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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

In April HCGS made its annual awards for 2018 in three categories: one Distinguished Service Award, four Awards of Merit, and eight Certificates of Appreciation. For the names and descriptions please see our Awards Recipients page (scroll down).

The latest edition of our newsletter, the April 2018 Gazette, is available.

The HCGS Digital Resources Committee has an immediate need for several volunteer roles. See our Help Wanted page for details.

New video: Gedmatch - A Deep Dive by Kathy Reed and Kelli Bergheimer, presented to the Southwest Ohio DNA Interest Group (SWOHDNA) on February 13, 2018 at the MidPointe Library in West Chester. For additional videos see our Videos page.

The March 2018 issue of The Tracer is now available on our website in the Members Area. The contents of this issue are:
- Hamilton County Maps, 1835-2017
- Genealogy Programs
- Chapter News
- Calendar of Genealogy Events
- More House of Refuge Records Now Online
- New Digitized Genealogical Collections at PLCH
- “Operation Anzio” at Mount Notre Dame High School
- Cincinnati Pioneer Association, continued
- Longview Asylum and the Insane in Nineteenth-Century Cincinnati, continued
- Book Review: The Family Tree Irish Genealogy Guide: How to Trace Your Ancestors in Ireland, Claire Santry
- Newly Digitized Voter Registration Lists for Cincinnati

Our area Calendar of Genealogy Events has been updated (2/20/2018).

A new public online abbreviated index created from the new index book Hamilton County, Ohio Roman Catholic Baptism Records - Early – 1849 is now available to the public on our Births & Baptisms page.

A new public online abbreviated index created from the new book Index of Hamilton County, Ohio Reported Court Records 1870 - 1879 is now available to the public on our Court Records page.

For the House of Refuge asylum (1850-1916) case files are now online at the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County (PLCH) and Records of Commitments (1869-1882, 1891-1902), an index, financial records and payroll records are now online at the Archives and Rare Books Library of the University of Cincinnati (UC). See also orphanages on our Adoptions, Guardianships, and Orphanages page.

As part of our Make A Difference (MAD) Veterans Burials Project to honor and document our veterans buried in Hamilton County, a new public index, Index of Service 1865-1917 veterans burials (veterans of the Indian Wars, Spanish-American War, and other military service during the time period between 1865 and 1917), has been added to this website. Addtionally the Pre-Civil War veterans burials and Civil War veterans burials indexes have been updated with additional burials.

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page modified: 05/15/2018

See also our Events page
for more...

PLCH Library Tours Jun 2, Aug 4, Oct 6, OR Dec 1 at 10 am

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

Estate Research Series, Sep 9, 16, and 23, 1:30-4 pm

Preregister for these hands on sessions as space is limited. Please click on the image for registration details

New book for sale

Hamilton County, Ohio Roman Catholic Baptism Records - Early – 1849 is available. Click image above for more info. Also available as a Kindle book.

New Book for Sale

Index of Hamilton County, Ohio Reported Court Records 1870 - 1879 is now available. Click the image above for further details. Also available as a Kindle book.

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.