The Ohio Historical Society has old newspapers on microfilm. You can find the list on their web site and request the film through interlibrary loan at your local library (if you are outside the Cleveland area) I live in New Jersey and was able to get the film of Cleveland newspapers from the 1860s and 1870s. Be aware that there may not be an obituary that gives parents' names and place of birth like we have today. I think you had to pay to have an obituary placed and even then it often did not give the kind of information one finds later. My gr gr grandfather's brother was a city councilman in Cleveland and I found an article that told of his death, that the other councilmen assembled in chambers and then accompanied his body to the church, but not a word of his parents, survivors, or place of birth. Good luck! Janet in NJ