Research Opportunities Near the NGS 2012 Family History Conference: Part 4, Indiana

Four major Indiana historical societies and libraries are located within three and a half hours from the conference site in Cincinnati:

109 miles: Indiana State Archives, 6440 East 30th Street, Indianapolis. Permanent repository for important records of state government, with approximately 25,000 cubic feet of records dating from the territorial period to the present: records of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches; military records; records of the General Land Office for Indiana; over 100,000 aerial photographs; and substantial collections from more than 400 state agencies and 92 counties. Hours: 9-4 M-F.

112 miles: Indiana Historical Society’s William Henry Smith Memorial Library at the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center, 450 W. Ohio St., Indianapolis, Indiana. Indiana’s premier collection of archival material relating to Indiana and the Old Northwest. More than 1.7 million images as well as thousands of maps, oral accounts, Civil War diaries and correspondence, club and organizational records, and personal papers are among the many treasures that may help illuminate the past for genealogical researchers. Hours: Tu – Sa 10-5.

113 miles: Indiana State Library, 315 West Ohio Street, Indianapolis. The Genealogy Collection has developed over time to become one of the largest collections of family history information in the Midwest, with a focus on Indiana and bordering states as well as eastern and southern states. Extensive collection of Indiana courthouse records, newspapers, county histories, and manuscripts, with many databases on its award-winning website. Hours: 8-4:30 M-W, F, 8-7 Th, 8-4 Sa.

152 miles: Genealogy Center at the Allen County Public Library, 900 Library Plaza, Fort Wayne. Home to the nation’s largest public genealogy collection, housed in a brand-new, $65 million facility with over 370,000 printed volumes, 590,000 microforms, military records that go back to the 1700s, city directories, census records, passenger lists, family histories, U.S. local records and special collections, periodicals, ethnic and foreign resources, and much more. 9-9 M-Th, 9-6 F-S, 12-5 Su.

If you would like to contribute information about libraries and archives within a fairly short drive from Cincinnati, please send it to conferenceblog@ngsgenealogy.org.

Research Opportunities Near the NGS 2012 Family History Conference: Part 4, Indiana