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

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.

Frederick William Ashley, 1863-1942

Magnificent Memorial

Newspaper article from The Painesville Telegraph:

18 October 1899, page 1, columns 2-5

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Leaders of Morley Library

Those who have lead Morley Library since its opening in 1899.

Frederick William Ashley, 1863-1942

MORLEY FAMILY GENEALOGY

Albert Morley Family, of Painesville, Ohio, his parentage, siblings, and descendants

This genealogy was begun in 1999, as part of the centennial celebration of Morley Library, in Painesville, Ohio.

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:

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

Painesville History

Statue of General Edward Paine
Charter Oak Park
Painesville, Ohio

Note:  This page is under construction.

Probate & Wills

Morley Library offers the following resource for researching early Ohio probate records:

• Ohio Wills and Estates to 1850: An Index. 

Page last updated 21 MARCH 2013.