Where to start…
If you don’t know the date or location where someone is buried, check the Necrology files first. If you know the date but don’t know where they are buried and it is after 1908, order the death certificate which should show the cemetery in which they are buried.
Necrology (local cemetery records and newspaper death notices)
Cleveland Public Library
Attention: Necrology Files Division
325 Superior Avenue NE
Cleveland, OH 44114
216.623.2856 (Main)
Hours: M-Sat 9:00am – 6:00pm, Sun 1:00pm – 5:00pm (during school year)
Death Notices from 1833, 1847-1848, 1850-1975
After 1975 you need to obtain a copy of the obit from the newspaper
Either through email or by visiting Cleveland Public Library
email:microform.center@cpl.org
Main web page for Cleveland Public Library
http://www.cpl.org
Genealogy Resources at the Cleveland Public Library
http://www.cpl.org/genealogy-resources.asp
Obituaries & Death Notices – Cleveland Plain Dealer appearing in the last 180 days
http://www.legacy.com/Cleveland/LegacyHome.asp
Obituary Lookup Volunteers
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~obitl/
Ohio Public Library Information Network (OPLIN)
Genealogy > Records – Genealogy > Cemetery, Death and Obituary Records
http://www.oplin.org/
Social Security Death Index Interactive Search
http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi
Cuyahoga Probate Court Death Records Index 1867 – 1890
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohcuyah2/deaths/coarch/index.html
Cuyahoga County Probate Court Records Prior to 1975 (to obtain copy of a will)
Cuyahoga County Probate Court
Attn: Microfilm Department
1 Lakeside Avenue NW
Cleveland, OH 44113
216.443.8764
Note: Send a SASE envelope. Don’t forget to include the name
of the deceased and the date of death. They will notify if you a
will exists and how much copies will be.
Death Records Pre 19 December 1908 (Cleveland)
First 40 copies free; 25 cents each photocopy thereafter.
Cuyahoga County Archives
2905 Franklin Boulevard
Cleveland, OH 44113
216.443.7250
http://centralservices cuyahogacounty.us/archives/
Hours: Mon, Wed, Thurs and Fri 8:30am – 3:00pm, 3:00pm 4:00pm by appt. only.
Note: Closed Tues, Sat, and Sun)
email:archive@www.cuyahoga.oh.us
Note: If using email, provide mailing address. Bill comes with the documents.
Death Certificates 20 December 1908-1953 (State of Ohio)
$.25 per name/request
Akron-Summit County Library
60 South High Street
Akron, OH 44326
330.643.9000
Death Certificates 20 December 1908-1944 (State of Ohio)
$6.00 per name/request
Ohio Historical Society
Research Services Department
1982 Velma Avenue
Columbus, OH 43211-2497
614.297.2510/800.653.6446
www.ohs.org
Searchable database for years 1913-1944
(Database isnot complete, and has many errors. OHS is in the process of correcting it.)
http://www.ohiohistory.org/dindex/search.cfm
Need to obtain form for submission from
http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/archlib/refemail.html#death
Takes 8-10 weeks.
Death Certificates 1945-Present (State of Ohio)
Birth Certificates 20 December 1908-Present (State of Ohio)
$15.00 Cerifiied (no uncertified copies available as of July 1, 2003)
Ohio Department of Health
Vital Statistics Unit
P.O. Box 15098
Columbus, OH 43215-0098
614.466.2531
Death Certificates 1909-Present (Cleveland)
Birth Certificates 1909-Present Cleveland)
Certified $17.00 (as of July 1, 2003)
Bureau of Vital Statistics
601 Lakeside Avenue, Room 122
Cleveland, OH 44114
216.664.2315
Hours: M-F 8:00am – 4:00pm
NOTE: Prior to 1925 Cleveland BVS said use Columbus Vital Statistics,
according to Ohio Historical Society you must go through them and
Columbus does not have the records. If researching in person, you can
still use the Cleveland BVS records index by appointment.
If looking for birth and death records from the following:
Bedford Municipal, Bedford
Berea
Doctor’s Hospital
Euclid Glenville, Euclid
Huron Road, East Cleveland
Lakewood
Maple Heights
Marymount, Garfield Heights
Parma
Rocky River
Shaker Heights
South Euclid
University Heights
Marriage Records (Cleveland)
1810 – April 1998
Uncertified 10 cents
Certified $2.00
Probate Court of Cuyahoga County, Ohio
1 Lakeside Avenue, Room 146
Cleveland, OH 44113
216.443.8920
216.443.8764
216.443.8765
Hours: M-F 8:30am – 4:30pm
http://probate.cuyahogacounty.us/marriage.htm
NOTE: Cashiers check, money order by mail, cash in person,
NO checks will be accepted!
Divorce Case Numbers
Clerk of Courts Office
216.443.7966
You do need to obtain a divorce case number in order to purchase
divorce records.
Cleveland Naturalization Records
(Naturalization Card Index 1818-1931 mostly COMMON PLEAS COURT)
Search the index
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohcuyah2/nats/coarch/index.html
Cuyahoga County Coroner Office (Coroner Reports)
11001 Cedar Ave
Cleveland, OH 44106
216.721.5610
Fax 216.721.2559
Either request the long or short version. Fees do apply.
Index to Cuyahoga coroner files 1833-1900
Cuyahoga County Recorders Office
Search the index
http://recorder.cuyahogacounty.us/general.cfm
Looking for an old address in Cuyahoga County? Check here to see if still standing.
Property Information, Cuyahoga County Auditor
http://auditor.cuyahoga.oh.us/auditor/repi/default.asp
Do you need a headstone for a grave?
See the list of local Monument and Tombstone Dealers
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohclecem/monument.html
Birth Index Records
Ohio Department of Health
P O Box 15098
Columbus Ohio 43215-0098
City Directories
1960 Cleveland Telephone Directory
By Sandy & John Stoika
email: jstoika@wowway.com
1900 Cleveland Telephone Directory
http://www.distantcousin.com/directories/oh/cleveland/1900/
1923, 1928 and 1938 Cleveland Telephone Directory
By Kim Overberger
email: kjo126@yahoo.com
PLEASE:
For 1923 Cleveland Telephone Directory lookup, place 1923
in the subject line
For 1928 Cleveland Telephone Directory lookup, place 1928
in the subject line
For 1938 Cleveland Telephone Directory lookup, place 1938
in the subject line
1837 Cleveland City Directory
http://www.evendon.net/PGHLookups/Cleveland1837M.htm
US City Directories
http://www.uscitydirectories.com/
Dictionary Translations
English to Hungarian/Hungarian to English Dictionary
http://www.freedict.com/onldict/hun.html
Funeral Home Records
DeVand Funeral Home Records are located at:
Brown-Forward Funeral Services
http://www.brown-forward.com/
Other Local Cemeteries
East Cleveland Township Cemetery
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohcuycem/
International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies – Cemetery Project
http://www.jewishgen.org/cemetery/northamerica/ohclev.html
Lake View Cemetery Association
http://www.lakeviewcemetery.com/index.asp
Lutheran Cemetery
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohcuyah2/cems/lutheran/
St. Adelbert’s Cemetery
Middleburg Heights, OH
http://mattsonworks.net/St_Adelbert.html
Strongsville Cemetery 1818-2003
Strongsville, OH
http://mattsonworks.net/strongsville.html
City Histories
Chagrin Falls, Ohio
http://www.drelocation.com/ohio/cuyahogaco/chagrinfallsohio.htm
Cuyahoga County Township Histories
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohcuyah3/townships.html
Encyclopedia of Cleveland History
http://ech.cwru.edu/
Near
West Side neighborhoods have roots in Brooklyn Township
http://www.nhlink.net/ClevelandNeighborhoods/plainpress/PPStories/tremonthistory.htm
History of Lakewood, OH
http://www.lkwdpl.org/history/4.htm
Military Web Sites
3rd Ohio Calvary
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~thirdovc/
5th Ohio Independent Sharpshooters
http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/6964/
60th Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Includes entire rosters for the 60th OVI, biographies, photos, memoirs (diaries, letters, newspaper articles) and other fascinating facts, plus information about the One Year’s and Three Years’ Service (reorganized) of the 60th OVI during the Civil War; complete rosters for both organizations and links to grave sites, bios, photos, and Web sites specific to each soldier.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~volker/60thOhio.html
103rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry
http://www.centuryinter.net/lorgen/ovi/103_intro.htm
Anderson Civil War Prison
http://www.angelfire.com/ga2/Andersonvilleprison/index.html
Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery, Columbus,
Franklin County, Ohio
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~rocky/Franklin_Cemeteries/chase/chase.html
Civil War Documents Searchable Database (Ohio Historical Society)
http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/database/civilwar.html
Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System
http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/
Search by Soldiers Name
http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm
Cuyahoga County Grave Site Search (Military)
http://recorder.cuyahogacounty.us/GraveSearch.cfm
Genealogical Prison Records: Civil War Prison Records
http://www.ancestorhunt.com/genealogical_prison_records.htm
Guide to Internet Links in Civil War History
http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/cac/cwlink.html
Ohio in the Civil War
http://www.ohiocivilwar.com/
Soldiers’ & Sailors’ Monument
http://www.soldiersandsailors.com/
Soldiers’ & Sailors’ Monument Names on the Wall
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohclecem/ssm/
Soldiers & Sailors Monument Roll of Honor
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohcuyah2/military/monument/
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall
http://www.thewall-usa.com/
War of 1812 Roster
http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/database/rosters.html
Ohio Veterans Home Agency
http://ovh.ohio.gov/
Ohio Veterans Home Sandusky
http://www.ohioveteranshome.gov/sandusky.asp
Ohio Veterans Home Medina County (Sandusky & Georgetown, Ohio Homes)
http://www.co.medina.oh.us/veterans/ohiovetshome.htm
Churches
Email: Catholic Diocese of Cleveland
Phone: 216.696.6525
Immaculate Conception Church: 216.431.5900
Cleveland, Ohio Pastors and Their Churches
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~officer/pastors.html
St Paul’s Lutheran Church, Berea, OH
officestaff@stpaulberea.org
Church of the Saviour (United Methodist)
Cuyahoga/Ohio Societies
Encyclopedia of Cleveland History
http://ech.cwru.edu/
First Families: 1600’s Ancestors Data Base
http://www.firstfamilies.org/db/
Ohio Historical & Genealogical Societies
http://www.obitlinkspage.com/hs/oh.htm
Western Reserve Historical Society
Personal Genealogy Web Sites with Cleveland Connections
Murphy’s Public House (All Ohio Locations)
http://home.alltel.net/dmurphy595/
Other Misc Items
Cleveland Area Lost & Found (Documents, pictures, etc.)
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohclecem/lostfound.html
1899 Collinwood Official Directory
http://library.case.edu/ksl/ecoll/books/sheoff00/sheoff00.html
1907 Cleveland Voter Registration Index
http://www.wrhs.org/library/template.asp?id=325
American Memorials – A Place to Remember (Obituaries 2000-2001)
http://www.americanmemorials.com/home.asp
Behind the Name, The Etymology and History of First Names
http://www.behindthename.com/
Birthdate Calculator
http://web2.iadfw.net/bhende19/b-date.htm
http://www.longislandgenealogy.com/birth.html
Brief History of Cemeteries, A
http://www.alsirat.com/silence/history.html
Bureau of Land Management General Land Office Records
The Official Federal Land Patent Record Site
http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/
Burial Customs and Cemeteries in American History
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/publications/bulletins/nrb41/nrb41_5.htm
10,000 Year Calendar
http://calendarhome.com/tyc/
Cemetery Organization Headstone Symbols
http://www.bright.net/~laurelb/symbols/symbols.html
USGenWeb Census Project, State Census Index
http://www.rootsweb.com/~census/states.htm
Cleveland Cartography (Maps)
http://www.csuohio.edu/CUT/Clevmaps.htm
Information about historical and contemporary maps and map-related happenings in and about Cleveland and the Western Reserve region of northeastern Ohio.
Cleveland City Directory 1863-1864
http://www.ohiocitydirectory.com/Cleveland/1863_64/
Cleveland Street Cross Index for 1906 Name Changes
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohcuyah2/maps/streets/index.html
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~officer/Clev1906Streets.html
Cuyahoga County, OH Ohgenweb Project
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohcuyaho/cuyaoh.htm
Disease and Medical Terms for Genealogists
http://www.sedgleymanor.com/sitemap.html
Genealogy Tips on Disease, Medical Terms, Epidemics
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~hornbeck/disease.htm
“Do-It-Yourself” Color-Coded State Maps
http://monarch.tamu.edu/~maps2/
Family History Questionaire
http://www.birley.org/a_family_history_questionnaire.htm
Ford & Nagle
Historians and Genealogists
Collectors of Antique Family Photos, Family Bibles, and Family Documents
http://my.erinet.com/~fordnag/FordNagle.htm
Genealogical Prison Records
http://www.ancestorhunt.com/genealogical_prison_records.htm
Historic Asylums
Click on OH on the right to see Ohio Asylums including Cleveland State Hospital
http://www.historicasylums.com/
John’s Ohio Genealogy Resources Page
http://www.rootexinc.net/OhioCounties.html
Nickel Plate Railroad Grade Elimination Project Cleveland, 1926
(Index of Images)
http://web.ulib.csuohio.edu/nkp/subject.htm
Northern Ohio Railway Museum
http://www.trainweb.org/norm/index.html
A List of Occupations
http://www.cpcug.org/user/jlacombe/terms.html
Ohio Memory: An Online Scrapbook of Ohio History
http://www.ohiomemory.org/
The Poor House Story
http://www.poorhousestory.com/
Railroad Nicknames
http://www.spikesys.com/Trains/nickname.html
dMarie Time Capsule – On this Day in History…
http://dmarie.com/timecap/
St Joseph’s Saniturium
http://www.stjosephchristianlife.org/history.htm
Rootsweb Soundex Converter
http://resources.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/soundexconverter
Spanish Flu Epidemic
The Influenza Pandemic of 1918
http://www.stanford.edu/group/virus/uda/
Tombstone Art
http://www.tales.ndirect.co.uk/A_ZINDEX.HTML
Tombstone Initials and Their Meanings
http://www.obitcentral.com/cemsearch/initials.htm
United States Military Rank Insignia
http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/almanac/almanac/people/
Vital Records Information for United States
http://www.vitalrec.com/
What do all those symbols and initials mean?
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~duncanrw/tombandfrat.html