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Butler County OH History, Ohio History Central

Early Natives	* Archaeology: Mound Builders * Ft Ancient (Warren Co) * Area history, Muncie IN * The Adena People * The Shawnee Tribe * US Indian Tribes-Ohio	* The Miami Tribe * Miami Indians * Myaamia Project, Miami University * Miami emigration * Miami Tribal Chiefs * Chief Little Turtle plus discussion * Battle of Fallen Timbers * Ohio Indian Wars
Revolutionary War	* Gen A Wayne's US Legion, 1792-96 * Fort Hanmilton	* Rev War Vets in Ohio 1818-1819 * Cincinnati: frontier outpost founded right after War
Northwest Territory * treaty (1783) * ordinance (1787)	* Northwest Territory * NW Territory * Maps * Executive Journal	Not consulted, area residents ("about 45,000 Indians and 2,000 traders, mostly French") went to war Expansion of the Empire from an on-line exhibit
Symmes Purchase 1788	Evolution of Ohio	The Symmes Purchase, C. A. White	Symmes Purchase, Ohio History Central
Land ownership	Introduction to Ohio Land History	Federal Land Patent Records	Historic Greater Cincinnati
Early 1800s	Ohio Bicentennial Series 1803-2003 OhioLINK	Tecumseh at Adena, 1807	Miami University, 1809 1840s issue: emigration
Early 1800s	Local Churches SW OH Stagecoach lines	* War of 1812 Vets * Local photography	The National Road north of Butler Co, 1820s
Post Offices, early 1800s on	This list of Butler County OH Post Offices includes dates of operation and a search feature. The list is on the PostalHistory.com site, where readers can view - and customers can purchase - envelope covers and/or postmarks for their own collection. Many town postmarks are rare, not available.
Education	"Miami Years" 1809-1984	Current schools: * Miami University * Fairfield * Hamilton * Lakota * Monroe * Ross	Morgan Township High old class photos
Oxford History	Oxford and Butler County History, McGuffey Foundation School
Underground Railroad Underground Railroad Stations	Narrative for the Spread Eagle (Dunlap) Enlightenments Butler Co UGRR Assoc Ohio Underground Railroad operators More UGRR Links	UGRR: Washington & Athens Counties (Oh) COFFIN, Levi (1798-1877), "president of the Underground Railroad" National Underground Railroad Freedom Center (Cincinnati) The "Friends of Freedom Society" site explores the history of the Underground Railroad through SW Ohio, including Butler Co.
African Americans	African American Experience in Ohio	Black Civil War Soldiers	Cincinnati Civil War Round Table - OH, KY, IN
Civil War	Civil War: Missouri and more general links	39th Ohio Infantry, by Larry Stevens	Camp Dennison Colliers' Civil War
OHGenWeb Civil War	* Ohio in the Civil War * 6th Ohio Volunteers	Morgan's Raiders, Civil War	Local Civil War Re-enactment
Late 1800s	1882: History and Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio	1890: Hamilton businesses (Lane Library)	1895: Map of Ohio 1866-1997: Lane Library
Early 1900s	Heritage of Butler County Ohio: the history of Butler County via education, business, religion, recreation, transportation, organizations, events, and landmarks.	The 1913 Flood Butler Co Flood Stories Great Flood, 50 yrs later with pictures Statewide flood toll	Miami River Great Miami River Days: history Kayak Cam: kayaking on the Gr. Miami River at Blue Rock (youtube.com) Butler Co historic bridges, bridgehunter.com History of the Miami Conservancy District
Early 1900s News	* Ohio Newspaper Index, 1793-1996, on microfilm * Hamilton American * Hamilton Press * Hamilton Democrat
Ohio Medicine	Medical History in Ohio	Local 1918 Flu epidemic by Roger L. Miller	UC College of Med
Wars & Veterans		Viet Nam War casualties (Virtual Wall)	Butler Co OH Veterans * Middletown Vet Memorial * Tribute
Later 1900s	Fantasy Farm Memorial 1963-91	Local Lawyers Butler County Bar

Butler County Today

Current NEWS	* OHIO News from Butler County * JournalNews, Hamilton obits & county news * Miami University (Cincy Post) * Middletown Journal * Oxford Press * Early 1900s News
Current Events	Butler County, Ohio resources Calendar: Oxford	Ohio bicentennial: 1803-2003	Butler Co Data Butler Co On-Line
BCO * Birth Certificates: how to obtain * Probate Court: search for recent estate and guardianship hearings

Butler County Books and Collectables

Books On-Line: Butler County, OH history

History and Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio - 1882 book
Texts by local historian George Crout, including Economic Development of Middletown, Ohio: 1796-1865 and Madison Township Bicentennial Sketches
Madison Township History
Historical Collections of Ohio - Butler County, Henry Howe, 1888
Ohio Bicentennial Portrait, by Stephen Ostrander, Ian Adams
The Miami Years, 1809-1984
Pioneer Migration Routes Through Ohio

Books: On-Line Searches and Lists

Find book titles about Butler County OH for inter-library loan
Use one of the following on-line library catalogs to find titles, authors, and publishers of books you would like to read. With this information, you can ask the librarian at your local library to request the book on interlibrary loan for you.
The Library of Congress Web Site. Look under "Research Tools" and search the Library of Congress Catalogs.
Ohio Link Central Catalog Butler County Ohio book list
Book search: Melvyl searches the library catalog for the University of California, the California State Library (including Sutro Library), and the Center for Research Libraries.
Two catalog searches using telnet: slownet.ohio.gov and cat.ohiolink.edu

Basic Butler County Links, plus others

A

B
* Books
* Butler County Records Center and Archives
123 North Third St., Hamilton, OH 45011
* Butler County OHGenWeb

C
* Calendar of Genealogy and History Events for the greater SW Ohio area (free to post and free to read)
* Cemeteries in Butler County, OH
* Census project - USGenWeb Project volunteers
* Cincy Historical Society Library
* Cities in Butler County, OH
* Ohio in the Civil War
* Collectibles: local postmarks & Books
* Butler County Court House, 2nd & High Streets, Hamilton, OH 45011

D
* Darke County, Ohio
* Death Records

E
* Butler County Engineers Office: many links to local and current information

F - G
* Genealogy Forums and Chat

H
* Hamilton and other Butler County cities and towns
* Historical Markers * Historical Societies * History

I
* Indiana Marriages, through 1850

J - K - L
* Linkpendium's Butler County: search eastern states
* Land Patent Records Site: search eastern states
* Libraries in Butler County, OH area:
    * Lane Public Library
    * Lloyd Library & Museum: eclectic and herbal medicine (Cincinnati; Eclectic Medical School)
    * Middletown: Middletown Public Library
* Ohio Public Libraries (also see BOOKS, above)
* Look-up help for short Butler County, OH genealogy questions
M
* Middletown and other Butler County cities and towns
* Maps of Butler County, OH
* Marion Co, OH Genealogy
* Miami & Erie Canals (Ohio's Historic Canals)
* Miami Valley Genealogy Index: searchable data from Butler County censuses, marriage & death records
* Monuments in Butler County
    * John Symmes' Hollow Earth Monument, Hamilton
    * John Symmes, French House
    * The Soldiers & Sailors Monument, Hamilton

N - O - P
* News
* Early 1900s News

* Ohio One Room Schools, The Society for the Preservation of

* Pensions, 1835
* Places in Butler County OH
* Places to spend the night
* Politicians of Butler County
* Politicians who were born, who died, or were buried in Butler County, OH

Q - R
* Radio stations near Butler County, OH
* Research: Roz Young article, June 1980, Dayton Daily News

S
* Scioto Trails (Richmond)

T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z
* Towns and townships in Butler County, OH

* USGenWeb Archives Table of Contents: census reports, wills, etc.

* Vital Records for Butler Co OH, Ohio counties, USA

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