Summit County, Ohio

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Summit County, Ohio
Map
Location in the state of Ohio
Location of Ohio in the U.S.
Courthouse
Address	Summit County Courthouse 209 S High St. Akron, Ohio 44308 Summit County Website

Historical Facts

• Parent Counties: Formed from Medina, Portage, and Stark Counties in 1840.
  
• County Seat: Akron
   
• Neighboring Counties: Summit County, Ohio residents may also have records in ^[1]Cuyahoga (north) · Stark (south) · Medina (west) · Geauga (northeast) · Wayne (southwest) · Portage (east)

Boundary Changes

See an interactive map of Summit County boundary changes.

Record Loss

Resources

Bible Records

Biography

Business Records and Commerce

Cemeteries

• Summit County, Ohio Cemeteries
• Summit County Cemeteries
• Bath Township Cemeteries
• Find A Grave (126) listed for Summit County
• Forest Grove Cemetery
• Hudson Ohio Cemeteries
• Maple Lawn Cemetery in Stow, Ohio
• Mount Peace Cemetery, Akron, Ohio
• Northampton Harrington Cemetery Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
• O'Brien Cemetery Hudson, Ohio
• Ohio Gravestones
• Ohio Tombstone Photo Project
• Stow Cemetery, Stow BillionGraves
• Summit County Cemeteries
• (Epodunk) Summit County Cemeteries
• The Political Graveyard
• The Tombstone Transcription Project
• Many cemetery records for Summit County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see topic details.

A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:
Ohio, Summit County, Coroner Inquests, Hospital and Cemetery Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Census and Directories

• 1840 United States Federal Census $
• United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850
• United States Census 1850
• U. S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880 $
• United States Census, 1860
• United States Census 1860
• 1860 United States Federal Census $
• United States Census, 1870
• United States Census 1870
• 1880 United States Federal Census $
• United States Census, 1880
• United States Census 1880
• 1890 Veterans Schedule $
• United States Census, 1900
• United States Census 1900
• 1910 United States Federal Census $
• United States Census, 1920
• 1930 United States Federal Census $
• U. S. City Directories for Akron 1889-1899, 1938-1939 $
• U. S. City Directories for Akron; Barberton, Cuyahoga Falls, 1938-1939 $
• U. S. City Directories in Akron, Portage Lake; Barberton: 1941 $
• Historic Akron City Directories

Church Records

• LDS Ward and Branch Records
• Akron
• Tallmadge Church (dedicated in 1825)
• Barberton Churches
• Churches near Summit County, Ohio
• Summit County Ohio Churches

Court Records

• The Records Project, Summit County Public Record Information Online
• Summit County, Ohio Free Public Records Directory
• Many court records for Summit County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see [[Many court records for Summit County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see topic details.
• Many guardianship records for Summit County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see topic details.

Emigration and Immigration

Ethnic, Political, or Religious Groups

• Jewish Community Board

Funeral Homes

• Funeral Homes near Summit County, Ohio

Gazetteers

Genealogy

Summit County Ohio has a great chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society

History

Local Histories

• The Formation of Summit County, Ohio
• Historical Collections of Ohio by Henry Howe Vol. II 1888
• Fifty Yeas and Over of Akron and Summit County
• Summit County History and Information
• Akron Women's History
• Cuyahoga Falls History
• Discover the Heritage of Summit County, Ohio
• Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative Citizens (1908)
• Summit Co., Ohio Biographies
• Summit County, Ohio Biography (WorldCat)
• History of Summit County, With an outline sketch of Ohio, 1881
• Summit County, Ohio (WikipediA)
• Histories of Specific Towns and Townships
• Many histories records for Summit County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see topic details.
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Land and Property

• Summit County, Ohio, Land Patents
• Land Patent Search
• U. S. General Land Office Records, 1797-1907, Ohio, Summit $
• Many land records for Summit County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see topic details.

Maps

• Summit County Map 1856
• 1872 Topographical Atlas
• Combination Atlas Map of Summit County, 1874
• Summit and Surrounding County Map
• Akron
• 1895 Map of Summit County, Ohio
• Atlas and Industrial Geography of Summit County, 1910
• Akron Plat Map, 1915
• Plat Book of Akron, 1921
• Many maps for Summit County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see [[Many maps for Summit County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see topic details.

Military

Revolutionary War

• Soldiers of the American Revolution, buried in or said to be buried in Summit County, Ohio
  

Civil War

• Civil War Pension Index Cards
• http://genealogytrails.com/ohio/summit/military/civil/burials.htm Civil War Soldiers Buried in Summit County]
• Civil War (scanned documents, photos)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883 in Summit County
• Civil War service men from Summit 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 Summit County.
• 1st Regiment, Ohio Light Artillery, Battery D
• 104th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Company H
• 107th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Company I

World War I

• World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 $

World War II

• U. S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 $
• U. S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 $
• States, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
• World War II Casualties
• Soldiers buried in Unmarked Graves in Summit County

Naturalization and Citizenship

• The Summit County Clerk of Courts has placed online an index and actual images of 1850 - 1991 Naturalization Records
• Many naturalization and citizenship records for Summit County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see topic details.

Newspapers

• Summit County, Ohio Newspapers
• Obituares Akron Beacon Journal (only 1 year of past obituaries held online)
• Aurora Advocate
• Bedford Times-Register
• Cuyahoga Falls News-Press
• Gateway News
• Hudson Hub Times
• Mapel Heights Press
• The News Leader
• The Record Courier
• Stow Sentry
• The Tallmadge Express
• Twinsburg Bulletin

Obituaries

Periodicals

Probate

• Many probate records for Summit County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see topic details.

Public Records

Repositories

Courthouse

Summit County Courthouse
53 University Avenue
Akron, OH 44301
Phone: 330.643.2900

County Recorder has land records from 1840
Probate Court has birth, marriage, death and
probate records^[2]

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
• Akron Ohio Family History Center

Libraries

• Libraries
• Akron-Summit County Public Library

       Special Collections
       Summit Memory
       Digital Library

• Libraries, Museums, Archives
• Herrick Memorial Library

Museums

Societies

• Summit County Chapter Ohio Genealogical Society
• The Genealogical History of Richfield, Summit County, Ohio
• The Historical Society of Olde Northfield
• Peninsula Library & Historical Society
• Hudson Genealogical Study Group
• Hudson Library & Historical Society
• Akron Canton and Youngstown Railroad Historical Society
• Libraries, Museums, Archives
• Richfield Historical Society Summit County, Ohio

Schools

• Barberton, Ohio Central High School, 1919

Taxation

• Many tax records for Summit County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see topic details.

Vital Records

Birth

• Birth Records (1938-Current)

Marriage

Death

• Death Records (1938-Current)
• Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2002 $
• 'Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953 Free name indexes and images at FamilySearch. Records include such information as birth date of deceased, city, county, and state of death, name of spouse if married, names of parents, maiden name of mother, name of informant, if deceased was single, married, windowed or divorced, occupation of deceased.
• Many vital records for Summit County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see topic details.

Web Sites

• Family History Library Catalog
• Records and Research Facilities Summit County, Ohio
• UsGenWeb
• Genealogy Trails, Summit County, Ohio
• Cindy's List for Summit County, Ohio
• Histopolis Collaborative Genealogy and History

Places

Cities

Townships

Historical Townships

Unincorporated Communities

• Summit County Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Cuyahoga
• Geauga
• Medina
• Portage
• Stark
• Wayne

References

1. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Summit County, Ohio" in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summit_County,_Ohio (accessed 10 May 2012).
2. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Summit County, Ohio. Page 546 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.