Genealogy/Local History Room

The Local History/Genealogy room was established for the collection and conservation of Hancock County local history and genealogical materials.

The collection includes material on Indiana , Hancock County and Greenfield . It contains death indexes, family histories, census indexes, microfilm and genealogy reference materials.

Hours:

The room is available for use during the library's regular business hours as listed below:

Monday-Thursday: 9 am - 9 pm
Friday: 9 am - 6 pm
Saturday: 9 am - 5 pm
Sunday: 1 pm - 4 pm

Microfilm machines are available to view microfilm and print copies. Copies are 10 cents per page.

HancockCounty Resources in the Local History/Genealogy Room

Death Records 1921-1989
Microfilm
- Daily Reporter newspaper (1908-present)
- Hancock Democrat newspaper (1864-1957)
- Hancock Republican newspaper (1889-1973)
Misc. newspapers
US Census records
Other misc. microfilm
Family Histories
Genealogy Materials
County Histories
Maps
City Directories and Phone Books
High School Yearbooks, including Greenfield-Central, New Palestine, Eastern Hancock, Mount Vernon and area schools

Genealogy Databases

Ancestry Library Edition (access this from the library's computers)
HeritageQuest (access from either the library's computers or from home with a valid library card)

Helpful Genealogy Web Sites

James Whitcomb Riley Digitization Project
( http://indiamond6.ulib.iupui.edu/JWRiley )
USGenWeb Project ( http://www.usgenweb.org/ )
Indiana Genealogy Online ( http://www.ingenweb.org/ )
Indiana State Library Genealogy division (http://www.statelib.lib.in.us/www/ISL/whoweare/genealogy.html )
Cyndi's List ( http://www.cyndislist.com/ )
RootsWeb ( http://www.rootsweb.com/ )
FamilySearch.org ( http://www.familysearch.org )
Hancock County Death Index - 1882-1920 (http://www.rootsquest.com/~indiana/hancock/death/index.html )
Hancock County Birth Index - 1882-1920 (http://www.rootsquest.com/~indiana/hancock/birth/index.html )

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