Lorain County, Ohio Genealogy
Guide to Lorain County, Ohio ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.
Coordinates: 41.47°0′N 82.15°0′W / 41.47°N 82.15°W
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Courthouse | |
Address | Lorain County Courthouse 308 2nd St. Elyria, OH 44035-5506 Lorain County Website |
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Contents
- 1 Lorain County, Ohio Record Dates
- 2 Resources
- 2.1 Bible Records
- 2.2 Biography
- 2.3 Business Records and Commerce
- 2.4 Cemeteries
- 2.5 Census
- 2.6 Church Records
- 2.7 Court Records
- 2.8 Emigration and Immigration
- 2.9 Ethnic, Political, or Religious Groups
- 2.10 Gazetteers
- 2.11 Genealogy
- 2.12 History
- 2.13 Land and Property
- 2.14 Maps
- 2.15 Military
- 2.16 Naturalization and Citizenship
- 2.17 Newspapers
- 2.18 Obituaries
- 2.19 Periodicals
- 2.20 Probate
- 2.21 Public Records
- 2.22 Repositories
- 2.23 Taxation
- 2.24 Vital Records
- 2.25 Divorce
- 3 Civil Records
- 4 Websites
- 5 References
Lorain County, Ohio Record Dates[edit | edit source]
Birth* | Marriage | Death* | Court | Land | Probate | Census |
1867 | 1824 | 1867 | 1824 | 1824 | 1840 | 1820 |
- Parent Counties: Formed from Cuyahoga, Huron, and Medina Counties 26 December 1822.[2]
- County Seat: Elyria
Description[edit | edit source]
The county was named by early settler Heman Ely for the French province of Lorraine. It's county seat is Elyria and was founded December 26, 1822. It is located in the Northcentral area of the state.[3]
Populated Places[edit | edit source]
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit Hometown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county: [4]
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Neighboring Counties[edit | edit source]
Erie County • Huron County • Ashland County • Medina County • Cuyahoga County
Boundary Changes [5][edit | edit source]
On 4 July 1805, all lands of the Connecticut Western Reserve Genealogy from the original Treaty of Greenville line (the Cuyahoga River, Tuscarawas River, and the portage between them) to 120 miles west of the Pennsylvania line between the 41st Parallel and Lake Erie, were purchased from local Indian tribes in the Treaty of Fort Industry, opening the lands of Lorain County to white settlement.
Townships in the Western Reserve were supposed to be surveyed to be five miles square, however, mistakes were made in surveying the line between the lands belonging to the Connecticut Land Company (ending in Range 19) and the Firelands (beginning in Range 20), causing townships in Range 19, which became the western townships of Lorain County (Troy, Rochester, Brighton, Camden, Henrietta, and Brownhelm) to be much narrower. These townships were set aside as "surplus lands" and used to equalize the amounts of land received by stakeholders in the Connecticut Land Company.
- For animated maps illustrating Ohio county boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Ohio County Boundary Maps" (1788-1888) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.
- All lands in what is now Lorain County were at first part of Trumbull County.
- 1807 - Geauga County created, with the townships of Columbia, Eaton, Ridgeville, Troy (now Avon), Carlisle, Elyria, Sheffield, Russia, Amherst, Black River, Henrietta, and Brownhelm, as part; the others remaining with Trumbull County.
- 1808 - Portage County created, receiving the townships previously attached to Trumbull County, namely Grafton, Penfield, LaGrange, Huntington, Wellington, Pittsfield, Rochester, Brighton, and Camden.
- 1810 - Cuyahoga County receives all of the northern townships previously attached to Geauga County.
- '1811 - Huron County received the townships of Carlisle, Elyria, Russia, Amherst, Henrietta, and Brownhelm, along with the parts of Black River and Sheffield Townships lying west of the Black River. All of Huron County was attached to Cuyahoga County until it was organized in 1815.
- 1812 - Medina County created, receiving the townships previously attached to Portage County. All of Medina County was attached to Portage County until it was organized in 1818.
- 1822 - Lorain County was formed and took in parts of:
- Huron County: the townships of Carlisle, Elyria, Russia, Amherst, Henrietta, and Brownhelm, along with the parts of Black River and Sheffield Townships lying west of the Black River.
- Cuyahoga County: the townships of Troy (now Avon), Ridgeville, Eaton, and Columbia, along with the western half of Lenox Township (now Olmsted) and the parts of Black River and Sheffield Townships lying east of the Black River.
- Medina County: the townships of LaGrange, Wellington, Pittsfield, Brighton, and Camden.
- Until the county government was organized in 1824, its parts remained attached to their former jurisdictions.
- 1827 - Lorain County received the townships of Grafton, Homer, Penfield, Spencer, Sullivan, Huntington, Troy, and Rochester, while the western half of Lenox Township (now Olmsted) was added back to Cuyahoga County. Its northern boundary was set in the middle of Lake Erie along the international boundary with Canada.
- 1840 - Summit County created, with the townships of Homer and Spencer added back into Medina County to compensate.
- 1846 - Ashland County created, which received the townships of Sullivan and Troy.
Record Loss[edit | edit source]
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.
Resources[edit | edit source]
Bible Records[edit | edit source]
Biography[edit | edit source]
Business Records and Commerce[edit | edit source]
Cemeteries[edit | edit source]
Cemetery records often reveal birth, marriage, death, relationship, military, and religious information.
Online Grave Transcripts | Published Grave Transcripts | County Cemetery Directories |
Family History Library | ||
WorldCat | ||
Billion Graves | ||
OHGenWeb | ||
OHGenWeb Tombstone Photos | ||
See Ohio Cemeteries for more information. |
- Cemetery Inscriptions of Lorain County, Ohio (Elyria, OH: Genealogical Workshop of the Lorain County Historical Society, 1980). Comprehensive listing of grave sites and records for public cemeteries all over the county, from the arrival of the earliest settlers from the East on up to 1980. Valuable shortcut to finding information that may no longer be legible on original stones. Available on the Lorain County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society website and from local libraries.
Census[edit | edit source]
Historical populations | ||
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Census | Pop. | %± |
1830 | 5,696 | — |
1840 | 18,467 | 224.2% |
1850 | 26,086 | 41.3% |
1860 | 29,744 | 14.0% |
1870 | 30,308 | 1.9% |
1880 | 35,526 | 17.2% |
1890 | 40,295 | 13.4% |
1900 | 54,857 | 36.1% |
1910 | 76,037 | 38.6% |
1920 | 90,612 | 19.2% |
1930 | 109,206 | 20.5% |
1940 | 112,390 | 2.9% |
1950 | 148,162 | 31.8% |
1960 | 217,500 | 46.8% |
1970 | 256,843 | 18.1% |
1980 | 274,909 | 7.0% |
1990 | 271,126 | −1.4% |
2000 | 284,664 | 5.0% |
2010 | 301,356 | 5.9% |
Source: "Wikipedia.org". |
Church Records[edit | edit source]
Church records and the information they provide vary significantly depending on the denomination and the record keeper. They may contain information about members of the congregation, such as age, date of baptism, christening, or birth; marriage information and maiden names; and death date. For general information about Ohio denominations, see Ohio Church Records.
- Pittsfield Community Church Originally two churches, the Pittsfield Methodist Church, formed in 1824, and the Pittsfield Congregational Church, formed in 1836 (and originally organized as the Evangelical Union Church of Christ), which built permanent structures in 1845 and 1846, respectively. Both buildings were destroyed in the Pittsfield Tornado of 1965, at which point both churches elected to combine into the Pittsfield United Church of Christ, which rebuilt by 1966. The church became independent and was renamed Pittsfield Community Church in 1997.
Court Records[edit | edit source]
Lorain County Clerk
Justice Center
225 Court St
1st Floor
Elyria, OH 44036-0749
Lorain County Clerk of Court of Common Pleas
Hours: 10am-4:30pm
Maintains records of Civil, Criminal, Domestic Relations and 9th District Court of Appeals cases
- Lorain County Clerk of Court of Common Pleas Online Case Docket contains records from 1988 onward of Civil, Criminal, Domestic Relations and 9th District Court of Appeals cases.
Emigration and Immigration[edit | edit source]
Ethnic, Political, or Religious Groups[edit | edit source]
African American
Bigglestone, William E. They Stopped in Oberlin : Black Residents and Visitors of the Nineteenth Century - Scottsdale, Ariz. : Innovation Group, C 1981. - xxv, 252 p. F499.O2 B53 1981
Gazetteers[edit | edit source]
Genealogy[edit | edit source]
History[edit | edit source]
Local histories are available for Lorain County, Ohio Genealogy. County histories may include biographies, church, school and government history, and military information. For more information about local histories, see the wiki page section Ohio Local Histories.
Local Histories[edit | edit source]
- Boynton, W.W., The Early History of Lorain County, (Elyria, Ohio: Lorain County Agricultural Society, 1876). Digital copy at Google Books Internet Archive FamilySearch Digital Library Ancestry ($)(Indexed)
- Williams, W.W., History of Lorain County, Ohio, (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Williams Bros., 1879). Digital copy at Google Books Internet Archive FHL film 908846 Item 4; book 977.123 H2h
- Henes, Ernst Louis, Looking Back on Lorain County, (Wellington, Ohio: Southern Lorain Historical Society, 1978). FHL film 1320903 Item 17; book 977.123 H2he
- Lorain County Sesquicentennial, 1824-1974, (Elyria, Ohio: American Mult-Service, 1974). FHL book 977.123 H2L
- Wright, G. Frederick, A Standard History of Lorain County, Ohio: An Authentic Narrative of the Past, with Particular Attention to the Modern Era in the Commercial, Industrial, Civic and Social Development, (Chicago, Illinois: Lewis Pub. Co., 1916). Digital copy at Google Books Internet Archive Volume 1-FamilySearch Digital Library, Volume 2-FamilySearch Digital Library, FHL film 1000325; book 977.123 H2w v. 1-2
- History of the Western Reserve, Volume 1, Volume 2, and Volume 3 by Harriet Taylor Upton (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1910).
Land and Property[edit | edit source]
Land and property records can place an ancestor in a particular location, provide economic information, and reveal family relationships. Land records include: deeds, abstracts and indexes, mortgages, leases, grants and land patents.
See Ohio Land and Property for additional information about early Ohio land grants. After land was transferred to private ownership, subsequent transactions were usually recorded at the county courthouse and where records are currently housed.
- Lorain County Recorder, Administration Building, 226 Middle Ave, First Floor, Elyria, OH 44035. Phone: +1 (440) 329-5148. Hours: M-F 8am-4:30pm. Maintains official county land records, among other documents, going back to the county's beginning. A searchable index, along with certain document images, is available for documents beginning in the late-1980s/early-1990s to present through their website, or in the Recorder's Office.
Maps[edit | edit source]
for more resources
Military[edit | edit source]
- 1888-1919 - Ohio Soldier Home Records, 1888-1919 at FamilySearch — index and images
Civil War[edit | edit source]
Civil War service men from Lorain County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies that were specifically formed in Lorain County.
- 1st Regiment, Ohio Light Artillery, Batteries B and E
- 41st Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Companies F and H
- 107th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Company G
World War I[edit | edit source]
- 1914-1919 - Ohio, World War I Statement of Service Cards, 1914-1919 at FamilySearch — index and images
- 1914-1918 - Ohio, World War I, Enrollment Cards, 1914-1918 at FamilySearch — index and images
- 1916-1920 - Ohio, WWI Index and Return Cards, 1916-1920 at FamilySearch — index
Naturalization and Citizenship[edit | edit source]
- 1800-1977 - Ohio, County Naturalization Records, 1800-1977 at FamilySearch — index and images
Newspapers[edit | edit source]
Lorain County, Ohio Genealogy newspapers may contain genealogical value including obituaries, births, marriages, deaths, anniversaries, family gatherings, family travel, achievements, business notices, engagement information, and probate court proceedings.
To access newspapers, contact public libraries, Ohio Genealogical Society chapters, college or university libraries, the Library of Congress, Google News, or the Ohio Memory. The Ohio Genealogical Society Obituary Database is another source of newspaper information.
For more Ohio newspaper information see the Newspaper Guides on the wiki page Ohio Newspapers and Obituaries. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers at the Library of Congress lists a plethora of local newspaper titles along with libraries and historical societies which retain archives of them. Please note that their listings are extensive, but not comprehensive, as local libraries may retain archives which are not listed.
Daily newspapers have been published since the 1800s in Elyria and Lorain. Elyria newspapers often published information and announcements relevant to the entire county (being that Elyria is the county seat) with much focus on areas in the central and southern parts of the county, including at times western Cuyahoga and Medina Counties, eastern Erie and Huron Counties and northern Ashland County. Lorain newspapers usually focused on the lakeshore communities. Information published in both cities often includes births and deaths, marriages and divorces, hospital discharges, legal notices, court filings, land transfers, and personal news (for example, "Mr. John Smith and family from Wellington spent the day with his mother-in-law, Mrs. Wm. Whitney in LaGrange on Saturday.").
Daily newspapers in Cleveland also cover news and events in Lorain County, including obituaries.
- NewspaperARCHIVE contains an extensive number of newspaper issues from both Elyria and Lorain, which are browsable and searchable, although not every issue of each newspaper is available (a fee is required, however it is availabe free of charge if accessed from this Elyria Public Library web page); their archives are also available with membership at Ancestry.com.
- Microfilm and original archives are kept at local libraries.
Weekly community newspapers have been published for over 100 years in Amherst, Oberlin, and Wellington. More recently, The Sun Sentinel covers Avon, Avon Lake, and North Ridgeville.
- The Oberlin College Library Special Collections include fully-searchable images of the Oberlin News-Tribune from 1941-1945, and an index to three Oberlin newspapers from 1860-1936.
Online Newspapers
Online Newspaper Abstracts
Newspaper Extracts and Abstracts in Book Form
Obituaries[edit | edit source]
- Oberlin High School obituaries from the 1800s to present.
- Lorain County Obituaries More recent obituaries. Free.
Periodicals[edit | edit source]
Probate[edit | edit source]
From 1797 or the creation of the county, probate records were held by the Court of Common Pleas. After 1852, records are held by the {{{1}}} County Probate Court. Records include wills, estates, guardianships, naturalizations, marriage, adoption, and birth and death records (1867-1908 only). The records may give the decedent's date of death, name of spouse, children, parents, siblings, in-laws, neighbors, associates, relatives, and their place of residence.
See Ohio Probate Records for information about how to use probate records. Online Probate Records
- 1786 - 1998 Ohio Wills and Probate Records 1786-1998 at Ancestry.com — index and images $
- 1789 - 1996 Ohio Probate Records 1789-1996 at FamilySearch.org — images
- 1790–1967 - Ohio, Probate Records, 1790-1967 at FamilySearch Historical Records – free. This collection consists of probate records and estate files from county courthouses in Ohio. The content and time period varies by county, with more records being added as they become available. This Collection will include records from 1789 to 1996. Currently, (September 2012) the collection is only searchable by browsing the images. A list of Fires that have destroyed records in the courthouses of several counties are listed on the Record Description page.
- Lorain County Probate On-line Records Search contains all probate related records, including marriages, since 1990. The search also includes marriage records (bride's and groom's names only) back to about 1930.
- Lorain County Probate Court, Justice Center, 225 Court Street, 6th Floor, Elyria, OH 44035. Phone: +1 (440) 329-5175. Fax: +1 (440) 244-6261. Holds marriage and probate records from 1824 to present, along with countywide birth and death records from 1867 to 1908.
Finding More Probate Records[edit source]
Additional probate records can sometimes be found using search phrases such as Lorain County, Ohio Genealogy Probate Records in online catalogs like:
- WorldCat (For instructions see WorldCat Online Catalog).
- FamilySearch Catalog (For instructions see FamilySearch Catalog Places Search).
Public Records[edit | edit source]
Repositories[edit | edit source]
Courthouse[edit | edit source]
Lorain County Courthouse
226 Middle Avenue;
Elyria, OH 44035;
Phone: 440.329.5428
Probate Judge has birth, marriage and probate records;
Clerk Court has divorce records from 1850 and court
records from 1824; County Recorder has land records;
Elyria Public Library and Loraina County Historical Society
have books of genealogical interest[6]
Lorain County is located in Northeast Ohio on the shores of Lake Erie just west of Cleveland. It has long been home to great agriculture and industry, though both have declined due to suburban sprawl spilling out of Cuyahoga County, and the emigration of manufacturing jobs to other regions. Although the county was created in 1822, records were not kept by it until the county government was organized and began to function in1824.
Family History Centers[edit | edit source]
Family History Centers provide one-on-one assistance, free access to center-only databases, and to premium genealogical websites.
FamilySearch Affiliate Libraries have access to most center-only databases, but may not always have full services normally provided by a family history center.
Local Centers and Libraries
For additional nearby Family History Centers, search online in the FHC directory. Put your town name in the top search box.
Libraries[edit | edit source]
Elyria Public Library System Central Library
320 Washington Ave
Elyria, Ohio 44035
Telephone: 440-323-5747
Fax:440-323-5788
The Ohio Room
Elyria Public Library System Central Library
M-R 10am-7pm, F-Sa 12pm-4pm, Su 1pm-5pm.
contains an extensive collection of local history and genealogy books, atlases, maps, obituary indexes, city directories, and high school yearbooks, also included are microfilm archives of county newspapers beginning in 1832, the United States Census for local counties, and Lorain County Probate Court birth, death, and marriage records and indexes.
Hours: M-R 9am-8:30pm, F-Sa 9am-5pm, Su Oct-Apr 1pm-5pm.
Barbara and Mike Bass Library/Community Resource Center
Lorain County Community College
1005 N Abbe Rd,
Elyria,Ohio 44035
Telephone:440-365-4026
Toll-free: +1 (800) 995-5222 Ext. 4026
Barbara and Mike Bass Library/Community Resource Center
Lorain County Community College
Oberlin College Library
148 W College St
Oberlin, Ohio 44074
Telephone 440-775-8285
Fax: 440-775-6586
Oberlin College Library
Oberlin College
Museums[edit | edit source]
Societies[edit | edit source]
The Connecticut Western Reserve Genealogy was a part of northeast Ohio originally intended for settlement by Revolutionary War refugees from Connecticut.[7] The former Connecticut Western Reserve lands were in the modern counties of Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga, Huron, Lake, Lorain, Medina, Portage, and Trumbull fully, but also in parts of Ashland, Mahoning, Ottawa, Summit, and Wayne counties in Ohio.
The Research Library at the Western Reserve Historical Society History Center is the premier repository for Cleveland, Ohio and Connecticut Western Reserve history material. One of the principal strengths is its manuscript collections.[8] The WRHS collection has original land records, genealogies of New England, New York, and Pennsylvania, biographies, histories, and family Bibles.[7]
Other Societies
Lorain County Historical Society
509 Washington Ave
Elyria, Ohio 44035
Telephone: 440-322-3341
Website
Western Reserve Historical Society
10825 East Blvd
Cleveland, Ohio 44106
Telephone: 216-721-5722
Website
Lorain County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society
PO Box 865
Elyria, Ohio 44036-0865
Website contains user-contributed birth, death, marriage, and court records, as well as obituaries.
Black River Historical Society
09 W 5th St
Lorain, Ohio
Telephone: 440-245-2563
Website
The Southern Lorain County Historical Society/Spirit of '76 Museum
PO Box 76, 201 N Main St
Wellington, Ohio 44090
Telephone:440-647-4367
Website
Museum is housed in Downtown Wellington in a former cold storage warehouse during Wellington's cheesemaking heydey. Contains extensive collection of local and period artifacts and exhibits, along with a library containing historical maps, Wellington High School yearbooks, and an archive of the Wellington Enterprise.
Admission is free.
- 103rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry Society for descendants of soldiers who fought in this regiment during the Civil War.
Online Genealogy Research Groups[edit | edit source]
- U.S. Midwest Genealogy Research Community - FamilySearch Facebook Research Group
- Ohio Ancestors - FamilySearch Community group, must have a free FamilySearch account to join
- U.S. and Canada Genealogy Research - FamilySearch Community group, must have a free FamilySearch account to join
Taxation[edit | edit source]
- 1800-1850 - Ohio Tax Records, 1800-1850 at FamilySearch — index and images
- 1800-1850 Ohio Tax Records, 1800-1850 at MyHeritage ($) — index
- Lorain County Records Retention Center, Early Years Tax Duplicates Digital scans of county tax duplicate records from1824 to 1969 available for free in PDF format.
Finding More Tax Records
Additional tax records can sometimes be found using search phrases such as Lorain County, Ohio Genealogy Tax Records in online catalogs like:
- WorldCat (For instructions see WorldCat Online Catalog).
- FamilySearch Catalog (For instructions see FamilySearch Catalog Places Search).
Vital Records[edit | edit source]
Vital records consist of birth, death, marriage and divorce records. Marriages were usually recorded from the formation of the county and are held at the office of the County Probate Court. Divorce records are located with the county Clerk of Courts.
Any existing birth and death records from 1867 through December 19, 1908 are located at the County Probate Court. The Ohio Department of Health has birth records filed after December 20, 1908 and death records filed after January 1, 1954, while the Ohio History Connection houses death records from December 20, 1908 through December 31, 1953.
Birth[edit | edit source]
Online Birth Indexes and Records
- 1841-2003 - Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003 at FamilySearch — index and images
- Ohio Births and Christenings, 1821-1962 (FamilySearch). Name index to birth, baptism and christening records from the state of Ohio. Microfilm copies of these records are available at the Family History Library and Family History Centers.
- The probate court in Lorain County began keeping birth and death records when required by state law in 1867. Birth and death certificates have been recorded as of 20 December 1908.
- Lorain County Records Retention Center, Probate Court Early Birth and Death Records Digital images of county birth and death records from 1867-1908 available for free in PDF format. These records may also be obtained through the probate court.
- 1908-1998 Ohio, Birth Index, 1908-1998 at Ancestry.com ($) — index
Original Birth Records on Microfilm
Marriage[edit | edit source]
Online Marriage Indexes and Records
- 1789-2013 - Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013 at FamilySearch — index and images
- 1800-1958 - Ohio, Marriages, 1800-1958 at FamilySearch — free; Index.
- 1800-1942 - Ohio, Marriages, 1800-1942 at FamilySearch — index
- 1930 - Lorain County Probate On-line Records Search contains all probate related records, including marriages, since [[1990. The search also includes marriage records (bride's and groom's names only) back to about 1930.
- 1824 Lorain County Probate Court maintains countywide marriage records from 1824 to present.
- 1950 to present - Ohio Department of Health, Office of Vital Statistics maintains an index of marriages that occurred in Ohio from 1 January 1950 to present, and divorces that occurred in Ohio from 1 January 1954 to present.
- 1970-2003 Ohio, Marriages, 1970 - 2003 at MyHeritage ($) — index
Original Marriage Records on Microfilm
Death[edit | edit source]
Online Death Indexes and Records
- The probate court in Lorain County began keeping birth and death records when required by state law in 1867. Birth and death certificates have been recorded as of 20 December 1908.
- 1840-2001 - Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001 at FamilySearch — index and images
- 1854-1997 - Ohio Deaths and Burials, 1854-1997 (FamilySearch). Name index to death and burial records from the state of Ohio. Microfilm copies of these records are available at the Family History Library and Family History Centers.
- 1867-1908 - Lorain County Records Retention Center, Probate Court Early Birth and Death Records Digital images of county birth and death records from 1867-1908 available for free in PDF format. These records may also be obtained through the probate court.
- 1908-1953 - Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953 (FamilySearch). Name index and images of Ohio statewide death certificates.
- 1908-1932, 1938-2018 Ohio, Death Records, 1908-1932, 1938-2018 at Ancestry.com ($) — index and images
- 1913-1944, 1954-1963 Ohio Death Index, 1913-1944, 1954-1963 at MyHeritage ($) — index
Original Death Records on Microfilm
Finding More Vital Records
Additional vital records can sometimes be found using search phrases such as Lorain County, Ohio Genealogy Vital Records in online catalogs like:
- WorldCat (For instructions see WorldCat Online Catalog).
- FamilySearch Catalog (For instructions see FamilySearch Catalog Places Search).
Divorce[edit | edit source]
- Lorain County Clerk of Court of Common Pleas Online Case Docket contains divorce records from 1988 onward.
- Lorain County Clerk of Court of Common Pleas retains divorce records from its Domestic Relations Division.
Divorces are stored in the Records Division, Room 109 Phone 440-329-5511 or 440-329-5489 Fax 440-329-5400 chart@loraincounty.us
Civil Records[edit | edit source]
Beginning Dates for Lorain County Records | ||||||
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Birth | Marriage | Death | Census | Land | Probate | Court |
1867 |
1824 |
1867 |
1830 |
1824 |
1824 |
1824 |
See also: Ohio Vital Records
Official birth and death certificates are available from:
- Lorain County General Health District's Vital Statistics Office for births and deaths occurring countywide from December 1908 to present except in the City of Lorain.
- Lorain City Health Department for births and deaths occurring from December 1908 to present only within the City of Lorain.
- Ohio Department of Health, Office of Vital Statistics for births throughout the entire State of Ohio from December 1908 to present, and deaths occurring in Ohio from 1 January 1954 to present.
Websites[edit | edit source]
- Lorain County, OH History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
- Lorain County OH Genealogy
- Ohio Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Lorain County, Ohio. Page 540-547 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002; Alice Eichholz, ed. Ancestry’s Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources, Third ed. (Provo, Utah: Ancestry, 2004), 531-533.
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), [FHL book 973 D27e 2002].
- ↑ Genealogy Trails History Group, “Lorain County, Ohio Genealogy and History”, http://genealogytrails.com/ohio/lorain/ accessed 2/22/2017.
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Lorain County, Ohio," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorain_County,_Ohio, accessed 26 December 2018.
- ↑ George Frederick Wright, A Standard History of Lorain County, Ohio, Volume 1 (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1916), 62-9.
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Lorain County, Ohio. Page 543 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 William Dollarhide, and Ronald A. Bremer, America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers (Bountiful, UT: Heritage Quest, 1988), 89. At various repositories (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 J54d.
- ↑ Family History and Genealogical Research in Western Reserve Historical Society (accessed 11 March 2015).
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