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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

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

Our Hamilton County Deed Indexes page has been newly redone and updated, including the new and improved Finding Aid 1794 to 1836 (Indexes 1 & 2).

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.

Our Calendar of Genealogical Events has been updated (11/25) with known area events for this Winter, Spring, and early Summer.

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.

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.

Check out our videos!

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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.

William Howard Taft

William Howard Taft was born into a prominent Cincinnati family and was one of eight U.S. presidents born in Ohio. Known as a conservative, Taft was also a progressive "trust buster" who supported the establishment of the Department of Labor and the graduated income tax. He is the only person in history to hold both of the nation's highest offices - U.S. President and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.