Cincinnati Newspapers with Marriage Notices

Code is CT1, CT3 or CT4 where 1,3 or 4 is issue page number.

The Spirit of the Times first began publishing on April 25, 1840, but in April 1841 the name changed to the Daily Times. In a short time, it was the largest English Cincinnati daily newspaper. The name changed to Cincinnati Daily Times in 1866. It published some marriage license applications starting in August 1873. The newspaper was bought in 1879 by Charles P. Taft, his father-in-law, David Sinton, and H.P. Rogden. The following year, Taft also bought The Star and merged the two newspapers together, and changed the name to Daily Times-Star. In July 1958 the newspaper was merged with the Cincinnati Post, and the name became the Cincinnati Post and Times-Star. These marriages are from book "Restored Hamilton County Marriages 1870-1884 "

Code begins with G

The Gazette (and its successors, The Commercial Gazette and the Commercial Tribune) was considered to be the finest newspaper published west of the Alleghenies. The Gazette provided excellent coverage of local news as well as national and international news. Death notices of local citizens were published on a daily basis. For a brief period in the 1830's and 1840's, the Board of Health published, on a weekly basis, the names of persons who died in the local hospitals, and cases brought before the coroner. The Cincinnati Daily Gazette published the names of the victims of the cholera epidemics of 1832 and 1866, and on a less complete basis, the victims of the 1849 major epidemic. These marriages are from book "Index of death notices and marriage notices appearing in the Cincinnati Daily Gazette, 1827-1881"

Code begins with FP-1,2,3,4,5,6,7 or 8 where 1-8 is issue page number.

The Cincinnati Freie Presse was a newspaper published in German from 1874 until 1963 for German speaking immigrants of Cincinnati. It started publishing marriage license applications in November of 1874 and continued publishing this information for many years. These marriages are from book "Restored Hamilton County Marriages 1870-1884 "

Code begins with 5-PZ3 or 6-PZ3 or 6-PZ4

The Protestantische Zeitblatter, published some marriages in a few select German Protestant churches starting in January 1853. For this newspaper, the page number where the license appears is the last digit in the 'Code' column.

Code begins with 6-VB2, 4 or 5

Tägliches Cincinnatier Volksblatt (people's daily news) was a newspaper published in German from May 1836 until December 1919, and during the late 19th century was the largest German newspaper west of the Alleghenies. It was published six days a week, and contained local and national news, as well as news from Europe. The last digit in the code is the page number where the license appears. These marriages are from book "Restored Hamilton County Marriages 1860-1869 "

Code begins with V

The Cincinnati Volksfreund (the people's friend) was a newspaper published in German in the 1800's and early 1900's. It was published Monday thru Saturday, and for some periods on Sundays. A few marriage notices were published during the 1860's and 1870's, and all were before 1890. These marriages are from book "Index of death notices and marriage notices appearing in Cincinnati Volksfreund, 1850-1908".

Code begins with VF2

The Cincinnati Volksfreund was used to bridge some missing data in the Cincinnati Freie Presse in the 1880's. The "2" is the page number where the license appears. These marriages are from book "Restored Hamilton County Marriages 1870-1884 "

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