Online Local History Resources

We know it's not always easy to get to the library for your local history research, but thanks to the internet, dedicated volunteers, and the public domain, you can use a variety of historical publications to conduct research from home, or wherever you are with your internet access. 

The Internet Archive and Google Books are just two online resources which provide full text editions of  historical books and publications. Here is a listing of some online editions of  books relating to the history of Sandusky and Erie County. To get to the online book, click on the title, and you will be directed to the site.

 

• History of Erie County, Ohio, edited by Lewis Cass Aldrich.

(D. Mason & Company, 1889.)

 

• Peeke, Hewson L.  A Standard History of Erie County, Ohio, Volume one.

(Lewis Publishing Company, 1916.) 

 

• Peeke, Hewson L.  A Standard History of Erie County, Ohio, Volume two.

(Lewis Publishing Company, 1916.) 

 

• Sandusky in 1855: City Guide and Directory (Steam Press of Bill Cooke and Co., 1855.)

 

• McKelvey's Sandusky Directory for 1867-68. (Kinney Brothers, 1867)

 

• Sandusky Directory, 1876-1877, (R. C. Hellrigle and Co., 1876.)

• Von Schulenberg, Ernst. Sandusky “Einst und Jetzt." (Druck des deutschen  Verlagshauses, 1889.) *Text is in German.

 

• Williams, W.W. History of the Fire Lands. (Leader Printing Company, 1879.)