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It is suggested that you not just use the search engine, but explore each of the areas. Learn about the county and find those misspelled lost relatives. If you have comments or suggestions, or note a broken link, (which will be common now with so many sites moving, please e-mail me.
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LAKE COUNTY GENEALOGY
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Search This Site
This search engine is off-site and the results pages may contain the provider's ads. Please remember it does not search the Lake County Genealogical Society's cemetery inscriptions or naturalization records, as they are on a different site. Thanks so much to the FreeFind folks for this service! See Search Tips for effective use of this tool. |
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Activities
Upcoming meetings, lectures and trips of interest to genealogists or historians in Lake, Geauga, Medina, Lorain and Cuyahoga County. (off-site)
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Biographies
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Cemeteries
Lake County Cemetery information and transcriptions |
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Census
Lake County Census information, film numbers, and transcriptions. The 1930 census index and 1890 veteran census index are found here along with finding aids. This area also includes early enumerations of youth. |
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Churches and Ministers Church records and minister licenses from Lake County. |
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Directories City, County, Agricultural, and Business Directories are most helpful. |
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Funeral Homes A listing of Lake County's Funeral Homes, some histories of funeral homes, an extract of a book of 1887-1888 records from Painesville, and Association information is included. |
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Government Some government offices such as the Recorder, Treasurer, Auditor. Some tax lists and ear mark registers are included. Over 7,000 deeds are indexed here for Lake County pre-1840. |
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Historical and Genealogical Societies Local area repositories and museums, sometimes with lists of their holdings. Includes database of local OGS First Families of Ohio. . |
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Histories Sketches of the Western Reserve, Lake County and its townships, cities, and more. |
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Institutions Such places as the County Home, or Infirmary and the Women's Relief Corps Home are included here. |
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Libraries Local area libraries with addresses and links. Includes listings of genealogies and microfilm at Morley Library and local holdings at the Kirtland Family History Center.. |
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LookUp Volunteers Find people to help with your research in their list of resources. |
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Maps Local and general maps and links (under construction--more coming). |
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Military Rosters of Lake County service people, currently War of 1812, Civil War, Spanish-American War, and World War II. Also abbreviations on Military grave markers. |
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Naturalizations The process of becoming a citizen is recorded in several courts. A link to abstracts for 1860-1975 is here.. |
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Newspapers & Obituaries Where to find the news. |
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Photo Album Photographs, Pictures and Paintings of Lake County. |
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Pioneer Family Registry Post your Lake County pioneer, born before 1921, and read those posted by others. |
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Politics to Pollbooks Early lists of voters are included here. |
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Probate Court Records Probate Court offers a wide variety of records beyond the estates and wills. Some volumes and some transcriptions are here. |
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Queries Places to post your Lake County queries, and to read those posted by others. |
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Resources of Interest for Lake Co. Where to Write for Records (a good place to start); OHGenWeb Archives; Rootsweb Sites for Lake Co.; Lake County FreeNet Townsquare (organizations, post offices, etc.); Lake County E-Mail Discussion List; Search the Lake County Discussion List; Lake Co. Government offices, Cities, Townships and Villages. . (all off-site) |
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Schools Education, its buildings, records of meetings, student activities and publications might be found here. Yearbook indices are begun. Now 126 teachers 1916-1922 are included. |
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Vital Records
Lake County Vital Record information, probate births, probate deaths, delayed and corrected birth record index, marriage indices, early divorce abstracts. |
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Visitor Information
If you are planning a trip to Lake County, here are some hints and helps, and some links, too. |
Lake County Neighbors
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neighbor to the East Organized 1811 |
Lake County's Parent to the South Organized 1806 |
Willoughby's Parent to the West Organized 1810 |
Geauga County's Parent Organized 1800 |
MORE ABOUT THE PROJECTS
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You are the 168986.Visitor to Lake County since page was first published by Becky Falin in 1996 -
Thanks for stopping by!
Last updated 18 May 2008.
If you have comments or suggestions, contact your Lake County OHGenWeb volunteer host, Cynthia Turk
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