Library
 

The Lake County Historical Society has been collecting since 1938.  Its research holdings are vast and can be of great assistance to anyone doing research for a family history, a topical subject, or for collecting raw data.  The LCHS holds approximately 3000 surname files or boxes in its Genealogy Room, with over 10,000 photographs that are digitized and available to  view on a computer screen, hundreds of period maps, old telephone directories, and a research library of reference  books covering local city and ownership histories, Lake County histories, Ohio county histories, and many other state histories such as those of Connecticut and New York where many of the Western Reserve settlers came from.  Our Collections Staff and Volunteers are here to help you with your research project. 

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Please fill out a research request form.  Click here to print out the form.

Mail the form to research@lakehistory.org or mail it to Lake County Historical Society, 415 Riverside Dr., Painesville Twp., OH 44077

 

Anyone wishing to use the library is required to make an appointment in advance stating the research topic. The Collections Staff or Volunteers will do preliminary research and have related items from the collection available at the time of the appointment as well as be available to assist with further research. At the time of the appointment, a researcher will be seated at a work station with access to a computer. Collections Staff or Volunteers will assist the researcher in using the library database to conduct keyword searches of our holdings.  Call Margaret Noga at 440-639-2945 or email David Phares at research@lakehistory.org for more information.

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On-Site Research

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-  LCHS members do not pay a fee to do on-site research in the library. Other fees apply.  (Become a member!)
-  Non-members must pay the following fees for on-site research:
    -  $10.00 flat fee
    -  $3.00 student fee

Appointments are required.  Call 440-639-2945 or email research@lakehistory.org to schedule an appointment.

 

Remote Research
-  $25.00 per hour for LCHS staff doing research for someone who cannot make an appointment to do research at the History                      Center.
-  Copies of documents are $.50 per copy.
-  $100.00 licensing fee for reproduction or publication of the image or artifact.