General History Resources

Online repositories of history-related resources.

Sherman Room at the Mansfield/Richland County Public Library – online collection includes:

• The Sherman Room Digital Archives
• RB Hayes Obituary Index
• Richland County Newspaper Digital Archives
• Mansfield/Richland County newspaper index, some 19th century, 1952 to present
• Cummins Civil War Letters

Ohio Historic Newspapers

• Mansfield – Daily Shield and Banner – 1888-1890
• Mansfield – Mansfield Daily Shield – 1892-1912
• Mansfield – Richland Shield and Banner – 1850s-1910s
• Mansfield – The Mansfield Shield – 1912-1919
• Mansfield – The Sunday Shield – 1892
• Mansfield – Mansfield Shield and Banner – 1914
• Mansfield – The Mansfield Herald – 1856-1881
• Plymouth – Plymouth Advertiser – 1853-1855

County Histories

History of Richland County, Ohio — 1880

Other Resources

Area History stories on Richland Source

Local History stories on the Mansfield News Journal

Richland County Rootsweb page — online collection includes:

Court records – Bible Records – Bibliographies – Cemeteries – Census – Church records – Vital records (birth, marriage, death) – General history – Immigration – Land records – Military – Newspaper extracts – Obituaries – School records – Societies – Tax records

Richland County GenWeb page — online collection includes:

Biographies – Cemeteries – Land records – Military records – Newspaper articles – Obituaries – Photos – Vital records – Wills

History of the North Side of Mansfield – NECIC