Welcome to Hamilton County Ohio Genealogy and History part of the Genealogy Trails Family Our goal is to help you track your ancestors through time by transcribing genealogical and historical data and placing it online for the free use of all researchers. This website is available for adoption! If you have a love for history, a desire to help others, and basic web-authoring skills, consider joining us! Get the details on our Volunteer Page. [A desire to transcribe data and knowledge of how to make a basic webpage is required.] If hosting isn't for you, we can use your help in other ways. More information can be found on the Volunteer Page. The website has been reorganized. MAKE SURE AND REFRESH THE VARIOUS WEBPAGES TO SEE ALL THE LATEST DATA. Check your attics! Dust off your family scrapbooks! We're looking for DATA for this site!!! If you are interested in adding your families' information this website, Email Us. We'll be happy to help your families' obituaries, news items and other historical data find a home here at Ohio Genealogy Trails, where it will remain free for all to view. We regret that we are unable to perform personal research for you. All data we come across is added to this site, so please keep checking back! Founded January 2, 1790 The county is named for the first Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton The first settlers came down the Ohio River in 1788, and established the towns of Losantiville (later Cincinnati) and Cleves. Hamilton County was organized in 1790, as the second county in the Northwest Territory. Its area then included about one eighth of Ohio, and had about 2,000 inhabitants (not including the few remaining Native Americans). Rapid growth occurred during the 1830s and 1840s as the area attracted many German and Irish immigrants. [source: wikipedia] County Information  Townships Anderson * Colerain * Columbia * Crosby * Delhi * Green * Harrison * Miami Mill Creek (defunct) * Springfield * Sycamore * Symmes * Whitewater  Cities Blue Ash * Cheviot * Cincinnati * Deer Park * Fairfield (part) * Forest Park * Harrison Loveland (part) * Madeira * Milford (part) * Montgomery * Mount Healthy * North College Hill Norwood * Reading * Sharonville (part) * Silverton * Springdale * St. Bernard * Village of Indian Hill * Wyoming Villages Addyston * Amberley Village * Arlington Heights * Cleves * Elmwood Place * Evendale Fairfax * Glendale * Golf Manor * Greenhills * Lincoln Heights * Lockland * Mariemont Newtown * North Bend * Terrace Park * Woodlawn Census-Designated Places Blue Jay * Brecon * Bridgetown * Camp Dennison * Grove * Concorde Hills * Covedale * Delhi Hills Delshire * Dent * Dillonvale * Dry Ridge * Dry Run * Dunlap * Elizabethtown * Finneytown * Forestville Fruit Hill * Grandview * Groesbeck * Loveland Park (part) * Mack * Miami Heights * Miamitown Monfort Heights * Mount Healthy Heights * New Baltimore * New Burlington * New Haven Northbrook * Northgate * Plainville * Pleasant Hills * Pleasant Run * Pleasant Run Farm Remington * Rossmoyne * Salem Heights * Shawnee * Sherwood * Sixteen Mile Stand Skyline Acres * Taylor Creek * Turpin Hills * White Oak  Online Data Biographies Birth Records Cemeteries Census Church Histories / Records County Records Death Records Family Bibles and Letters County History Marriages Military Miscellaneous Data Newspaper Gleanings Obituaries and Death Notices School Records Wills/Probate Records Website Updates: May 2013: Crime news for SEMMES; obit for HITE Mar 2013: BARRY, OTTO, LAWRENCE bios; death notice for HERMANN Feb 2013: obit for LUDLOW Jan 2013: MCGROATY, BURROWES, ANDREWS obits Nov 2012: obits for LANGLEY, SMITH, MOCH; The Siege of Cincinnati; History of the Black Brigade; Muster Rolls of the Black Brigade; History of Hamilton County SEARCH OUR SITES SUBMIT A TRANSCRIBED OBITUARY to US Join our Genealogy Trails Midwestern States Mailing List to get email notices when our county sites are updated. For the Midwest States of : Ohio -- Kansas -- Indiana -- Iowa -- Missouri -- Kansas Illinois is covered under its original Illinois Trails List Where to order original Vital Records in Hamilton County County Courthouse Address 1000 Main St. Cincinnati, OH 45202-1206 (513)-632-6500 Ohio Dept. of Health, Vital Statistics 35 E. Chestnut St. P.O. Box 15098 Columbus, OH 43215-0098 Phone: (614) 466-2531 Birth certificates are available through the Health District for births that occurred from 1875. Available Records: Records are also available for individuals born in a home located in Hamilton County except the cities of Cincinnati, Norwood and St. Bernard. Death certificates are available for persons whose death occurred from 1891 in Hamilton County, except cities of Cincinnati, Norwood and St. Bernard. Birth or death records not available through the Health District may be available at one of the following health departments: Cincinnati Health Department (513) 352-3120 Norwood Health Department (513) 458-4600 St. Bernard Health Department (513) 242-7770 Ohio Department of Health (614) 466-2531 Adjacent Counties Butler County - north Warren County - northeast Clermont County - east Boone County, KY - southwest Kenton County, KY - south Campbell County, KY - southeast Dearborn County, IN - west Ohio State Page Visit our National Site JOIN US! DEDICATED TO FREE GENEALOGY Many thanks to our former host Kevin Ortman for his work on this site Copyright © Genealogy Trails All data on this website is Copyright by Genealogy Trails with full rights reserved for original submitters.