East Cuyahoga County Genealogical Society

A Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society since 1973

Welcome to our Web Site!

We're glad you’ve come to visit to see what we’re all about.

• who are enthusiastic about getting to know where we came from, who our ancestors were, and what their world was like;
• who are anxious to see that records are available to any genealogist - enough to spend time copying, indexing, and either posting on-line or publishing them for others’ use;
• who enjoy the company of people who share the same interest; and
• who generally just love the search.

• we can decipher old-fashioned handwriting-- complete with misspellings, and sometimes in foreign languages;
• we can climb ‘brick walls’;
• we’ve developed a whole new language that consists mostly of acronyms;
• we’ve learned to use the computer well enough to have a love/hate relationship with it;
• we spend a lot of time wandering around cemeteries, reading weather-worn headstones;
• we’re great at problem-solving and question-asking; AND,
• we can drink coffee, eat cookies and have animated conversations all at the same time, usually while standing up!

Come and visit one of our meetings - we’d love to meet you.

Even more, we’d love to have you join us!

Marilyn Kerr Sauer
President

Activities of the Society

Monday 6 Feb 2012 7:00 pm
"Stories in Stone:
A Grave Marker or a Legacy?"
with Michael and Monica Johns
of Johns-Carabelli Co.

Thursday 1 Mar 2012 7:00 pm
"Bringing Your Ancestors to Life
with Deborah Abbott

Monday 2 Apr 2012 7:00 pm
1940s Party: Celebrate the Release
of the 1940 Census - Clothes, food,
music, stuff from the 1930s/1940s era.

Cleveland Cemetery Project