Correspondence Service

In addition to providing telephone and in person reference services, the Special Collections Division also offers a correspondence service to patrons. You can submit your genealogy or local history questions via postal mail or electronic mail. All correspondence is answered within five weeks.

Guidelines:

• Please include your full name and complete mailing address with each request.
• Please limit requests to no more than five items per request and submit only two requests per month.
• If you would like to receive your request electronically, please specify a  preferred format such as jpg or pdf.
• No fees are required up front for research services. An invoice will be sent with any requested copies. Our fee schedule includes a $1.00 processing fee plus $.05 for each photocopy or scan.
• Please be as specific as possible in your research request, including sources you have already consulted and what information you already have. If you are requesting obituaries, please consult our Akron Beacon Journal obituary indexes, 1937 – present, and our Akron Beacon Journal indexes, 1841 – 1939, for obituary names and dates.

Email us at: speccollections@akronlibrary.org.

Write to us at: Special Collections
Akron-Summit County Public Library
60 South High Street
Akron, Ohio 44326

Speak with our Reference Staff by calling : 330.643.9030.