Kent Genealogy (in Portage County, OH)

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Kent Birth Records

1800-1962 Ohio Births and Christenings Index Ancestry online

1908-1964 Ohio Birth Index Ancestry online

Birth and death records, 1867-1908 FamilySearch Library

List of re-registrations of birth 1942 located in the Portage County Historical Society Library FamilySearch Library

Ohio, Birth Records, 1908-present Ohio Department of Health

Kent Cemetery Records

Breakneck Cemetery Billion Graves online

Breckneck Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Hudson Road Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Kent - Corners Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Pioneer Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Russell Cemetery Billion Graves online

Standing Rock Cemetery Find a Grave online

Standing Rock Cemetery Billion Graves online

Standing Rock Cemetery Genealogy Trails online

Standing Rock Cemetery Ohio Gravestones online

Stow Street Cemetery Find a Grave online

Stow Street Cemetery Billion Graves online

Towner Mound Find a Grave online

Westlawn Cemetery Billion Graves online

Kent Census Records

Federal Census of 1940, Kent, Ohio LDS Genealogy online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage online

United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search online

Kent Church Records

1800-1962 Ohio Births and Christenings Index Ancestry online

Parish records from St. Patrick Church, Kent, Ohio, 1864-1912 : including baptism, marriage, confirmation and first communion WorldCat

Kent City Directories

Akron, Alliance, Cuyahoga Falls, Middlebury, Kent, Canton, Ravenna, Massillon, Salem 1870-71 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Art Trory's directory tells who were business men 29 years ago FamilySearch Library

Kent City Directory 1930 MyHeritage online

Kent, Ohio directory FamilySearch Library

Kent Death Records

1908-1932, 1938-2007 Ohio Deaths Ancestry online

Birth and death records, 1867-1908 FamilySearch Library

Ohio Death Index, 1913-1944, 1954-1963 MyHeritage online

Ohio, Death Records, 1908-present Ohio Department of Health

Ohio, Portage County obits & etc. : from Ravenna-Kent, Ohio Record-Courier newspaper FamilySearch Library

Ohio, Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center Obituary Index, 1810s-2013 Ancestry online

Portage County, Ohio, newspaper obituary abstracts, 1825-1870 FamilySearch Library

Kent Histories and Genealogies

Franklin Township and Kent FamilySearch Library

Kent boys : where they are and what they are doing FamilySearch Library

Kent in the early days : Jas. P. Hall describes the town as it appeared in 1840 FamilySearch Library

Kent, Ohio, the dynamic decades : a history of the community from 1930's to the 1990's FamilySearch Library

Recollections of an old settler : stories of Kent and vicinity in pioneer times FamilySearch Library

The history of Kent : historical and biographical FamilySearch Library

Kent Immigration Records

Naturalization records, 1859-1906 FamilySearch Library

Ohio, County Naturalization Records, 1800-1977 MyHeritage online

Kent Land Records

Deed records, 1795-1881; index, 1795-1917 FamilySearch Library

Index to deeds; grantors, transcribed from Trumbull, Portage, Medina and Stark counties, 1795-1840 FamilySearch Library

Kent Map Records

Kent 1882 Bird's Eye View Map (in U.S. Historic Land Ownership and Reference Atlases) Ancestry online

Panoramic view map of the city of Kent, Portage County, Ohio 1882. Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Kent, Portage County, Ohio, 1904 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Kent, Portage County, Ohio, 1911 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Kent, Portage County, Ohio, 1919 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Kent, Portage County, Ohio, April 1889 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Kent, Portage County, Ohio, August 1884 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Kent, Portage County, Ohio, December 1898 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Kent, Portage County, Ohio, September 1893 Library of Congress online

Kent Marriage Records

1774-1993 Ohio, County Marriages Ancestry online

Marriage records 1808-1917, Portage County, Ohio FamilySearch Library

Parish records from St. Patrick Church, Kent, Ohio, 1864-1912 : including baptism, marriage, confirmation and first communion WorldCat

Kent Newspapers and Obituaries

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Daily Kent Stater (Ohio/United States) [Kent] 30 September 1952 to 8 December 1989 Kent State University online

Daily Kent Stater (Ohio/United States) [Kent] 30 September 1952 to 8 December 1989 Elephind online

Early newspapers of Franklin Mills / Kent FamilySearch Library

Kent State University Summer News (Ohio/United States) [Kent] 21 June 1955 to 23 August 1979 Kent State University online

Kent State University Summer News (Ohio/United States) [Kent] 21 June 1955 to 23 August 1979 Elephind online

Kent Stater Summer Bulletin, The (Ohio/United States) [Kent] 23 June 1954 to 27 August 1954 Kent State University online

Kent Stater Summer Bulletin, The (Ohio/United States) [Kent] 23 June 1954 to 27 August 1954 Elephind online

Kent Stater, The (Ohio/United States) [Kent] 22 September 1939 to 21 August 1952 Kent State University online

Kent Stater, The (Ohio/United States) [Kent] 22 September 1939 to 21 August 1952 Elephind online

Kent Tribune, 1917-1929 Ohio Memory online

Ohio, Portage County obits & etc. : from Ravenna-Kent, Ohio Record-Courier newspaper FamilySearch Library

Ohio, Portage County obits & etc. : from Ravenna-Kent, Ohio Record-Courier newspaper 1978-1987 FamilySearch Library

Ohio, Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center Obituary Index, 1810s-2013 Ancestry online

Portage County, Ohio, newspaper obituary abstracts, 1825-1870 FamilySearch Library

Record-Courier 11/13/2012 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Summer Kent Stater, The (Ohio/United States) [Kent] 19 June 1980 to 16 August 1989 Kent State University online

Summer Kent Stater, The (Ohio/United States) [Kent] 19 June 1980 to 16 August 1989 Elephind online

The Record of A Year's Doings in Kent and Vicinity : A Brief Chronology of Affairs That Have Taken Place During the Year of 1891 FamilySearch Library

Offline Newspapers for Kent

According to the US Newspaper Directory, the following newspapers were printed, so there may be paper or microfilm copies available. For more information on how to locate offline newspapers, see our article on Locating Offline Newspapers.

Commercial Bulletin. (Kent, Ohio) 1866-1867

Courier-Tribune. (Kent, Ohio) 1929-1944

Daily Kent Stater. (Kent, Ohio) 1954-Current

Daily News Record. (New York) 1916-Current

Kent Courier. (Kent, Ohio) 1886-1929

Kent News. (Kent [Ohio]) 1867-1869

Kent Saturday Bulletin. (Kent, Ohio) 1870s-1887

Kent Stater. (Kent, Ohio) 1926-1953

Kent Tribune. (Kent, Ohio) 1916-1929

Saturday Bulletin. (Kent, Ohio) 1869-1870s

Saturday Bulletin. (Kent, Ohio) 1888-1899

Saturday Morning Bulletin. (Kent, Ohio) 1867-1868

Stump City. (Kent, Ohio) 1971-1972

Kent Probate Records

1786-1998 Ohio, Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Kent School Records

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Cornerstone Community School yearbook, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006 Classmates online

Cornerstone Community School yearbook, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Kent State College yearbooks, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1938 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Kent State High School - Statesman Yearbook (Kent, OH), 1925, 1936 E Yearbook online

Kent State High School yearbooks, 1925, 1936, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1971, 1972 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Kent State Normal College yearbooks, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1919, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Kent State Normal School yearbook, 1914 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Kent State University (High School Program) yearbook, 1925, 1936, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972 Classmates online

Kent State University (High School Program) yearbook, 1925, 1936, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Kent State University (High School Program) yearbooks, 1968, 1970 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Kent State University - Chestnut Burr Yearbook (Kent, OH), 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985 E Yearbook online

Kent State University School yearbook, 1969 Classmates online

Kent State University School yearbook, 1969 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Kent State University yearbooks, 1915, 1916, 1918, 1925, 1927, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Ohio State Normal College At Kent yearbook, 1910 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Roosevelt High School - Rough Rider Yearbook (Kent, OH), 1947, 1949, 1950, 1956, 1957, 1974, 1979, 1986 E Yearbook online

Roosevelt High School yearbook, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Roosevelt High School yearbook, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Roosevelt High School yearbook, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 Classmates online

Kent Tax Records

Tax records of Portage, Summit and portions of Medina Cos., Ohio, 1808-1820 FamilySearch Library



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