Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio Genealogy

Guide to Cincinnati, Hamilton County ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Histories and Tidbits

 * Cincinnati is the county seat of Hamilton County, Ohio.

Neighboring Communities
Newport, Kentucky

Vital Records
Courtesy of the University of Cincinnati: Birth and Death Records: 1865-1912

Hamilton Probate Court Online Archives:

Cemeteries
Spring Grove Cemetery, claims to be the second largest cemetery in the United States, has records online at Spring Grove Cemetery. There may be records from several different cemeteries that are owned by this company in this area, and there is information about a funeral home they own as well.

Vine Street Hill Cemetery aka Old Carthage Road Cemetery has 60,412 interments; half of them are photographed on Find-A-Grave

Historical and Genealogical Societies

 * American Jewish Archives The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives 3101 Clifton Ave. | Cincinnati, OH 45220 Telephone 513.221.1875 | Fax 513.221.7812
 * Archdiocese of Cincinnati Archdiocese of Cincinnati Archive 212 East Eighth Street | Cincinnati, OH 45202 Telephone: (513) 621-2086

Libraries

 * University of Cincinnati Archives Department Blegen Library PO Box 201113, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0113 Telephone: 513-556-1959, Fax: 513-556-2113 Internet: University of Cincinnati Archives Department

1) Contains an online index for Hamilton County wills and probate records

Hamilton County Ohio Wills, 17911-1901

2) Contains the Cincinnati Birth and Death Records, 1865-1912


 * The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County

Virtual Library Collection

Webpage

Digitized city directories in downloadable PDF format from 1819 to 1941. The 1825 directory includes occupations and places of birth of each inhabitant.

Online Insurance maps of Cincinnati

Online yearbooks for the University of Cincinnati

Family History Websites
Ashlock Family Website with Weil-Sauer Family including the Weil Real Estate, Sauer Market & Sauer Jewelry Co.