Lake County Ohio GenWeb Churches, Ministers and Bibles

	Ministerial Licenses To have the legal right to marry a couple, a minister was required to register and be licensed by the state. The duty was delegated to the county probate courts. Includes name, denomination, record date and occasionally original license date. Newly transcribed by Cynthia Turk including all the available volumes.
	Cleveland Catholic Diocese Archives Sacramental records may be requested here. The Assistant Director of Archives answers genealogy requests. The website has Digital Collections which include a book by Bishop Pilla and People of Faith, which has histories of most of the churches, including closed ones. Also there are photo albums of the Catholic churches and schools from the 1890's. This link takes you to "Location of Sacramental Records of Closed and Merged Intitutions" Parish Directory Churches in the Cleveland Diocese, including addresses, phone, web sites Additionally, a wonderful book called "People of Faith" is available on Internet Archive special archive of the Diocese.
	Historical Document of First Church, Congregational, Painesville, 1907 This handwritten document from 1907 was found in the Courthouse Time Capsule. Indexed by Marianne Wiley.
	Index to Directory of First Church, Congregational, Painesville, 1904 This document was found in the 1907 Courthouse Time Capsule. Indexed by Marianne Wiley.
	Index to Woman's Missionary Society of First Church, Congregational, Painesville, 1907 This document was found in the 1907 Courthouse Time Capsule. Indexed by Marianne Wiley.
	Two Bulletins from First Church, Congregational, Painesville, 1907 These bulletins were found in the Courthouse Time Capsule. Indexed here by Marianne Wiley.
	Index to History of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Painesville, 1907 This was found in the 1907 Courthouse Time Capsule. Indexed here by Marianne Wiley.
	Index to Directory of Methodist Episcopal Church, Painesville, 1905 This was found in the 1907 Courthouse Time Capsule. Indexed here by Marianne Wiley.
	Methodist Episcopal Pastors Assigned Article from Willoughby Independent with M.E. Pastors assigned for Eastern Ohio Conferences extracted for Lake County.
	Historical Sketch of First Baptist Church, Painesville, 1907 This sketch written in 1907 was found in the Courthouse Time Capsule. Indexed by Marianne Wiley.
	Church of Christ, Painesville, 1907 Copy of "The Index," Church bulletin from 1907 found in the the Courthouse Time Capsule. Indexed by Marianne Wiley.
	Presbyterian and Congregational Ministers Listing with biographical information of ministers in current Lake County from the beginning of the Connecticut Western Reserve to 1835. Abstracted by Cynthia Turk.
	St. James Episcopal Church The first 50 years of this Painesville church's records and pastors from 1824-1874. Transcribed by Becky Falin
	Girls' Friendly Society, Holiday House, Salida Beach, O. This article discusses the beginning of an Episcopal retreat in Mentor.
	Broughton-Darling Family Bible This was the family Bible of Ellen A. (Broughton) Darling. It runs from her grandparent's (Gundry) birth in the 1780's through 1906, and has data on the Gundry, Broughton, Darling, Wilson, Magargil and Cole connections. Transcribed by Jennifer Bernard from a copy of the original.
	Burnett Family Bible This is a copy of a Bible record of the Burnett family. From "LakeLines," retranscribed by Cathi Salmi.
	Burr Family Bible This appears to be a Bible record of the David and Mariette Burr family. From "LakeLines," retranscribed by Cathi Salmi.
	Church Family Bible This is a Bible record of the G. Augustus and Harriet N. Church family. From "LakeLines," retranscribed by Cathi Salmi.
	Clark Family Bible This appears to be a Bible record of the William and Avis Skinner family. From "LakeLines," retranscribed by Casi Dosky.
	Lockwood Family Bible This is a Bible record of the James and Elizabeth Lockwood family. There are links to both the images and a transcription. Thanks to Marcia Green for both.
	Miller-Hazen Family Bible This family Bible is for Edmund K. Miller and Mary Ann Hazen and includes some of the Willougby Carroll family. Transcribed by Phyllis Williams from the original.
	Weller Family Bible Bible record at Lake County Historical Society, transcribed for "LakeLines," retranscribed by Casi Dosky.
	GNIS Mapping of Lake County Churches This has a listing of churches with longitude and latitude locations leading to arial view maps. Put in the County, State and "Church" in the Feature Class. (off-site)

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