Hamilton County Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 15865
Cincinnati, Ohio 45215-0865
Telephone:  (513) 956-7078

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A chapter of the
Ohio Genealogical Society
What's new​​
  • The December 2018 issue of our journal The Tracer is now available on our website in the Members Area. The contents of this issue are:
    • Population Updates: How AncestryDNA and 23andMe Improved Ethnicity Estimates
    • Chapter News
    • Genealogy Programs
    • 2018 New Members and Pioneer Ancestors, Hamilton County Chapter Lineage Societies
    • Interest Groups
    • Calendar of Genealogy Events
    • More Early Settlers in The Cincinnati Pioneer
    • Name Indexes in Online Manuscript Registers on Cincinnati History Library and Archives’ Website
    • Bastardy Cases in Hamilton County Courts, 1850 - 1884
    • Book Review: The Adoptee’s Guide to DNA Testing: How to Use Genetic Genealogy to Discover Your Long-Lost Family, Tamar Weinberg
    • Tracer Article Index Updated, 2008 - 2018
  • A new Article Index for our quarterly journal The Tracer covering the years 2008 - 2018 has been added to this website.  The earlier article index covering the years of publication 1979 - 2008 remains available.
  • 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.
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Members may login to access their membership profile, contribute to the Discussions forum and Surname list, and search our members-only databases. 
 
Non-member access
 
Non-members also benefit from the HCGS public databases, the research guides in Local Records and Records Repositories, and much more. Not a member? Become a member today for as low as $15.
 
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page modified: 11/30/2018 RTB
Latest News
See also our
Events page
PLCH Library Tours Feb 2, 2019, at 10 am
Join the librarians for a tour of their nationally recognized genealogy collection. Click on the image for details.
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.
New book for sale
Hamilton County, Ohio Roman Catholic Baptism Records - 1850 – 1859 is available (two volume set). Click image above for more info. Also available in Kindle format.