Hi Colette, The Summit County Court has: - Guardianships, Alphabetical indexes from 1840 to present. - Complete records of Wills, Estates, & Guardianships on microfilm. Copies for all three records are 75› per page. Certification is $1 extra. Their address and phone number are: Summit County Court 209 S. High St., 1st Floor, Akron OH 44308-1306 (330) 379-2512 / (330) 643-2352 I've never ordered anything from them, but it's worth a try! Hope this helps you. Sincerely, Mike Powers Long Beach, California On 7 Oct 2002 at 21:26, Collette LaRocque-Zetterberg wrote: Hello Everyone, My grandfather, Edwern "E." LaROCQUE said that he was born in Akron on January 31, 1902. He said his parents died and that he was raised by an uncle who was not very kind. He did not give specifics as to the uncle's name, nor when his parents died. He said he did not know his parents' names. When I went on a visit to Summit County (Ilive in CA) about 7 years ago, I could find no record of LaROCQUEs in the area at that time, nor any birth record for him or death record for his parents. I'm thinking that I should look at guardianship and adoption records. What are these like in Summit County? Does anyone have any other ideas? Thanks, Collette