Cuyahoga County, Ohio Genealogy

Archives, Cuyahoga County http://centralservices.cuyahogacounty.us/archives/default.htm


 * e-mail is archive@cuyahogacounty.us
 * Coroner Case Files (large file!) http://centralservices.cuyahogacounty.us/archives/PDF/coronerfiles.pdf

Books of Interest


 * A Book of Clevelanders... Thanks to Access Genealogy. http://www.accessgenealogy.com/ohio/clevelanders.htm
 * Brigham Young University Family History Archive -such as A history of the City of Cleveland : its settlement, rise and progress, 1796-1896 http://www.lib.byu.edu/fhc/
 * Case Western Reserve University Digital Book Collection http://library.case.edu/ksl/ecoll/books/
 * Cleveland Digital Library from Cleveland State University books and links to books. http://www.clevelandmemory.org/SpecColl/cdl/index.html
 * Encyclopedia of Cleveland History, full linked text, thanks to CWRU and WRHS. http://ech.cwru.edu/
 * HeritageQuest Online through your local library has many online history and genealogy books for Cuyahoga County.
 * The Pioneer Families of Cleveland 1796-1840 http://www.heritagepursuit.com/Cuyahoga/CuyahogaIndex.htm

Cemeteries in Greater Cleveland by Michelle Day http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohclecem/


 * Histories, Maps, Links
 * Index to Interments for Alger, Brookmere and Denison Cemeteries http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohclecem/IndexofNames.html
 * Hospitals and related health departments for vital records http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohclecem/cityhallvitals.html
 * Many links of interest under research, some unusual.

Cemeteries in Cuyahoga County by Lawrence A. Boyle - a listing of cemetery addresses, photos of the front gates and more.http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Park/1784/ccc.html#H

Cemetery and Church Records by MattsonWorks Genealogy Preservers http://mattsonworks.net/


 * Strongsville Cemetery interments, inscriptions, obits http://mattsonworks.net/index.html?row1col2=Strongsville.html
 * St. Adelbert's (Polish) Cemetery Berea, interments, inscriptions, obits http://mattsonworks.net/index.html?row1col2=St_Adelbert.html

City Directories


 * 1834-35 OhioCityDirectories.com http://www.ohiocitydirectory.com/Cleveland/1863_64/
 * 1900 DistantCousin.com http://www.distantcousin.com/directories/oh/cleveland/1900/
 * 1834, 1845, 1846, 1848, 1850 Morgan Library of Ohio http://www.morganohiolibrary.com/
 * City Directories of the United States of America (copies) http://www.uscitydirectories.com/oh.htm

Cleveland Ohio Pastors and Their Churches by Laura Hine. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~officer/pastors.html


 * FAQs for Cuyahoga Research - just about everything! http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~officer/CuyOhFAQ.html#BIRTHS
 * Cleveland 1906 Street Name Changes http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~officer/Clev1906Streets.html
 * Marriage Volume vs. Year (the years the marriage volumes cover) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~officer/CuyOhMarIndx.html
 * Tremont History Project http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~officer/TremontHP.html

Cleveland Public Library Includes http://www.cpl.org/


 * The Necrology File (Obits from 1833-1975), http://dxsrv4.cpl.org/WebZ/Authorize?sessionid=0&amp;next=/html/obit_start.html&amp;dbchoice=1:dbname=necr&amp;bad=html/authofail.html&amp;style=noframe
 * The Cleveland News Index (index to articles 1983 to current and obituaries 1976 to current,)

http://www-catalog.cpl.org/CLENIX


 * Some Genealogy Databases (library card required,) http://www.cpl.org/databases.asp?id=178
 * WorldCat (library card required)
 * e-mail for 3 free obit copies [mailto:Microform.Center@cpl.org mailto:Microform.Center@cpl.org]

Cuyahoga County Cemeteries Page by Michele - mostly historical lists of interees. http://www.geocities.com/micheledanielle/cemetery.html

Cuyahoga OH GenWeb Queries, links and other things. http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohcuyaho/index.html

Cuyahoga OH GenWeb Archives Miscellaneous organized contributed data. http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohcuyaho/

Cuyahoga County Ohio Genealogy and History by Holly Timm and Lorraine Newsome http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohcuyah2/index.html


 * Naturalizations, http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohcuyah2/nats/index.html
 * Probate birth and death indexes (Partial) 1867-1908,
 * Index to 1906 Street Name Changes, http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohcuyah2/maps/streets/index.html
 * 1930 Census abstract (partial) http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohcuyah2/census/1930cen/search.html
 * Lutheran Cemetery Records http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohcuyah2/cems/lutheran/
 * Coroner Cases (in smaller files) http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohcuyah2/deaths/coroner/
 * Lots of other goodies.              http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohcuyah2/deaths/coroner/

Cuyahoga County American History and Genealogy Project/American Local History Network by Denise Wells     http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohcuyah3/


 * Township Histories
 * New site, more to come

East Cleveland Twp. Cemetery  http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohcuycem/


 * Scranton Road Cemetery.

GenWeb Archives http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/oh/cuycens.htm

Lakeview Cemetery Genealogy page http://www.lakeviewcemetery.com/genealogy.html

Linkpendium A good list of links and a great search engine. http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/OH/Cuyahoga/ Links for Genealogy Research - Cuyahoga County by FreeGen. http://ohio.rootsweb.com/cuyahoga/

OPLIN Ohio Public Library Information Network - Links http://www.oplin.org/page.php?Id=63-21-311-707&amp;msg= Probate Court Includes estates, guardianships, marriages since 1998 and much more. http://probate.cuyahogacounty.us/pa/pa.urd/PAMW6500


 * Historical Marriage License Index 1810-April 1998 http://probate.cuyahogacounty.us/ml/pa.urd/mliw1000.display

Recorder's Office Deed images and many other records 1810 - current, Veteran Graves Registration, etc. http://recorder.cuyahogacounty.us/general.cfm

Rootsweb Resources - Cuyahoga County- lots of links including local family sites. http://resources.rootsweb.com/~clusters/USA/OH/Cuyahoga/

Soldiers and Sailor's Monument http://www.soldiersandsailors.com/ Western Reserve Historical Society  http://www.wrhs.org/


 * 1907 Cleveland Voter Registration Index http://www.wrhs.org/library/template.asp?id=325
 * Bible Records Index http://www.wrhs.org/library/template.asp?id=328
 * Biographical Sketch Name Index http://www.wrhs.org/library/template.asp?id=329
 * The Library catalog http://ipac.wrhs.org:8080/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=S13984643152K.4073&amp;profile=wrhsl&amp;menu=search&amp;ts=1139846431538#focus
 * and so much more.

The Plain Dealer Obituaries current 90 days http://www.legacy.com/Cleveland/LegacyHome.asp

The above listing is from NEOCAG, the Northeast Ohio Computer Assisted Genealogy organization. See www.neocag.net

The web site, Footnote, has birth returns for Cuyahoga county digitized. These documents were small forms filled out and returned to the county by the doctors to allow the county to record births.

Current Obituaries Cuyahoga (past 6 months) area www.legacy.com/cleveland/deathnotices.asp Obituaries Cuyahoga area (past 180 days) www.cleveland.com/obits/archives  Cleveland News Index "CLENIX" Index to death notices Plain Dealer and Cleveland Press 1976-current http://www-catalog.cpl.org/CLENIX

Cuyahoga County Resources www.cuyahogacounty.us Marriage Licence Index Go to Legal Resources &gt; Probate &gt;Skip introduction &gt; Marriage Licence information Additionally, other Popular Items include deed search. Search Database &gt; auditor search &gt; Search Property&gt; [insert name] &gt; transfer history [goes back to 1975.] Also find property search for real estate property info; Recorder's office by parcel number to find sale history for the property.

Cleveland District Round Table Regional Activities www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohcdrt Find genealogical organizations, history of programs for several years, and meetings and trips of interest in a five county area around Cleveland.

There is an LDS crew currently nearing completion of digitizing the county archives. Much more information will be available online in the near future. July 13, 2008