"This index contains the full name of the deceased, sorted alphabetically by last name, the dates that the death notice appeared in the newspaper, and the actual date of death, if published. Also listed is the age of the person in (YY-MM-DD) format, the maiden name of the woman, if married, and if the city of birth was mentioned in the notices an '*' appears after the age in the 'Remarks' colume ... some cases for the death of an infant, the age was...

"This index is based on information extracted from the original hardbound copies of the German Methodist newspaper, Der Christliche apologete, that are stored at the Cincinnati History Library and Archives (CHLA) located in the Cincinnati Museum Center. Articles contained ... death notices reported from fellow Methodist ministers from around the various German Methodist congregations in the United States."--page iii.

"A compilation of notices that were published in various early Cincinnati newspapers during this time period. It contains over 8,800 deaths, over 3.200 marriages and over 3.100 miscellaneous notices which were reported and published before 1853 in Hamilton County, Ohio. It should be noted that the names in this index are not only from the Cincinnati and Hamilton County area, but for much of the former Northwest Territory during the early years, and...