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The following tips and links are some of those found most useful to the genealogist researching in Cuyahoga County.

Contents

Early Birth Records

Cuyahoga County Archives
Email them at archive@cuyahogacounty.us
Birth certificates were not required prior to 1908.

Marriage Records

Probate Court of Cuyahoga County
1 Lakeside Avenue - Cleveland, Ohio 44113
216-443-8764 or 216-443-8765
E-mail - pccpc@cuyahogacounty.us

Death Records

The Stark County Library is obviously not in Cuyahoga County, however, it is still a valuable resource because they have the microfilm collection of Ohio death records from 1908 to 1953, and apparently another collection starting at 1867 (Early Ohio Deaths).
Stark County Library
http://www.stark.lib.oh.us/


Akron Library or Ohio Historical Society
Look up the death certificate in the online index provided by the Ohio Historical Society.
http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/archlib/
Fee is $7.00
For a more economical solution, send an E-mail to the Akron Library with the certificate number and date. Include your mailing address. They will send a bill along with the records. Limit is 5 certificates per E-mail and 2 E-mails per month.


The Ohio Health Dept (Certificates after Dec 1953)
http://www.odh.state.oh.us/vitalstatistics/vitalstats.aspx
Fee $16.50

Cemetery Records

  • Catholic
Records for all the west side Catholic cemeteries can be found at:
Holy Cross Cemetery, 14609 Brookpark Rd., Cleveland, OH 44142
216-267-2850
Lat: 41° 24' 49"N,
Long: 81° 47' 49"W
Some Holy Cross transcriptions


City Directories

Cleveland - 1837
Cleveland - 1837, 1845, 1846, 1848, 1850
Cleveland - 1863-64
Cleveland - 1900


Obituaries

Some fairly current obituaries can be found on this website.
http://www.legacy.com/Cleveland/LegacyHome.asp
They actually have three separate sections.
  • One is the current date's obits.
  • Then there's the one for the last 6 months.
  • And lastly, the one for obits that extend back to about 2000. Not every obit is in that latter section.



Miscellaneous

Akron Library Genealogy Collection
1900 Census
1900 Census files
1930 Census tips
1907 Voters Reg.


World War I Draft

All males born between 18 Sep 1872 and 12 Sep 1900 had to register for the draft. This registration included not only United States citizens, but also all Aliens.

Naturalization

Index to Naturalizations

OTHER COUNTIES

Auditors

Geauga County Auditor
Geauga County Court
Lake County A wealth of information here.
Lorain County Auditor
Medina County Auditor
Summit County Auditor


Maps

David Rumsey Maps (18th and 19th century maps)
University of Alabama Map Collection
Brown University's rare map collection
U.S. Land Patents and Plat Maps
An exciting new set of records are available that show you early land patents (deeds). In addition, this site also allows viewing of Plat Maps (Federal Lands). Not all states have been scanned in yet. The detail on some plat maps is very enlightning. A map for a ranch in Idaho showed the house, barn, corral, stream, marsh, etc.
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