Genealogical and Historical Societies offer a wealth of genealogy information to genealogy researchers.
It is the local society members who compile biographical and historical information and make it available to the researcher through their websites and publications.
The Indiana Historical Society http://www.indianahistory.org/ has a web page of local history contacts for Indiana Counties
http://www.indianahistory.org/our-services/local-history-services/local-history-contacts
Below are links from the Indiana Historical Society for Lake County Indiana
http://www.indianahistory.org/our-services/local-history-services/local-history-contacts/lake-county
The Indiana Genealogical Society www.indgensoc.org has a web page with Genealogical Societies in Indiana
http://www.indgensoc.org/chapters.php
