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The Special Collections Division houses the genealogy and local history materials of the Akron-Summit County Public Library. Our goal is to collect, preserve, and provide access to the history of Summit County, and to continue to maintain one of the area’s most extensive genealogy collections.
Local History Database

The database contains references to the Library's local history collections as well as the Summit County Historical Society's collections. Search the index to the collections.
Summit Memory

Visit the online scrapbook of Summit County History at www.SummitMemory.org
Summit County World War II News Index

This database indexes the names of Summit County servicemen and servicewomen who were mentioned in the Akron Beacon Journal during World War II. Some non-military names are also included. This database currently includes records up through September 30, 1942. World War II Database
Summit County Myths Wiki

Find out if that rumor, myth or legend about Akron or Summit County Ohio is true - visit the Summit County Myths Wiki.
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World Memory Project Seeks Help Creating Database

Posted on July 25th, 2012 by speccollections

The World Memory Project is a collaboration between the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and Ancestry.com in creating the largest free online database of information about individual victims of the Holocaust. The database currently contains 1,488,839 records entered by 2,578 contributors. Anyone, anywhere can participate in this project. You only need a computer with Internet access and [...]