Ohio, Geauga County Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

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The collection consists of digital images of following types of records:


 * Marriage Records (1921-1970)
 * Naturalization Records (1913-1959)
 * Naturalization Index (1959)
 * Probate Wills (1910-1921)
 * Deed Books (1887-1900)

Records are from the Geauga County Archives and Records Center. This collection is being published as images become available.

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The following information may be found in these records: • 3

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Other FamilySearch Collections
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FamilySearch Catalog

 * Geauga County, deed records, 1795-1921
 * Geauga County, deed records, 1886-1903
 * Geauga County, marriage records, 1806-1920
 * Geauga County, marriage records, 1919-1954
 * Geauga County. naturalization record : 1860-1912
 * Geauga County, naturalization records, 1860-1959
 * Geauga County, probate records, 1806-1941
 * Geauga County, probate files
 * Geauga County, probate records, 1910-1921

FamilySearch Digital Library

 * Albert Gallation Riddle. History of Geauga and Lake Counties, Ohio : with illustrations and biographical sketches of its pioneers and most prominent men Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Williams Bros., 1878
 * Henry Howe.  History of Geauga County, Ohio, 1805-1889.Knightstown, Indiana : The Bookmark, 1977
 * Ohio Historical Records Survey Project Service Division, Work Projects Administration, Inventory of the county archives of Ohio, no. 28, Geauga County (Chardon) Columbus, Ohio : Ohio Historical Records Survey Projects, 1942

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