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From: Julie Schut <>
Subject: Re: [OHBUTLER] Upcoming family history trip to Hamilton, Oh
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2012 17:13:26 -0700 (PDT)
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Hi Tracy,
 
Thank you so much for all the valuable information.  I'm very excited to go there with my 82 year old mother.
 
I just got my first digital camera last year and very anxious to take it with me. 
 
What types of info can you get from the funeral home? 
 
Again thank you so much!!
 
Julie  :o)

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Subject: Re: [OHBUTLER] Upcoming family history trip to Hamilton, Oh
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Date: Monday, April 9, 2012, 1:07 AM




Hi Julie,

I live in CT and took this same trip last summer. I am sure you will spend alot of time at cemeteries and libraries and archives etc. A few things that I found extremely helpful were the following:



*In regards to death records, most people get a copy of their ancestors death certificate and then visit the cemetery and get a record from them. I urge you not to disregard the funeral home. It will likely be listed on the cemetery record and many of the funeral homes are still in existance today. I gained more information from funeral home records then I ever would have dreamed of. I even found a 93 year old living relative from one. It is unbelievable what some of them can offer.



*When you are at the cemetery....go in to the office and ask what other people are buried there with the same surname. Unless you are researching a very common name it is likely they are related in some way. I took photos of these stones even if I didn't know who they were. I have since connected some of them to my family tree and am not left wishing I had taken the photos while there. Also pay close attention as to who is buried with who....you can find spousal info this way.



*Don't discount the local library. They often have microfilms of local papers. These are not often researchable online. I especially liked finding a death date and then looking in the paper a day or two after the death for the obit. It often gave me lots of info. One record told me of an organization my ancestor belonged too and I was able to reach out to that organization for more info.



*Don't forget to go sideways....Depending on what years you are searching it is not uncommon for some records not to exist. My g grandfather was born in Middletown (I am certain of this) and their simply is no birth record for him. I instead researched his siblings and found his brother's marriage record which gave me the names of his parents and I could then go back from there.



*Take good notes and bring a camera and label everything.



I wish you all the best. I had a fantastic time while there. I only wish I had known about the memorial...I would have loved to see that. Guess I will have to make another trip. :-)

~Tracy Long-Giroux



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From: "Julie Schut" <>
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Sent: Sunday, April 8, 2012 9:01:33 AM
Subject: [OHBUTLER] Upcoming family history trip to Hamilton, Oh

Hello,
 
The last weekend of this month (April) my mother and I are visiting her hometown of Hamilton, OH for a family history/genealogy trip.  She was born in 1930 to Edmund Huber and Alberta Stomps.  Other names in my family are Sauer and Biddinger.  My great grandfather Henry Huber owned a bar in Hamilton that got washed away by the flood in 1913 I believe.  My great grandmothers first husband which I believe was Jacob Morner also owned a bar in Hamilton.  I also had relatives in the military.
 
We will be in town from Thursday thru Sunday and I want to make the most of my trip there.  I want to find out as much information as I can.  Can anyone please make suggestions on maybe what I could do ahead of time and what places I need to visit in Hamilton?
 
I'm fairly new to family history and want to make my trip worthwhile.
 
Thanks,
 
Julie Schut
 


 
 
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