July 25, 2010
The Ohio Genealogical Society officially dedicated the opening of their new facility this past Friday (June 23rd). The new Samuel D. Isaly Library is a 19,000 square foot facility and will provide more room for one of Ohio's best genealogy collections. It was designed specifically for a library collection and manuscript archives and houses many special collections. These special collections include a 250,000 ancestor cards by surname, 4000+ family Bible records, First Families of Ohio files with information on over "10,000 pre-1821 Ohio settlers", Settlers and Builders of Ohio, and Society of Civil War Families of Ohio, approximately 300 manuscript collections and much more.
The library is located at 611 State Route 97 West, Bellville, Ohio, 44813. At this time it is open Tuesday-Saturday 9am to 5pm and has a very helpful staff and volunteers to assist you with your research. Admission for OGS members is free, non-members pay $4.00 per day. This new facility is a big jump forward for genealogy in Ohio and I recommend you take the time to visit the OGS Library.
This along with the consolidation of several major genealogy collections from the State Library of Ohio, the National Palatines To America Society Library, and the Franklin County Genealogical and Historical Society Library, now housed here at Columbus Metropolitan Library's Genealogy, History & Travel division, keeps genealogy at the forefront for those doing genealogy research in Ohio.
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