Beginning in 1886, The Grand Army of the Republic (GAR), the citizens of Greene County, Ohio and the State of Ohio founded The Ohio Soldier’s & Sailor’s Orphans’ Home (OSSO), later renamed The Ohio Veteran’s Children’s Home (OVCH), in Xenia, Ohio. Before it closed in 1997, more than 13,500 children were cared for and educated at the OSSO/OVCH.

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