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Cuyahoga County Genealogy Tips
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| + | :View the actual image online. Ability to zoom and pan, also to save a copy to your harddrive. No fee. Searching has multiple optional filters. Also, names are returned that are sort of like what you entered. What is nice about this is that if you are searching for a Polish given name of Wincenty, the search engine is smart enoough to recognize that that is the equivalent of Vincent and adds those into the results. | ||
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:The '''Stark County Library''' (certificates from 1908 to 1953)<br> While 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). | :The '''Stark County Library''' (certificates from 1908 to 1953)<br> While 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). | ||
Revision as of 16:19, 2 February 2009
The following tips and links are some of those found most useful to the genealogist researching in Cuyahoga County.
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Where to Look
- Date of Birth
- The following documents usually contain an individual's birth date
- Birth certificate
- Death certificate
- Elementary School Permanent Record Cards
- Social Security Death Index
- Naturalization documents
- WWI Draft registration
- WWII Draft registration
- Date of Death
- The following documents can contain an individual's date of death
- Death certificate
- Deed transfer upon death
- Obituary (usually gives month and year, occasionally actual date)
- Social Security Death Index
- Name of Parents
- The following documents can contain the parent's names
- Birth certificate
- Death certificate
- Elementary School Permanent Record Cards
- Marriage license
- Social Security application
- Obituary (occasionally)
- Place of Birth
- Social Security application
- Death Certificate (occasionally)
- Birth certificate
Early Birth Records
- Email requests to archive@cuyahogacounty.us
- Documents are called "Return of Births"
- Years available: 1867-1908
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 Church of Latter Day Saints (Ohio Death Certificates from 1908 to 1953).
- View the actual image online. Ability to zoom and pan, also to save a copy to your harddrive. No fee. Searching has multiple optional filters. Also, names are returned that are sort of like what you entered. What is nice about this is that if you are searching for a Polish given name of Wincenty, the search engine is smart enoough to recognize that that is the equivalent of Vincent and adds those into the results.
- The Stark County Library (certificates from 1908 to 1953)
While 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).
- 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
- http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/archlib/
- 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)
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
City Directories
Obituaries
- (< 1975) -- Full text
- A collection of obituaries prior to 1975 can be found on the Cleveland Public Library's Necrology site. OCR (optical character recognition) was used to scan the Cleveland Press obituary columns so expect that some artifacts may have creeped into the text. Names can be mis-spelled and dates may be in error. You have a variety of ways to search the database: By Name, by keyword, by date, etc. Then you can also sort the records by either name or date.
- (> 1975) -- Index only
- Some fairly current obituaries can be found on the Cleveland.com website.
- They actually have three separate sections.
- One is the current date's obituaries.
- 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
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
Organizations
West Side
- Bay Village Historical Society
- Berea Historical Society
- Brooklyn Historical Society Museum
- 4442 Ridge Road
- P.O. Box 44422
- Brooklyn, OH 44144-0422
- Lakewood Historical Society
- Middleburg Heights Historical Society
- Olmsted Historical Society
- Rocky River Historical Society
- Westlake Historical Society
- West Park Historical Society
East Side
- Bedford Historical Society
- Brecksville Historical Society
- Cleveland Heights Historical Society
- Cleveland & Eastern Interurban Historical Society & Museum
- Garfield Heights Historical Society
- Slavic Village Historical Society
- Western Reserve Historical Society
Ethnic
OTHER COUNTIES
Auditors
- Lake County A wealth of information here.
Maps
- 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.
