Morley Library info
Morley Library info
๐Ÿ“ Address:
Morley Library
184 Phelps Street, Painesville, OH 44077
๐Ÿ“ž (440) 352-3383

๐Ÿ“ง Email Contacts:

Director: director@morleylibrary.org

Reference: reference@morleylibrary.org

Children's: kids@morleylibrary.org

Teen: teen@morleylibrary.org

Genealogy: genealogy@morleylibrary.org

Circulation: circulation@morleylibrary.org

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Military Records


The following books are available:


Index to Revolutionary War Pension Applications

Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Books, volumes 1-166, with indices for volumes 1-160, and the Patriot Index [1990 Centennial Edition]

Roster of Ohio Soldiers War of 1812

Morley Library History


Celebrating over 100 Years of Service


Opened October 1899

The nucleus of the Morley Library on Phelps Street was provided by the local Women's Christian Temperance Union, which established a temperance library and reading room in 1878. After librarian Mary Dean's death in 1898, friends set about fulfilling her dream of a free public library.

Naturalization Records


Naturalization records for Lake County, Ohio, covers the period of 1860-1975. 

A project of the Lake County Genealogical Society, it is an alphabetical abstract of the naturalization petitions from Lake County Probate Court (1860-1906) and Lake County Common Pleas Court (1906-1975). This includes Declarations of Intention and petitions that failed for a variety of reasons.

Newspapers

Newspapers:


Morley Library has archives of the following newspapers, mostly on microfilm, that can be used for doing genealogy and local history research: