If you are looking for commentary as to why a rule was changed, see:
On July 1, 1970, Ohio went from a code based pleading system (ie. statutes enacted by the legislature) to a rules-based system where the Ohio Supreme Court creates and amends court rules. The Court submits the rules to the General Assembly, which may adopt a concurrent resolution of disapproval. See Art IV, Ohio Constitution, Section 5(b). The original 1970 Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure were created by the Ohio Judicial Conference, Rules Advisory Committee, and were based on the federal rules. A helpful resource in comparing the old code based system to the 1970 rules is John W. McCormac, Ohio Civil Rules Practice, with Forms, (1970), KFO 530 .A8.
Some Ohio court rules apply statewide, such as the Rules of Civil Procedure, Rules of Criminal Procedure, Rules of Appellate Procedure and Rules of Evidence. There are also local rules, which apply to an individual Ohio appellate, common pleas or municipal court. Federal courts also have rules that apply to the entire federal system, as well as local rules of court. The Franklin County Law Library keeps superseded court rule books back to the 1970's.
Annotated Rules
Have rule history, case summaries and research references.
The rules are also available as ebooks for attorneys with Franklin County Law Library cards.
Unannotated Rules
Local Rules
The annotated rules listed above contain some local court rules. The unannotated rules pamphlets listed above do as well. Here are some more sources for Local Rules.
Federal Rules