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Cuyahoga County Genealogy Tips
From Brooklyn Centre Wiki
The following tips and links are some of those found most useful to the genealogist researching in Cuyahoga County.
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Early Birth Records
- 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).
- 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
- Some fairly current obituaries can be found on this website.
- 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
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
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.