Sandra: I used an approach that involved lots of time and some luck but it did produce results. Many of the early records from Cincinnati churches have been microfilmed and are available for viewing at Family History Libraries operated by the Mormon Church. I used census records to locate a street address for an ancestor and then checked maps to find churches located near that address. I then started with microfilms from the nearest church and worked my way outward until I either found information or decided my ancestors didn't attend a church whose records were microfilmed. There is a good index of available microfilms at the website operated by the Mormons: http://familysearch.org. The index will usually tell you what records are available (birth, death, marriage, etc.) and what dates are covered. The time-consuming part of this process is scrolling through frame after frame of microfilmed records looking for your ancestor. However, the records are in chronological order so you can skip to the appropriate section fairly quickly if you have a reasonable idea of the date of interest. You can see where time and luck are involved but I found tons of information about the births, marriages and deaths of my ancestors. Dick Felts Gainesville, GA > [Original Message] > From: Sandy Schnipke <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 2/18/2008 6:12:43 PM > Subject: [OHHAMILT] Question about 1856 birth records. > > I would like to know if there are any birth records for 1856? If so, where > could I find them? I am looking for birth record of John Charles Tremont > Gray, born 6 September 1856 in Cincinnati, Ohio. His parents were David > Gray and Pricilla (Armstrong) Gray. > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > Sandra (Gray) Schnipke > > > > To contact the List Administrator, send an email to: [email protected] > > 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.hamil ton/mb.ashx > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.20.7/1285 - Release Date: 2/18/2008 5:50 AM

Jeff Herbert's Baptism records index begins with Early to 1859 and goes up in 10-year increments through 1899 (no Catholic records). That might help. Barbara On 2/20/08, Richard Felts <[email protected]> wrote: > > Sandra: > > I used an approach that involved lots of time and some luck but it did > produce results. > > Many of the early records from Cincinnati churches have been microfilmed > and are available for viewing at Family History Libraries operated by the > Mormon Church. I used census records to locate a street address for an > ancestor and then checked maps to find churches located near that address. > I then started with microfilms from the nearest church and worked my way > outward until I either found information or decided my ancestors didn't > attend a church whose records were microfilmed. There is a good index of > available microfilms at the website operated by the Mormons: > http://familysearch.org. The index will usually tell you what records are > available (birth, death, marriage, etc.) and what dates are covered. > > The time-consuming part of this process is scrolling through frame after > frame of microfilmed records looking for your ancestor. However, the > records are in chronological order so you can skip to the appropriate > section fairly quickly if you have a reasonable idea of the date of > interest. > > You can see where time and luck are involved but I found tons of > information about the births, marriages and deaths of my ancestors. > > Dick Felts > Gainesville, GA > > > > [Original Message] > > From: Sandy Schnipke <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Date: 2/18/2008 6:12:43 PM > > Subject: [OHHAMILT] Question about 1856 birth records. > > > > I would like to know if there are any birth records for 1856? If so, > where > > could I find them? I am looking for birth record of John Charles > Tremont > > Gray, born 6 September 1856 in Cincinnati, Ohio. His parents were David > > Gray and Pricilla (Armstrong) Gray. > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > > > Sandra (Gray) Schnipke > > > > > > > > To contact the List Administrator, send an email to: [email protected] > > > > 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.hamil > ton/mb.ashx > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.20.7/1285 - Release Date: > 2/18/2008 5:50 AM > > > > > To contact the List Administrator, send an email to: [email protected] > > 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 > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >