Research The Johnson Family Library is available for historical and genealogical research on Tuesdays and Fridays from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM. The library is located in the Lorain County History Center, 284 Washington Avenue, Elyria. The fee for research is $10 per hour ($5 for LCHS members). Additionally, LCHS is pleased to provide research assistance to those who cannot visit the History Center. This service is on a fee cost basis of $20.00 per hour. If copies are requested please include an extra $5.00 to cover all copies and postage. Our research staff will evaluate your information and formulate a research strategy. We will advise you of any estimated cost beyond one hour. Please contact our library staff at library@lchs.org. To utilize our remote library research service, please complete the Library Research Authorization and Information Sheet and return with a $12.00 (one hour) deposit to: Lorain County Historical Society 284 Washington Ave Elyria, OH 44035 Pay for your library and research work via PayPal! Online Resources General Sites ancestry.com (subscription required) https://www.familysearch.org/en/ (free but registration required) Vital Records (Birth, Marriage, Death) https://www.rbhayes.org/main/ohio-obituary-index/ (Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library) https://resources.ohiohistory.org/death/index.php Immigration Records http://www.immigrantships.net/ https://www.libertyellisfoundation.org/ Cemetery Records https://billiongraves.com/ https://www.findagrave.com/ http://www.interment.net/data/us/oh/lorain/ridgelawn/index.htm Land Records https://www.loraincounty.com/recorder/ (only land records from 1987 to present are online but the Lorain County Recorders Office has records starting in 1824) https://www.ohiohistory.org/preserve/state-historic-preservation-office/mapping/historicatlas Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps of Lorain County https://www.loc.gov/maps/?fa=partof:sanborn+maps%7Clocation:ohio%7Clocation:lorain+county Historical Newspapers http://www.elyrialibrary.org/ (access to newspaperarchive.com is free through the Elyria Public Library; registration with an Elyria Public Library card required) Resources Available at the Lorain County History Center 1. Census Index for Lorain County (1850 - 1880) 2. Marriage Index (1824 - 1865)3. Marriage Applications Elyria Newspapers (1830 - 1874) 4. Index to Women in the Western Reserve before 1840 5. Obituary Index (1830 - 1874) (1875 - 1893) (1970 - 1974) 6. Master File of Lorain County Chapter Ohio Genealogical Society 7. List of First Families of Lorain County 8. City Directories of Elyria, Ohio (1859 - Current) *Incomplete* 9. City Directories of Lorain, Ohio (1891 - Current) *Incomplete* 10. Cemetery Inscriptions of Lorain County 1980 (65 of 71 cemeteries) 11. Pioneer Women of the Western Reserve (Book with Index) 12. Williams Brothers History of Lorain County (1879) 13. Wright History of Lorain County (1916 -- 2 volumes) 14. Beers Biography of Lorain County 15. Beers Biography of Huron County 16. Upton History of Western Reserve (1910 -- 3 volumes) 17. Sanborn Maps: Elyria (1915, 1925, 1933), Lorain (1910) 18. Township Maps: 1851 Tax, 1857, 1874, 1896, 1912, 1938 |
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