Join or Renew

New and renewing members in the USA that use our Online/Paypal Membership Form may purchase a copy of A Guide to Genealogical Resources in Cincinnati and Hamilton County, 8th Edition (2019). The new Guide has over 30% new content along with all information updated. You can choose from several formats. The digital and paper package is the best value, can be easily searched, and allows clicking on links. NOTE: You can legally purchase and download one (1) copy of the Hamilton County Guide 8th Edition in digital PDF format for your own personal use.

You can use either one of the following two methods:

Use our Online/PayPal Membership Form to submit your membership form electronically and pay instantly via PayPal. You can use a credit card with PayPal even if you do not have a PayPal account. This is the fastest way to submit your membership form and payment.

Print out the Membership Application form, fill it in manually, and submit it along with your dues payment to the following address, or you can save the Membership Application form to your computer or mobile device, open the form from there and type in the info, save it again for your own copy, and then print and submit along with your dues payment to the address below. NOTE: If you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer web browser you can type your info into the form before you save it to your computer or mobile device.

Hamilton County Genealogical Society

P. O. Box 15865

Cincinnati, OH 45215-0865

Benefits of Membership

Receive or view The Tracer, the award-winning HCGS quarterly journal, with information on Hamilton County records, repositories, and resources.
Access indexes of Hamilton County Wills, 1918-1973, and over 300,000 Hamilton County Marriages and Death Notices.
Access images of 25,000 Weil Funeral Home records, 1913-2015
Access index of over 26,000 death records reported in Der Christliche Apologete, 1839-1899
Access HCGS videos not available to the general public. These include training and informational sessions prepared and delivered by HCGS experts.
Qualify to apply to HCGS Lineage Societies: First Families (before 1821), Settlers and Builders (1821-1860), and Century Families (1861 to 100 years ago). Separate application fee required.
Post Hamilton County Surnames in your membership profile and communicate with other members who share surname interests.
Receive a 50% discount on HCGS research services.

All of these benefits are yours with an annual or life membership (E-Membership includes online access to The Tracer - no mailed copy).

For more information, read the HCGS membership brochure.

Membership Levels and Dues

(subject to change without prior notification)

All membership levels are for one or two adults living at the same address.

Membership Type	Access to all members only resources	*Receive printed copy of Tracer* by USPS mail**	*Access Tracer* online**	Provide additional operating funds to HCGS	Help preserve genealogical records	Price
E-Membership	*		*			$15.00 per year
Regular	*	*	*			$25.00 per year
Sustaining	*	*	*	*		$30.00 per year
Life	*	*	*		*	$300.00 one time

Postage: add $8.00 for Canadian addresses and $15.00 for all other international addresses (not applicable for E-Memberships).

The membership year is the calendar year. Dues are payable by January 1 and delinquent on February 1.

Life Members are continued on the HCGS roll as memorials after their death. Life Membership revenues are held in an endowment fund. Fund use is not restricted and follows non-profit organization guidelines. Life Memberships help HCGS preserve genealogical information by offsetting the expenses associated with publishing indexes. These indexes are made available to the public for generations to come.

New members joining before September 1 receive all paper issues of The Tracer for that year (except
E-Members, who have online access to the year’s Tracer issues). New members joining after September 1 receive only Tracer issues from that point forward, but their membership will be for both the current year and the next calendar year.

Questions?

If you have questions about HCGS membership, email our Membership Director or use our web contact form.

page modified: 10/01/2019

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.