Resources brought to you by Cuyahoga County Public Library

• Ancestry Library Edition
• HeritageQuest
• African-American Heritage
• America’s Obituaries & Death Notices
• FamilySearch - additional, exclusive content available at our Fairview Park Branch
• Fold3 History & Genealogy Archives
• Ohio Memory Online Scrapbook
• Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps
• Tutorials for Genealogy Resources

Other Local Resources

• Cleveland District Round Table— Find local genealogical societies
• Cleveland Memory Project – from Cleveland State University
• Cleveland Necrology File and Cleveland News Index - historical death notices from Cleveland Plain Dealer, Cleveland Herald and Cleveland Press newspapers
• Cuyahoga County Archives
• Cuyahoga County Probate Court - search historic and current marriage records
• GenWeb Cuyahoga County - Genealogical information compiled by local researchers
• Plain Dealer Obituaries
• Western Reserve Historical Society

Recommended Websites

• Cyndi's List - A categorized & cross-referenced index to genealogical resources on the Internet.
• Ellis Island Records
• Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild - Transcribed passenger lists of more than 4,000 USA-bound ships
• National Archives and Records Administration
• Rootsweb - Largest free genealogical website
• Ship Passenger Lists and Records Online
• WorldGenWeb Project - International counterpart to GenWeb Project

Charts & Forms

Free downloadable forms including Ancestral Chart, Family Group Sheet and more!