The microfilm program at the Geauga County Archives and Records Center is located at 470 Center Street, Building 8D (Foundation Level). Preservation quality microfilm services are provided to all county offices, agencies and departments with no labor charge. The department is responsible for purchasing the film, as well as its processing and duplication. For an introduction to microfilm, see Basic Introduction to Micrographics. All microfilm produced meets the standards of Preservation Microfilm as set by American National Standards Institute (ANSI). Services provided include:

• Appraisal for microfilming
• Preparation of collections for microfilming
• 16mm microfilming
• Quality control services
• Training in microfilming and quality control
• Vendor liaison

For more information about microfilm services, contact Allison Brandeberry at (440)279-1774 or via email.

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Microfilm Collections by Department

Auditor:

• Decennial Appraisals, 1870-1910. (4 rolls of microfilm)

Real Property Tax Lists, 1871-1971. (216 rolls of microfilm)

Brewster-Foster Family Collection,1786-1951 (1 roll)

Includes land/farm records, deeds, inventory & appraisement of both Brewster and Foster estates. Also a Geauga County Justice, of the Peace Docket book, dating from 1850 to 1858.

Building Department:

• Building Permits, 1961-1995. (9 rolls)
• Commercial Applications, 1963-1978. (1 roll)
• Contractor Applications for Registration and License, 1972-2000.(1 roll)
• Daily Inspection Logs, 1967-1995. (8 rolls)
• Electric and Heat Test, 1978-1995. (2 rolls)
• Heating Applications, 1959-1987. (2 rolls)
• Heating Permits, 1965-1979. (2 rolls)
• Index, 1959-1990. (1 roll)
• Report of Building or Zoning Permits, 1990.(1 roll)
• Residential Heating Permits, 1980-1982. (1 roll)
• Residential Permit Applications, 1966-1987. (17 rolls)

Clerk of Courts:

• Common Pleas Journals A-Z through 1991. (53 rolls)
• District Court Records, 1853-1882. (2 rolls)
• Execution Dockets, 1811-1852. (4 rolls)
• General Index Volumes 1-3. (7 rolls)
  -Includes both Direct & Reverse.
• Supreme Court Execution Docket,1828-1868. (1 roll)

Commissioners Journals, 1806-2006. (32 rolls )

Geauga County Agricultural Society

Meeting Minutes, 1970-2000. (1 roll)

GeauganSpeak Newsletter, 1975-1989. (1 roll )

Oral History Project, Administrative Files 1967-1987. (1 roll)

Includes correspondence, meeting minutes, grant information, blank forms, & bills/receipts.

Oral History Transcript Collection, 1976-1989. (5 rolls)

A history of Geauga County as told by those who lived it. Includes a full index of topics, as well as the GeauganSpeak issues in which they were published.

Probate Court:

• General Index, Volume 1. (1 roll)
• Case Files A-Z, plus index. (144 rolls)
  -Includes wills, estates, & guardianships up to 1917.
• Marriage Records, 1805-1851. Books A-D. (4 rolls)
• Marriage Record Index Books A-F. (1 roll)
• Marriage Licenses, 1825-1851. (1 roll)
• Record Books, 1806-1851. Books A-I. (9 rolls)

Progress-Research Club of Chardon, Ohio 1901-1996. (3 rolls)

Includes the history, meeting minutes, letters, accounts, and calendars of both the Research Club and the Progress Literary Club. Also includes the history, minutes, and newspaper articles of the Chardon Civic Improvement Association, 1919-1949.

Recorder:

• Deeds & Mortgages (793 rolls)
  -Volumes 1-651, 920-960, 1052-1080, 1134-1772
• General Index to Deeds, Volumes 1-20. (10 rolls)

Treasurer:

• Real Property Tax Duplicates 1972-2003. (114 rolls)

Estimating the size of a microfilm project

Separate the collection into similar styles and sizes: Books (or volumes) and/or Boxes of records.

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