Local History

If you have any questions about the local history or Genealogy Database please email Rachel Sweany.

Due to the lack of staff and operation hours, the genealogy data-base has been not yet been added to the new website...we hope to have this up and running again as soon as our financial situation stabilizes. We are very sorry for any inconvenience.

The Louisville Public Library local history collection is located on the second floor of the library. It contains a collection of books, papers and photographs pertaining to the history of Louisville and Stark County, Ohio.

Some of the materials available to view in the Local History collection include:

• Microfilm of the Louisville Herald 1887-2004
  
• Marriage-Engagement-Birth Index
  
• Cemetery Inscriptions, Stark County, Ohio (7 volumes)
  
• Louisville High School Year-books
  
• St. Thomas Aquinas High School Year-books
  
• Church Directories
  
• Kenneth R. Smith, Louisville: The Way it Was, 1834-1990