Cuyahoga Ohio USGenWeb Site

There are a great many excellent resources for Cuyahoga County. Some of the links below go to sections on this site. Some of them go to pages on this site further explaining or describing and then linking to an off-site location. Others go directly offsite.

	Cuyahoga County Archives The Cuyahoga County Archives in Cleveland, Ohio is an excellent resource for early records research. Included on our summary page is information about the Cleveland Diocese and the National Archives branch for Cuyahoga County, Ohio.
	Cuyahoga County USGenWeb Archives Not to be confused with the above county government resource, this collection of data files for the county may just hold the key to one of your genealogical puzzles.
	Cuyahoga County Ohio's Genealogy and History This independent site is working with genealogy organizations in the Cuyahoga County area and has many significant sections of data online including naturalizations, births, deaths, and the ongoing 1930 census project.
	Search the Cleveland Necrology A necrology is a listing of people who have died, especially in the recent past or during a specific period. This database was produced from a microfilmed copy of an alphabetical card file containing local cemetery records and newspaper death notices gathered by the staff of the Cleveland Public Library. The newspaper source material consists of paid notices which were published in the following newspapers: Cleveland Plain Dealer, 1850-1975, the Cleveland Herald, 1833, 1847-1848, 1876, 1878-1879 and the Cleveland Press, August 16, 1941 - 1975. For necrology information after 1975, please use the Cleveland News Index.
	LDS FamilySearch site - Ohio Death Certificate Index, 1908 - 1953 This database indexes Death Certificates of persons that died in Ohio from 1908 through 1953 and links to digital inmages of the actual death certificates.
	Ohio Historical Society - Ohio Death Certificate Index, 1913 - 1944 This database indexes Death Certificates of persons that died in Ohio from 1913 to 1944. Using the index information, a researcher can later obtain a copy of the certificate itself. More precise searching is now available using the Advanced Search that allows searching by certificate number, volume number and exact date of death.
	Cuyahoga County Probate Court Historical Marriage Index With the Marriage Index you can view Bride and Groom names from 1810 through April 1998. You can perform a search using one of the following: bride's first and maiden names; groom's first and last names; bride's first name with groom's last name; and other variations. Marriage License records from 6 April 1998 to the present are provided in the Search Docket and Index system using Marriage License as the case type.
	Western Reserve Historical Society Commonly referred to as WRHS, this facility has an extensive collection of historical and genealogical material, not only for the Cuyahoga County area but for many parts of the country. Be sure to use their library catalog search to see what they may have to help your research. If your family was in Cleveland in 1907, be sure to check their 1907 Voter Registration database.
	Encyclopedia of Cleveland History and Dictionary of Cleveland Biography Sponsored jointly by Case Western Reserve University and the Western Reserve Historical Society, this site holds all of the articles from both The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History and The Dictionary of Cleveland Biography including completely new articles not available anywhere else in any form, high-resolution versions of the photographs and diagrams found in the original texts, and continuous updates, revisions, and corrections to the text .
	Cyndi's List - Ohio by County and Cyndi's List - Ohio Resources These two links to Cyndi's List will bring you more links than you know what to do with! Some of those links are also here on this page - the ones we find especially useful - but even a minor site is wonderful if it has what YOU are looking for so check out the links and go back often, new ones are frequently added.
	Other good Cuyahoga and/or Ohio link lists: Linkpendium's Cuyahoga Resource Links page Cleveland's Digital Library Rootsweb's Cuyahoga County Resources Page
	Cleveland Timeline A historical timeline for the Cleveland/Cuyahoga area.
	Cleveland Street Name Changes In 1906, the city of Cleveland revamped the street names and numbers of the city. This guide will help you determine if your ancestors moved or maybe just the street name/number changed!

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