On 7 Jan 2005 at 9:32, Barbara I. Amburgey wrote: > Happy New Year everyone. This is a note to commend the Cuyahoga County > Recorder's office for the work they have done getting deeds and other > records posted to their site. If you have not seen this great site and > have Cuyahoga relatives, be sure to check it out. Deed records are not > posted back at least as far as 1869. Try several spellings of the > surname you are researching , and use the first letter and the * as a > wildcard for the first name. I have found well over 100 copies of the > original deeds for various members of my family on this site. If you enter a surname and an asterisk for the given name, the results will include your surname and anything that is longer (ie. Williams is entered, results give back Williams, Williamson, etc.) So sometimes entering just a few letters of the last name might help you find a name that is likely to have had variations in spelling. Also, it seems that it was common to transfer deeds in the name of the wife, so the husband isn't always mentioned, so bear that in mind when you are looking at the long list of results. Check out Grandma's name if you see something that looks like it. I'd like to add that sometimes the deeds are filed under the name of the executor of the estate! This makes them almost impossible to find unless you know who bought the property from your family. And glory Halleleuiah to Cuyahoga County for putting this stuff online. I've been having a field day with it. It has answered so many questions I had.... Sandy