Format • | Manuscript Collection | [X] |
Subject • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy. | [X] | • | Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| • | Undertakers and undertaking -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(11)
| • | Funeral homes -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(10)
| • | Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(8)
| • | Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(4)
| • | Death certificates -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(4)
| • | German Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(4)
| • | Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(4)
| • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. |
(4)
| • | Patriotic societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(4)
| • | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(3)
| • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Biography. |
(3)
| • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History. |
(3)
| • | Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. |
(3)
| • | Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(3)
| • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History. |
(3)
| • | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. |
(2)
| • | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(2)
| • | Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Lakewood. |
(2)
| • | Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- Genealogy. |
(2)
| • | Funeral homes -- Ohio -- Lakewood. |
(2)
| • | Grand Army of the Republic. Army and Navy Post, No. 187 (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(2)
| • | Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Lakewood -- Genealogy. |
(2)
| • | Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Lakewood. |
(2)
| • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs. |
(2)
| • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(2)
| • | Lakewood (Ohio) -- Genealogy. |
(2)
| • | McGorray Brothers Funeral Home. |
(2)
| • | Ohio -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Registers. |
(2)
| • | Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(2)
| • | Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Lakewood. |
(2)
| • | Slovak Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(2)
| • | Undertakers and undertaking -- Ohio -- Lakewood. |
(2)
| • | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Registers. |
(2)
| • | Veterans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Registers. |
(2)
| • | Veterans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. |
(2)
| • | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History. |
(2)
| • | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(2)
| • | Adams family. |
(1)
| • | African American business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | African Americans -- Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | African Americans -- Mortality -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Allen family. |
(1)
| • | Allen, Dudley Peter, 1852-1915 |
(1)
| • | Allen, Dudley, 1814-1898. |
(1)
| • | Allen, Peter, 1787-1864. |
(1)
| • | Andrews family. |
(1)
| • | Andrews, Edward William -- Family. |
(1)
| • | Antislavery movements -- Ohio. |
(1)
| • | Architects and builders -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Banks and banking -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Beech Brook, Inc. (Pepper Pike, Ohio). |
(1)
| • | Beilstein-Young Company. |
(1)
| • | Białystok (Poland) -- Genealogy. |
(1)
| • | Biggar, Anna Harman, 1876-1929 |
(1)
| • | Black, Louis, d. 1919. |
(1)
| • | Blue family |
(1)
| • | Blue, Bertha, ca. 1877-1963. |
(1)
| • | Bole, Benjamin Patterson, 1873-1941 |
(1)
| • | Bole, Joseph Kirkpatrick, 1848-1894 |
(1)
| • | Bole, Joseph Kirkpatrick, 1876-1952 |
(1)
| • | Bole, Melinda Eliza, 1850-1918 |
(1)
| • | Bole, Roberta Holden, 1876-1950 |
(1)
| • | Bole, Winifred Ely, 1881-1976 |
(1)
| • | Boley family. |
(1)
| • | Bowles family |
(1)
| • | Broadview Road Cemetery (Cleveland, Ohio). |
(1)
| • | Building materials industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland |
(1)
| • | Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Carnegie, Martha Gertrude, 1870-1906 |
(1)
| • | Cemeteries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Cemeteries -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. |
(1)
| • | Church buildings -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Cities and towns -- Ireland -- Limerick (County) |
(1)
| • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- 19th century. |
(1)
| • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Church history -- Sources. |
(1)
| • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Economic conditions. |
(1)
| • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History |
(1)
| • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- 19th century. |
(1)
| • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- Societies, etc. |
(1)
| • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. |
(1)
| • | Cleveland (Ohio). City Infirmary. |
(1)
| • | Cleveland City Forge and Iron Company. |
(1)
| • | Cleveland Tool and Forge Company. |
(1)
| • | Cleveland Trust Company. |
(1)
| • | Cleveland-Akron Bag Company. |
(1)
| • | Cobb family. |
(1)
| • | Cobb, Caius -- Family. |
(1)
| • | Cobb, Philip Lothrop, 1870-1929 -- Family. |
(1)
| • | Congregational churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Connecticut Land Company. |
(1)
| • | Croatian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Darr, Jane Lee, 1925-2006 |
(1)
| • | Daughters of the American Revolution. Western Reserve Chapter (Cleveland, Ohio). |
(1)
| • | Denison Avenue Cemetery (Cleveland, Ohio). |
(1)
| • | Diplomatic and consular service, Hungarian. |
(1)
| • | Doan family. |
(1)
| • | E.F. Boyd & Son Funeral Home (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(1)
| • | Early Settlers Association of the Western Reserve -- Periodicals. |
(1)
| • | Early Settlers Association of the Western Reserve. |
(1)
| • | East Cleveland (Ohio) -- History. |
(1)
| • | East Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. |
(1)
| • | Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Elderly poor -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Ely family |
(1)
| • | Endowments -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Epworth League (U.S.) |
(1)
| • | Epworth Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(1)
| • | Epworth-Euclid Methodist Episcopal Church (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(1)
| • | Ethnic groups -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Europe -- Description and travel. |
(1)
| • | First Methodist Episcopal Church (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(1)
| • | First Presbyterian Church (East Cleveland, Ohio) -- History. |
(1)
| • | Fleming family. |
(1)
| • | Forest City Enterprises, Inc. |
(1)
| • | Franklin Avenue Congregational Church (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(1)
| • | Genealogy |
(1)
| • | Genealogy -- Study and teaching (Secondary) |
(1)
| • | German Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. |
(1)
| • | Glenville (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Politics and government. |
(1)
| • | Gormelly family. |
(1)
| • | Gormley family. |
(1)
| • | Grace Congregational Church (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(1)
| • | Grdina Funeral Home (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(1)
| • | Grdina, Anton, 1874-1957 |
(1)
| • | Grdina-Cosic Funeral Home (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(1)
| • | Harmon family. |
(1)
| • | Hayes family. |
(1)
| • | Hayes, Michael, of Hospital, County Limerick, Ireland. |
(1)
| • | Hillside Cemetery (Valley View, Ohio). |
(1)
| • | Homeless persons -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Hospitals -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Hungary -- History. |
(1)
| • | Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Inscriptions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Inscriptions -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. |
(1)
| • | Interviews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Ireland -- History -- Famine, 1845-1852. |
(1)
| • | Irish American families -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | J. D. Deutsch Funeral Home and Crematory. |
(1)
| • | Jewish Education Center of Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Jewish day schools -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Jewish families -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History. |
(1)
| • | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Jews -- Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources. |
(1)
| • | Jews, German -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Joseph family. |
(1)
| • | Joseph, Emil, 1857-1938. |
(1)
| • | Joseph, Frank E., 1904-1995. |
(1)
| • | Joseph, Martha J., 1917-2006. |
(1)
| • | Joseph, William R., 1946- |
(1)
| • | Kenyon family. |
(1)
| • | Lillian and Betty Ratner School (Pepper Pike, Ohio) |
(1)
| • | Limerick (Ireland : County) -- Genealogy. |
(1)
| • | Limerick (Ireland : County) -- Maps. |
(1)
| • | Lindhorst Funeral Home (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(1)
| • | Lindhorst, Edward H., d. 1940. |
(1)
| • | Little Italy (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(1)
| • | Long family. |
(1)
| • | Long, David, 1787-1851. |
(1)
| • | Long, Juliana Walworth, 1794-1866. |
(1)
| • | Mahoney family. |
(1)
| • | Mahoney, Timothy. |
(1)
| • | Marriage records -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Massachusetts -- History -- New Plymouth, 1620-1691 -- Societies, etc. |
(1)
| • | McBride family. |
(1)
| • | McBride, Donald, 1884-1927. |
(1)
| • | McCarthy family. |
(1)
| • | McCarthy, Margaret, of Kildimo, County Limerick, Ireland. |
(1)
| • | McGorray, James W. II, 1892-1968. |
(1)
| • | McGorray, James W. III, 1923-1994. |
(1)
| • | McGorray, James W., d. 1919. |
(1)
| • | McGorray, Joseph, d. 1910. |
(1)
| • | McGorray, Mark, 1829-1891. |
(1)
| • | McGorray, Mary Susan, 1957- |
(1)
| • | Medical care -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Medicine -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Methodist Episcopal Church -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Methodists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Miller, Ruth Ratner, 1926-1996. |
(1)
| • | Millikin family. |
(1)
| • | Millikin, Benjamin L., 1851-1916. |
(1)
| • | Millikin, Julia Severance, 1862-1950. |
(1)
| • | Monroe Street Cemetery (Cleveland, Ohio). |
(1)
| • | Morrow family. |
(1)
| • | Morrow, David Sr. d. 1836. |
(1)
| • | Nash family. |
(1)
| • | Nash, Helen Millikin, 1893-1990. |
(1)
| • | New England -- Genealogy. |
(1)
| • | New England -- History -- Colonial period, 1600-1775 -- Societies, etc. |
(1)
| • | New England Society of Cleveland and the Western Reserve -- Archives. |
(1)
| • | O'Leary family. |
(1)
| • | Old Berea Cemetery (Berea, Ohio). |
(1)
| • | Old Rockport Township Cemetery (Lakewood, Ohio). |
(1)
| • | Old Rockside Cemetery (Valley View, Ohio). |
(1)
| • | Orphans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Interviews. |
(1)
| • | Pilgrims (New Plymouth Colony) -- Genealogy. |
(1)
| • | Pioneers -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. |
(1)
| • | Poor -- Ohio -- Cleveland |
(1)
| • | Prentiss, Elisabeth Severance, 1865-1944. |
(1)
| • | Public health -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Puritan Congregational Church (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(1)
| • | Ratner family. |
(1)
| • | Ratner, Albert B., 1927- |
(1)
| • | Ratner, Leonard, 1896-1974. |
(1)
| • | Real estate developers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Real estate development -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Real property -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. |
(1)
| • | Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland |
(1)
| • | Religion |
(1)
| • | Root & McBride Company. |
(1)
| • | Scranton Road Cemetery (Cleveland, Ohio). |
(1)
| • | Severance family. |
(1)
| • | Severance, Emily Allen, 1840-1921. |
(1)
| • | Severance, John Long, 1863-1936. |
(1)
| • | Severance, Mary Helen, 1816-1902. |
(1)
| • | Severance, Solon Lewis, 1834-1915. |
(1)
| • | Shipbuilding industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Shipping -- Great Lakes. |
(1)
| • | Slavery -- United States -- History -- Sources. |
(1)
| • | Slovenian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Society of Mayflower Descendants. Cleveland Colony -- Archives. |
(1)
| • | Spanish-American War, 1898 -- War work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | St. Mary's Catholic Church Cemetery (Berea, Ohio). |
(1)
| • | Street-railroads -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Strikes and lockouts -- Street-railroads -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Surveyors -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. |
(1)
| • | Taylor family. |
(1)
| • | Temperance -- Ohio -- Societies, etc. |
(1)
| • | Thorman family. |
(1)
| • | Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 |
(1)
| • | United States -- Emigration and immigration. |
(1)
| • | United States -- Genealogy. |
(1)
| • | United States -- History -- 19th century. |
(1)
| • | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. |
(1)
| • | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources. |
(1)
| • | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. |
(1)
| • | United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Societies, etc. |
(1)
| • | University Circle United Methodist Church (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(1)
| • | University of Free Europe in Exile. |
(1)
| • | Upper classes -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Interviews. |
(1)
| • | Voyages and travels. |
(1)
| • | Voyages around the world. |
(1)
| • | Wade family -- Periodicals. |
(1)
| • | Walworth, John, 1765-1812. |
(1)
| • | Wells College. |
(1)
| • | Welsh Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Welsh Presbyterian Church (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Archives. |
(1)
| • | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Genealogy. |
(1)
| • | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Societies, etc. |
(1)
| • | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Surveys. |
(1)
| • | Western Reserve Historical Society. Cleveland Jewish Archives. |
(1)
| • | Wilder family. |
(1)
| • | Winous Point Shooting Club. |
(1)
| • | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History. |
(1)
| • | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. |
(1)
| • | Women college graduates -- Correspondence. |
(1)
| • | Women immigrants. |
(1)
| • | Women in charitable work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Women in church work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives. |
(1)
| • | Younglove family. |
(1)
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 1 | Title: | William R. Joseph Family Papers and Photographs
| | | Creator: | Joseph, William R. | | | Dates: | 1911-2012 | | | Abstract: | William R. (Bill) Joseph (1946-2012), a specialist in nonprofit law and community leader, was the son of Frank and Martha Joseph. A co-founder of Ohio Citizens for the Arts, he was also a board member and president of many other local nonprofit organizations. Bill Joseph was a member of the sixth generation of the Joseph family in the Cleveland area. His family owned Joseph & Feiss, one of the city's most prominent firms in the garment industry. The collection consists of biographies, birth certificates, certificates, contracts, correspondence, correspondence transcripts, diplomas, eulogies, genealogies, a haggadah (Jewish text that documents the order of the Passover Seder), obituaries, oral histories, photographs, postcards, proclamations, programs, and scrapbooks. | | | Call #: | MS 5387 | | | Extent: | 1.40 linear feet (2 containers) | | | Subjects: | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy.
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 2 | Title: | New England Society of Cleveland and the Western Reserve Records
| | | Creator: | New England Society of Cleveland and the Western Reserve | | | Dates: | 1855-1965 | | | Abstract: | The New England Society of Cleveland and the Western Reserve is a patriotic society in Ohio dedicated to preserving the memory, and perpetuating the principles of, early New England settlers. Membership is open to those who are descendants of natives of New England. The collection consists of constitutions, minutes, notes on meetings, reports, resolutions, financial records, membership information, programs of Anchor Day celebrations, yearbooks, correspondence, notices of events, news clippings and miscellany. This collection is useful for those interested in the activities of the society and is helpful to those researching the background of individual members of the society as some of the applications include genealogical information. | | | Call #: | MS 4166 | | | Extent: | 1.60 linear feet (3 containers) | | | Subjects: | New England Society of Cleveland and the Western Reserve -- Archives. | Patriotic societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | New England -- History -- Colonial period, 1600-1775 -- Societies, etc. | New England -- Genealogy. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy.
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 3 | Title: | Thorman Family Papers
| | | Creator: | Thorman Family | | | Dates: | 1873-1961 | | | Abstract: | Simson Thorman was one of the first Jews to settle in Cleveland, Ohio, coming in 1837, and was responsible for the migration of 19 other Jews from Unsleben, Bavaria, known as the Alsbacher Party, the first major settlement of Jews in Cleveland. His grandson, Harold Thorman, the principal family member represented in the collection, was founder of H.M. Thorman, a women's coat-making firm, and was also associated with the brokerage firm of Joseph Mellen & Miller, Inc. The collection consists of genealogical notes, clippings, correspondence, certificates, wills, and record books. Includes wills of Simson and Regina Thorman, as well as a land title, correspondence regarding property, and record books relating to Simson Thorman; clippings, a memorial tribute to Abba Hillel Silver, and birth, marriage, army discharge and death certificates for Harold Thorman. The collection has value for the study of the origins and development of the Jewish community in Cleveland. | | | Call #: | MS 4228 | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | Subjects: | Thorman family. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy.
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 4 | Title: | J. D. Deutsch Funeral Home and Crematory, Inc. Records
| | | Creator: | J. D. Deutsch Funeral Home and Crematory, Inc. | | | Dates: | 1909-1960 | | | Abstract: | J. D. Deutsch Funeral Home and Crematory was a Jewish funeral home founded by Jacob D. Deutsch around 1900 in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1967 it became the Miller-Deutsch Memorial Chapel. The collection consists of burial books, which include name, address, age, spouse, parents, birthplace, cause of death, doctor, location of death, and location of cemetery. Included are some non-Jewish burials. click here to view the searchable index to the funeral records contained in this collection | | | Call #: | MS 4339 | | | Extent: | 4.70 linear feet (3 containers and 22 oversize volumes) | | | Subjects: | J. D. Deutsch Funeral Home and Crematory. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. | Undertakers and undertaking -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy.
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 6 | Title: | Daughters of the American Revolution, Western Reserve Chapter Records
| | | Creator: | Daughters of the American Revolution, Western Reserve Chapter | | | Dates: | 1891-1917 | | | Abstract: | Local chapter of the national patriotic society. The Western Reserve Chapter was founded in 1891 in Cleveland, Ohio, by a group of women led by Catherine Hitchcock Tilden Avery. In addition to planning and implementing some of the earliest Americanization programs, the DAR was also involved in providing nursing care and emergency relief to victims of wars and floods. The collection consists of minutes, reports of delegations to the Continental Congress of the DAR, resolutions in memory of deceased members, notices of events, correspondence, addresses given to the DAR and other groups, reports of events of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee, and committee reports. | | | Call #: | MS 0910 | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | Subjects: | Daughters of the American Revolution. Western Reserve Chapter (Cleveland, Ohio). | Patriotic societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Women in charitable work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Spanish-American War, 1898 -- War work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Societies, etc. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy.
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 7 | Title: | Welsh Presbyterian Church Records
| | | Creator: | Welsh Presbyterian Church | | | Dates: | 1906-1940 | | | Abstract: | The Welsh Presbyterian Church was a Cleveland, Ohio, church founded ca. 1890, located on East 55th Street, and known as Willson Avenue Welsh Presbyterian Church before Willson Avenue became East 55th Street in 1906. It was part of the Pittsburgh Presbytery and merged with the Westminster Presbyterian Church of Cleveland in the 1940s. The collection consists of two record books containing minutes of meetings of the Board of Trustees and Elders, 1906-1912, monthly meetings of the Church Session, 1922-1937, and registers of pastors, elders, communicants, baptisms, marriages and deaths, 1912-1940. | | | Call #: | MS 3995 | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | Subjects: | Welsh Presbyterian Church (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Archives. | Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Welsh Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Church history -- Sources. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy.
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 8 | Title: | Society of Mayflower Descendants, Cleveland Colony Records
| | | Creator: | Society of Mayflower Descendants, Cleveland Colony | | | Dates: | 1930-1984 | | | Abstract: | The Cleveland Colony of the Society of Mayflower Descendants (f. 1930) was organized by Mrs. Walter D. Meals as a colony of the Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Ohio. The activities of the colony include genealogical research on descendants of Mayflower passengers and distributing copies of the Mayflower Compact in schools. Membership is open to any proven descendant of a Mayflower passenger. The collection consists of a history of the colony, a petition for its charter, constitutions, minutes, membership data, genealogical information on members, reports, bulletins, financial records, information on events, correspondence, copies of addresses, scrapbooks, writings, newspaper clippings, reports of colony organizations, and miscellaneous documents. This collection is useful for those interested in the activities of the Society of Mayflower Descendants and of patriotic societies in general. Also valuable is the genealogical information on Mayflower passengers and their descendants. | | | Call #: | MS 4178 | | | Extent: | 2.81 linear feet (4 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | Subjects: | Society of Mayflower Descendants. Cleveland Colony -- Archives. | Patriotic societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Pilgrims (New Plymouth Colony) -- Genealogy. | Massachusetts -- History -- New Plymouth, 1620-1691 -- Societies, etc. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy. | United States -- Genealogy.
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 11 | Title: | Ante-Bellum Cleveland Jewish Immigrants Database
| | | Creator: | Ante-Bellum Cleveland Jewish Immigrants Database | | | Dates: | 1989-1990 | | | Abstract: | The Ante-bellum Cleveland Jewish Immigrants Database Collection was assembled as part of a research project sponsored by the Cleveland Jewish Archives of the Western Reserve Historical Society. The project, organized to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Cleveland, Ohio's Jewish community, resulted in the traveling exhibit "Founders: Cleveland's Jewish Community Before the Civil War," which opened at the Western Reserve Historical Society Museum in 1990. The collection consists of computer printout data sheets of 850 (primarily German) Jews known to have emigrated from Europe to Cleveland, Ohio between the 1830s and 1861. Each data sheet includes an individual's earliest known name and variant spellings. Categories of additional potential information include sex, country, region, and village of origin; arrival date and arrival age in America and in Cleveland; birth date, death date, and cemetery name; marital status, name of spouse(s), marriage date(s), and number of children; home and business address(es); occupations(s); institutional affiliation(s); and extant visual images(s). Data sheets are followed by the original work sheets on which data was entered by hand. Sources for the information on individuals is indicated on the worksheets. | | | Call #: | MS 4516 | | | Extent: | 1.60 linear feet (4 containers) | | | Subjects: | Western Reserve Historical Society. Cleveland Jewish Archives. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. | Jews, German -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy.
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 12 | Title: | Beilstein-Young Company Records
| | | Creator: | Beilstein-Young Company | | | Dates: | 1907-1930 | | | Abstract: | The Beilstein-Young Company of Cleveland, Ohio, was a funeral home firm. Fred Beilstein operated as an undertaker at 3311 Prospect Avenue as early as 1907, and in 1913 the Beilstein-Young Company was incorporated. The funeral home was located at 7508 Carnegie Avenue from 1918-1921. The firm moved to 1795 Crawford Road in 1921. Fred Beilstein died in 1926, and his partner William W. Young became president and treasurer, with W. E. Beilstein as vice president. The collection consists of bound funeral registers. The registers list details about the deceased including name, date of birth, occupation, marital status, religion, place and cause of death, certifying physician, and name and birthplace of parents. The details of the funeral service include location, resider, place of burial, style of casket, and a diagram of the cemetery lot. The name and address of the party paying for the funeral is also listed, with an itemized list of services and expenses, and payment schedule. An introduction to each register describes the duties and ethics of the funeral director. | | | Call #: | MS 4557 | | | Extent: | 1.80 linear feet (3 containers) | | | Subjects: | Beilstein-Young Company. | Funeral homes -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Undertakers and undertaking -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy.
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 13 | Title: | Early Families in Cleveland Project Records
| | | Creator: | Early Families in Cleveland Project | | | Dates: | 1996 | | | Abstract: | The Early Families in Cleveland project was sponsored by the Genealogical Committee of the Western Reserve Historical Society as part of Bicentennial celebration of Cleveland, Ohio, in 1996. The purpose of the project was to document those individuals who resided in Cuyahoga County, or whose ancestors resided in Cuyahoga County, at least ten years prior to the date of settlement of their (or their ancestor's) ethnic group. Each verified applicant to the project received an award certificate presented at the Family History Fair in May 1996, or during Family Days in November 1996. The collection consists of adoption records, application forms, baptismal certificates, birth certificates, census forms, church records, correspondence, court records, death certificates, deeds, descendancy charts, diplomas, estate ledgers, family trees, interviews, magazine articles, maps, marriage certificates, marriage licenses, naturalization records, newspaper articles, photograph copies, real estate records, receipts, recognition certificates, records of interment, statements, tax lists, vital records, and wills. | | | Call #: | MS 4935 | | | Extent: | 1.80 linear feet (3 containers) | | | Subjects: | Ethnic groups -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Marriage records -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy. | Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- Genealogy.
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 14 | Title: | Joseph Family Papers, Series II
| | | Creator: | Joseph Family | | | Dates: | 1883-2000 | | | Abstract: | The Joseph family is a prominent Cleveland, Ohio, Jewish family. Moritz Joseph arrived in the United States in 1852 from Gauersheim, Rheinpfalz, Germany. Settling in Cleveland in 1872, Joseph became successful in the manufacture of men's clothing. The Joseph and Feiss Company was incorporated in 1907, and was one of the largest manufacturers of men's clothing in the United States. Moritz Joseph's son Emil became a lawyer, and Emil's son, Frank, was partner at the law firm of Jones, Day, Cockley & Reavis. Frank E. Joseph and his wife, Martha, were also active philanthropists. The couple's son, William R. Joseph, Sr. continues to be active in the community. The collection consists of awards, correspondence, diaries, diplomas, genealogies, guest lists, inventories, news clippings, newsletters, legal records, notebooks, programs, scrapbooks, and assorted writings. | | | Call #: | MS 5055 | | | Extent: | 4.01 linear feet (4 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | Subjects: | Joseph, Emil, 1857-1938. | Joseph, Frank E., 1904-1995. | Joseph, Martha J., 1917-2006. | Joseph, William R., 1946- | Joseph family. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy.
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 15 | Title: | Numbers 2000 Records
| | | Creator: | Numbers 2000 | | | Dates: | 1995-1997 | | | Abstract: | Numbers 2000 was a Jewish family history project created by Melitz, a Jewish-Zionist educational organization in Israel. The Jewish Education Center of Cleveland (JECC) implemented the program in the Cleveland, Ohio, area in 1993. Numbers 2000 was initially implemented in five congregational schools, and then grew to eight schools the following year. The program was designed to interest students in their Jewish heritage both in and out of the classroom. Projects included finding old family photographs and documents, interviewing relatives, and developing family trees. For one project, students brought a photograph, document, or heirloom to the Western Reserve Historical Society to be photographed. These photographs were developed into slides, with the intention that the slides would become an educational resource for future generations of Cleveland Jews. The collection consists of a slide catalogue, permission slips, and slide document information sheets, which describe the item each child brought to the Western Reserve Historical Society to be photographed. The congregational schools represented in this collection are Bethaynu, B'nai Jeshurun, Fairmount Temple, Park Synagogue, Solomon Schechter Day School, and Temple Emanu El. | | | Call #: | MS 5121 | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | Subjects: | Jewish Education Center of Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. | Jews -- Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish day schools -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish families -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History. | Genealogy -- Study and teaching (Secondary) | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy.
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 17 | Title: | Puritan Congregational Church Records
| | | Creator: | Puritan Congregational Church | | | Dates: | 1889-1914 | | | Abstract: | Puritan Congregational Church was located on the corner of Franklin Avenue and West 58th Street on the west side of Cleveland, Ohio, in the 1890s-1914. The congregation was an independent church that included the consolidation Franklin Avenue Congregational Church. The collection consists of certificates, correspondence, meeting notices, membership lists, memoranda, minutes, newsletters, and reports. | | | Call #: | MS 5195 | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | Subjects: | Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy. | Congregational churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Franklin Avenue Congregational Church (Cleveland, Ohio) | Grace Congregational Church (Cleveland, Ohio) | Puritan Congregational Church (Cleveland, Ohio) | Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 18 | Title: | Wm. Wischmeier and Son Funeral Home Records
| | | Creator: | Wm. Wischmeier and Son Funeral Home | | | Dates: | 1908-1988 | | | Abstract: | The Wm. Wischmeier and Son Funeral Home was established in the Old Brooklyn neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio, in 1887 by William Wischmeier (1866-1922). The company initially provided undertaking services and furniture sales to the German immigrant community on Cleveland's West Side. The funeral home merged with Gustav Buesch and Sons Funeral Home in 1972, but continued providing independent funeral home services until 1988. The collection consists primarily of funeral ledgers but includes correspondence, death certificates, invoices, notes, obituaries, photographs, receipts, transit permits, and other documents related to funerals and burials. | | | Call #: | MS 5354 | | | Extent: | 4.00 linear feet (6 containers) | | | Subjects: | German Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy. | Funeral homes -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Undertakers and undertaking -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Death certificates -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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