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ISO a man or information about a man named Augusta Hanley. He would have been in Portsmouth, Ohio (Scioto County) in the early to mid 1940's. His approximate age in the 40's would have been between 20-30. Thank you.

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You might want to contact The Portsmouth Public Library's Henry A. Lorberg Local History Department.

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Department Resources

County Histories
Family Histories
Surname Files
Census Materials
CD Rom Materials
Local Newspapers
City Directories
Cemetery Inscriptions
Microfilm Holdings
Military & Pension Records
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Census Materials
The microfilmed census records date from 1820 to 1920. The 1930 census is in CD format. Ohio state indexes are available for 1820 to 1920. The census for 1930 does not yet have an index. Indexes for Scioto County for the years 1870 and 1880, and 1900 are also available. The census records include Scioto County, several surrounding counties, and nearby Kentucky counties. The census collection also includes indexes for several states on and digitized census images for limited states.


CD-ROM Materials
In addition to census materials on CD-ROM, the Local History Department also has vital records from several states from various time periods. The collection also includes the Social Security Death Benefit Records 1937-1996, various land records, immigration records, genealogies and records from eastern states such as Maine, Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania. The department now houses over 300 CD-ROM's on various software programs.


Local Newspapers
The Local History Department maintains microfilmed copies of the Portsmouth Daily Times from 1858 to the present year. The collection also includes other early newspapers such as the Portsmouth Morning Sun (1921-1930) and The Blade (1890-1903, with some years missing.) There are other early newspapers with scattered time periods. The Portsmouth Correspondent (1894-1908) was a German language newspaper.


City Directories
The earliest city directory owned by the Library is dated 1856. The Local History Department houses city directories from 1856 to the current published year, with the most current edition housed in the Reference Department. City directories are not available for some years because they were not obtainable or published in those years. The 1892 city directory often provides valuable assistance to researchers because no census is available for 1890.


Cemetery Inscriptions
The inscriptions from gravestones in the county and city cemeteries have been read, printed, and bound in volumes. The city cemetery, Greenlawn, has early inscriptions in book form, and more recent information is available on microfilmed death cards. These may contain the date of death, date of burial, and sometimes, date of birth. Occasionally, they may contain only the lot number.


Microfilm Holdings
The Local History Department has records of births and deaths on microfilm for the years 1856-1908. Microfilmed marriage records cover the years 1803-1911. Scioto County court records range from 1801-1906, with records from courts including Chancery, Common Pleas, Clerk of Courts, and the Board of Commissioners. The Lorberg and Peebles scrapbooks have been microfilmed and span the years from the early 1800's to the 1920's. Other microfilm includes the 1850-1880 Mortality Schedule, 1941-1961 Delayed Births and Corrections, Nile Township Records 1853-1921, records from the Portsmouth Evangelical Church (in German) and some Lawrence County and Pike County, Ohio records. The department also houses some newspapers from surrounding counties in early time periods.




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