Lake County, Ohio Genealogy

United States &gt; Ohio &gt; Lake County

Parent County
1840--Lake County was created 6 March 1840 from Geauga and Cuyahoga Counties. County seat: Painesville

Neighboring Counties

 * Ashtabula
 * Cuyahoga
 * Geauga

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Kirtland

Vital Records
Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953 Free name indexes and images at FamilySearch – Pilot. Records include such information as birth date of deceased, city, county, and state of death, name of spouse if married, names of parents, maiden name of mother, name of informant, if deceased was single, married, widowed or divorced, occupation of deceased.

Societies and Libraries
Morley Library--Best collection of local genealogical materials.

Lake County Genealogical Society

Kirtland Ohio Family History Center 8751 Kirtland Road Route 306 (South of I-90, red brick church in the valley) Kirtland, Ohio 44094 Phone: 216-256-8808 Hours open: Tuesday-Saturday: 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Thursday &amp; Friday evenings 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Web Sites

 * Family History Library Catalog
 * http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com~ohlake - The GenWeb site has many databases, biographies, vital records, etc.
 * http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohlcgs - The Lake County Genealogical Society projects page with the cemetery inscriptions, naturalizations and other information.