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    Lake County Genealogical Society (Ohio)
A Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society

Our Board Membership Our Publications First Families of Lake County Resources Morley Library, our home Lake Co. OHGenWeb Ohio Genealogical Society Research Requests Contact us

Our Purpose

To promote genealogical research and to give instruction and aid to those interested in tracing family lines and searching records; to create, build interest, and promote the collection and preservation of records and materials of value for genealogical or historical research, and to make them available for use in such research.


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Our Meetings

The society meets the last Thursday of the month at 10:00 am at Morley Library, 184 Phelps St., Painesville, Ohio 44077 (440) 352-3383. There is no meeting in August or December. July is a family picnic. January is a pot-luck. Guests are always welcome!


26 Apr 2012 10:00 am
SAR will be part of the topic of Robert Parvin.


31 May 2012 10:00 am
Cheryl McClellan will present information from "Collecting from the Tax Man" and the Ohio Tax project.


28 June 2012 10:00 am
Ruth Sprowls will discuss her "LCHS Civil War Honor Wall" research.


Beginner Workshop

A hands-on activity for the very beginning researcher at Morley Library will be held Saturday May 5, 2012. See the Brochure here! Limit 40 registrants, so sign up soon!

Our Bus Trips


Back by popular demand - Join us on a trip to The Allen County Public Library, largest public library genealogy collection August 29-31, 2012. Brochure is here.


Salt Lake City Trip

Plan to join us on a trip to Salt Lake City's Family History Library December 2-8, 2012. Three of our members joined with the "Tour" December 4-11, 2011 and had a terrific time and great research. For more information see the Salt Lake Christmas Tour website or contact the webmaster. This tour is the highest ratio of genealogy experts to attendees of any group going to the Family History Library. Download the application here


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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.


In Memory of Our Members

This is a listing of deceased Society members and the research materials donated by the Society to Morley Library in their memory.


Lake County, Ohio


Our Neighbor Societies

Ashtabula County to the East
Cuyahoga County closest to the West
Geauga County to the South

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

History Hall of Lake County, Ohio Fairgrounds, A Biographical Anthology
by Members and Friends of LCGS

(A work in progress.)

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.

"LakeLines"

"Lake Lines," the newsletter of the Society is published quarterly and e-mailed to all members. Article submissions are welcome. Queries for ancestors in Lake County and the immediate surrounding area are free. Send correspondence to "LakeLines," in care of the Lake County Genealogical Society, 184 Phelps Street, Painesville, Ohio 44077.

Index to "LakeLines" 1974-2011
Thanks to Suzanne Ferron, Marianne Wiley, and Cathi Salmi for indexing, Herb Turk for formatting, and Sally Malone for coordinating this project.Thanks to Jan Bathurst for doing the 2011 indexing.

A-G     H-P     Q-Z

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...


Marriages

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

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.

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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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This site last updated on 25 APR 2012.