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P.O. Box 15865
Cincinnati, Ohio 45215-0865

Telephone: (513) 956-7078

A chapter of the
Ohio Genealogical Society

What's new

New: The Hamilton County, Ohio Burial Sites, a.k.a. "cemeteries master list", is now available on this website.

New Roman Catholic Baptisms index for sale. Hamilton County, Ohio Roman Catholic Baptism Records - 1860 – 1869: Available in print (two volumes) or PDF (single file) formats. Click image for details.
New: Volumes 1-22, Hamilton County Burial Records. All 22 volumes of our Hamilton County Burial Records series have now been scanned and are available as searchable PDF files on either a DVD or a USB flash drive. Click images for details.

New: Our Calendar of Genealogy Events has been updated (01/06/2020).

New: The latest edition of our newsletter, the January 2020 Gazette, is now available.

New: Abbreviated Online Index now available (1/1/2020) on this website to accompany our new publication Hamilton County, Ohio Roman Catholic Baptism Records - 1860 – 1869.

Index of Hamilton County, Ohio Mutilated Court Records 1852 - 1884 has been added to this website. After the Courthouse fire in 1884, those Common Pleas court records that survived were copied into 45 books, approximately 25,000 pages.

Original Sundries indexes, Vol. 2 1889-1902 and Vol. 3 1903-1917, both any word searchable, have been added to the Recorder's Office page on this website.

Volunteer! We have no paid staff. If you are a member of HCGS and would like to become more active in our chapter, and do more for fellow members and others researching their ancestry, consider volunteering for one of our roles.

Our February HCGS Board Meeting will be held on Thursday 2/20. Meeting starts at 6:30 pm. All HCGS members are welcome. For more info...

The December 2019 issue of our journal The Tracer is now available on our website in the Members Area. The contents of this issue are:
- Hamilton County Veteran Discharges on FamilySearch
- Genealogy Programs
- 2021 International German Genealogy Conference in Cincinnati
- Chapter News
- Tracer Issues Added to HCGS Website
- Interest Groups
- Diocese of Osnabrück Church Books Now Available on Matricula
- Calendar of Genealogy Events
- Got German? A DNA Opportunity
- Original Hamilton County Deeds
- Hamilton County Genealogical Society Lineage Society Inductions 2019
- Hamilton County Courthouse, 1884 Fire Record Loss
- Records that existed before 1884 courthouse fire: saved, restored or recreated
- Book Review: Cincinnati Goetta: A Delectable History
- Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County Partners with Newspaper Archive
2001 through 2007 issues of The Tracer have been added to the website (10/16/2019).

Save the date! The Hamilton County Genealogical Society is honored to host the 2021 International German Genealogy Conference here in Greater Cincinnati on 16 - 18 July, 2021.

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Events Page!

Saturday, February 1 2020, 10 - 11am, Orientation: Genealogy and Local History Department Tours

Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County (PLCH) librarians give an overview of the resources available to genealogists. Click image for more info.

Saturday, March 7, 2020, Annual Seminar with Roger Minert

Four sessions on German genealogy. Registration now open. Click image for details.

Wednesday, April 29 - Saturday, May 2; Unlocking the Pieces - 2020 OGS Conference

The premier Midwest genealogical conference. Registration open. Click on image for more info.

Wednesday, June 17 - Saturday, June 20 “Cross the Bridge to Yesterday” PALAM National Conference

To be held in Cincinnati. Click image for more info and registration.

Salmon P. Chase

Salmon P. Chase moved to Cincinnati at the age of twenty two to practice law. He became known for his defense of slaves attempting escape on the Underground Railroad. In Jones v. Van Zandt Chase argued before the U.S. Supreme Court that the Fugitive Slave Act was unconstitutional. He served as governor of Ohio and U.S. Senator, and in 1864 Chase was appointed by Abraham Lincoln as the Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.