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THE GAZETTE
A Publication of the Hamilton County Chapter of the
Ohio Genealogical Society
Volume 34, Issue 1, January 2020
2021 IGGP Conference – Volunteer Race Banquet Center in Winton Woods every year
except when the Ohio Genealogical Society Conference
Opportunities is held in southwest Ohio. All plans are mostly
by Jeff Herbert completed for the 2020 Annual Spring Conference with
Roger Minert, but now would be a great opportunity to
observe how everything works. The new Education
Things are moving forward with planning for the Chair could do more with other educational endeavors if
International German Genealogy Conference. The request desired. Contact Kenny Burck at kburck@juno.com if
for proposals has gone out for potential speakers to submit you would care to chat about any other details. Most of
their lectures, and the portal is now open for the submittal us joined the Board with scant experience in our
process until February 29, 2020. Things will begin to move positions. We meet on the third Thursday at Perkins in
quickly in 2020 as preparations continue for the July 2021 Mt. Healthy eight times a year with two more additional
conference. We still have some volunteer opportunities for offsite meetings. We on the Board all learn as we go.
committee chairpersons if you are interested in Please consider this way of contributing to genealogy.
participating and have some free time to work and help out.
Most of the activity can be done from home.
Hospitality – entails identifying and printing up
signs, coordinating ADA needs, and organizing Introduction to the Archdiocese of
volunteers for a hospitality table during the Cincinnati Sacramental Records on
conference to help our out-of-town guests. Findmypast
Volunteer – recruit, manage, and communicate with by Jean Nathan
volunteers; coordinate volunteer activities such as
the assembly of conference packets just before the
conference, on-site registration help during the Sponsored by Hamilton County Genealogical Society
conference, and hospitality for attendees at the
conference.
Date: Saturday, March 21, 2020
These chair roles can be shared with two or more Time: 2:30-4:00 PM
volunteers to serve as co-chairs. Most activities can be Location: Green Township Branch Library, 6525
done in your spare time in 2020 and 2021, with more Bridgetown Rd., Cincinnati, 45248
coordination required in the weeks before the conference. Capacity: Seating is limited to 50 chairs
If interested in helping, or if you want more information, Cost: Free
please contact us at treasurer.conference@iggp.org.
Reservations Required: Watch Chapter website for
opening date of reservations.
Education Director Position Still Open This program has been presented in other areas of
by Kenny Burck Southwest Ohio by Julie Ross, and she has encouraged
us to have her present it again, this time in Green
As previously mentioned, we have an opening on our Township. Julie will do a live demonstration on how to
Chapter Board for an Education Director. The primary find Catholic baptism, marriage, and burial records for
function is to work with the downtown library to schedule Southwest Ohio on FMP. She will also discuss tips,
our spring and autumn series of three or four genealogy tricks, limitations and work-arounds. FMP subscribers
programs for newer genealogists. The other function is our may bring laptops/tablets for hands-on practice, but you
Annual Spring Seminar that is usually held at the Mill will also learn from this presentation without a
computer.
Page 2 Hamilton County Ohio Genealogical Society Gazette January 2020
President’s Message 2021 International German
Genealogy Conference: Call for
Proposals Now Open
BY JENNY MOORMAN
Email: president@hcgsohio.org by Deb Cyprych & Jean Nathan
Happy New Year! For members of our society, we
hope you found your membership last year to be
rewarding and beneficial. Annual memberships expire
every December 31. If you haven’t already done so, we
encourage you to renew for 2020 so you don’t miss a
single issue of The Tracer and you continue to receive
notices of upcoming programs and maintain access to
members-only databases, indexes, webinars, and videos.
The Call for Proposals is now open for presentations
We hope you will join us at our annual seminar on March during the 2021 International German Genealogy
7 at the Mill Race Banquet Center. Dr. Roger Minert is an Conference in Cincinnati, sponsored by the
author, teacher, and researcher with a Ph.D. in German International German Genealogy Partnership and hosted
language research. Dr. Minert will present four sessions: by the Hamilton County Genealogical Society.
Church Records in Germany
Potential speakers with specialized genealogical
Surname Changes in Northwestern Germany knowledge, skills, or techniques are invited to submit
A Day in the Life of your German Ancestor up to five proposals.
Marriage and Courtship in Germany 1500 to 1800
A flyer on the IGGP website has full details about the
Seminar registration can be completed online, or by mail types and lengths of presentations desired, the selection
using the form on page 5. We hope to see you there! process, and compensation. Check out the flyer to see
the types of tracks and topics anticipated for the
Several other 2020 educational opportunities include: Conference.
Ohio Genealogical Society conference in Sandusky, New this year:
Ohio, April 29 - May 2
All sessions must address German genealogy topics
National Genealogical Society conference in Salt
Lake City, Utah, May 20-23 Some sessions may be conducted partially in the
German language
Palatines to America national conference in
Cincinnati, Ohio, June 17-20 Two-hour workshops and thirty-minute express
sessions in addition to one-hour presentations
Additional programs and details are listed on our Calendar Increase in honorarium
of Events in this issue.
To submit proposals for presentations, go to the IGGP
As always, we could use volunteers for: website, then click on the Conference 2021 tab. The
the Annual Seminar deadline for submissions is 11:59 pm ET on 29
February 2020.
Website maintenance
2021 International German Genealogical Conference The International German Genealogy Partnership’s
Conference has become the largest in the world devoted
To find out more about these opportunities, please email exclusively to the genealogy of German-speaking
us or call us at 513.956.7078. people. Genealogists dedicated to serious research will
come to the 2021 International German Genealogy
If you have a moment, would you consider giving us a Conference from around the world to attend eighty
good review on Google and Facebook? If your review sessions on German genealogy, sharpen their skills, and
would be less than four or five stars, please contact me interact with other researchers.
instead and let me know your thoughts on how to improve
our society. I appreciate your feedback. Thanks. Subscribe to receive conference updates from IGGP.
Hamilton County Ohio Genealogical Society Gazette Volume 34.1 Page 3
Professional Researchers List Common Pleas Court Cases That
by Kenny Burck Survived the March 29, 1884
Courthouse Fire
February is the deadline each year for adding or updating by Jim Dempsey
the Hamilton County professional researchers list on our
website. Do not be intimidated by the word "professional." After the 1884 fire, those Common Pleas court records
If you would like to receive payments to do research and that survived were copied into 45 books, approximately
you believe you can do this effectively, you might want to 25,000 pages. A quick look indicates the cases go back to
give it a try. The cost for a listing is $10.00 per year with a as early as 1835. Two separate indexes were made just
check (or online payment) made out to HCCOGS. for these 45 books. I have split the original handwritten
images by first letter of the last name, A-Z, and put them
The listing should include your contact information, and on our Court Records webpage.
describe your experience and services in NO MORE
THAN 40 WORDS. Abbreviations count as one word. For The indexes are arranged by the first letter of the first
ideas, look at the list on our website to see what others put name, within the first letter of the last name.
in their listing. Fees should be discussed after someone Example: Adams, Ann ... Allen, Barney... Aston,
contacts you. All questions can be directed to Kenny Charles, etc. Businesses or partnerships are in the last
Burck at 513-260-0238. Send your listing to page of each letter. If the business is known as say "A. B.
kburck@juno.com. Smith & Sons" or "The Smith Company," it will be listed
under S. You only need to look in the left hand column.
Both Plaintiff and Defendant will be in the left column.
2020 New Publications Update There are mistakes with page numbers in the book
column and vice versa.
by Jeff Herbert
The records themselves have been digitized but are not
As we start 2020, we have two new exciting publications yet available online. Any member who finds a case of
to offer and some new methods to deliver them to you. interest can email me at preservation@hcgsohio.org. I
will send the case to you while we work out where and
First, the next installment of the baptisms series is now how they can be made available.
available. The title is Hamilton County, Ohio Roman
Catholic Baptisms 1860 – 1869. It contains over 48,400
Roman Catholic baptisms recorded in Hamilton County
during the 1860s decade and is over 860 pages in length.
It is available as a two-volume set on our website for
$50.00. We are piloting something new and are also Veterans Oral History Interviews
offering this publication as a PDF download for $35.00 on
by Kenton County Public Library
our website. This reduced price saves the cost of printing,
shipping and handling costs, and permits you to access the
publication in a searchable PDF format immediately upon Are you interested in adding your story to our Veterans
purchase and download. Oral History Project? Staff from the Local History and
Genealogy Department are available to conduct oral
The second new offering is now available due to the help history interviews with veterans. Interviewees are
of one of our long-time and dedicated volunteers. Over the required to fill out and return a pre-interview
past 30+ years, the chapter has published 22 volumes of questionnaire and release form at least one week before
our Hamilton County Burial Records series. These their interview. The interviews are video recorded and a
volumes have now all been scanned and are available as copy will be made available to the interviewee. Veterans
22 separate PDF files on either a DVD or a USB drive for are encouraged to bring medals, photographs, newspaper
the price of $100.00 on our website. This price is clippings, and other items related to their service to the
approximately a 90% discount from the combined interview. To reserve your interview time, or to ask
purchase price of each individual volume as they were questions about the interview process, please contact
published in the past, and some are currently out of print. Casey Blackmore at (859) 962-4070.
This will certainly benefit the researcher who is interested
in several different volumes, which can be more easily
searched as PDFs.
Page 4 Hamilton County Ohio Genealogical Society Gazette January 2020
Recorder's Office Sundries Index 2 & Our Ancestors and Epidemics They Lived Through
3 (1889-1917) Now Available “She Bore Her Suffering with Christian Fortitude”:
Using Religious Newspapers and Periodicals
by Jim Dempsey
Methods for Identifying the German Origins of
American Immigrants
I have split up the original handwritten images by first
letter of the last name, A-Z, and put them on our
Recorder’s Office webpage.
The records themselves have been digitized but are not Volunteers Needed for FamilySearch
yet available online. Any member who finds a record of Scanning in Butler County
interest can email me at preservation@hcgsohio.org while
we work out where and how they can be made available. by Nancy Porter
FamilySearch sends teams of people with state of the art
equipment to various locations around the world to
DNA Interest Group digitize historical records which are then posted on
by Kathy Reed FamilySearch.org for the free use of anyone doing
genealogical research. One of these teams arrived
recently in Butler County at the Butler County Records
Date & Time: Tuesday, February 11, 7:00-8:45 pm Center and Archives in Hamilton.
Presenter: Jo Roth
Topic: The use of the Gedmatch Genetic Clusters tool This team will be scanning a huge amount of historical
Location: MidPointe West Chester Library records over the next year or so, including the more than
twelve thousand probate case files housed at the
Archives covering the period 1803 through 1935. Some
of these probate packets, especially the early ones, only
contain a few documents. Other probate files may
consist of a banker box or two worth of documents.
Genealogy Workshop with Each file has to be prepared for scanning before the
Dr. Michael D. Lacopo FamilySearch team can scan it. Volunteer help is needed
to prepare these case files for scanning.
by Kenton County Public Library
The FamilySearch scanning team needs a minimum of
Dr. Michael D. Lacopo will offer a genealogy workshop two to four other people every day while scanning the
with sessions on methods for identifying the German probate packets. These volunteers are needed to prepare
origins of American immigrants, using religious the documents to be scanned and then once scanned,
newspapers, medical genealogy, and a case study return them to the estate packet and send the case file
approach to a difficult genealogical problem. Registration back to storage. Volunteers do not have to commit to
is required. more than just a few hours of their time during a
volunteer session. They can help for as little as one day
This free workshop will take place at the Erlanger or commit to as much time as they have available, up to
Library (401 Kenton Lands Road, Erlanger, KY 41018) one or more days a week for each week of the probate
on Saturday, April 4, 2020, in the Bronte Meeting Room. packet portion of the project.
Registration begins January 1, 2020. Space is limited. For All volunteer work will be done at the Butler County
more information and to register, please visit Records Center and Archives located at 123 North Third
www.kentonlibrary.org/events. Street in Hamilton, Ohio 45011. Scanning will take
place during the normal office hours of Monday through
Friday from 8:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. If interested in
Workshop sessions: volunteering or more information, send an email to
“She Came from Nowhere…” A Case Study membership@butlercountyogs.org.
Approach to a Difficult Genealogical Problem
Medical Genealogy: A Primer of Diseases that Killed
Hamilton County Ohio Genealogical Society Gazette Volume 34.1 Page 5
Page 6 Hamilton County Ohio Genealogical Society Gazette January 2020
The International German Genealogy Partnership’s biennial conference is the largest devoted to the
genealogy of German-speaking people. We welcome genealogists from around the world to come to
Cincinnati, a center of German-American heritage, to sharpen skills and interact with other researchers at
the 2021 IGGP Conference.
Anticipated session tracks
Basic German genealogy Making connections
Beyond church and civil records Online and onsite research
History and culture Overcoming language differences
Location, location, location Specific German research strategies
Important dates
1 January – 29 February 2020 Call for proposals
16 July 2020 Discounted hotel reservations open
1 November 2020 Conference registration opens
15 July 2021 IGGP Leadership Day for partner representatives
Volunteer assistance of many types is needed. If you are willing to volunteer your time before or during
the conference, please contact the conference chairs, Kenny Burck and Jeff Herbert, at
chair.conference@iggp.org.
Local host: Hamilton County (Ohio) Genealogical Society
Hamilton County Ohio Genealogical Society Gazette Volume 34.1 Page 7
January-March 2020
Program Calendar
Saturday, Genealogy Websites: An Introduction! A PLCH 3rd Fl. Computer Lab
January 4, March 7, computer lab class Main Library
May 2 800 Vine Street
10:00 am Cincinnati, OH
Tuesday, Butler County Genealogical Society Butler County MidPointe Library
January 14 “Genealogy Apps for Smart Phones” Genelogical Society 9363 Centre Pointe Blvd.
7:00-8:00 pm http://www.butlercountyogs.org/ West Chester, OH
Thursday, “Beginning Genealogy” PLCH Pleasant Ridge Branch Library
January 23, Feb 27 6233 Montgomery Rd.
6:30-7:30 pm Cincinnati, OH
Saturday, Advanced Genealogy Forum (AGF) HCGS Third Floor
January 28, March 28 Topic: TBD, check website Main Library
10:00 am—Noon 800 Vine Street
Cincinnati, OH
Saturday, “Understanding the Underground Railroad in Clermont County Doris Wood Branch Library
February 1 Clermont County” Genealogical Society, 180 S. Third St.
2:00-3:30 pm https://ccgsoh.org/ Greg Roberts Batavia, OH
Saturday, Genealogy and Local History Dept. PLCH Main Library
February 4, April 4, Orientation 800 Vine Street
June 6 Cincinnati, OH
10:00 am
Tuesday, Southwest Ohio DNA Group (SWOHDNA) SWOHDNA, Jo Roth MidPointe Library
February 11 “The Use of the Gedmatch Clusters Tools” 9363 Centre Point Blvd.
7:00-8:30 pm http://www.butlercountyogs.org/ West Chester, OH
Wednesday, “History of Rumpke and Recycling at the Colerain Historical Northwest Community Church
February 19 Colerain Location” Society 8735 Cheviot Rd.
6:30-8:30 pm http://www.colerainhistorical-oh.org Cincinnati, OH
Saturday, Hamilton County Genealogical Society Dr. Roger Minert, Mill Race Banquet Center
March 7, Annual Seminar Ph.D., A.G. and HCGS 1515 Sharon Rd.
8:30 am—4:30 pm See page 5 for registration form or https:// Cincinnati, OH
hcgsohio.org/cpage.php?pt=144
Saturday, “Clermont County Lineage Societies” Clermont County Doris Wood Branch Library
March 7, https://ccgsoh.org/eventListings.php?nm=19 Genealogical Society 180 S. Third Street
2:00-3:00 pm Batavia, OH
Thursday, “Find Your Family in the UK” Butler County MidPointe Library
March 10 https://butlercountyogs.org/ Genealogical Society, 9363 Centre Point Blvd.
7:00-8:00 pm Dana Palmer West Chester, OH
Saturday, Northern Kentucky History Day Kenton County Public Kenton County Library
March 14 Check website—https:// Library 401 Kenton Lands Rd.
kentoncountyhistoricalsociety.org/ Erlanger, KY
Registration requiredPage 8 Hamilton County Ohio Genealogical Society Gazette January 2020
March-October 2020
Program Calendar (Cont’d)
Saturday, “Introduction to the Archdiocese of Cincinnati Julie Ross Green Township Branch Library
March 21 Sacramental Records on Findmypast” 6525 Bridgetown Rd.
2:30-4:00 pm Cincinnati, OH 45248
Sunday, Part 1 of 4 in a series that honors the 100th Author, Historian, Main Library
March 29 anniversary of woman’s suffrage and winning Professor, Kimberly 800 Vine Street
2:00 pm the right to vote in 1920 Hamlin of Miami Cincinnati, OH
University
Saturday, “Genealogy Workshops” Dr. Michael D. Lacopo Bronte Meeting Room
April 4 4 Sessions - See page 4 Erlanger Library
Registration is required 401 Kenton Lands Rd.
www.kentonlibrary.org/events Erlanger, KY
Tuesday, Southwest Ohio DNA Group (SWOHDNA) SWOHDNA MidPointe Library
April 14 Topic: TBD 9363 Centre Point Blvd.
7:00-8:30 pm http://www.butlercounty.ogs.org/ West Chester, OH
SAVE THE DATE! Ohio Genealogical Society Conference Ohio Genealogical Kalahari Resorts & Convention
April 29-May 2, 2020 https://www.ogs.org/ Society Sandusky, OH
May 20-23 “Echoes of our Ancestors” NGS Salt Lake City, UT
National Genealogical Society Conference
https://conference.ngsgenealogy.org/
SAVE THE DATE! “Vas You Ever in Zinzinnati?” Palatines to America Netherland Hilton Hotel
June 17-20, 2020 Palatines to America National Conference Cincinnati, OH
https://www.palam.org/
Tuesday, Southwest Ohio DNA Group (SWOHDNA) SWOHDNA MidPointe Library
June 9 Topic: TBD 9363 Centre Point Blvd.
7:00-8:30 pm http://www.butlercounty.ogs.org/ West Chester, OH
Tuesday, Southwest Ohio DNA Group (SWOHDNA) SWOHDNA MidPointe Library
August 11 Topic: TBD 9363 Centre Point Blvd.
7:00-8:30 pm http://www.butlercounty.ogs.org/ West Chester, OH
September 2-5 “Blazing Trails in the Heart of America” FGS Kansas City, MO
Federation of Genealogical Societies
Conference
https://fgs.org/conferences/
Tuesday, Southwest Ohio DNA Group (SWOHDNA) SWOHDNA MidPointe Library
October 13 Topic: TBD 9363 Centre Point Blvd.
7:00-8:30 pm http://www.butlercounty.ogs.org/ West Chester, OHHamilton County Ohio Genealogical Society Gazette Volume 34.1 Page 9
December 2020-July 2021
Program Calendar (Cont’d)
Tuesday, Southwest Ohio DNA Group (SWOHDNA) SWOHDNA MidPointe Library
December 8 Topic: TBD 9363 Centre Point Blvd.
7:00-8:30 pm http://www.butlercounty.ogs.org/ West Chester, OH
SAVE THE DATE! International German Genealogy Conference International German Sharonville Convention Center
Friday-Sunday www.iggp.org Genealogy Partnership Cincinnati, OH
July 16-18, 2021 and HCGS
Palatines to America National Conference in Cincinnati
Palatines to America German Genealogy Society Dr. Don Heinrich Tolzmann, author and President of the
(PALAM) will hold its national conference from June 17 German-American Citizens League, will lead a pre-
to June 20 at the Hilton Netherland Plaza Hotel in conference tour of the historic Over-the-Rhine district,
Cincinnati. The theme of the conference is “Cross the where German immigrants created a vibrant ethnic
Bridge to Yesterday.” community. Dr. Tolzmann will also share the story of
John A. Roebling and the Ohio River suspension bridge
The conference will feature nationally known speakers at Friday evening’s banquet.
Daniel R. Jones and Michael D. Lacopo, D.V.M., and a
number of regionally recognized speakers: Full details of the sessions are available on the PALAM
website along with registration information. If you have
• Allen Bernard German-speaking ancestors, this is one conference you
• Diana Drubach will not want to miss.
• Andrew Houghtaling
• Lauren Kuntsman
• Kathy Reed
• Kent Robinson
• Ernest Thode
• Don Heinrich Tolzmann
Please see our complete calendar listing The Gazette
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Jane Edgar Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 15865
Cincinnati, OH 45215-0865
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