oldenburg-l - Nachricht 2008-02 00023

[Carol Sanman <springkitten(a)mac.com>]

Another good source is heritagequest.com.

Is available online via many local libraries.  Just have to have a  
library card to use it.  AND IT IS FREE TO USE!  Has census info as  
well as other.  And you can have a library card at many libraries-- 
even if you don't live there.

Carol
On Feb 6, 2008, at 4:06 PM, Becky Koelling wrote:

> 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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