1. What you need to start

To begin your property search please have either or both the street address and the parcel number.

2. Where can I find this information?

• Parcel number can be found on a deed, a tax bill, or a reappraisal notice.
  
  
• Deeds and additional ownership documentation (circa 1810 to present) is available online or in person at the Recorder's Office, located on the 4th floor of the Cuyahoga County Administration Building.
  
  
• Original map volumes
  • Circa 1860-1945, available at the Cuyahoga County Archives.
  • Circa 1945 to present, available in the Fiscal Office Map Room or by calling 216-443-7020.
• Tax records
  • Circa 1819-1986 are held in the Cuyahoga County Archives.
  • Circa 1987 to present are available online or by calling 216-443-7300 .

3. Maps

Note if a small box or outline of a building is shown on the property because this denotes that a building stood on the property in the years the map covers.

• You can obtain the names of property owners from historical maps or records.
• Then cross reference those names with tax duplicates to track changes in property values. Significant increases in these values suggest construction dates.

Check the following places for properties:

• Located in the City of Cleveland:
  • Several volumes of maps, dated 1870, 1880, 1890.
  • Atlases for documentation of structures on the property during those years.
    
    
• Located in the suburbs:
  • Atlases of Cuyahoga County for 1852, 1874, 1892, and 1903.
  • Tax maps dated 1860,1870,1880, and 1890 for ownership listings and for documentation of structures on the property during those years.