Genealogy Web

The P.K. Smith Research Library houses the records of some of Lake County’s significant families. Family documents and diaries are part of our collection. Here is a sample of some of our specialized indexes:

• Marriage Records – Early years of Lake County
• Funeral Home records – Spear & Nixon – Late 19 th century to early 1960s
• Name Index – Multiple listings for thousands of Lake County names
• Veterans – Small index, but includes the Spanish-American War

We have some very small indexes of births and divorces. Our main collection is found in our Archival Boxes of families of Lake County. Here is a sample listing:

• Baldwin
• Casement
• Collacott
• Gage
• Goldsmith
• Hitchcock
• Hungerford
• Huntington
• Morley

The Deed Book for records prior to 1840 when Lake County was part of Trumbull and Geauga counties can help you locate where families lived and what property was owned. The Census books for those early Lake County years are another valuable tool used to trace your family here in the county.

So please contact us by telephone (440-639-2945), email (research@lakehistory.org) or mail ( 415 Riverside Drive, Painesville Twp, Oh 44077). We are most anxious to help you find that special family connection