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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

A new video Mitochondrial DNA and Genetic Genealogy by Kathy Reed, SWOHDNA Chair, is available free to the public.

See German Genealogy Resources on our Blog describing research sources for German ancestry, including our new German Interest Group page Records and Resources for Germans in Hamilton County.
A new video Early Hamilton County Ancestors, before 1850 by Jeff Herbert is available to view for free.

The latest edition of our newsletter, the October 2018 Gazette, is now available. The contents are:
- A Day with Genealogy Experts
- Dr. Wolfgang Grams at Kolping Center
- Deed and Leases at the Recorder’s Office
- Celebrity Genealogy Show: Cincinnati Edition
- German Interest Group News
- 2018 Kroger Rewards
- Amazon Community Rewards
- Genealogy Lock-In
- Cincinnati and the Great War
- President's message
- Program Calendar

The September 2018 issue of our journal The Tracer is now available on our website in the Members Area. The contents of this issue are:
- Cincinnati and the Fugitive Slave Acts
- Family History Month
- Genealogy Programs
- Chapter News
- Calendar of Genealogy Events
- Manumissions in Hamilton County
- Hamilton County Deed Index One, 1794-1823
- Hamilton County Recorder – Connecting Deeds and Leases to Plats
- WPA Veteran Grave Cards
- Going Through the Back Door to Find Microfilms
- Presbyterian Membership Certificates, 1840-1854
- Madeira Historical Society
- Public Library Acquisitions
- New Additions to the Digital Collections of the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County
- The Catholic Telegraph Digitized
- Book Review: Pride of the Valley: Sifting Through the History of the Mount Healthy Mill

Approximately 40,000 WPA Veteran Grave Cards (Revolutionary War–Vietnam War) are now available to the public for searching and download via our Cemeteries page.

Hamilton County Deed Index One, 1794-1823: The searchable PDF index to 11,954 early deed records is now available under the subtitle "Finding Aid: Index 1" on our Hamilton County Deed Indexes page and includes both Grantors (sellers) and Grantees (buyers). For informative details see the September 2018 issue of The Tracer now available on our website in the Members Area.

The HCGS Digital Resources Committee needs member volunteers to fill several roles. See our Help Wanted page for details.

A new public online abbreviated index created from the new index book Hamilton County, Ohio Roman Catholic Baptism Records - 1850 – 1859 is now available to the public on our Births & Baptisms page.

The first 55 years of the Catholic Telegraph (1831 - 1885) are now available online at the Catholic Research Resources Alliance's Catholic News Archive website. This project was funded in part by a grant from the HCGS.

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Events page

Researching Your Early Hamilton County Ancestors - before 1850

The video of this program and "What's New in German Genealogy" can now be found on the website.

New video posted to DNA Interest Group

Mitochondrial DNA and Genetic Genealogy.

Advanced Genealogy Forum (AGF) Nov 17 10:30 am, Rm 3A, Main Library

Click on image above for more information, article description, and discussion questions.

PLCH Library Tours Dec 1 at 10 am

Join the librarians for a tour of their nationally recognized genealogy collection. Click on the image for details.

James Presley Ball

James Presley Ball was an African-American daguerreotype photographer who settled in Cincinnati in 1849 at the age of twenty four. For the next two decades, he operated a well known gallery and produced highly praised work, including a 2400-square yard canvas that depicted the history of the African Slave Trade and the horrors of American Slavery. Ball photographed many dignitaries including Queen Victoria, Frederick Douglass, and Charles Dickens.