Welcome to the HCGS!

Registration is now open for the HCGS webinar "Researching at the Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center" with Kate McKenzie scheduled for Tuesday November 12 at 7:00pm ET.

The September 2024 issue of The Tracer, our award winning journal, is available on our website in the Members Area.

HCGS has published a new index, August 2024: Hamilton County, Ohio Children’s Records: Six Orphan Asylums, 1829 – 1919. Available in our store with a 20% discount for members. This index contains the names of over 17,700 children who entered six major orphan asylums located in Hamilton County, Ohio between October 1829, and December 1919.

Major database addition (2024 June 20): 112,000+ Church Deaths Index records from 1811-1889 have been added to the existing 1890s index records for a new total of 146,000+ 19th Century Church Deaths Index records. The full index is available online to HCGS members while an abbreviated index is available to the public.

The new Index to Columbia Township Hamilton County, Ohio Record Book, consisting of over 7,000 name instances in PDF format, has been added to this website for members only.

The All-Name Indexes of the member applications of our four Lineage Societies (First Families, Settlers & Builders, Century Families, Civil War Veterans) have been updated as of the end of 2023.

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Member Access

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 $20.

Stay informed

Stay informed about Hamilton County research by reading HCGS publications, The Tracer and The Gazette. Follow HCGS on Facebook.

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