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The Hamilton County Genealogical Society has an index to death notices in four German newspapers before 1920 at www.hcgsdata.org/obit.shtml. The online index gives the decade and newspaper title. An asterisk after a name in the published index indicates that the person’s birthplace is given in the death notice. A plus sign before the newspaper’s title listed below indicates that it is included in the online index. For details on ordering a copy of the published index entry (not the obituary), see http://www.hcgsohio.org/research.shtml.  
The Hamilton County Genealogical Society has an index to death notices in four German newspapers before 1920 at www.hcgsdata.org/obit.shtml. The online index gives the decade and newspaper title. An asterisk after a name in the published index indicates that the person’s birthplace is given in the death notice. A plus sign before the newspaper’s title listed below indicates that it is included in the online index. For details on ordering a copy of the published index entry (not the obituary), see http://www.hcgsohio.org/research.shtml.  


Locations and published indexes of secular newspapers:
Locations and published indexes of secular newspapers:  


*Anzeiger, 1880-1901, PLCH.  
*Anzeiger, 1880-1901, PLCH.  
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*+Volksfreund, 1850-1908, PLCH, CHLA, microfilm; www.GenealogyBank.com ($), 1863-1904. Primarily read by German Catholic readers, this newspaper is indexed in: Jeffrey Herbert, Index of Death Notices and Marriage Notices Appearing in Cincinnati Volksfreund, 1850-1908 (Cincinnati: Hamilton County Genealogical Society, 1991).  
*+Volksfreund, 1850-1908, PLCH, CHLA, microfilm; www.GenealogyBank.com ($), 1863-1904. Primarily read by German Catholic readers, this newspaper is indexed in: Jeffrey Herbert, Index of Death Notices and Marriage Notices Appearing in Cincinnati Volksfreund, 1850-1908 (Cincinnati: Hamilton County Genealogical Society, 1991).  
*Westliche Blätter, 1865-1918, Sunday edition of Volksblatt, PLCH, OHS, CHLA, ARB.  
*Westliche Blätter, 1865-1918, Sunday edition of Volksblatt, PLCH, OHS, CHLA, ARB.  
*+Zeitung, 1887-1901, PLCH, CHLA, microfilm. This book indexes the labor Zeitung’s 20,000 death entries including many people in institutions; Jeffrey Herbert, Index of Death Lists Appearing in the Cincinnatier Zeitung, 1887-1901 (Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1999).   
*+Zeitung, 1887-1901, PLCH, CHLA, microfilm. This book indexes the labor Zeitung’s 20,000 death entries including many people in institutions; Jeffrey Herbert, Index of Death Lists Appearing in the Cincinnatier Zeitung, 1887-1901 (Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1999). 


Obituaries in religious newspapers are often detailed.
Obituaries in religious newspapers are often detailed.  


Christliche Apologete, 1838-1941. This German Methodist newspaper has advertisements for missing relatives as well as obituaries. Issues are in CHLA Nippert Collection (Mss 873, Series 5), with indexes for many volumes, and Archives of Ohio United Methodism at Ohio Wesleyan University.
*<span id="1336097615167S" style="display: none;">&nbsp;</span> Christliche Apologete, 1838-1941. This German Methodist newspaper has advertisements for missing relatives as well as obituaries. Issues are in CHLA Nippert Collection (Mss 873, Series 5), with indexes for many volumes, and Archives of Ohio United Methodism at Ohio Wesleyan University.
 
*Die Deborah, German Jewish newspaper, 1855-1902, PLCH, American Jewish Periodical Center at Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati, http://huc.edu/libraries/collections/ajpc.
Die Deborah, German Jewish newspaper, 1855-1902, PLCH, American Jewish Periodical Center at Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati, http://huc.edu/libraries/collections/ajpc.
*Haus und Herd, 1873-1918, German Methodist newspaper, PLCH, OHS.
 
*Protestantische Zeitblätter, 1849-1879, United Lutheran and Reformed Congregation newspaper. 1853-1865 issues are in CHLA, PLCH, ARB. An article subject index (not every-name), 1853-1864, is at http://www.libraries.uc.edu/libraries/arb/ger_americana/germaninventories/articles_from_protestantische_zeitbl%E4tter.pdf
Haus und Herd, 1873-1918, German Methodist newspaper, PLCH, OHS.
*Wahrheitsfreund, 1837-1907, first German Catholic newspaper in the U.S., PLCH and ARB.
 
*Overton, Julie. The Ministers and Churches of the Central German Conference (Methodist), 1835-1907. Thomson, Illinois: Heritage House, 1975. This book has abstracts of long obituaries, most with birthplaces, for ministers in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. <span id="1336097615042E" style="display: none;">&nbsp;</span>
Protestantische Zeitblätter, 1849-1879, United Lutheran and Reformed Congregation newspaper. 1853-1865 issues are in CHLA, PLCH, ARB. An article subject index (not every-name), 1853-1864, is at http://www.libraries.uc.edu/libraries/arb/ger_americana/germaninventories/articles_from_protestantische_zeitbl%E4tter.pdf
 
Wahrheitsfreund, 1837-1907, first German Catholic newspaper in the U.S., PLCH and ARB.
 
Overton, Julie. The Ministers and Churches of the Central German Conference (Methodist), 1835-1907. Thomson, Illinois: Heritage House, 1975. This book has abstracts of long obituaries, most with birthplaces, for ministers in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana.


== German society records&nbsp;  ==
== German society records&nbsp;  ==
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