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Hamilton Co. Sites

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

Telephone: (513) 956-7078

A chapter of the
Ohio Genealogical Society

What's new

The June 2017 issue of The Tracer is now available on our website in the Members Area. The contents of this issue are:
- Researching Hamilton County Ancestors Using Newspaper Court Reports
- Chapter Programs
- Chapter News
- Interest Groups
- Calendar of Genealogy Events
- The Shapell Roster: Jewish Soldiers in the Civil War
- Hamilton County Deed Index Three, 1836-1845
- Research Beyond the Borders of Hamilton County
- Coleraine Historical Society
- Remembering Mary Remler
- Presbyterian Membership Certificates, 1830-1839
- “Our Colored Population” - Cincinnati’s African American Residents in 1867

A reminder to our members that they are welcome to attend our Board Meetings held the 3rd Thursday of each month at the Perkins Restaurant in Mt. Healthy at the Ronald Reagan Highway, except July and August when no Board meetings are held. You may come early to eat then the meetings start at 6:30 p.m. and go until about 8:00 p.m. Come and find out what’s happening. Note: June and December are held at different locations. See our Calendar for specific dates.

Thanks to two members who have volunteered to take care of our videography needs! But don't forget, The Tracer editorial team would still welcome new volunteers.

The latest edition of our newsletter, the April 2017 Gazette, is available.

Three videos about DNA have been added to our Videos page (Introduction to DNA, Autosomal DNA, and Overview of 23andme) by the Southwest Ohio DNA Interest Group.

A new Buyer surname, Total Alphabetic Deed Index 1844 to 1869 consisting of over 80,000 entries has now been completed by our HCGS volunteer indexers and is provided on the Hamilton County Deed Indexes page. Also included are instructions for accessing the newly online deed book images at the Hamilton Recorder's Office website for deed books A to W2 and 21 through 216 (1794 - 1823).

The complete program schedule, registration form, and conference details are now available for the 2017 International Germanic Genealogy Conference to be held in Minneapolis July 27th - July 30th.

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page modified: 06/01/2017

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New Book for Sale

Index of Hamilton County, Ohio Reported Court Records 1841 - 1869 is now available. Click the image above for further details in the HCGS Shop.

Daniel Drake

Daniel Drake arrived in pioneer Cincinnati, a city of 750 people, at the age of fifteen. He trained as a physician and founded the Medical College of Ohio in Cincinnati, the oldest medical college west of the Allegheny Mountains which merged with the University of Cincinnati in 1896. A trailblazer in frontier medical care, Drake wrote about the natural habitat and diseases of the area and established early hospitals and infirmaries in Ohio. Drake believed in a great future for the city, and his 1815 book Picture of Cincinnati earned him a national reputation and encouraged more Ohio settlement.