I've run into many instances where a fire was given credit for missing record, this to include my Army records in St Louis which miraculously were resurrected a few years later, if individuals listed ON the index link to nothing, then it shouldn't be stated those records are available as part of 1.1 million. Just having an index is virtually meaningless. When in Cincinnati, I've had no problem finding the actual marriage record from the index. In fact, I have one record that is on page 506 but when input into the Volume/Page portion it comes back as an invalid volume. I wouldn't be trumpeting this as a huge accomplishment with so much missing. I hope the originals haven't been destroyed because this effort has huge holds to fill. Tom -------------------------------------------------- From: "Amy D" <froneamy@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 1:48 PM To: <ohhamilt@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [OHHAMILT] PROBATE COURT RECORDS ONLINE > The marriages were one of the records almost completely lost in the fires. > They were largely reconstructed from church and newspaper records that > still > exist. I don' t know why they would list volumes for the certificates if > they don't exist. > > On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 1:44 PM, Tom <texastee10@att.net> wrote: > >> Does anyone have an idea of the breakdown of these 1.1 million records? >> >> Having scanned the menu it seems to me that marriage record would be the >> most numerous of all options. I have family in Cincinnati since the >> 1840's >> with a number of marriages to date but I in spite of that I have found >> about >> 90% of the returns come back with an invalid Volume. And yes, I have put >> an >> A, B, and C in front of the volume, this has helped on a rare occasion. >> Seems to me that 1.1 million includes the amount of people listed on the >> marriage index but not the certificate itself. I'm I the only one who's >> banging their head against the wall or am I missing a trick? >> >> Thank you, >> >> Tom >> >> >> > Today, the Cincinnati Enquirer announcd that 1.1 million Hamilton Co. >> > court >> > documents such as birth, death, marriage, estate, naturalization and >> > oter >> > records - some dating back to 1791, go online to: >> >> >> >> >> To contact the List Administrator, send an email to: Kaesemein@aol.com >> >> Did you miss a message? You can find it in the list's archives here: >> >> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/OHHAMILT/ >> >> Don't forget--there is also a message board for Hamilton County: >> >> >> http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.ohio.counties.hamilton/mb.ashx >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> OHHAMILT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > To contact the List Administrator, send an email to: Kaesemein@aol.com > > Did you miss a message? You can find it in the list's archives here: > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/OHHAMILT/ > > Don't forget--there is also a message board for Hamilton County: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.ohio.counties.hamilton/mb.ashx > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OHHAMILT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

It's widely known and mourned here locally that there were several fires at the courthouse, resulting in the loss of countless records. Naturalization, marriage, birth, death etc. It's very unfortunate and a terrible loss. But true. To Carol: My last message didn't exclude any of those instances. My point was and remains, that the actual certificates just don't exist for the most part, and that would probably explain why the online records are returning invalid links to Tom. My guess is that this is why the county was so easily able to put the records online; simply because so many of them were destroyed and all that is left is reconstructions, indexes, and the like. It's really disappointing, to say the least. On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 3:04 PM, Tom <texastee10@att.net> wrote: > I've run into many instances where a fire was given credit for missing > record, this to include my Army records in St Louis which miraculously were > resurrected a few years later, if individuals listed ON the index link to > nothing, then it shouldn't be stated those records are available as part of > 1.1 million. Just having an index is virtually meaningless. When in > Cincinnati, I've had no problem finding the actual marriage record from the > index. In fact, I have one record that is on page 506 but when input into > the Volume/Page portion it comes back as an invalid volume. I wouldn't be > trumpeting this as a huge accomplishment with so much missing. I hope the > originals haven't been destroyed because this effort has huge holds to > fill. > > Tom > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Amy D" <froneamy@gmail.com> > Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 1:48 PM > To: <ohhamilt@rootsweb.com> > Subject: Re: [OHHAMILT] PROBATE COURT RECORDS ONLINE > > > The marriages were one of the records almost completely lost in the > fires. > > They were largely reconstructed from church and newspaper records that > > still > > exist. I don' t know why they would list volumes for the certificates if > > they don't exist. > > > > On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 1:44 PM, Tom <texastee10@att.net> wrote: > > > >> Does anyone have an idea of the breakdown of these 1.1 million records? > >> > >> Having scanned the menu it seems to me that marriage record would be the > >> most numerous of all options. I have family in Cincinnati since the > >> 1840's > >> with a number of marriages to date but I in spite of that I have found > >> about > >> 90% of the returns come back with an invalid Volume. And yes, I have > put > >> an > >> A, B, and C in front of the volume, this has helped on a rare occasion. > >> Seems to me that 1.1 million includes the amount of people listed on the > >> marriage index but not the certificate itself. I'm I the only one who's > >> banging their head against the wall or am I missing a trick? > >> > >> Thank you, > >> > >> Tom > >> > >> > >> > Today, the Cincinnati Enquirer announcd that 1.1 million Hamilton Co. > >> > court > >> > documents such as birth, death, marriage, estate, naturalization and > >> > oter > >> > records - some dating back to 1791, go online to: > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> To contact the List Administrator, send an email to: Kaesemein@aol.com > >> > >> Did you miss a message? You can find it in the list's archives here: > >> > >> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/OHHAMILT/ > >> > >> Don't forget--there is also a message board for Hamilton County: > >> > >> > >> > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.ohio.counties.hamilton/mb.ashx > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> OHHAMILT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >> > > > > > > To contact the List Administrator, send an email to: Kaesemein@aol.com > > > > Did you miss a message? You can find it in the list's archives here: > > > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/OHHAMILT/ > > > > Don't forget--there is also a message board for Hamilton County: > > > > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.ohio.counties.hamilton/mb.ashx > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > OHHAMILT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > To contact the List Administrator, send an email to: Kaesemein@aol.com > > Did you miss a message? You can find it in the list's archives here: > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/OHHAMILT/ > > Don't forget--there is also a message board for Hamilton County: > > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.ohio.counties.hamilton/mb.ashx > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OHHAMILT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >