Lake County, Ohio:
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Projects

• Lake County History & Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Lake County OHGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Lake County OHGenWeb      (Source: Legacy USGenWeb)
• Lake County, Ohio History & Genealogy      (Source: U.S. Genealogy Express)

Adjacent counties

• Ashtabula County, OH  to the east
• Cuyahoga County, OH  to the southwest
• Geauga County, OH  to the south

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence

• Biographical history of northeastern Ohio  1893     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Biographical history of northeastern Ohio  1893     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Biographical history of northeastern Ohio  Embracing the counties of Ashtabula, Geauga and Lake (1893)     (Source: FamilySearch)
• History of Geauga and Lake Counties, Ohio  with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Its Pioneers and Most Prominent Men (1878)     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Lake Co, Ohio, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Lake County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Lake County GEDCOM Index      (Source: GEDCOM Index .Com)

Cemeteries (15)

Census Records and Indexes (20)

Church Records

• Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records, 1826-1945  includes Painesville, Ohio     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, Records, 1875-1940  includes Painesville, Ohio     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Court and Legal Records (23)

Directories

• Lake County, Ohio Online Historical Directories      (Source: Online Historical Directories)

Estate Records

• Ohio Wills and Probate Records, 1786-1998  includes Lake County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Ohio, Probate Records, 1789-1996      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Probate Court Civil dockets  1853-1916     (Source: FamilySearch)

History (56)

Immigration and Naturalization Records

• Ohio County Naturalization Records  1800-1977     (Source: FamilySearch)

Introduction and Guides

• County by County in Ohio Genealogy, 1992  Lake County     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Cyndi's List of Ohio locality links      (Source: Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet)
• FamilySearch Wiki Research Guide      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Lake County      (Source: Histopolis Collaborative Genealogy & History)
• Lake County Ohio Info      (Source: Maggie's World of Courthouse Dust & Genealogy Fever)
• Lake County Public Records      (Source: Nationwide Environmental Title Research)
• Lake County, Ohio Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy, Inc.)

Land Records

• Lake County Deeds and Indexes      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Land Patent Search      (Source: Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office)

Libraries, Museums, Archives (22)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• GenForum Message Boards      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• OHLAKE Lake County genealogy

  • OHLAKE Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (21)

Military Records and Histories

• Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services, 1841  Lake County     (Source: Internet Archive)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Lake County, Ohio     (Source: Internet Archive)

• Civil War

  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Lake County     (Source: FamilySearch)

• World War I

  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Lake County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Miscellaneous Data

• Classic Buildings of Lake County      (Source: Society of Architectural Historians)
• Lake County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Lake County Records  Perry Township     (Source: USGenWeb Ohio Archives)
• Masonry in Lake and Ashtabula counties state of Ohio  1935     (Source: FamilySearch)

Newspaper Records (13)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records (14)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images (10)

School Records and Histories (20)

Societies

• Cleveland District Round Table 
• Eastlake Historical Society 
• The Lake County Chapter  Archaeological Society of Ohio
• Lake County Genealogical Society Projects Site 
• Lake County Historical Society 
• Madison Historical Society      (Source: Facebook)
• The NorthEast Ohio Computer-Aided Genealogy Society 
• Perry Historical Society of Lake County      (Source: Facebook)
• Willoughby Historical Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (202)

Tax Lists

• Assessment of real property: 1859, 1870  Viewing restrictions may apply     (Source: FamilySearch)
• List of lands, town lots, personal property, money and credits returned deliquent by the treasurer of Lake County for the taxes of 1847-1872  Viewing restrictions may apply     (Source: FamilySearch)
• List of personal property: 1840      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Record of lists of taxable property in the several townships of Lake County for 1843-1846, 1852-1853      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Returns of personal property, moneys and credits, assessed: 1849-1861  Viewing restrictions may apply     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Treasurer's tax duplicates, 1840-1871      (Source: FamilySearch)

Transportation and Industry (12)

Vital Records

• 1918 Pandemic Flu Statistics and Records for Ohio  Lake County     (Source: Families of the 1918 Pandemic)
• Ohio Births Index, 1908-1964  Lake County, Ohio     (Source: MyHeritage)     ($)
• Lake County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• Ohio County Marriages, 1774-1993  includes Lake County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Ohio, County Marriages  1789-2016     (Source: FamilySearch)
• U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880  Lake County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850  Lake County     (Source: FamilySearch)

Wiki

• Lake County, Ohio Wiki      (Source: RootsWeb)

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