Interested in doing some research about Fulton County? There are a number of ways we can help! 

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Spiess Research Room - The Spiess Research Center’s mission is to collect and preserve printed materials, photographs, and other archival items pertaining to the history and development of Fulton County. Researchers are welcome to visit and use the book and archival collections located in the Spiess Research Center at the Museum. Copyright regulations apply to all materials held in the Center’s collections. The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming to the laws of copyright. Cellular phones, digital scanners, cameras, or other devices intended to photograph or copy resources may not be used without the prior approval of an authorized staff member or the Director of the Museum. A fee may be assessed for each copy or image obtained by the researcher. Additional research policies may apply.

 

The Center is open during regular Museum hours, however to help ensure a successful research experience, researchers are encouraged to schedule their visits in advance by contacting the Museum at 419-337-7922 or info@museumoffultoncounty.org. If a personal visit is not possible, Center staff may assist by answering research questions via e-mail or telephone. Any research requiring more than 15 minutes of staff time for persons not members of the Fulton County Historical Society will require an hourly rate of $25.00, with a one-hour minimum fee charged.

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Heritage Alliance Online Collection - The Fulton County Heritage Alliance is a collaborative project between the Bean Creek History Center(Fayette), the Fulton County Genealogical Society, the Fulton County Historical Society, the Lyons and Area Historical Society, the Metamora Historical Society, Sauder Village, and the Swanton Historical Society with the goal of providing online access to selected items in our collections through a joint catalog of our holdings. Currently, a limited number of items are available to view online from the collections of Bean Creek (BC), Museum of Fulton County (FC) and Swanton Historical Society (SH). Additional collections and items will be added as the project develops.

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Online Collection Access: Click here to view the online collection

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In citing materials used from this online collection, the following form should be used:  Identification of the item, Object number (FC0000.000.000), Title of Collection (if provided), Date material was viewed, The Spiess Research Center, Museum of Fulton County.

 

Fulton County Genealogical Society Research Materials - The Fulton County Genealogical Society was founded in 1978 and in 1980, received its charter from the Ohio Genealogical Society. In late 2024, the group reformed as the Fulton County Genealogy Group of the Fulton County Historical Society, Inc. which retains affiliation with the Ohio Genealogical Society. 

The Group’s collection consists of over 1,300 books and over 200 rolls of microfilm located at the Evergreen Community Library, 253 Maple Street, Metamora, Ohio. Research appointments at the library are available with advance notice by contacting www.fultoncoogs.org/contact-us. The microfilmed records include newspapers for towns in the county through 1910; birth and death records beginning in 1867; marriage records from 1864 (although the county was formed in 1850, a fire in July 1864 destroyed many early records). The collection also includes family histories, county histories, obituaries, tombstone inscription books, as well as a wide variety of other Ohio county records.

 
The Group provides the forms for persons wishing to apply for First Families of Fulton County, Civil War Families, and Centennial Families along with information regarding the appropriate documentation for these designations. 

Information regarding meetings of the Fulton County Genealogy Group can be found on the Group’s Facebook page: www.facebook.com/OGSFulton/

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