REBECCA BAKER HILL
Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center
Spiegel Grove
Fremont OH 43420
419-332-2081
bhill@rbhayes.org
HOME:
420 South Monroe Street
Tiffin, Ohio 44883-3310
419-448-4607
beckyhill@woh.rr.com
Education:
B.A. from Heidelberg College, Tiffin, Ohio (with Honors) 1970 - Majors:
Studies and English
M.A. from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Library Science 1971
American
Professional experience:
1972-1976
Erie Community College North, Amherst, N.Y., College Librarian
1976-1984
Tiffin-Seneca Public Library, Tiffin, Ohio, Reference Librarian and
Genealogy Specialist.
1984-2003
Co-Head Librarian, Hayes Presidential Center Library, Fremont,
Ohio Directs activities in the Library, including reference, book
selection, genealogical activities. Coordinates volunteers who index
newspapers and other materials on-site and at home. Help design
web site for the Hayes Center, which includes genealogical data on
President Hayes.
2004-current
Head Librarian
- Supervises five staff, responsible for all
administrative duties, along with the above duties.
1978-present
Professional genealogist and speaker.
Specializing in Ohio
Genealogy and Internet Genealogy
Project Director:
Hayes Obituary Index – Designed and coordinated the online obituary and local index
on the Hayes Presidential Center web site, www.rbhayes.org/index.
It has grown from a local in-house index to a regional index in which almost 25 public
libraries have paid to join, inputting and sharing their information
Rutherford B. Hayes: Citizen, Soldier, President – a multi-media, interactive CD-ROM.
Coordinated staff who compiled original materials on five aspects of President Hayes.
One section is completely on genealogy and President Hayes, including not only his
family, but also his extensive views on doing family history.
Diary and Letters of Rutherford B. Hayes: 19th President f the United States – online
digitization of a five-volume set of books on the President. Project Director to put it on
the web site of the Hayes Center – www.rbhayes.org
Assistant Program Director, History Links, a three year Teaching American History
grant, awarded September 2002.
Assistant Program Director, Expanding America, a three year Teaching American History
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grant, awarded 2004
Speaker, Lecturer –
Ohio Genealogical Society (OGS)
Chapters throughout northwestern Ohio
OGS Conferences- Organized sessions at the Hayes Presidential Center
OGS Chapter Management Seminar – 1990, 2000
Northwest Ohio Library District (NORWELD) - Genealogy and Historical Librarians
Meeting, 1993; Hayes Center tour and lecture.
Ohio Library Council –
“Building a genealogical collection”, 1985
“How I Make My Living Organizing Dead People- Evolution of an Online Obituary
Index”, 5 sessions, 2003
“Gurus or Brokers: Librarians in the Digital Age”, 2003
Genealogical Classes for beginners and intermediates
Tiffin Seneca Public Library, 1970s-1980s
Hayes Presidential Center, 1980s-2000s- including organizing and speaking at
monthly beginning genealogy classes and computers and genealogy classes.
These classes draw from 50-mile radius of Fremont.
Memberships:
Ohio Library Council, Secretary, Subject and Special Collections Division
Ohio Genealogical Society - District trustee, 1988-1995 and Book Review Editor,
OGS Report, 1989-1998, Editorial Staff, OGS Report, 1998- current; Library
Committee member, elected Fellow of the Ohio Genealogical Society in April 2000
Seneca County (OH) Genealogical Society - Charter member, Past-president, V.P.
and officer since formation in 1981. Program Chair for 15 years.
Sandusky County (OH) Genealogical Society
Seneca County (OH) Historical Society
Wilson New York Historical Society (Life Member)
Heidelberg College Women's Club
Friends of the Tiffin-Seneca (OH) Public Library
Publications:
Co-editor, Between the Eighties, Tiffin, Ohio, 1880-1980 by Myron Barnes
Co-compiler, Genealogical Resources Guide, Northwest Ohio Libraries. Northwest
Library District, 1983
Indexer, Wilson Sketchbook (A History of Wilson, New York) by Donald W. Croop,
1991. Wilson Sketchbook II, 1998.
Contributor to:
Seneca County Genealogical Society Searcher,
Sandusky County Genealogical Society, Kith ‘n Kin,
Seneca County Bible Records (Vol.1 &2)
Index to Wills and Estates, 1851-1900,
Seneca County Chancery Court Records Index.
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