Genealogy Research
Library
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Library Hours
By Appointment Only
2 P.M. - 5 P.M.
except the first Saturday & Sunday
of each month and holidays
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21 Market Street
Brookville, Ohio
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Research by
appointment only
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This is a private library - funded only by private donations
and gifts
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Appointments are necessary to do research at the library. To
schedule an appointment or for other information, phone (937) 833-0285
weekdays 2-5 P.M. or 833-3470 evenings 7-9 P.M. Research at the library is a
donation of $2.00 for an adult non-member
per visit. Note: the library does not have a phone available for handling
genealogy queries.
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Mail
address:
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Brookville
Historical Society
P.O.
Box 82
Brookville,
Ohio 45309-0082
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Brookville
Historical Society, Inc. genealogy library has a lot of information from
early Montgomery County, Ohio. Some of the holdings include cemetery readings
and indexes, old newspaper articles and obituaries, surname files, many
family histories, early plat maps, and histories from area counties.
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The
collection is focused around Brookville and surrounding townships in northwest
Montgomery County, northeast Preble County, Southwest Miami County, and
southeast Darke County in Ohio. This includes the townships of Clay, Jackson,
Jefferson, Madison, Perry, and Randolph in Montgomery County.
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The
library is staffed by volunteers and research is available. (see below) Queries by mail will be researched
using the following guidelines.
For an initial donation
of $30.00 you will get up to 2 hours of search time, up to 8 copies of information
found, and an estimate for additional search and copy costs (additional research
time is $15.00 per hour). You must include
a SASE with your request. Please include known information
about the surname or individual that you want researched.
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GENEALOGY RESEARCH
LIBRARY HOLDINGS
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We are
the only library with the following items. Our members were given the right to
read and index these records for use only at our research library. No copies
are sold of the records listed below.
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- Brookville Star
Newspaper--Obituaries and News Items--1905-1999
- Trotwood Sentinel
Newspaper--1976-1984
- Dayton
Newspapers--1846-1904
- Koch Brothers,
Frederick C. Koch, Koch & Stutz, Koch & Hay, Hay & Powell,
Powell & Dexter Funeral Home Records--1903-1985
- Dunkel Funeral
Home Records--1943-1976
- Gilbert Funeral
Home Records--1967-1990
- Brookville Trinity
Lutheran Church
- Providence
Lutheran Church
- Phillipsburg
Emanuel Lutheran Church
- Recent readings
from all cemeteries in northwest Montgomery County and eastern Preble
County.
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Surname Files at the Brookville Historical Society Library
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Surnames
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A - L |
M - Z |
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Other research items in the Brookville
Historical Society Genealogical Library
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Have most of the Montgomery, Darke, Miami, and
Preble County books-history, atlas, marriages, births,
deaths, newspapers, cemetery, funeral homes records, census, deeds, legal
and court records.
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Over one thousand family histories
and file folders.
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Top of page
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Dayton Directories from 1896--1993.
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Genealogy material from these
states--Indiana, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina and others.
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Microfilm Records--Montgomery
County Will Records 1805-1910, Birth Records, Marriage Records, Children
Home Records and Soldiers Discharge Records.
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