Cuyahoga County OH Genealogy

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If you're not sure which records would be helpful, you can try our Ancestor Source Finder tool. Cuyahoga Records by Type Birth Records (45) Cemetery Records (366) Census Records (74) Church Records (300) City Directories (255) Court Records (9) Death Records (59) Histories and Genealogies (315) Immigration Records (29) Land Records (18) Map Records (55) Marriage Records (49) Military Records (25) Minority Records (42) Miscellaneous Records (31) Newspapers and Obituaries (469) Probate Records (12) School Records (501) Tax Records (6)

Overview of Cuyahoga County Records

• Cuyahoga County was created in 1808 from Geauga County.
• Copies of birth and death certificates from 1908 and later can be ordered from the Ohio Department of Health.
• The Cuyahoga County Probate Court has birth records starting in 1859 to 1908 and death records from 1868 to1908.
• The Cuyahoga County Western Reserve Historical Society has marriage records starting in 1810 and tax revenues starting in 1819 to 1869.
• The Cuyahoga County Marriage License Bureau has marriage records starting in 1810.
• The Cuyahoga County Courthouse has naturalization records starting in 1818 to 1906 and probate records starting in 1810.
• The Cuyahoga County Clerk Court has divorce records starting in 1837 to 1925 and court records starting in 1823.
• The Cuyahoga County Administration Building has land records starting in 1810.
• Online indexes and images of many of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.