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Records of genealogical value can be scattered throughout a community. This treasure hunt can add some fun and frustration to your research efforts. Listed below are some documents, links to online records and contact information for other repositories of local records.

Local Records	PDF
Cemetery Records of Summit County Research Guide	
Summit County Veterans’ Burials Card File Collection	
Edwin Shaw Hospital - Briar Hill Cemetery Records Collection	
Mount Peace Cemetery, Akron, Ohio - Interment Records, 1880-1916	 
• Full data listed by name	
• Brief listing by section number	
Springfield Township Cemetery Transcriptions	
St. Vincent Cemetery Transcriptions	
Summit County Index to Ohio State Penitentiary Prisoner Registers, 1840-1938	
Summit County Naturalization Records from the Summit County Clerk of Courts	 
Ohio Death Certificates (1908-1953) from Family Search	 
Ohio Death Certificates (1954-1970) from Ohio History Connection	 
Maps and Atlases of Akron and Summit County from Summit Memory's Online Map Room	 
Cunningham Funeral Home records, 1906-1947 from FamilySearch	 
Glendale Cemetery burial records, 1828-1958 from FamilySearch	 

Contact information for other Records and Research Facilities can be found on our Records and Research Facilities PDF .

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