HISTORICAL ITEMS IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE

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AFFIDAVIT OF CATHOLIC CHURCH IN DB 4256 PG 64
ALCOHOL STORAGE CONSENT WITH TREASURY: INDEX BOOK 8 PAGES 196-B, 197-A
ALIEN PROPERTY CUSTODIAN SEIZURE 3/236
ALIEN PROPERTY CUSTODIAN RELEASE 3/238
AULT PARK CONTAINS 229 ACRES 10/31/33
AUDITORS TRANSFER STAMP ON INSIDE OF PAPER BEGUN IN JANUARY 1933
BEER FOR LIFE: MB 273/278
BEITZ-STEINBERG CONTRACT FOR SALE: (11/21/24) ORDERED TO BE INDEXED IN SUNDRIES BY RECORDER WITH ONLY THE HOUSE NUMBER
BEAN POLE PATCH: DB 375 PG 616
BURNET, JACOB PROPERTY 99 YEAR LEASE: LEASE BOOK 139 PAGE 167
COLUMBIA, PLAT OF ORIGINAL TOWN: DB 56 PG 654
COLLEGE HILL RAILROAD RIGHT OF WAY: JOURNAL 63/307 RESTORED PROBATE COURT
CORRY FAMILY GRAVEYARD: DB 542 PG 318
CARTHAGE FAIR GROUNDS: DB 214 PG 63
CINCINNATI GYMNASIUM ASSN. AKA YOUNG MENS GYMNASIUM OF CINCINNATI: CHURCH RECORDS BOOK 1 PAGE 253; BOOK 6 PAGE 444
DELINQUENT TAX SALE-DEEDS BY THE STATE OF OHIO PER COUNTY AUDITOR: DB 2051, JULY 1944
DORSEY BLUE- LEASEHOLD CONTRACT: DB 100 PAGE 54
EASEMENT FOR DRIVEWAY (2 PARTIES): DB 1491 PG 416
EAR BITTEN OFF: DB B1 PG 360
EDEN PARK BOUGHT FROM JOS LONGWORTH FOR $468,000.00: DB 524 PG 87 JULY 1881
FOUNTAIN SQUARE SUPREME COURT DECISION ABOUT 1826 OR 1827, 18 OHIO STATE REP. PG 563
FOUNTAIN SQUARE: DB 29 PG 374 TO 380
FIRE COMPANY, WEST BROADWAY: DB 38 PG 401 MAY 28, 1831
FUEL BOND SEE: 7TH SERIES 2/278
FERN BANK DAM: CASE 5800 US CIRCUIT COURT
FAIR GROUNDS (CARTHAGE): DB 214 PG 63
GRAVE LEASE SEE: 7TH SERIES 6/28, LB 194 PG 348
GAME PRESERVATION LEASE: LB 208 PG 354
GOODYKOONTZ GLASCOCK: DB 1151 PG 85
GASOLINE BOND: 7TH SERIES 2/279
GRAY MARE TO BE SHOT: WILL BOOK 95 PG 327
GREEN HILLS INC: DB 1833 PG 556
GREEN HILLS ROAD TO BE MAINTAINED AS A PRIVATE ROAD: DB 1449 PG 343, TRUSTEESHIP EXTENDED 1/25/44
GLENDALE, VILLAGE OF RULES AND REGULATIONS: MISC BOOK 10 PG 457
GROUND RENT RECEIPT OF $11.00 FOR PERIOD FROM 1947 TO 2046: 8TH SERIES 38/283, SECTION 29

  • GREEN TOWNSHIP FOR 100 YEARS

GERARD SARAH BELLA LUDLOW WAS A DAUGHTER OF ISRAEL LUDLOW: DB 66 PG 106
HAMILTON COUNTY WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1790, NAMED FOR ALEXANDER HAMILTON, THE FIRST SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY
HOUSE NUMBERS CHANGED IN 1891
HARRISON AVE- 3 FOOT STRIP ON EACH SIDE IN CHEVIOT VACATED BY THE VILLAGE OF CHEVIOT ABOUT 1905
HIGHLAND PARK SURVEY, PLAT BOOK 41 PAGES 6 TO 9
INCORPORATIONS OF VILLAGES PRIOR TO OR ABOUT 1875 WERE MADE BY LEGISLATURE
INDEX TO REAL PROPERTY (1838) ACT TO MAKE PROTRACTED INDEX SEE: LOCAL LAWS OF OHIO VOLUME 36 PG 202
INSANE PERSON, CERT OF INSTITUTION: 7TH 65/403
ILLICIT INTIMACY: DB 1810 PG 374
INTERSTATE AFFIDAVIT: DB 1894 PG 278 INCORPORATION BY ELECTION, MADIERA, NORTH COLLEGE HILL
INCORPORATIONS

  • INDIAN HILL: DB 1911 PG 591: PB 42 PG 30-35
  • AMBERLY VILLAGE: DB 1855 PG 586: PB 40 PG 40-45
  • WOODLAWN: DB 1904 PG 87
  • MARIEMONT: DB 1911 PG 571
  • LINCOLN HEIGHTS: DB 1916 PG 535: PB 42 PG 52-55

INDIANS GAVE 2000 ACRES FOR AGRICULTURE INSTRUCTION: DEED BOOK D1 PAGE 82
LIQUOR LIEN SEE: INDEX BOOK 36 PAGE 123
LINWOOD ANNEXATION REPORT: DB 793 PG 305
LUDLOW, ISRAEL ALL INTEREST IN LIFE ESTATE: DEED BOOK 430 PAGE 589
LINCOLN AVE AGREEMENT: DB 1213 PG 70
LONGVIEW HOSPITAL LEASE TO STATE WITH PRIVILEGE TO PURCHASE NOT RECORDED
LEASE FOR 10000 YEARS (LIBRARY): LB 2 PG 141
LEASE DATED 1836, RECORDED 1936, SEE: INDEX 83 PG 90 OF THE 7TH SERIES
LONGVIEW INMATE SIGNED BY SUPT.: INDEX BOOK 53 PG 16
LEASE FOR 90,000 YEARS: DB 139 PG 568: LEASE BOOK 2 PG 433 LOVELAND AND CINTI TRACTION CO. NEVER BUILT: SEE CASE A 2283 CP COURT
LAWFUL WIFE DEED TO, SHE RELEASES DOWER: DB 1009 PG 32
LITTLE MIAMI RR LEASE TO PENN RR: LB 41 PG 16
LORD MAYOR OF LONDON, ENGLAND, ACKNOWLEDGEMENT BEFORE HIM: DB 104 PG 497
LEASE FOR LIFE: LB 255 PG 1
MORTGAGE CANCELLED BY DEATH: MB 170 PG 631
MEMORIAL HALL GRANT AND ELM ST: DB 993 PG 469
NETHERLAND PLAZA, 567 9/10 FEET FROM SIDEWALK TO TOP OF TOWER
NAME- TRUE LOVE CONKLIN OTHERWISE KNOWN AS FREE LOVE CONKLIN: MB 147 PG 177
NURSE IN SICKNESS AND HEALTH: DB 941 PG 342
PHOTOSTAT STARTED IN DB 1517 (DEC 2, 1929)
PROBATE COURT EST. IN 1852, BEFORE THAT ESTATES WERE TAKEN IN THE CP COURT
PRE NUPTIAL AGREEMENT: MISC BOOK 4 PAGE 59
QUIT CLAIM DEED FROM OWNER TO PUT AN END TO THE RUMOR THAT HE WAS THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY
REVENUE STAMP LAW EFFECTIVE AS OF DECEMBER 1, 1917
RIVER, OHIO VS. KENTUCKY DECREE: DB 4340 PG 842: PLAT BOOK 256 PG 6 TO 28
ROBBERY FRAUD: DB 76 PG 638
SYMMES, JOHN C. DEED FROM UNITED STATES, 311682 ACRES LESS 15 ACRES FOR FORT WASHINGTON: DB S PG 203, MISC 10 PG 435
SYMMES, JOHN CLEVES NOTES ECT.: MB 20 PG 14
SWEAT OF BROW: DB 79 PG 354
STREET ACCEPTANCE

  • VILLAGE: DB 1883 PG 311
  • CITY: DB 1912 PG 578

SYMMES PURCHASE PLAT: MISC 10 PG 439
SYMMES, JOHN CLEVES CERTIFIED COPY OF GRANT: MISC BOOK 11 PG 499
TYPEWRITERS INSTALLED IN RECORDERS ABOUT 1908
TOLL ROADS TO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS: DB 1067 PG 204
UNION BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY (DELHI): DB 377 PG 456
VERNON, TOWN OF - NORTH OF BELMONT, EAST OF WEST NORTH BEND: SEC 36 MILLCREEK
WAR STAMP LAW EFFECTIVE DEC 1, 1917

An Act Authorize The Making A Protracted Index To Titles Of Real Property In The County Of Hamilton (March 7, 1838)

SEC. 1 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO, THAT THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF HAMILTON COUNTY BE, AND HEREBY ARE, AUTHORIZED AND REQUIRED IF IN THEIR OPINION THE PUBLIC GOOD REQUIRE IT, TO APPOINT SOME SUITABLE PERSON TO MAKE OUT A COMPLETE PROTRACTED INDEX TO THE RECORDED TITLES OF TOWN AND COUNTRY PROPERTY IN SAID COUNTY, IN SUCH FORM AS SAID COMMISSIONERS SHALL DEEM PROPER, TO BE PLACED AND KEPT AMONG THE RECORDS OF SAID COUNTY FOR THE INSPECTION OF ALL PERSONS.

SEC. 2 THAT SAID COUNTY COMMISSIONERS SHALL ALLOW TO THE PERSON SO MAKING SUCH INDEX, A SUITABLE COMPENSATION THEREFOR; THE AMOUNT OF WHICH SHALL BE PAID OUT OF THE TREASURY OF THE COUNTY ON THE ORDER OF THE AUDITOR.

SEC. 3 THAT IT SHALL BE THE DUTY OF THE RECORDER OF SAID FOR THE TIME BEING, AFTER SUCH INDEX SHALL BE SO MADE AND COMPLETED, FROM TIME TO TIME, AS HE SHALL RECORD ANY DEEDS, OR MORTGAGES, TO CONTINUE SUCH INDEX ON THE SAME PLAN, FOR WHICH HE SHALL RECEIVE COMPENSATION AS THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DEEM PROPER, OUT OF THE TREASURY OF THE COUNTY, UPON THE ORDER OF SAID COMMISSIONERS; AND FOR THE STRICT PERFORMANCE OF THE DUTIES REQUIRED BY THIS ACT, THE RECORDER SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE SAME PENALTIES AS ARE PROVIDED BY THE EIGHTH SECTION OF THE ACT ENTITLED “ AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ELECTION OF COUNTY RECORDERS, AND PRESCRIBING THEIR DUTIES,” PASSED FEBRUARY 25TH, 1831

C. ANTHONY
Speaker Of The House Of Representatives
GEORGE J. SMITH
Speaker Of The Senate

List Of Offices With Historical References For Hamilton County Ohio

County Administration Building
138 East Court Street
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202

RECORDER (ROOM 205) ……….. Deeds (1794 to date), mortgages and leases original subdivisions plats and maps, 1869 and 1888 atlas, soldiers’ discharges (record starts with Civil War), WPA cemetery military grave locations (Revolutionary War to 1939)

AUDITOR (ROOM 304) ……….. Real estate tax records, permanent duplicate cards (shows owners back to about 1940) owners and address indexes, plat maps (1940 to date), field cards indicate date building erected and first taxed as building, records before 1940 in storage (inquire availability)

TREASURER (ROOM 402) ……….. Property tax records (1883 to present) mailing addresses of tax bills

VITAL STATISTICS ……….. Birth and death certificates (1909 to date)

Board Of Health
250 William Howard Taft, 2nd Floor
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
Phone: 513-946-7800

PROBATE COURT ……….. Wills (1791 to present), administration of estates, application records and guardianship records, room 549- early birth records (1869- 1908), marriages (1817 to present), death (1882-1899), index to naturalization records (1869-1884), some declarations of intention

William Howard Taft Center
230 East 9th St, 10th Floor
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
Phone: 513-946-3600

COMMON PLEAS ……….. Naturalizations records (1850-1893) CLERK OF COURTS ……….. Law suits & divorce records (1884 to date) criminal records, declaration of intent 1842+ NOTE: the Hamilton County courthouse was destroyed during the courthouse riot and fire of 1884. Many records were destroyed and gaps were caused in others.

Clerk Of Courts
Court House
1000 Main St, Room 315
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
Phone: 513-946-5666
Cincinnati Health Department
1525 Elm St.
Cincinnati, Ohio 45210
Phone: 513-352-3120

Records for people who lived in the city of Cincinnati limits Birth records (June 1874 to present) Death records (Jan. 1865 to present)

Cincinnati Historical Society
1301 Western Ave
Cincinnati, Ohio 45203
Phone: 513-287-7000

General genealogical sources, Hamilton county records manuscript holdings, (personal papers, business archives, social agencies) map collection, vital statistics file (from local newspaper) general, local, and family histories, WPA church records survey (southwestern Ohio) extensive photograph collection of greater Cincinnati area, city and county directories (1819 to date) southwestern Ohio census records.

University Of Cincinnati
Central Library Regional Archives
2602 McMicken Circle
Cincinnati, Ohio 45221
Phone: 513-556-1959

Part of state wide program to preserve local government records of historical value. Current holdings include JP dockets, youth and voter enumerations, court records, tax records and more. Call or write for information.

Spring Grove Cemetery
4521 Spring Grove Ave.
Cincinnati, Ohio 45232

One of the largest burial grounds in the county, this cemetery has excellent records.

Public Library Of Cincinnati & Hamilton County
800 Vine St. Library Square
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
Phone: 513-369-6900

History department third floor north, records of all types