The Lake Erie Islands Historical Society has a genealogical database of more than 14,000 island residents and their ancestors/descendants. This collection covers all residents of the islands from early settlers to 20th century summer cottage residents. We also welcome family photographs and journals and we conduct oral histories for our archives.
  Our two newest projects are "The Men Who Fought in the Battle of Lake Erie" and "Descendants of Oliver Hazard Perry."
  Do you have information on island residents, or would you like to add your family to our files? The Historical Society will gladly keep your family records and photographs safe and available for future generations to enjoy.
  The Museum welcomes inquiries, additions and corrections to these ongoing projects. Our best and most accurate information comes from the families themselves!
  Please contact our Genealogy Project at genealogy@leihs.org or write LEIHS Genealogy Project, PO Box 25, Put-in-Bay, OH 43456.

Bass Island surnames, including some early summer families and other connections: (not nearly complete) Ackerman, Adsit, Alexander, Andreas, Andres, Anthony, Anton, Arndt, Atwood, Auhl, Axtell, Baldwin, Bartlett, Bateman, Bearsch, Bechstein, Becker, Beckstead, Beebe, Bening, Bernhardt, Betts, Bianchi, Bickford, Borman, Boslow, Brady, Brandow, Breither, Bretz, Brick, Broderson, Brookner, Brown, Bruce, Buddenhagen, Bullock, Burgess, Burggraf, Burns, Bushong, Buyer, Caldwell, Case, Castor, Chapman, Christiansen, Cooke, Cooper, Cottingham, Coucher, Cox, Crossley, Cullen, Cummins, Daussa, Day, Deisler, Deist, Delaishe, DeLaurier, DeRivera, DeVore, Dewey, Doan, Dodge, Doller, Dorsey, Downing, Drake, Dress, Duennisch, Duff, Duggan, Dukes, Eckert, Eckhardt, Edwards, Else, Engel, Esselbach, Farnham, Feick, Fischer, Fisher, Fitzpatrick, Flint, Foster, Fox, Foye, French, Frohman, Frick, Fuchs, Gangwisch, Gardner, Gascoyne, Gibbens, Gibeaut, Gill, Girardin, Gmelch, Gorey, Gorham, Gould, Gram, Graves, Greenman, Gross, Groves, Gump, Haas, Hales, Haller, Hallock, Hammond, Harms, Heim, Hein, Heineman, Herbster, Herring, Heuchele, Hanck, Hanson, Harrington, Hartlaub, Heaton, Heidle, Heise, Herman, Hersberger, High, Hinger, Hitchcock, Hollway, Holly, Hooven, Hosford, Hunker, Hyde, Idlor, Ingles, Ingold, Irvin, Jahnke, Johanssen, Johnson, Jones, Jordan, June, Kaphengst, Keimer, Kenney, Kerber, Kindt, King, Klein, Klemm, Klopp, Knapp, Kubach, Kuemmel, Kunzler, Ladd, Lange, Langlois, Larcomb, Laskowski, Lauenstein, Leech, Leow, Leschied, Lindsley, Linsky, Lockwood, Lonz, Lunt, Lutes, Mackey, Magle, Mahler, Maier, Market, Marks, Martens, Martin, McCann, McDuff, McFall, McMeens, McNamara, Meacham, Merkley, Mertz, Messenberg, Meyer, Meyers, Michael, Michel, Millen, Miller, Moore, Morrison, Morton, Mueller, Murray, Myers, Napier, Nelson, Nichols, Niele, Nielsen, Nissen, Nixon, Noellert, Oelschlager, Ohlemacher, Oldt, Opper, Orr, Palmer, Parker, Peebles, Pember, Pfeiffer, Petersen, Phillips, Pickens, Pomeroy, Proch, Prochnow, Rehberg, Reichel, Reinhard, Riedling, Riesterer, Rinderle, Ritter, Rittman, Roesch, Rotert, Ruggles, Ruh, Runkle, Sadler, Sandersen, Scheible, Schelb, Schell, Schenck, Scherer, Schiele, Schleuse, Schmidlin, Schmidt, Schneider, Schnoor, Schraidt, Schroeder, Schultz, Scott, Sears, Seaton, Seitz, Senne, Shortliff, Siefield, Siegrist, Sloat, Smith, Snide, Steffen, Steiert, Stewart, Stoiber, Stone, Stonerook, Sullivan, Tancock, Taylor, Terwillegar, Thompson, Tiffany, Townsend, Traverso, Tulian, Tyler, Van Rensselaer, Von Dohren, Vroman, Waedel, Wagner, Ward, Webster, Wehrle, Weis, Welch, Wertenbach, West, Wiegand, Wiesler, Wigand, Wigle, Wild, Wilds, Williamson, Wires, Wittstein, Woischke, Woodward, Wright, Wurtz, Zura.

   Genealogy Note: More information is available at the Lake Erie Islands Historical Society. If you have additions/corrections, or would like to add your family to the museum data base, please contact Susie Cooper at genealogy@leihs.org.
   Thanks to the following for their genealogical research: Robin Burris-Cadez, Susie Cooper, Robert Dodge, Charles Frohman, Mike Gora, Dr. Thomas Langlois, Marilyn Rudolph Linton,  Amy Newell, and The Ottawa County Genealogical Society.
   Thank you to all the descendants of island families who have added their research to our files. The best genealogy comes from the families!