Publications

LAKElines

LAKElines, the newsletter of the Society is published quarterly and e-mailed to all members. Article submissions are welcome. Queries for ancestors in Lake County and the immediate surrounding area are free. Photocopies of pages from past issues of LakeLines may be obtained for $1.00 each. Send correspondence to LAKElines in care of the Lake County Genealogical Society, 184 Phelps Street, Painesville, Ohio 44077 or use our online contact form.

LAKElines Index (1974-2018)

Our thanks to Society members Jan Bathurst, Suzanne Ferron, Sally Malone, Joy McMullen, Cathi Salmi, and Marianne Wiley for indexing the 1974-2017 issues of LAKElines. Joy McMullen indexed the 2018 issues. Due to the tremendous size of the LAKElines Index, it is available here in pdf format.

Earlier Publications


History Hall of Lake County, Ohio Fairgrounds,
A Biographical Anthology

by Members and Friends of the Lake County Genealogical Society

116 Biographies of early Lake County residents
180 Illustrations
Published in 2014 by the Society
217 pages, 8 1/2 x 11,” soft cover
Price: $24.95
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1840/1857 Landowner Map Index
This reprint combines two previous publications: 1840 Landowner Map Index and the Lake County portion of the 1857 Lake Geauga Map Index. Both sections are fully indexed; the 1857 index includes Geauga County, but not the maps. The book includes maps of all Lake County townships and maps of some of the villages. 41 pages.
Price: $17.00. Make a donation.

Lake County Cemetery Locator Guide
Compiled by Carl Kemery and Cynthia Turk. Copyright 1999. Includes maps of the original townships of Lake County, with each cemetery marked and location described. Can stand alone or be used as an adjunct to the cemetery inscription readings. 2004 printing includes 3 page addendum.
Price: $12.00Make a donation.

Early Lake County, Ohio, Settlers From Isle of Man: Stories, Histories, and Genealogies
Compiled by members of the Greater Ohio Manx Society in the 1950s, with additions and correction by Mildred Steed. 130 pages, plus every-name index.
Price: $22.00Make a donation.

Lake County, Ohio, Cemetery Inscriptions
CD-ROM. Files are in html format.
Price: $17.00. Make a donation.

An Every-Name Index to History of the Western Reserve [1910] by Harriet Taylor Upton
Created by members of the Lake County Genealogical Society. 1988, reprint 2004. 184 pages.
Price: $29.00. Make a donation.

Index to Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio (Published by the Lewis Publishing Company in 1893)
Compiled by Joan A. Vaughn. 1998, published by the Lake County Genealogical Society 2004. 126 pages.
Price: $25.00. Make a donation.

Supplies will be limited.

To request a publication, write to: Treasurer, Lake County Genealogical Society, 184 Phelps Street, Painesville, Ohio 44077. Make checks/money orders in United States funds payable to the Lake County Genealogical Society.