The
Western Reserve Research
Over 18000 family histories are included on microfiche and in other publications. Visit the Western Reserve Historical Society Family History website for information on genealogy research.
Looking
for a photo of a Cleveland Service man from 1940-1955? Try the searchable
database held on the Western Reserve Historical Society website. Maybe your search needs to begin with funeral records. Pease ,
JD Deutsch,
McGorray Brothers and
Chambers funeral home books have been indexed for various years and available for online
searches on the Western Research Historical Society website.
In
addition to its online presence the Western Research Historical Society has a
Research Center just waiting for researchers tracing their Cleveland and
Northeast Ohio ancestors; and is filled
with manuscript collections offering textural social history, cultural
references and photograph from as early as 1839.
If
your early ancestors settled in the Western Reserve - Northeastern Ohio and western Connecticut lands,
you will want to review the area history to understand the holdings and
collections of the Western Reserve Historical Society. Note: this
area was called the Western Reserve
since it was the far west part of Connecticut’s contribution to the westward
settlement.
Genealogy Collections
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| Hinds County Gazette (Raymond, MS) 17 Oct 1845, pg3 (newspapers.com) |
Over 18000 family histories are included on microfiche and in other publications. Visit the Western Reserve Historical Society Family History website for information on genealogy research.
The
Community History Archives holds special collections. Although the online presence of the African American
Archives is rather extensive, the other ethnic collections are not catalogued
online. Here’s a quick overview as reviewed online:
African
American Archives
The African American Archives has an
impressive newspaper collection,
beginning with the Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church
collection from 1839-1849. Another pre-Civil war publication was The Anti Slavery
Bugle, New Lisbon, Salem OH, from 1845-1861.
The
Cleveland American, Ohio City, 1845 held the motto. “There is but one proper
and effectual mode by which the overthrow of slavery can be accomplished, and
that is by Legislative Authority; and this so far as my suffrage can go, shall
not be wanting.”
Irish
American Archives
If
your African American family was in the Cleveland area, you will want to peruse
the Allen E. Cole Photograph Collection, 1919-1960’sof over 30,000 negatives and 6000 prints. Visit here for the listing of the AfricanAmerican Photograph Collections.
The Irish American Archives holds papers and photographs. Available Collections are not online.
Italian
American Archives
The Italian American Archives,
established in 2005, is increasing its holdings through donations.
Cleveland
Jewish Archives
If you are doing Jewish history
research, the website at the Cleveland Jewish Archives lists many area resources.
One of my recent searches included the
Jewish Marriage and Death Notices searchable database which holds over 25,000
entries from the Jewish Independent and The Jewish Review and Observer
(1889-1964)
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