oldenburg-l - Nachricht 2008-02 00022

[Becky Koelling <beckykoelling(a)charter.net>]

Lisa

Both of my parents were born and raised in Cincinnati and we  
currently live in St. Louis.  My mom's ancestors first arrived there  
in 1835.  I have done research in Cincinnati, but mostly I've done it  
from home in St. Louis.  I have been frustrated, too, by the lack of  
records for Cincinnati that are available online.  The Archdiocese of  
Cincinnati takes a VERY long time to hear from and have a great many  
restrictions and rules on requests.

I have a membership to Ancestry.com and they currently have two  
Cincinnati directories that I know of.  One is from 1877 and the  
other about 1895.  They also have Ohio deaths from 1908 through the  
2000's.  Not all years available.  The earlier deaths only give a  
name and death date.

The Family History Library offers the Cincinnati Catholic Cemetery  
Statistics on microfilm.  Sometimes there is valuable info offered on  
them, but like a death certificate, some of the info is only as good  
as the informant.  But...a clue is a clue.

Our local public library has a vast offering of genealogy information  
and they have some indexes to marriages, church burials, etc. that  
have been written up on Hamilton County.

Good luck on your Cincinnati search!

Becky Koelling
On Feb 6, 2008, at 12:13 PM, Lisa Niemeyer wrote:

>  I am looking for advice on researching in Cincinnati and the  
> Covington, KY
> areas.  I have sent a request for sacramental records for the  
> Niemeyer's
> and Kerk's but have not heard back yet from the Archives of the  
> Church yet.
> I've noticed some listers mention cemetery records and city  
> directories in
> Cincy and Covington, KY.  Are any of these resources online?   Would a
> subscription to ancesty.com be worthwhile?   Like I said,  I feel  
> I'm at a
> brick wall and looking for some advice on what's available for  
> these areas.
>
> I know that my ancestor John Henry Niemeyer applied for citizenship  
> in Cincy
> in 1844, and was born in Germany in 1820.  He married Catherine  
> Maria Kerk (
> Kark / Karch) in 1846 in Cincy.  I believe he had other family in  
> the Cincy
> and Covington, KY area because a Frederick Niemeyer was a witness  
> to the
> wedding, but don't know if he was a brother/ cousin or if related  
> at all.
> John Henry and Catherine moved to Teutopolis, IL in 1847.  Family  
> stories
> passed on says there was family that stayed in Cincy and the  
> Covington, KY
> area.   Other names I want to look for in the Cincy area are Catherine
> Maria' Kerk's parents  John Jacob Kerk  and Maria Adeleide Kerk  
> also known
> to be in Cincy in the 1840's.  One of the family stories mentioned  
> loosing
> some family in the cholera epidemic that swept through the city in  
> the late
> 1840's.
>
> Thanks,
> Lisa Niemeyer
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