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Cuyahoga County Genealogy Tips

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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

Cuyahoga County Probate

Death Records

Stark County Library
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).

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

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

Other Counties

Lake County A wealth of information here.

Maps

David Rumsey Maps (18th and 19th century maps)
University of Alabama Map Collection
Brown University's rare map collection
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