The Local History Room of the Delaware County District Library contains a wide variety of historical and genealogical resources for researching Delaware County and Ohio. The room is open during normal library hours. If you need assistance, please ask at the Information Desk. All Local History Room materials are for use in the library only.

• Delaware and Ohio history books
• Works by local authors
• Delaware County cemetery records and tombstone inscriptions
• Historical directories for Delaware City and Delaware County
• Historical county atlases
• Local church histories
• Local census records on microfilm
• Local census indexes
• The Delaware Gazette and other Delaware newspapers on microfilm from 1821 to the present
• Genealogy "how to" books
• The Bouic Index--a guide to local genealogy resources
• Local family histories
• Yearbooks for Delaware High School and Ohio Wesleyan University
• Magazines and newsletters related to local history and genealogy
• Delaware and Ohio History File--a collection of pamphlets, articles, clippings, and other materials.