Summer Reading Program
Summer Reading Program
Join the fun this summer!
Register using the Beanstack app to track your reading and activities for a chance to win prizes.
Prefer in-person help? Stop by the 2nd or 3rd floor desk for registration and more details.

๐Ÿ“… Program runs June 7 โ€“ July 26
๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ‘งโ€๐Ÿ‘ฆ Open to all ages!

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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: