Hello All. I did get some answers from the Cincinnati Historical Society Library. And was able to order some of the records I wanted. I first started trying to find records in 1989!! But keep in mind I live in Oregon; here are some exerpts from the email in hopes it will be helpful to someone on the list..... We do not have actual estate documents in the library. The reference you cite was created by an insurance company. They used many records to compile their data. This is explained in the front of the book under Hamilton Co. I found all of the Brooks ancestors in the abstract of probate records. After the 1884 court house fire, there were only a few pages of the packets that survived. These mostly deal with court actions such as appointment of administrators, appraisers, widow's allowances. They are very incomplete. Thank you to all who tried to help me with this!! Stephanie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Boorom" To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [OHHAMILT] "Ohio Wills and Estates to 1850" Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 18:59:40 -0500 Barbara, As far as I'm aware, wills are recorded in the will books are in Hamilton Co. Probate (someday to be online???), the Blegin Library has copies of many older wills (before they were recorded in the will books?), but the post was regarding "Estate" records. Here is a portion of my older notes regarding my husband's ancestor Jesse Boram/Booram: DEATH: book titled OHIO WILLS & ESTATES TO 1850 H.C.P.L. call # R929.3771qB433W shows Jesse Booram on page 36 indicating that he died intestate (w/o will) Estate filed? 1847 and the books source is shown as # cA634. I checked into this with the Court House first (Millie had no idea what these #s were) and the Cincinnati Historical Society next. I was told that these are the numbers used by the Minnesota Title Company, to which they have their records, but, they are not public records and noone is allowed to see them. The book referenced above states the following in regards to the records used in Hamilton Co.: The intestate estate records have been listed from the Minnesota Title Company Records housed at the Cincinnati Historical society, Eden Park. These 7 volumes give names of decedents, date of probate, type of record, case number and will record. the case number bears no relationship to any court-assigned case number. It is given here in hopes that someday the extant probate files may be rearranged so that they may be used. There is no further data to be obtained from these case numbers, and it should be noted that the Title Company Records are highly accurate as to names, when compared with the extant will record. Many years ago, I spoke on the phone with someone who had helped to compile the records of estates from Hamilton Co. for this book. Supposedly the Minnesota Title Company Records were searched, mostly bonds for the estates and the individual I spoke with did not seem to think the actual records would give any additional information. >From what I recall being told, way back when, from the Cincinnati Historical Society, was that these records were actually considered private since they could include information on adoptions or other private issues. Didn't matter that they were 150 years old. Sad, since none of those indivuals or their children are living and there are so few Hamilton Co. estate records existing. In the case of Jesse Boram/Booram mentioned above, I know that he was dead by Oct. 7th 1845, as I have a receipt for the purchase of his coffin on that date by his wife. His father, Aaron Boram/Booram wrote a will shortly after Jesse's death on 11 Nov 1845 which was probated 10 Oct 1846. I have a copy from Probate as recorded in the will books & also a copy from the Blegin Library which included papers signed by his named executors refusing such & assignment of another administrator. I also have a copy of a summons to appear in court where various individuals were contesting Aaron's will (handed down the family) but because of the court house fires (or so I have been told) no record exists of this suit. The date of the admin. of Jesse's estate as given in the Ohio Wills & Estates book seems to coinside with the date of the lawsuit & as gleaned from Administration Book 1837-1847 in Probate, the same attorney involved with the Aaron Booram lawsuit, Henry Snow, was also the same indvidual granted administration of Jesse's estate in 1847. My guess at this time is that Jesse's estate had to be administered becasue of the lawsuit regarding his father's estate as Jesse obv. died 2 years previous. BUT, I've been unable to find out anything more............ Linda Boorom ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara Gargiulo" To: Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 5:53 PM Subject: Re: [OHHAMILT] "Ohio Wills and Estates to 1850" > I hope I'm not too off base here, but according to the Hamilton County's > Guide to Genealogical Resources in Cincinnati and Hamilton County (page > 30), Index and Estate records are in the Probate Court Office in the William > Howard Taft Center, 230 E. 9th St. (513-946-3551). Apparently they have all > been copied there and will eventually be online. But for now you can view > the the copies in that office. Also, I am told that the pages have been > copied and are available at the Cincinnati Library downtown. So you may want > to check with them as well. > > Also, index and will records are available there. And Bill Graver's Guide > tells what indexes are available at the Recorder's Office for what years and > samples of those indexes and types of information they will lead you to. > > Hope that helps. > > Barbara G. > 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 -- Want an e-mail address like mine? Get a free e-mail account today at www.mail.com!