Are you interested in your ancestry? Learn how to get started with your genealogy from the Indiana Room’s Sarah Wright. She'll discuss tips, tricks, and proper methods for digging through online records. Tuesday, April 4, 2023 at 6:30pm McMillan B meeting Room....
The Family History Hounds genealogy group will meet Thursday, April 6, 2023 at 1:00pm in the McMillan B Meeting Room for our monthly program. Genealogy speaker Amber Oldenburg will be our presenter: Land for the Homeless: Homestead Records and How To Use Them in Your...
Help preserve our Plainfield history by sharing your historic photos, letters, and artifacts. Drop by the library's Indiana Room anytime between January 21-23, 2022 during library hours and we will digitize your treasures, add the electronic image to our local history archives, and return the...
We're pleased to let you know that the library now subscribes to ProQuest's HNP Indianapolis Star newspaper database. This resources of digitized newspapers covers 1903-2004. Enjoy browsing the paper, or looking for specific items such as obituaries, advertisements, or family news. The database is free...
Come Explore Your Family History with the Indiana Room! Are you curious about your ancestry? Maybe DNA is your thing? Drop by the Indiana Room where genealogy is our thing! Try out (free) some of our many online genealogy databases (including Ancestry.com, Family Search, World...
This just in: we've got a new digital resource: Newspapers.com! Newspapers.com provides access to historical newspapers from across Indiana. Explore newspaper articles and clippings for help with genealogy, history and other research--from Anderson to Ft. Wayne to Indianapolis and more! Take a look now: http://newspaperslibrary.proquest.com/barcode?accountid=57501&groupid=1234121...
Just in time for the Holidays, check our our latest addition to our Genealogy Databases! Newspaper Archive is the world's best resource for historical and genealogical information. Our library subscribes to the Indiana-specific collection, which includes over 270 historic Indiana newspapers. Newspaper Archive spans more than 400...
We're happy to introduce our newest database making research easy and fun - Fold3, a genealogy database with Census records, military records, city directories and more. Check it out! Browse through military photographs or city directories. Who knows what - or who - you'll find!...