Update on Hamilton County Recorder's Office Records Online at Family Search

Kenny Burck, Jeff Herbert, Jim Dempsey, and Jim Cissel

The FamilySearch project to scan Hamilton County Recorder's Office records, begun in September 2013, was completed on April 8, 2014. For a detailed record list, see "Hamilton County Recorder’s Office Records to Be Added to FamilySearch" by Jim Dempsey, in the December 2013 issue of The Tracer. A significant amount of the images are already available at https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2141016. Land-related records now online are:

Deeds, volumes 477-854 (1877-1901)

Mortgages, volumes 20-571 (1823-1889)

Mortgage Releases, volumes 1, 2 and 3 (1892-1949)

Leases, volumes 1-122 (1847-1902)

Lease Indexes, volumes 1, 2 and 3 (1858-1901)

Deed and Mortgage Series 6 Indexes (1917-1928)*

Deed and Mortgage Series 7 Indexes (1928-1938)*

Sundries Indexes 1 through 8 (1794-1969)

*All of these indexes, which are geographic or "by-area," including all of Series 1 to 5, are available at the Recorder's website, http://recordersoffice.hamilton-co.org/helpful_information/series_indices.html

Many non-deed records will also be online in the future. They can be seen on microfilm at the Recorder's Office and at the Cincinnati Historical Library and Archives. For descriptions of these records see articles by Jim Dempsey in The Tracer: "Hamilton County Recorder’s Office Early Indexes and Records," September 2012 issue, and "Hamilton County Recorder’s Office - Far More Than Deeds," November 2011 issue. These records are indexed in the Sundries Indexes, volumes 1-8 (1794-1969), now online at FamilySearch. The earliest index, Sundries volume 1 (1794-1889), is also on our website at http://www.hcgsohio.org/cpage.php?pt=76

Note: Over the next few months, we hope to develop some instructions on how to efficiently make use of some of these incredible resources. Stay tuned.

Submitted by: Jim Dempsey
Photo Credit: John Tholking

Millions of Hamilton County Records Headed Online

Judge Jim Cissell

Dan Monk, Senior Staff Reporter of the Business-Courier, wrote an article featuring Judge James Cissell's efforts to preserve Hamilton County Court Records and make them available online.

In the absence of permission to republish the article on this blog, please click on this link to read the full story.

“He’s a saint to us,” said Jim Dempsey, director at large for the Hamilton County Genealogical Society. “There’s no question of the benefit that he’s made to local historians and genealogists.”

Once again, this is evidence of the benefit of the collaboration between Jim Dempsey and the Probate Court. Generations of future genealogists will be grateful for their efforts.

Kathy Reed