Sherri, These records are not online. This is a microfilm collection that can be viewed at the library only. However, the library will accept mail, phone, or email requests. See the website address below. The Ohio Death Certificate Collection at the Akron-Summit Co. Library currently goes from 20 Dec. 1908 to August 1952 with plans to extend the collection up to and including 1954. If you need a Death Certificate in that time frame, go to the library website at http://www.ascpl.lib.oh.us/ and look for instructions in their Special Collections - Genealogy and Local History Section. For a death certificate for 1978, you could write to the Ohio Department of Health. See the website at http://www.odh.ohio.gov for fees and the correct mailing address, or you can contact the city where the death occured and write to the office that holds those death records. Hope this clarifies the information. Jean