Hamilton County Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 15865
Cincinnati, Ohio 45215-0865
Telephone:  (513) 956-7078

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A chapter of the
Ohio Genealogical Society

Research Services

 
The Hamilton County Genealogical Society (HCGS) no longer provides fee-based research services. If you wish to hire a professional researcher, or are an HCGS member and want to offer your research services, see Paid researchers below. 
 
CHPL research services
 
The Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library (CHPL) will provide copies of obituaries and other articles from local newspapers and pages from books and periodicals in its collection (including books published by HCGS). Currently there is no fee or limit for this service.

To make a request, contact the Genealogy and Local History Department at research@chpl.org or 513-369-6900, with as much information as possible. For newspaper notices, provide the name of the deceased or the title of the article, the full date, and the newspaper name. A page number helps speed up the process for book copy requests. Requests can be fulfilled via email, fax, or snail-mail.
 
Paid researchers
 
HCGS maintains a list of paid researchers who specialize in Hamilton County, Ohio, research. This Paid Researchers list is listed below and available as a PDF file.
 
Disclaimer
 
Agreements are made between the paid researcher and the client. HCGS is not responsible for any services provided by the researcher. Contact details and description of services are provided by the researcher.
 
How to join, renew, and update the list
 
You must be a member of HCGS to get on the list. This ad is not for research all over the USA or the world but should be directed to Hamilton County, OH or the surrounding counties in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana OR to provide a service such as translating German or Latin, etc.
 
The Paid Researcher listing is for one calendar year (January through December), although you can join at any time (sorry, no proration for partial year). The listing fee is payable by January 1 and delinquent on February 28. A reminder for renewal of listings in the Paid Researchers list will be emailed in late January/early February of each calendar year to the current researchers.  The cost is $10/calendar year.
 
To join the list, renew, or update your listing use this online form.  Fee payable via PayPal.
If you have any questions please send an email to president@hcgsohio.org.
 
List of paid researchers
 
Chris Bell-Puckett
7002 Martha Road
Cincinnati OH  45230-2334
513-508-2402
I specialize in locating original resources not found on the Internet. Over 40 years professional experience concentrated in Hamilton, Clermont and Butler Counties in Ohio.  Also Northern Kentucky and Southeast Indiana. Will travel to other locations as needed.
Deb Cyprych, FNGS
1865 Walker Street
Cincinnati OH  45202
513-328-8672
Specialties: Immigrant origins (read old German script), estate heirs, obscure Hamilton County records, lineage society documentation, transforming your research into stories your family will treasure. Fellow of the National Genealogical Society, its highest honor. Award-winning author, professional genealogist since 2002.
Jane Fitzpatrick
9502 Woodland Hills Drive
Hamilton OH 45011
513-860-2769
Researching family history since 1998. Specialize in Hamilton County, OH but can research any of OH counties. I also have done extensive research in Caldwell, Crittenden, Livingston and Lyon counties in KY. Also research Kolping Society and Missouri. Free consultations.
Nina Ivanichvili, Certified Translator, Genealogist
All Language Alliance, Inc.
303-470-9555
translate@languagealliance.com
www.languagealliance.com
Foreign heir research. Dual citizenship. Apostilles. Certified legal and genealogical translation from French; Russian; German; Italian; Danish; Czech; Hungarian; Thai; Japanese; Chinese; Slovak; Finnish; Lithuanian; Polish; Hebrew; Turkish; Romanian; Greek; Armenian; Spanish; Ukrainian; Korean; Swedish; Portuguese, Ottoman; Croatian; Bulgarian; Norwegian.
Wanda Langdon
3779 Mantell Avenue
Cincinnati, OH 45236
513-505-6871
Specializing in, but not limited to, SW Ohio, SE Kentucky, Civil War and Military records. Research, documentation, consultation - customized for your needs. Member Association of Professional Genealogists, HCGS, OGS, KGS, Clermont, Greene and Brown County GS & many more.
LeeAnn McNabb
Cincinnati, OH
513-373-1952
Librarian (Masters of Library and Information Science) with 28 years of genealogy research experience. Familiar with both online and offline sources. Specialties are but not limited to German-American, OH, KY and IN research plus reading old church records. Email contact preferred.
Dana Palmer, CG, (R), CGL, (SM)
1149 Thistle Lane
Lebanon, OH 45036
513-934-0840
dana@treasuredlineage.com
Specializes in lineage society applications, publishing family
books, and Midwestern research – especially OH. In addition
to her client work, she is part of the Mayflower Silver Books team.
 
 
 
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