It took Dan Jungclas only four years of research to uncover 400 years of his family's history. He has learned, for example, that his earliest known ancestor, Curt Jungclas, was born in 1575 in Germany and started a bakery. It still flourishes in 16 locations, and still remains in family's hands. Here for example, you will discover links to church, birth and cemetery records for Boone, Campbell and Kenton counties. Now residing in Chicago, Dan still calls Cincinnati home, despite the fact that his family left Loveland when he was 4 years old.
Some cities bury their records.
Dan credits the Hamilton County Chapter of the Genealogical Society and the Cincinnati Historical Society for having such wonderful resources, many of which are cited on his page. He is particularly impressed by the fact that the University of Cincinnati library and the Hamilton County library allow searches from anywhere in world via modem. In particular, the Hamilton County and Covington libraries allow online users to type in surnames to search newspaper articles. Dan also urges users to take advantage of the genealogical information provided by TriState Online. This article has been reproduced with the permission of The Cincinnati Post and Stan Sulkes.