Summit County OH Genealogy

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Summit Records by Type

Birth Records (8)
Cemetery Records (274)
Census Records (57)
Church Records (34)
City Directories (100)
Court Records (4)
Death Records (44)
Histories and Genealogies (75)
Immigration Records (5)
Land Records (14)
Map Records (47)
Marriage Records (15)
Military Records (9)
Minority Records (1)
Miscellaneous Records (6)
Newspapers and Obituaries (145)
Probate Records (7)
School Records (144)
Tax Records (1)

Summit County Records by City/Town

Akron Genealogy (421)
Barberton Genealogy (59)
Bath in Summit County Genealogy (46)
Clinton in Summit County Genealogy (31)
Copley Genealogy (37)
Cuyahoga Falls Genealogy (79)
Green in Summit County Genealogy (33)
Greensburg Genealogy (31)
Hudson Genealogy (93)

Macedonia Genealogy (31)
Mogadore Genealogy (46)
Northfield Genealogy (35)
Norton Genealogy (43)
Peninsula Genealogy (40)
Richfield Genealogy (47)
Stow Genealogy (50)
Tallmadge Genealogy (53)
Twinsburg Genealogy (51)

Overview of Summit County Records

Summit County was created in 1840 from Portage, Medina, and Stark counties.
Copies of birth and death certificates from 1908 and later can be ordered from the Ohio Department of Health.
The Summit County Recorder has land records starting in 1840.
The Summit County Probate Court has birth records from 1866 to 1908, marriage records from 1840, death records from 1870 to 1908, and probate records from 1839.
The Summit County has court records from 1840.
Online indexes and images of many of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.