Lake County Genealogical Society (Ohio) Projects Site

Site Purpose

The Lake County Genealogical Society, A Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society has been working on several projects to benefit those researching in Lake County. This site is intended to share that information.

The Society

Cemeteries

Other Databases

More About Us

Membership, Board Members, Meetings, Publications -- See our home page at Morley Library.org

Coming Events

Salt Lake City Trip

Plan to join us on a trip to Salt Lake City's Family History Library. We join with Salt Lake Christmas Tour December 6-13, 2009. More information and registration is here!

Our Bus Trips

We've been to Washington D.C.! A beautiful city, the DAR Library, the Library of Congress and the National Archives all rolled out the red carpet for us. See some pictures here!

Night Owl Prowl

"Let's Get Organized! Keeping Tabs on your Ancestors" - a great "lock-in" evening of research is planned for a Friday evening October 16, 2009 at Morley Library in Painesville. Brochure and Registration are here. Sorry this one has been cancelled. Try again next time!

Gravestone Inscription Readings

include stone condition, flagholders, emblems and decorations and placement. The townships are as they were about 1840. Cemetery histories and descriptions have been provided.

Index to Lake County Cemetery Inscriptions.
Concord Township Cemeteries
Kirtland Township Cemeteries
Leroy Township Cemeteries
Madison Township Cemeteries
Mentor Township Cemeteries
Painesville Township Cemeteries
Perry Township Cemeteries
Willoughby Township Cemeteries
Introduction to the Project
FAQ, Symbols and Abreviations for Cemetery Inscriptions
Cemeteries with Religious Attributions
Language Helps
Finding Cemetery Records (off-site)

Marriages
An Index from 1840-1915 This index includes the licenses as well. It is on GenWeb, but was done by LCGS Volunteers.

Naturalizations

An Alphabetical Abstract of the naturalization petitions from Lake County Probate Court (1860-1906) and Lake County Common Pleas Court (1906-1975). This includes Declarations of Intention and petitions that failed for a variety of reasons.

Naturalizations between 1840 and 1860 were done in a variety of courts, which will be abstracted later.

Geauga Deeds

This is an index to the deeds from the part of Geauga County that became Lake County in 1840. The database is actually on Lake County OHGenWeb.

First Families of Lake County, Ohio

Honor an ancestor who resided in what is now Lake County by 1840. A focused genealogical challenge may await you.

Our Honored Ancestors

Click here for an Application, the Rules of Evidence, and some helpful information. This is in PDF format. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat reader, you can download one for free at www.adobe.com...

Go to the Lake County US GenWeb site for more Lake County information and links.

Copyright issues: Copyrights on the files on this site are held by the creators. They may be linked to but not copied except for personal use.
Disclaimer: The Lake County Genealogical Society cannot be held responsible for errors in transcription or in original documents. These files were intended only as guides to original records from which the researcher should draw his own conclusions.

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Many thanks to Rootsweb Genealogical Data Cooperative for this server space.

For problems or comments on this site, contact the webmaster at lcgsohio@juno.com

This site last updated on 14 Oct 2009.