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**[https://archive.org/ '''Internet Archive'''] | **[https://archive.org/ '''Internet Archive'''] | ||
*The FamilySearch library has extensive collections of these local histories. Many are digitized. Search the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog '''FamilySearch Catalog'''] under your locality for the topics "Biography" and "History". | *The FamilySearch library has extensive collections of these local histories. Many are digitized. Search the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog '''FamilySearch Catalog'''] under your locality for the topics "Biography" and "History". | ||
The Genealogy Division of the Indiana State Library, the Indiana Historical Society, the [[Allen County Public Library|Allen County Public Library]], and the [https://www.familysearch.org/family-history-library/welcome-to-the-family-history-library | The Genealogy Division of the Indiana State Library, the Indiana Historical Society, the [[Allen County Public Library|Allen County Public Library]], and the [https://www.familysearch.org/family-history-library/welcome-to-the-family-history-library FamilySearch Library] have major collections of biographical sources of some of the residents of [[Indiana, United States Genealogy|Indiana]]. Most town and county histories have separately published indexes. | ||
The Indiana State Library card file for its [http://208.119.72.68/INBiopre1990/ Indiana Biography Index] is online. There are approximately 250,000 names in the index, each with a minimum of one citation to a book, magazine, or other printed source. The cards are arranged alphabetically by the name of the person. Birth and death dates are included, whenever possible. Abbreviated citations to books and periodicals with biographical information about that person are listed on the card, with page numbers. Sometimes call numbers for the item are included as well. The list of sources contains complete titles and call numbers for the abbreviated citations found on the card file images. Copies can be requested. | The Indiana State Library card file for its [http://208.119.72.68/INBiopre1990/ Indiana Biography Index] is online. There are approximately 250,000 names in the index, each with a minimum of one citation to a book, magazine, or other printed source. The cards are arranged alphabetically by the name of the person. Birth and death dates are included, whenever possible. Abbreviated citations to books and periodicals with biographical information about that person are listed on the card, with page numbers. Sometimes call numbers for the item are included as well. The list of sources contains complete titles and call numbers for the abbreviated citations found on the card file images. Copies can be requested. | ||
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