A Day Out in Downtown Sandusky with Some Interesting Local History Stops

 

Today my two sisters picked me up and took me to lunch at Dockside Cafe, and  then to the beautiful downtown parks in Sandusky, Ohio, and then to the Sandusky Library!

At the Sandusky Library, where I worked for over thirty years, I learned how to trace a family tree, look up census records, obituaries, and find information in books, microfilmed sources, and online databases.

The Reference Department is at the lower level of the Sandusky Library at 114 West Adams Street in Sandusky, Ohio. The staff there can assist you in local history and family history research.

Today was an exciting day at Sandusky Library, as over 500 people attended the Dino-Mite Summer Reading Kick Off Party. Families got to enjoy treats, games, and many other fun activities on the Erie County Courthouse Lawn. The Courthouse is near the Boy with the Boot Fountain in Washington Park. The weather was perfect today! Of course at the Erie County Courthouse, during weekdays, you can access many birth, death and marriage records, just to name a few of the resources housed  there.

Now I am retired. I actually had not been in the Sandusky Library in quite some time. What a joy to see Director William!

And a few former co-workes, and many more enthusiastic Sandusky Library staff members.

We even found our father's name, Paul Orshoski, on a brick at the  World War Two Memorial in the nearby Veterans Park.

Explore your own local library, and see what resources are available for your family history research! You may even run into a dino! Thank you to my sisters for a fun and eventful outing in Sandusky, Ohio!