Source Information

Ancestry.com. Ohio, U.S., Select County Death Records,1840-1908 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2020.
Original data: Board of County Commissioners of Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Death Records from Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Cleveland, Ohio: Board of County Commissioners of Cuyahoga County, Ohio.

About Ohio, U.S., Select County Death Records,1840-1908

This collection contains death records from select counties in Ohio. Two types of death records, indexes and registers, are available to view, however, only death registers are searchable.

Records are currently available for the following county, with additional counties added when available:


  • Cuyahoga County

Details vary, but may include the following information:


  • name
  • age at death
  • gender
  • race
  • birth date
  • death date
  • death place
  • mother's name and birthplace
  • father's name and birthplace