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Summit County Courthouse Records


SUMMIT COUNTY PROBATE COURT
209 S High Street; Akron OH 44308
1st floor
Records Room Information Requests- (330) 643-2352
Email - recordsinfo@summitohioprobate.com
The Courthouse is open Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

  • Birth and Death Records from 1868 to 20 Dec 1908 when they were made a division of the County Health Department . Photocopies of these two records cannot be made. However, for a $3.00 fee the information will be taken from the book, typed onto the proper form, and stamped with the embossed seal of Summit County, Ohio to state it is a true copy.
  • Marriage Records from 1840 to present. Two sets of index books under the male's name and the female's name. Copies are $1 uncertified or $2 certified.
  • Wills and Estates, Alphabetical indexes from 1840 to present.
  • Guardianships, Alphabetical indexes from 1840 to present.

(Complete records of Wills, Estates, & Guardianships are on microfilm.
Copies for all three records are 75› per page. Certification is $1 extra.)

[the Probate Court accepts Ohio personal checks only and then only for amounts of $10 and under.
All others must be certified checks or money orders payable to "Summit County Probate Court."]


COUNTY CLERK OF COURTS OFFICE:
2nd floor -
Phone: (330) 643-2211

  • Civil & Criminal records from 1840 to present.
  • Divorce records.
  • Summit County Clerk of Courts - Naturalization Search
    select agree at bottom of page.

    Scattered Naturalization records starting in 1840's. Many are missing; and early records that exist contain only name, date of filing, and date of final certification.

Copies are $1 per page uncertified. Certification is $.50 extra.


Summit County Coroner Office
31 N Summit St; Akron OH 44308
(330) 643-2101

This office is not open to public search. Requests for Coroner's Reports from the late 1800's to the present can be made in person or through the mail. Name, and Year of death is required for a search. Reports filed within the last 10 yrs are at the office. Reports filed before then require a 3-4 day wait for copies to be made. Copies are $1 per page.


Summit County Recorder's Office


The Ohio Building; 175 S Main Street; Akron OH 44308;
Located on the 4th floor; (330) 643-2719.
(Rear entrance is across the street from the front of the Courthouse.)

  • Land Records from 1840 to the present. Deeds are indexed, by years, for both the Grantor (seller) and Grantee (buyer).
  • Also on file are indexes, and duplicate Deeds, recorded in our parent counties between 1795 and the formation of Summit County in 1840. (Medina, Portage, and Stark Counties are Summit's parent counties.)
  • Soldier's Discharge Papers dating back to the Civil War.

Copies are $1 per page uncertified. Certification is 50› extra.


WESTERN RESERVE HISTORICAL SOCIETY ARCHIVES

10825 East Boulevard, Cleveland, Ohio 44106. Telephone: (216) 721-5722.


Contains a family history room with computer databases.

Library containing extensive genealogy collection.

All U.S. Census Indexes from the first one in 1790 to 1930.

The Library Research Service (LRS) is offered by the Library of the Western Reserve Historical Society principally to assist those outside the Greater Cleveland area who cannot visit the Library to conduct their own research. This service is on a fee basis of $40.00 per hour with a one-half hour minimum. This includes up to ten photocopies.

The general public can do research for the price of admission to the museum. Photocopying charges also may apply.

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