Finding Indiana Ancestors: A Guide to Historical Research

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Finding Indiana Ancestors: A Guide to Historical Research

Edited by M. Teresa Baer and Geneil Breeze
Indiana Historical Society Press
Indianapolis 2007


Part 1:Getting Started

Research Overview

• Beginning and Organizaing Your Family History
• Internet Research

Family Stories

• Oral History
• Family Reunions

Photographs

• Photographs and Family History
• Labeling and Preserving Family Photographs
• Dating Photographs of Women Using Clothing Styles

Part 2: Identifying Resources

Statewide Libraries and Archives

• Genealogy Division, Indiana State Library
• Indiana Division, Indiana State Library
• Manuscript Section, Indiana State Library
• Indiana State Archives
• Indiana Historical Society Library

Nationwide Libraries and Archives

• Historical Genealogy Department Allen County Public Library, Indiana
• National Archives-Great Lakes Region, Chicago
• Family History Library System, Genealogical Society of Utah

Statewide Organizations

• Indiana Historical Society
• Indiana Genealogical Society
• Society of Indiana Pioneers

Part 3: Researching Records

Civil and Church Records

• Census Records
• Indiana's Statewide Cemetery Registry
• County Commissioner Records
• Church Records

Court Records

• Courthouse Records
• Inventories of County Archives
• Naturalization Records
• Land Records

Military Records

• Military Records in Federal and State Repositories
• Civil War Records
• Civil War Records in Indiana

Part 4: Researching with Maps

Map Books

• Tourist Pocket Maps
• Gazetteers
• County Boundary Changes
• County Atlases

Theme Maps

• Thematic Maps
• Indiana's Pioneer Periods
• 1879 Political Map of Indiana

Transportation Maps

• Mapping the Ohio River
• Railroad Maps
• Urban Transit Maps
• Automobile Maps
• Highway Maps

Speciality Maps

• Bird's-Eye Views
• Fire Insurance Maps

Part 5: Researching Ethnic Groups

German Americans

• German American Heritage Organizations in Indiana

African Americans

• African American Research: A Bibliography

Native Americans

• Native American Research

Part 6: Providing Context and Accuracy

Manuscripts

• Vawter Diary, 1869-1879

Artifacts

• Benjamin Harrison Flag Quilt

Medicine

• Diseases and Treatments in the Nineteenth Century

Industries

• Coal Mining in Indiana
• Indiana Cotton Mills, 1850-1954

Verification

• Analyzing, the Accuracy of Research Material