Lorain County, Ohio:
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Projects

• Avon, Ohio  Theories of History and Science
• Lorain County History & Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Lorain County Ohio      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Lorain County Ohio      (Source: Legacy USGenWeb)
• Lorain County, Ohio History & Genealogy      (Source: U.S. Genealogy Express)

Adjacent counties

• Ashland County, OH  to the south
• Cuyahoga County, OH  to the east
• Erie County, OH  to the west
• Huron County, OH  to the west
• Medina County, OH  to the southeast

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

• General catalogue of Oberlin college  1833-1903     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Lorain Co, Ohio, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Lorain Co., OH Biographies      (Source: U.S. Biographies Project)
• Lorain County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Lorain County GEDCOM Index      (Source: GEDCOM Index .Com)
• A standard history of Lorain county, Ohio  1916     (Source: Internet Archive)

Blogs

• 19th-Century Wellington  An exploration of a town's past and my present

Cemeteries (13)

Census Records and Indexes (24)

Church Records

• Ohio, Church Records, 1762-2008  includes First United Methodist Church (Wellington)     (Source: FamilySearch)

Court and Legal Records

• Court of Common Pleas records, 1825-1845      (Source: FamilySearch)
• General index to civil dockets 1914-1945  Viewing restrictions apply     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Lorain County Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)
• Lorain County Court Records Directory      (Source: Court Records Free Reference and Directory)
• Supreme Court records, 1826-1847      (Source: FamilySearch)

Directories

• Business Directory for Lorain County Ohio      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Elyria City Directories      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Lorain City Directories      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Lorain County, Ohio Online Historical Directories      (Source: Online Historical Directories)

Enslaved people, enslavers, and slavery in general - information

• Oberlin-Wellington Rescue Cases      (Source: Ohio History Central)

Estate Records

• Lorain County Wills      (Source: USGenWeb Ohio Archives)
• Ohio Wills and Probate Records, 1786-1998  includes Lorain County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Ohio, Probate Records, 1789-1996      (Source: FamilySearch)

History (77)

Introduction and Guides

• County by County in Ohio Genealogy, 1992  Lorain 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)
• Lorain County      (Source: Histopolis Collaborative Genealogy & History)
• Lorain County Ohio Info      (Source: Maggie's World of Courthouse Dust & Genealogy Fever)
• Lorain County Public Records      (Source: Nationwide Environmental Title Research)
• Lorain County, Ohio Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy, Inc.)

Land Records

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

Libraries, Museums, Archives (20)

Lookups

• Lorain County Books      (Source: Books-We-Own)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

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

• OHLORAIN Lorain County genealogy

  • OHLORAIN Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (17)

Military Records and Histories

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

• Civil War

  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Lorain County     (Source: FamilySearch)
  • Civil War Soldiers from Lorain County Ohio      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

• World War I

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

Miscellaneous Data

• Classic Buildings of Lorain County      (Source: Society of Architectural Historians)
• Lorain County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)

Newspaper Records (22)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records (27)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images (12)

School Records and Histories (30)

Societies (20)

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (299)

Tax Lists

• Lorain County Records Retention Center  Early Years Tax Duplicates, 1824-1969
• Tax records, 1824-1838      (Source: FamilySearch)

Transportation and Industry (11)

Vital Records (15)

Wiki

• Lorain County, Ohio Wiki      (Source: RootsWeb)

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