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Guide to Cuyahoga County, Ohio ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Description
The county was named after the Iroquoian word Cuyahoga, which means 'crooked river'. The name is also assigned to the Cuyahoga River, which bisects the county. It's county seat is Cleveland and was founded Founded June 7, 1807. It is located in the North-Central area of the state.

County Courthouse

 * Cuyahoga County Courthouse 1200 Ontario Street Cleveland, OH 44113 Phone: 216.443.7950 Probate Court has birth records 1859-1901 and death records 1868-1908; Western Reserve Historical Society has marriage records 1810-1941 and tax revenues 1819-1869; Marriage License Bureau has marriage records from 1810; County Courthouse has naturalization records 1818-1906 and probate records from 1810; Clerk Court has divorce records 1837-1925; County Administration Building has land records from 1810

A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:

Ohio Cuyahoga County Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

Populated Places
 Populated Places 

For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit Hometown Locator. Hometown Locator The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in Cuyahoga County:

Resources

 * Cuyahoga County Resources

Bible Records

 * Bible Records Index
 * Ohio Bible Records.

Biographies

 * Biographical Sketch Name Index

Cemeteries

 * Butternut Ridge Cemetery (North Olmsted)
 * Calvary Cemetery Search Engine
 * Calvary Cemetery, Garfield Heights Wikipedia article
 * Cemetery and Church Records by MattsonWorks Genealogy
 * Monroe Street Cemetery Foundation
 * Lake View Cemetery (home page)
 * Riverside Cemetery (home page)
 * St. Lawrence Cemetery (Independence)
 * St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery (Berea)
 * Woodland Cemetery Foundation

Census Records
1930 Cuyahoga Census Abstract(partial)

Church Records
Catholic
 * 1796-2004 Ohio, Diocese of Toledo, Catholic Parish Records, 1796-2004 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; to Browse images, select county, then town, then parish.

Court Records

 * Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Civil and Criminal Index

Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups
Ethnic, Political, or Religious Groups

African American

Davis, Russell H. Black Americans in Cleveland from George Peake to Carl B Stokes, 1796-1969 - Washington Associated Publishers, [c1972] - 525p. F499.C69 N32

Davis, Russell H. Memorable Negroes in Cleveland's Past. - Cleveland: Western Reserve Historical Society, 1969. 58 p. FHL 977.1 A1 no. 91 

Archives, Libraries, and Museums Biographies Church Records Cemetery Records Court Records Histories Immigration/emigration/migration Maps Newspapers Societies

Land and Property Records

 * Various Years - Cuyahoga County Recorder's Office Deeds images
 * Various Years - community contributed deeds Courtesy OhioGenWeb Archives
 * Various Years - Cuyahoga County Auditor's Office

Local Histories

 * Cuyahoga County is located along the shores of Lake Erie in Northeast Ohio. Its largest city, Cleveland, was founded at the mouth of the Cuyahoga River in 1796 when the first of the Connecticut Land Company arrived to survey the Connecticut Western Reserve. The area grew rapidly during the Industrial Revolution as a transportation and manufacturing hub, drawing people of diverse backgrounds from around the world.

Local Histories
 * Johnson, Crisfield, History of Cuyahoga County, Ohio: in three parts, general history of the county, history of Cleveland, history of the townships, with portraits and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers (Cleveland, Ohio: D.W. Ensign Co, Leader Print. Co., 1879) Digital version at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Internet Archives,.

A Book of Clevelanders

A History of Cleveland: Its Settlement, Rise, and Progress, 1796-1896 at FamilySearch Digital Library

Cuyahoga County American History and Genealogy Project


 * CWRU Digital Books

Encyclopedia of Cleveland History


 * Tremont History Project
 * Virtual Jewish History


 * Ohio Indexes at EveryNameIndex.com — Select the county.

Maps and Gazetteers

 * 1906 Cleveland Street Name Changes


 * Maps of Ohio (1788-1940)
 * 1874 Atlas of Cuyahoga County
 * CSU Cleveland Maps
 * Converting pre 1906 addresses to post 1906 addresses in Cleveland

Military Records

 * 1888-1919 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images or scroll to Browse by Admission Number and Year Range
 * Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument

Civil War Civil War service men from Cuyahuga County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies that were specifically formed in Cuyahoga County.


 * 1st Regiment, Ohio Light Artillery, Batteries B, E, and G
 * 1st Regiment, Ohio Infantry
 * Company E, also known as the Cleveland Grays
 * Company F, also known as the Hibernian Guards
 * 41st Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Companies A, D, E, H, I, and K
 * 54th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Company H
 * 107th Regiment, Ohio Infantry - many men in this regiment were immigrant Germans from Cleveland and Cuyahoga County. Companies B and E were raised in Cuyahoga County.

World War I
 * 1914-1919 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index; images of cards.
 * 1914-1918 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index, images of cards.
 * 1916-1920 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index; images of cards.

Naturalization and Citizenship

 * 1800-1977 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images; or scroll to Browse images by county.
 * Cuyahoga County Naturalizations

Naturalization Petitions for the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio Eastern Division, Cleveland 1907-1946 at Fold 3 (paid site) (the old Footnote) Get free access to Fold 3 by signing on through the Cuyahoga County Public Library site. Click "Research" then "Electronic Resources A-Z" then "Genealogy" then "Fold 3" (entering your Cuyahoga County Public Library card number when asked for) Once on the Fold 3 site, click browse at the top and then Naturalizations then Documents then Naturalizations Ohio Northern

INDEX TO CUYAHOGA COUNTY PROBATE COURT NATURALIZATION RECORDS, 1859-1901

Cuyahoga County Index

This index, arranged alphabetically by surname, and dating from 1859-1901, provides access to the naturalization records preserved by the Cuyahoga County Probate Court in three sets of volumes: Declaration of Aliens (DOA) (16 volumes); Declaration of Alien Minors (DOAM) (8 volumes); and the Naturalization Book (NB) (26 volumes). Those interested in additional information regarding the naturalization process, particularly as administered during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in the United States, should request from the Cuyahoga County Archives a copy of the information sheet "Tracing an Immigrant Ancestor through the Naturalization Records in the Cuyahoga County Archives."

The index contains eleven columns or data fields that include the name of the volume indexed, the volume number and page number, the surname, first name, middle name, country of origin, the date of arrival, the date of declaration (date that the declaration or "first paper" was filed), and the date of naturalization. The database also includes a "Record Problem" column that many contain additional information useful to the researcher. Spelling variations for a first name are listed here, while surname spelling variations are noted with a "see also" reference. Records that are incomplete or that have been identified as void are so marked. For naturalizations recorded in the NATURALIZATION BOOK (NB) volumes 25 or 26, a reference to a petition number may be listed. In a few cases this column may provide a clarification or correction to the data that was recorded in the original records. Finally, missing pages are noted in this column. Researchers should be aware that not all immigrants made application for citizenship in the Probate Court, as some sought naturalization in the Court of Common Pleas and in the U.S. District Court. The County Archives preserves the Common Pleas naturaliz- ation records and you should contact the Archives for a search of available indexes to those documents. The records from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio are pres- erved by the National Archives and Records Service-Great Lakes Region in Chicago, Illinois.

When requesting a copy of a Probate Court naturalization document from the Archives you should provide the following information: the person's name, date of declaration and/or date of natural- ization, and the reference to the relevant volume, by name, e.g. DOA, DOAM, NB, and to the appro- priate volume and page numbers. Persons can communicate with the Archives by mail, or visit in person, at 2905 Franklin Blvd. N.W. Cleveland, Ohio 44113; or they can make a request by tele- phone (216) 443-7250, fax communication (216) 443-3636, or by e-mail, countyarchives@nls.net.

Newspapers

 * 1882-1908 - Berea Advertiser - full-text of more than 1,200 issues spanning 1882-1908 freely available in Google Newspaper Archive;
 * 1993-present - Cleveland Magazine
 * Oct 1990-present - Ohio Magazine


 * 1976-present - Index to articles 1983 to present and obituaries 1976 to current
 * 1833-1975 - The Cleveland Necrology File Obituaries
 * The Plain Dealer Obituaries (past six months)
 * Cleveland Plain Dealer Searchable Archive (for those with a CPL library card)
 * Various Years - community contributed news articles Courtesy OhioGenWeb


 * 1793-late 1900's at History Connection —  Select county to Browse.
 * Early- late 1900's Newspapers at Ohio Memory — sort by County, City, Time Period, and more.

Obituaries

 * 1850-1975 - Cleveland Necrology File online at the Cleveland Public Library website. Cleveland Plain Dealer (1850-1975), Cleveland Herald (1833, 1847-8, 1876, 1878-9), and Cleveland Press (1941-1975), cemetery records and other death records covering some of the years between 1850 and 1975.
 * Online Cleveland &amp; Cuyahoga County, Ohio Death Records &amp; Indexes
 * The Cleveland News Index 1976-Present

Other Records
General Cleveland Ohio Pastors and Their Churches by Laura Hine.


 * Cleveland Church Histories
 * Cleveland Clergy to 1942 by Don O'Malley
 * Cleveland Jewish History
 * Lakewood Church Histories
 * St. Colman Church History
 * at FamilySearch - Trinity Lutheran Church microfilmed records (West 30th and Lorain)

Ward and Branch Records of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
 * Cleveland

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Public Records

 * The Official Website of Ohio's Cuyahoga County

Voting Records

 * 1893-1899 Cleveland Voter Registration at FamilySearch
 * 1907 Cleveland Voter Registration

Periodicals

 * Ohio -- Cuyahoga County Periodicals - Internet Archive
 * Genealogy
 * Annals of the Early Settlers Association of Cuyahoga County (1880)

Probate Records
Online Probate Records
 * 1786-1998 Ohio Wills and Probate Records 1786-1998 at Ancestry ($) — index and images.
 * 1789-1996 at FamilySearch.org — How to Use this Collection; index and images; or scroll down to Browse images by county.
 * 1813-1932 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; click to Browse images by docket number.
 * Various Years - community contributed wills Courtesy OhioGenWeb
 * Cuyahoga County Wills and Estates Index (with directions and link to Family Search where you can see actual images of the documents)

Wiki articles describing collections are found at:
 * Ohio Cuyahoga County Probate Records - FamilySearch Historical Records
 * Ohio Deaths and Burials - FamilySearch
 * Ohio Deaths - FamilySearch

School Records
Courtesy of the Cleveland Public Library:


 * Cleveland High School Yearbooks and Student Newspapers
 * Additional Schools Publications

Social Security Records

 * 1935-2014 at FamilySearch — How to use this collection; index. Also at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more information.
 * 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 at Ancestry ($) — index, click here for more information.

Tax Records

 * 1800-1950 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images; or scroll to Browse images by county.
 * 1800-1850 Ohio Tax Records, 1800-1850 at MyHeritage ($) — index
 * 1811 tax lists 1811 Courtesy OhioGenWeb Archives

Birth

 * 1800-1962 Ohio, Births and Christenings Index, 1800-1962 at Ancestry ($) — Index
 * 1908-1998 Ohio, Birth Index, 1908-1998 at Ancestry ($) — Index
 * 1871-1908 - Fold 3 Cuyahoga County Birth Returns($) Get free access to Fold 3 by signing on through the Cuyahoga County Public Library Click "Research" then "Electronic Resources A-Z" then "Genealogy" then "Fold 3" (entering your Cuyahoga County Public Library card number when asked) Once on the Fold 3 site, click browse at the top and then vital records and choose "Cuyahoga County Birth Returns"
 * 1860-1896;1873-1897 - Cuyahoga County Births Affidavits (1860-1897) Corrections (1873-1908) Index only
 * 1841-2003 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images; or scroll down to Browse images by county.
 * 1898-1908 - Birth Affidavits images included
 * Various Years - archive records Contributed by Cuyahoga County Archives and their volunteers. Courtesy OhioGenWeb Archives
 * Various dates - Birth and Death records for Orange Township by the Moreland Hills Historical Society - Orange Township, incomplete, alphabetical list, with links to images

Marriage

 * Marriage Index Years Covered
 * Cuyahoga County Marriage Transcriptions
 * 1789-2013 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images; or scroll down to Browse images by county.
 * 1800-1958 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index.
 * 1800-1942 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index; can browse images by film number at a Family History Center.
 * 1810-1973 - Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Marriage Records and Indexes at ancestry.com ($)
 * 1810-present - Historical Marriage License Index
 * 1837-1934 - Ohio, Cuyahoga County, Jewish Marriage Record Extracts at
 * 1970-2003 Ohio, Marriages, 1970 - 2003 at MyHeritage ($) — index
 * 1970-2007 Ohio Marriage Index, 1970, 1972-2007 at Ancestry ($)
 * Various Years - archive records Contributed by Cuyahoga County Archives and their volunteers. Courtesy OhioGenWeb Archives


 * 1908-1932, 1938–1944, and 1958–2007 at FamilySearch – free. Index of deaths from the Ohio Department of Health in Columbus. Index provided by Ancestry.com.

Death

 * 1833-1900 - Coroner Case Files
 * 1840-2001 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images; or scroll down to Browse images by county; may be alphbetical.
 * 1854–1997 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index.
 * 1908–1953 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images; or scroll to Browse images by year.
 * 1908-1932, 1938-2018 Ohio, Death Records, 1908-1932, 1938-2018 at Ancestry ($) — index and images
 * 1913-1944, 1954-1963 Ohio Death Index, 1913-1944, 1954-1963 at MyHeritage ($) — index
 * 1954-present - Ohio Death Certificates how to obtain them
 * 1964-2007 The Cleveland Jewish News Obituary Index at ancestry.com ($)
 * 1850-1975 - Cleveland Necrology File online at the Cleveland Public Library website. Various newspaper notices, cemetery records and other death records covering some of the years between 1850 and 1975.
 * Various Years - archive records Contributed by Cuyahoga County Archives and their volunteers. Courtesy OhioGenWeb Archives
 * Various dates - Birth and Death records for Orange Township by the Moreland Hills Historical Society - Orange Township, incomplete, alphabetical list, with links to images

Divorce

 * Ohio Divorce Index 1962-1996 by OGS


 * 1962-2007 Ohio Divorce Index, 1962-1963, 1967-1971, 1973-2007 at Ancestry ($)

Family History Centers

 * Solon Ohio Family History Center

F or additional nearby Family History Centers, search online in the FHC directory. Put your town name in the top search box.

Libraries
Cuyahoga County ArchivesWebsite

Western Reserve Historical Society LibraryWebsite

Cleveland Public LibraryWebsite

Cuyahoga County Public Library Genealogy SiteWebsite

Museums
African-American MuseumWebsite

Maltz Museum of Jewish HistoryWebsite

Ukrainian Museum-ArchivesWebsite

Societies
The Connecticut Western Reserve  was a part of northeast Ohio originally intended for settlement by Revolutionary War refugees from Connecticut. The former Connecticut Western Reserve  lands were in the modern counties of Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga, Huron, Lake, Lorain, Medina, Portage, and Trumbull fully, but also in parts of Ashland, Mahoning, Ottawa, Summit, and Wayne counties in Ohio.

The Research Library at the Western Reserve Historical Society History Center  is the premier repository for Cleveland, Ohio and Connecticut Western Reserve history material. One of the principal strengths is its manuscript collections. The WRHS collection has original land records, genealogies of New England, New York, and Pennsylvania, biographies, histories, and family Bibles.

Other Societies

Berea Historical SocietyWebsite

Cleveland Heights Historical SocietyWebsite

Greater Cleveland Genealogical SocietyWebsite

Lakewood Historical SocietyWebsite

North Olmsted Historical SocietyWebsite

Ohio History ConnectionWebsite

Shaker Heights Historical SocietyWebsite

Slavic Village Historical SocietyWebsite

South Euclid/Lyndhurst Historical SocietyWebsite

Westlake Historical SocietyWebsite

Websites

 * Local Gov't Records by County at Ohio History Connection — Browse their list; records are not online.
 * Custom Browse of Historical Collections at Ohio Memory — Use map or alpha bar to select county or place, then browse search options in left sidebar.
 * Ohio Genealogical Society ($) — online databases
 * The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, Inc.
 * Cleveland Digital Library(from Cleveland State University books and links to books)
 * Cleveland Police Museum
 * Clew Bay to Cleveland (Irish History)
 * Cuyahoga County OHGenWeb
 * Cuyahoga County Research FAQs
 * Cuyahoga County History
 * Cuyahoga County Cities in 1896
 * Cuyahoga County OH Genealogy
 * Cuyahoga County Old Photos
 * Cuyahoga County Photos by Wikimedia
 * Cuyahoga County Schools
 * Case Western Reserve University Digital Book Collection
 * Cleveland State University Digital Library
 * Cleveland State University Memory Project
 * Cleveland's German Businesses
 * Cyndi's List for Cuyahoga County
 * Ellis Island Passenger Lists
 * Genealogy and Family Tree Search Engine by Mocavo
 * German Heritage in Cleveland
 * Germans In Cleveland
 * German Immigrants to Cleveland
 * Greater Cleveland Genealogical Research Websites
 * Harm's Way (site about Germans to Cleveland)
 * Heritage Pursuit (paid site)
 * Lakewood Public Library History Site
 * National Archive
 * Ohio Genealogy Express
 * Ohio History Central
 * Ohio Public Library Information Network (OPLIN)
 * Ohio and Erie Canal
 * Fold3
 * Cleveland District Round Table Regional Activities
 * Cleveland Public Library Genealogy Databases
 * Polka Hall of Fame Cleveland Style
 * Rootsweb's Worldconnect
 * Rootsweb Resources for Cuyahoga County
 * Steven Morse Site for searching Immigration and Census Records
 * Western Reserve Historical Society Searchable Databases
 * WorldCat
 * – The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records.