Indiana Archives and Libraries: Difference between revisions

{{Block indent|This center has federal censuses, passenger lists, Indian census rolls (1885–1940), records of marine inspection and navigation for Indiana (1865–1968; includes owners, masters, and crew members), naturalization indexes, General Land Office records for Indiana (1808–1876; listed by land office), U.S. District and Circuit Court records for Indiana (1819 –1961), military, and other records. For an online guide to the holdings of the Chicago Branch of the National Archives [http://www.archives.gov/great-lakes/holdings/ Click here]. For an older print guide the the Archives and its branches, see:}}

{{Block indent|1=*Szucs, Loretto Dennis, and Sandra Hargreaves Luebking. ''The Archives: A Guide to the National Archives Field Branches''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Ancestry, 1988. {{FSC|630522|item|disp=FS Catalog book 973 A3sz}}, 17-19.<br><br>|2=1}}

{{Block indent|1=The Indiana State Archives houses census, military, and federal land records. They also have original state and county government records from all Indiana counties.<ref name="DB43">William Dollarhide, and Ronald A. Bremer, ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, UT: Heritage Quest, 1988), 43. {{WorldCat|39493985}}; {{FSC|728550|item|disp=FS Library Book 973 J54d}}.</ref> The Archives has a growing online digital collection that contains death records, military records, naturalization records and institutional records.<br><br>|2=1}}

{{Block indent|*'''''Genealogy Section''''' Telephone: 317-232-6839; <br> Internet: [http://www.in.gov/library/databases.htm ISL Genealogy Division]; Great collection with great indexes.<br>}}

{{Block indent|*'''''Indiana Section''''' Telephone: 317-232-3670; Internet [http://www.in.gov/library/genealogy.htm ISL Indiana Division]; Extensive Indiana manuscripts, published histories of counties, towns, churches, and organizations. Also has biographies and image indexes.<br>}}

{{Block indent|*'''''Newspapers Section'''''<br>}}

{{Block indent|*[http://www.in.gov/library/genealogy.htm Indiana State Library], In the site index at the left, click on Databases and Indexes and scroll down to Resources Provided by the Indiana State Library. There, search indexes to marriages (1811-2013), commercial newspaper death listings, biographies and newspapers. Indiana Memory has digitized images of many resources, including county histories, oral histories, plat books, city directories, photos, newspapers, yearbooks and more. The VINE database has local history and vital records from libraries, historical societies and genealogical societies.<br>}}

{{Block indent|An important guide to the Indiana State Library is:}}

{{Block indent|1=*Miller, Carolynne L. ''Indiana Sources for Genealogical Research in the Indiana State Library''. Indianapolis, Indiana: Genealogical Section, Indiana Historical Society, 1984. {{FSC|487669|item|disp=FS Catalog book 977.2 D23mc}}.|2=2}}

{{Block indent|A listing of family records and other sources at the Indiana State Library is found in:}}

{{Block indent|1=*Pumroy, Eric. ''A Guide to Manuscript Collections of the Indiana Historical Society and Indiana State Library''. Indianapolis, Indiana: Indiana Historical Society, 1986. {{FSC|616807|item|disp=FS Catalog book 977.2 H23p}}.<br><br>|2=2}}

{{Block indent|The Indiana Genealogical Society publishes an online newsletter in the Members Only area of the IGS website. The ''Indiana Genealogist,'' a quarterly journal, is in its last year as a print publication and will be published online in the future.}}

{{Block indent|The Indiana Genealogical Society website includes numerous databases of interest to those with Hoosier ancestors. Some are available free and others are in the [http://www.indgensoc.org/membersonly/databases.php Members Only] area of the website.}}

{{Block indent|IGS directs the [http://www.indgensoc.org/SCWFI.php Society of Civil War Families of Indiana], a membership organization comprised of desendants of soldiers who served in the Civil War in Indiana units.}}

{{Block indent|Applications for the Territorial Guard Society of Indiana, a membership organization of those who can prove direct ancestral residence within the boundaries of the present state of Indiana on or before 11 December 1816 will begin being accepted 1 January 2011, with the first inductees to be installed in April 2012. Watch for more information to appear on the [http://www.indgensoc.org IGS website].<br><br>}}

{{Block indent|1=This is a private society with a strong collection of original sources, especially for the early 1800s.<ref name="DB43" /> A guide to family records and other sources at the Indiana Historical Society is in Eric Pumroy’s book cited above.,<br>|2=1}}

{{Block indent|[https://secure.in.gov/apps/iara/search/ Indiana Digital Archives], search the digital archives.<br>}}

{{Block indent|See also [[Indiana, United States Genealogy]] for information about Ruth Dorrel’s book ''Pioneer Ancestors of Members of the Society of Indiana Pioneers''. The records of the Society of Indiana Pioneers are in the basement of the Indiana Historical Society.}}

{{Block indent|1=Their Indiana Room is dedicated to the genealogy and local history of Anderson, Lapel, and Madison counties: census indexes, newspapers on microfilm, 13,800 books, together with other counties, states and countries, and online databases. Houses the large library of Willard Heiss, an Indiana and Quaker genealogy researcher.<ref name="DB43" /><br>|2=1}}

{{Block indent|1=Good collection about settlers moving across the northern United States from New England to Indiana. Includes a large book collection, microfilms, and surname folders.<ref name="DB43" /><br><br>|2=1}}

{{Block indent|1=They have very large collections of military records, newspapers, and special indexes. They also have many books, periodicals, and maps.<ref name="DB43" /><br><br>|2=1}}

{{Block indent|The Indiana Room genealogy collection includes extensive records for Hendricks County, Indiana.  Included are databases for obituaries, cemeteries and photographs; book resources for marriage, birth and death records; cemetery records; wills, probate, deeds, tax lists, Hendricks County newspapers (1847-present), online indexes and microfilm. The collection includes resources for all 92 Indiana counties.}}

{{Block indent|1=Comparable to Allen County library as far as statewide Indiana records. This is a good general genealogy library.<ref name="DB43" /><br><br>|2=1}}

{{Block indent|1=They have extensive published genealogies and county histories for Vigo County and surrounding counties in Indiana and Illinois. They also have local city directories and newspapers.<ref name="DB43" /><br><br>|2=1}}

{{Block indent|1=They have family folders, cemetery records, early Indiana material, and printed genealogies including many from outside Indianapolis.<ref name="DB43" /><br><br>|2=1}}

{{Block indent|1=A specialized genealogical collection including biographies, genealogies, and family histories.<ref name="DB43" /><br><br>|2=1}}

{{Block indent|1=A large Chicago repository with genealogies, local histories, censuses, military, land, indexes, vital records, court, and tax records '''some from Indiana''', the Mississippi Valley, eastern seaboard, Canada, and the British Isles.<ref>[http://www./genealogy-and-local-history Genealogy and Local History] in ''The Newberry'' (accessed 27 February 2015).</ref> They have over 17,000 printed genealogies. The collection is noteworthy for its colonial America, especially New England holdings. They have church, town, and county histories from all parts of the United States, Canada, and the British Isles. This includes a comprehensive set of New England town histories, and strong collection of county histories from the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic states. Their Civil War unit histories collection is one of the best.<ref name="DB39">Dollarhide and Bremer, 39.</ref> This library has research guides on various subjects related to genealogy and library holdings cataloged from 1978.  See|2=1}}

{{Block indent|*[http://www./genealogy-collection-guides-and-research-tools Genealogy Collection Guides and Research Tools] for more information about the collections. ''<br>''}}

{{Block indent|1=*A surname index to genealogical periodicals and local history books in the Newberry Library was completed in 1915 and published as ''The Genealogical Index of the Newberry Library''<ref>''The Genealogical Index of the Newberry Library''. Boston, Massachusetts: G.K. Hall, 1960. {{WorldCat|83367401}}  {{FSC|130151|item|disp=FS Library films 928135–928137}} and {{FSC|130151|item|disp=FS Catalog book 973 D22n vols. 1–4}}</ref> Since this index is old, be sure to use the [http://www./sites/default/files/textpage-attachments/Genealogical%20Index.pdf online guide sheet] to this collection before using the source.<br><br>|2=1}}