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About Local & Family History Services

2013-03-02T17:53:08Z

Sara: /* Local & Family History Staff */

=About Local & Family History Services=
[[Image:Localhistorysjcplreduced.jpg]] 
==Local & Family History hours==
Monday-Thursday, 10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. 
Friday-Saturday, 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. 
Sunday, CLOSED 
The entire SJCPL system, including Local & Family History. is closed on the following holidays: 
New Year's Eve and Day 
Easter 
Memorial Day 
Mother's Day 
Independence Day 
Labor Day 
Thanksgiving 
Christmas Eve and Day 

==Contact information==

===Visit us in person===
Our department is on the second floor of the [http://www.sjcpl.org St. Joseph County Public Library]'s [http://www.libraryforlife.org/main/ Main Library], 304 S. Main St., South Bend, IN. 
Here is a [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Indiana&f=s&utm_campaign=en&utm_source=en-ha-na-us-syn-gm&utm_medium=ha&utm_term=indiana%20maps map] of South Bend. 
Here is another map showing Main Library's location in South Bend: 
[[Image:mqmapgend.gif]] 
Parking is free for the first 3 hours in the lot that adjoins the Library. After that, a fee of $1 per hour will be charged, payable in $1, $2, $5, $10 and $20 bills. No coins. The machine will give paper bills in change.

Parking is free after 6 p.m. and on Saturdays and Sundays.
 

===Contact us from home===
Phone: (574) 282-4621 

E-mail: [mailto:local.history@sjcpl.org local.history@sjcpl.org] 

IM (chat): 
AIM asksjcpllh 
Hotmail asksjcpllh@hotmail.com 
Yahoo! asksjcpllh 

Mailing address: 
St. Joseph County Public Library 
Local & Family History Services 
304 S. Main St. 
South Bend, IN 46601 

===Use our website===
Visit our [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/ website]. 
Find out what we have in our [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/guides/brochure.pdf collection]. 
See our [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/lhresources.html#databases databases and digital collections]. If you have a valid SJCPL library card, those databases marked with a library card symbol will be available to you free from home. (You can [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/screens/getacard.html register for an SJCPL library card online] or [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/files/LH_FeeCardRegistrationForm.pdf obtain a non-resident SJCPL fee card].) 
Check to see what [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/lhresources.html#pastprograms classes, programs, and events] are coming up, and to see notes and slides from past classes. 
View detailed [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/lhresources.html#howtoguides guides] to our special collections and also [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/lhresources.html#howtoguides articles] on history and genealogy research. 
See our list of [http://www.sjcpl.org/subjectguides/index.php/History-Genealogy_Websites recommended historical and genealogical websites.] 
Read our [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/lhresources.html#pastenewsletters e-newsletters] to find out news. 

==Services==

===Events, classes, and programs===
Check for our [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/lhresources.html#pastprograms classes and programs] about local history, family history/genealogy, and related topics. 

===Obituary and local history searches===
Our department can answer some St. Joseph County questions for out-of-area patrons, for a fee, as well as for homebound local patrons. Our [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/queryform.pdf Obituary and Local History Search form] has guidelines and instructions. 

===Speakers===
Our librarians are available to speak to community and school groups about family history or local history topics (schedule permitting), but please do give us 3 weeks advance notice, so we can prepare an excellent presentation for your group. Please call 235-4181 for more information. 

===Donations===
We are happy to accept donations of your printed family history (with a local connection). We cannot accept research notes or notebooks and most computer files. We covet donations of local high school yearbooks, city directories, books by local authors, histories of local organizations or churches, and other like items. Please call 235-4181 for more information. 

==Local & Family History Staff==
Joe Sipocz, Manager & Librarian Contact for administrative questions.
[mailto:j.sipocz@sjcpl.org j.sipocz@sjcpl.org] or telephone at (574) 282-4655. 

[[User:Sara | Sara Allen]], Assistant Manager & Librarian Contact for genealogical or historical questions.
[mailto:s.allen@sjcpl.org s.allen@sjcpl.org] 

Kevin Wadzinski, Paraprofessional Librarian 
Back on March 28. [mailto:k.wadzinski@sjcpl.org k.wadzinski@sjcpl.org] 

Greta Fisher, Paraprofessional Librarian 
[mailto:g.fisher@sjcpl.org g.fisher@sjcpl.org]

 
 

Created by: [[User:Sara | Sara Allen]] and [[User:Libby the Librarian | Libby Feil]], February 21, 2009 
Last updated by: Sara Allen, February 20, 2013.

[[Category:Genealogy & Local History]]

About Local & Family History Services

2013-03-02T17:52:43Z

Sara: /* Local & Family History Staff */

=About Local & Family History Services=
[[Image:Localhistorysjcplreduced.jpg]] 
==Local & Family History hours==
Monday-Thursday, 10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. 
Friday-Saturday, 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. 
Sunday, CLOSED 
The entire SJCPL system, including Local & Family History. is closed on the following holidays: 
New Year's Eve and Day 
Easter 
Memorial Day 
Mother's Day 
Independence Day 
Labor Day 
Thanksgiving 
Christmas Eve and Day 

==Contact information==

===Visit us in person===
Our department is on the second floor of the [http://www.sjcpl.org St. Joseph County Public Library]'s [http://www.libraryforlife.org/main/ Main Library], 304 S. Main St., South Bend, IN. 
Here is a [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Indiana&f=s&utm_campaign=en&utm_source=en-ha-na-us-syn-gm&utm_medium=ha&utm_term=indiana%20maps map] of South Bend. 
Here is another map showing Main Library's location in South Bend: 
[[Image:mqmapgend.gif]] 
Parking is free for the first 3 hours in the lot that adjoins the Library. After that, a fee of $1 per hour will be charged, payable in $1, $2, $5, $10 and $20 bills. No coins. The machine will give paper bills in change.

Parking is free after 6 p.m. and on Saturdays and Sundays.
 

===Contact us from home===
Phone: (574) 282-4621 

E-mail: [mailto:local.history@sjcpl.org local.history@sjcpl.org] 

IM (chat): 
AIM asksjcpllh 
Hotmail asksjcpllh@hotmail.com 
Yahoo! asksjcpllh 

Mailing address: 
St. Joseph County Public Library 
Local & Family History Services 
304 S. Main St. 
South Bend, IN 46601 

===Use our website===
Visit our [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/ website]. 
Find out what we have in our [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/guides/brochure.pdf collection]. 
See our [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/lhresources.html#databases databases and digital collections]. If you have a valid SJCPL library card, those databases marked with a library card symbol will be available to you free from home. (You can [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/screens/getacard.html register for an SJCPL library card online] or [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/files/LH_FeeCardRegistrationForm.pdf obtain a non-resident SJCPL fee card].) 
Check to see what [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/lhresources.html#pastprograms classes, programs, and events] are coming up, and to see notes and slides from past classes. 
View detailed [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/lhresources.html#howtoguides guides] to our special collections and also [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/lhresources.html#howtoguides articles] on history and genealogy research. 
See our list of [http://www.sjcpl.org/subjectguides/index.php/History-Genealogy_Websites recommended historical and genealogical websites.] 
Read our [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/lhresources.html#pastenewsletters e-newsletters] to find out news. 

==Services==

===Events, classes, and programs===
Check for our [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/lhresources.html#pastprograms classes and programs] about local history, family history/genealogy, and related topics. 

===Obituary and local history searches===
Our department can answer some St. Joseph County questions for out-of-area patrons, for a fee, as well as for homebound local patrons. Our [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/queryform.pdf Obituary and Local History Search form] has guidelines and instructions. 

===Speakers===
Our librarians are available to speak to community and school groups about family history or local history topics (schedule permitting), but please do give us 3 weeks advance notice, so we can prepare an excellent presentation for your group. Please call 235-4181 for more information. 

===Donations===
We are happy to accept donations of your printed family history (with a local connection). We cannot accept research notes or notebooks and most computer files. We covet donations of local high school yearbooks, city directories, books by local authors, histories of local organizations or churches, and other like items. Please call 235-4181 for more information. 

==Local & Family History Staff==
Joe Sipocz, Manager & Librarian Contact for administrative questions.
[mailto:j.sipocz@sjcpl.org j.sipocz@sjcpl.org] or telephone at (574) 282-4655. 

[[User:Sara | Sara Allen]], Assistant Manager & Librarian Contact for genealogical or historical questions.
[mailto:s.allen@sjcpl.org s.allen@sjcpl.org] 

Kevin Wadzinski, Paraprofessional Librarian 
On leave.[mailto:k.wadzinski@sjcpl.org k.wadzinski@sjcpl.org] 

Greta Fisher, Paraprofessional Librarian 
[mailto:g.fisher@sjcpl.org g.fisher@sjcpl.org]

 
 

Created by: [[User:Sara | Sara Allen]] and [[User:Libby the Librarian | Libby Feil]], February 21, 2009 
Last updated by: Sara Allen, February 20, 2013.

[[Category:Genealogy & Local History]]

About Local & Family History Services

2013-02-20T22:48:33Z

Sara: /* Local & Family History Staff */

=About Local & Family History Services=
[[Image:Localhistorysjcplreduced.jpg]] 
==Local & Family History hours==
Monday-Thursday, 10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. 
Friday-Saturday, 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. 
Sunday, CLOSED 
The entire SJCPL system, including Local & Family History. is closed on the following holidays: 
New Year's Eve and Day 
Easter 
Memorial Day 
Mother's Day 
Independence Day 
Labor Day 
Thanksgiving 
Christmas Eve and Day 

==Contact information==

===Visit us in person===
Our department is on the second floor of the [http://www.sjcpl.org St. Joseph County Public Library]'s [http://www.libraryforlife.org/main/ Main Library], 304 S. Main St., South Bend, IN. 
Here is a [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Indiana&f=s&utm_campaign=en&utm_source=en-ha-na-us-syn-gm&utm_medium=ha&utm_term=indiana%20maps map] of South Bend. 
Here is another map showing Main Library's location in South Bend: 
[[Image:mqmapgend.gif]] 
Parking is free for the first 3 hours in the lot that adjoins the Library. After that, a fee of $1 per hour will be charged, payable in $1, $2, $5, $10 and $20 bills. No coins. The machine will give paper bills in change.

Parking is free after 6 p.m. and on Saturdays and Sundays.
 

===Contact us from home===
Phone: (574) 282-4621 

E-mail: [mailto:local.history@sjcpl.org local.history@sjcpl.org] 

IM (chat): 
AIM asksjcpllh 
Hotmail asksjcpllh@hotmail.com 
Yahoo! asksjcpllh 

Mailing address: 
St. Joseph County Public Library 
Local & Family History Services 
304 S. Main St. 
South Bend, IN 46601 

===Use our website===
Visit our [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/ website]. 
Find out what we have in our [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/guides/brochure.pdf collection]. 
See our [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/lhresources.html#databases databases and digital collections]. If you have a valid SJCPL library card, those databases marked with a library card symbol will be available to you free from home. (You can [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/screens/getacard.html register for an SJCPL library card online] or [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/files/LH_FeeCardRegistrationForm.pdf obtain a non-resident SJCPL fee card].) 
Check to see what [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/lhresources.html#pastprograms classes, programs, and events] are coming up, and to see notes and slides from past classes. 
View detailed [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/lhresources.html#howtoguides guides] to our special collections and also [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/lhresources.html#howtoguides articles] on history and genealogy research. 
See our list of [http://www.sjcpl.org/subjectguides/index.php/History-Genealogy_Websites recommended historical and genealogical websites.] 
Read our [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/lhresources.html#pastenewsletters e-newsletters] to find out news. 

==Services==

===Events, classes, and programs===
Check for our [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/lhresources.html#pastprograms classes and programs] about local history, family history/genealogy, and related topics. 

===Obituary and local history searches===
Our department can answer some St. Joseph County questions for out-of-area patrons, for a fee, as well as for homebound local patrons. Our [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/queryform.pdf Obituary and Local History Search form] has guidelines and instructions. 

===Speakers===
Our librarians are available to speak to community and school groups about family history or local history topics (schedule permitting), but please do give us 3 weeks advance notice, so we can prepare an excellent presentation for your group. Please call 235-4181 for more information. 

===Donations===
We are happy to accept donations of your printed family history (with a local connection). We cannot accept research notes or notebooks and most computer files. We covet donations of local high school yearbooks, city directories, books by local authors, histories of local organizations or churches, and other like items. Please call 235-4181 for more information. 

==Local & Family History Staff==
Joe Sipocz, Manager & Librarian Contact for administrative questions.
[mailto:j.sipocz@sjcpl.org j.sipocz@sjcpl.org] or telephone at (574) 282-4655. 

[[User:Sara | Sara Allen]], Assistant Manager & Librarian Contact for genealogical or historical questions.
[mailto:s.allen@sjcpl.org s.allen@sjcpl.org] 

Kevin Wadzinski, Paraprofessional Librarian 
[mailto:k.wadzinski@sjcpl.org k.wadzinski@sjcpl.org] 

Greta Fisher, Paraprofessional Librarian 
[mailto:g.fisher@sjcpl.org g.fisher@sjcpl.org]

 
 

Created by: [[User:Sara | Sara Allen]] and [[User:Libby the Librarian | Libby Feil]], February 21, 2009 
Last updated by: Sara Allen, February 20, 2013.

[[Category:Genealogy & Local History]]

About Local & Family History Services

2013-02-20T22:47:53Z

Sara: /* Visit us in person */

=About Local & Family History Services=
[[Image:Localhistorysjcplreduced.jpg]] 
==Local & Family History hours==
Monday-Thursday, 10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. 
Friday-Saturday, 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. 
Sunday, CLOSED 
The entire SJCPL system, including Local & Family History. is closed on the following holidays: 
New Year's Eve and Day 
Easter 
Memorial Day 
Mother's Day 
Independence Day 
Labor Day 
Thanksgiving 
Christmas Eve and Day 

==Contact information==

===Visit us in person===
Our department is on the second floor of the [http://www.sjcpl.org St. Joseph County Public Library]'s [http://www.libraryforlife.org/main/ Main Library], 304 S. Main St., South Bend, IN. 
Here is a [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Indiana&f=s&utm_campaign=en&utm_source=en-ha-na-us-syn-gm&utm_medium=ha&utm_term=indiana%20maps map] of South Bend. 
Here is another map showing Main Library's location in South Bend: 
[[Image:mqmapgend.gif]] 
Parking is free for the first 3 hours in the lot that adjoins the Library. After that, a fee of $1 per hour will be charged, payable in $1, $2, $5, $10 and $20 bills. No coins. The machine will give paper bills in change.

Parking is free after 6 p.m. and on Saturdays and Sundays.
 

===Contact us from home===
Phone: (574) 282-4621 

E-mail: [mailto:local.history@sjcpl.org local.history@sjcpl.org] 

IM (chat): 
AIM asksjcpllh 
Hotmail asksjcpllh@hotmail.com 
Yahoo! asksjcpllh 

Mailing address: 
St. Joseph County Public Library 
Local & Family History Services 
304 S. Main St. 
South Bend, IN 46601 

===Use our website===
Visit our [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/ website]. 
Find out what we have in our [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/guides/brochure.pdf collection]. 
See our [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/lhresources.html#databases databases and digital collections]. If you have a valid SJCPL library card, those databases marked with a library card symbol will be available to you free from home. (You can [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/screens/getacard.html register for an SJCPL library card online] or [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/files/LH_FeeCardRegistrationForm.pdf obtain a non-resident SJCPL fee card].) 
Check to see what [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/lhresources.html#pastprograms classes, programs, and events] are coming up, and to see notes and slides from past classes. 
View detailed [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/lhresources.html#howtoguides guides] to our special collections and also [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/lhresources.html#howtoguides articles] on history and genealogy research. 
See our list of [http://www.sjcpl.org/subjectguides/index.php/History-Genealogy_Websites recommended historical and genealogical websites.] 
Read our [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/lhresources.html#pastenewsletters e-newsletters] to find out news. 

==Services==

===Events, classes, and programs===
Check for our [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/lhresources.html#pastprograms classes and programs] about local history, family history/genealogy, and related topics. 

===Obituary and local history searches===
Our department can answer some St. Joseph County questions for out-of-area patrons, for a fee, as well as for homebound local patrons. Our [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/queryform.pdf Obituary and Local History Search form] has guidelines and instructions. 

===Speakers===
Our librarians are available to speak to community and school groups about family history or local history topics (schedule permitting), but please do give us 3 weeks advance notice, so we can prepare an excellent presentation for your group. Please call 235-4181 for more information. 

===Donations===
We are happy to accept donations of your printed family history (with a local connection). We cannot accept research notes or notebooks and most computer files. We covet donations of local high school yearbooks, city directories, books by local authors, histories of local organizations or churches, and other like items. Please call 235-4181 for more information. 

==Local & Family History Staff==
Joe Sipocz, Manager & Librarian Contact for administrative questions.
[mailto:j.sipocz@sjcpl.org j.sipocz@sjcpl.org] or telephone at (574) 282-4655. 

[[User:Sara | Sara Allen]], Assistant Manager & Librarian Contact for genealogical or historical questions.
[mailto:s.allen@sjcpl.org s.allen@sjcpl.org] 

Kevin Wadzinski, Paraprofessional Librarian 
[mailto:k.wadzinski@sjcpl.org k.wadzinski@sjcpl.org] 

Greta Fisher, Paraprofessional Librarian 
[mailto:g.fisher@sjcpl.org g.fisher@sjcpl.org]

 
 

Created by: [[User:Sara | Sara Allen]] and [[User:Libby the Librarian | Libby Feil]], February 21, 2009 
Last updated by: Sara Allen, January 5, 2013.

[[Category:Genealogy & Local History]]

About Local & Family History Services

2013-02-20T22:47:20Z

Sara: /* Visit us in person */

=About Local & Family History Services=
[[Image:Localhistorysjcplreduced.jpg]] 
==Local & Family History hours==
Monday-Thursday, 10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. 
Friday-Saturday, 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. 
Sunday, CLOSED 
The entire SJCPL system, including Local & Family History. is closed on the following holidays: 
New Year's Eve and Day 
Easter 
Memorial Day 
Mother's Day 
Independence Day 
Labor Day 
Thanksgiving 
Christmas Eve and Day 

==Contact information==

===Visit us in person===
Our department is on the second floor of the [http://www.sjcpl.org St. Joseph County Public Library]'s [http://www.libraryforlife.org/main/ Main Library], 304 S. Main St., South Bend, IN. 
Here is a [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Indiana&f=s&utm_campaign=en&utm_source=en-ha-na-us-syn-gm&utm_medium=ha&utm_term=indiana%20maps map] of South Bend. 
Here is another map showing Main Library's location in South Bend: 
[[Image:mqmapgend.gif]] 
Parking is free for the first 3 hours in the lot that adjoins the Library. After that, a fee of $1 per hour, payable in $1, $2, $5, $10 and $20 bills. No coins. The machine will give paper bills in change.

Parking is free after 6 p.m. and on Saturdays and Sundays.
 

===Contact us from home===
Phone: (574) 282-4621 

E-mail: [mailto:local.history@sjcpl.org local.history@sjcpl.org] 

IM (chat): 
AIM asksjcpllh 
Hotmail asksjcpllh@hotmail.com 
Yahoo! asksjcpllh 

Mailing address: 
St. Joseph County Public Library 
Local & Family History Services 
304 S. Main St. 
South Bend, IN 46601 

===Use our website===
Visit our [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/ website]. 
Find out what we have in our [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/guides/brochure.pdf collection]. 
See our [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/lhresources.html#databases databases and digital collections]. If you have a valid SJCPL library card, those databases marked with a library card symbol will be available to you free from home. (You can [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/screens/getacard.html register for an SJCPL library card online] or [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/files/LH_FeeCardRegistrationForm.pdf obtain a non-resident SJCPL fee card].) 
Check to see what [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/lhresources.html#pastprograms classes, programs, and events] are coming up, and to see notes and slides from past classes. 
View detailed [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/lhresources.html#howtoguides guides] to our special collections and also [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/lhresources.html#howtoguides articles] on history and genealogy research. 
See our list of [http://www.sjcpl.org/subjectguides/index.php/History-Genealogy_Websites recommended historical and genealogical websites.] 
Read our [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/lhresources.html#pastenewsletters e-newsletters] to find out news. 

==Services==

===Events, classes, and programs===
Check for our [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/lhresources.html#pastprograms classes and programs] about local history, family history/genealogy, and related topics. 

===Obituary and local history searches===
Our department can answer some St. Joseph County questions for out-of-area patrons, for a fee, as well as for homebound local patrons. Our [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/queryform.pdf Obituary and Local History Search form] has guidelines and instructions. 

===Speakers===
Our librarians are available to speak to community and school groups about family history or local history topics (schedule permitting), but please do give us 3 weeks advance notice, so we can prepare an excellent presentation for your group. Please call 235-4181 for more information. 

===Donations===
We are happy to accept donations of your printed family history (with a local connection). We cannot accept research notes or notebooks and most computer files. We covet donations of local high school yearbooks, city directories, books by local authors, histories of local organizations or churches, and other like items. Please call 235-4181 for more information. 

==Local & Family History Staff==
Joe Sipocz, Manager & Librarian Contact for administrative questions.
[mailto:j.sipocz@sjcpl.org j.sipocz@sjcpl.org] or telephone at (574) 282-4655. 

[[User:Sara | Sara Allen]], Assistant Manager & Librarian Contact for genealogical or historical questions.
[mailto:s.allen@sjcpl.org s.allen@sjcpl.org] 

Kevin Wadzinski, Paraprofessional Librarian 
[mailto:k.wadzinski@sjcpl.org k.wadzinski@sjcpl.org] 

Greta Fisher, Paraprofessional Librarian 
[mailto:g.fisher@sjcpl.org g.fisher@sjcpl.org]

 
 

Created by: [[User:Sara | Sara Allen]] and [[User:Libby the Librarian | Libby Feil]], February 21, 2009 
Last updated by: Sara Allen, January 5, 2013.

[[Category:Genealogy & Local History]]

History Homework

2013-01-05T22:54:14Z

Sara:

{| border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" align="right"
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|bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | '''Newspapers'''

*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=186 Chicago Tribune], 1920-1984     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=51 NewspaperARCHIVE]     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=73 New York Times], 1981-present     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=66 New York Times], 1860-1922 
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=187 South Bend Tribune], 1994-present     Use with Library card
*[http://news.google.com/newspapers Google News Archive]

'''Government Sources'''
*[http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html Library of Congress - American Memory]
*[http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/ National Archives - America's Historical Documents]
*[http:///www.archives.gov/education/ National Archives - Digital Classroom]
*[http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/ National Archives - Online Exhibits]

'''University Sources'''
*[http://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/collections/digitized/african-american-women/ African-American Women Online Archival Collections]
*[http://digital.lib.csus.edu/curr/ California Underground Railroad Digital Archive]
*[http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/h/dla Digital Activities & Collections]
*[http://docsouth.unc.edu Documenting the American South]
*[http://historymatters.gmu.edu/browse/manypasts/ History Matters - Many Pasts]
*[http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/ Valley of the Shadow]

'''Historical Society Sources'''
*[http://www.studsterkel.org/index.html Studs Terkel - Conversations with America]

|}
== History Homework Help ==
By [[User:Libby the Librarian | Libby Feil]]

"Help! I'm working on a history project and I can't find primary sources!" Never fear, the Library is here! If you are a student or the parent of a student, you can relate to this problem. During the school year we see many students in the Library who are working on history projects and need to find primary sources. Don't despair! There are plenty of places to look. 

[[Image:sbtornado.jpg|left]] The newspaper is a good first stop. We have the South Bend Tribune on microfilm going all the way back to May of 1873, and all the way forward until the present. Stop into [http://www.sjcpl.org/localhistory/ Local & Family History Services] on the second floor of Main Library and ask for help in finding information in the ''South Bend Tribune''. We also have the New York Times on microfilm all the way back to 1851, which is a great source of national and international news. The [http://www.libraryforlife.org/mnf/ Magazines, Newspapers, Fiction Department] also has indexes to the Times, so you can search for your research topic and go directly to the right issue. 

What if you can't make it downtown? You can go to your nearest computer, or right to your home computer if you have one, and look at our newspapers available online. Just go to the [http://www.libraryforlife.org/databases/index.html#news "Newspapers"] section of our website. We have the [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=186 historical Chicago Tribune] from about 1920 to 1984, and the [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=73 New York Times] available online from 1981 through the present, and the [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=187 South Bend Tribune] from about 1994 to the present. To use these databases from home, you just need a valid St. Joseph County Public Library card. 

Another useful newspaper resource is [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=51 NewspaperARCHIVE], which can also be used from home with an SJCPL card. This searchable database contains actual images of articles and pages from a wide variety of American newspapers from all time periods. It also has some issues of English newspapers. This database is an excellent place to look for primary sources from around the country. An additional excellent free source is the [http://news.google.com/newspapers Google News Archive], which contains digital scans of actual newspapers from the United States and some foreign countries for various time periods. 

When I worked as a history instructor, I also relied on several government and university web sites that are great sources of primary documents. They are reputable, authoritative web sites. They serve up actual photographs, letters, interviews, documents, and more, so you can look at and print out good quality copies of the original items. 

The biggest site is the [http://www.loc.gov Library of Congress]'s [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html American Memory] project. You can find old advertisements, maps, photographs, sheet music, letters, diaries, and all manner of government documents. It includes material on the Revolutionary War, slavery, the Civil War, the huge immigration to American in the late 1800s and early 1900s, World War II, women's suffrage, the Civil Rights Movement, and so much more. There is a search box you can use to search for a name, place, topic, or even a date! 

[[Image:wwiiposter.gif|left]] The National Archives also provides a wealth of history materials. They have three major sites that are of interest to students, parents, and teachers. First, they have a site that hosts their [http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/ Online Exhibits]. You can view, online, digital copies of the charters of freedom (Declaration of Independence, Constitution, Bill of Rights), documents about the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, photographs and digital copies of artwork from the New Deal, World War II posters, and a mind-blowing variety of other topics. Their [http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/ America's Historical Documents] site showcases some famous and unusual letters (check out [http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/document.html?doc=20&title.raw=Elvis%20Presley%26%238217%3Bs%20Letter%20to%20President%20Richard%20Nixon Elvis's letter to President Nixon]), patents, court cases, and more. The [http://www.archives.gov/education/ Digital Classroom] section has information and help for students--as well as lesson plans and activity ideas for teachers. 

More good websites for material about a variety of regions and times in American history are George Mason University's [http://historymatters.gmu.edu/browse/manypasts/ History Matters - Many Pasts] and the University of Chicago Library's [http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/h/dla Digital Activities & Collections]. The former showcases a wide variety of primary documents. The University of Chicago site has primary documents and historic photographs from around the world, with an emphasis on America and the Midwest. Pay special attention to their [http://ead.lib.uchicago.edu/ Archives and Manuscripts Finding Aids] listing, which does not sound promising but actually includes digitized documents attached to finding aids. A search for Ida B. Wells, for example, turns up a finding aid to the [http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/scrc/findingaids/view.php?eadid=ICU.SPCL.IBWELLS&q=ida%20wells#id287631682 Guide to the Ida B. Wells Papers, 1884-1976]. The guide has links to digital versions of all the papers in the collection. 

Four other sites have primary resources from the slavery and Civil War periods. [http://docsouth.unc.edu Documenting the American South] and [http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/ Valley of the Shadow] both showcase books, diaries, letters, illustrations, other documents--even songs--from this time period. Documenting the American South can be searched by date, and Valley of the Shadow is arranged by time period and then by topic. [http://www.duke.edu Duke University]'s [http://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/collections/digitized/african-american-women/ African-American Women Online Archival Collections] feature rare memoirs and letters of African American women who lived under and after slavery. The [http://digital.lib.csus.edu/curr/ California Underground Railroad Digital Archive] is a unique resource of primary source documents on slavery in California (yes, there was slavery in California), from California State University at Sacramento. 

The last century is history now too! The famed twentieth-century interviewer Studs Terkel talked with people from all walks of life, and his website [http://www.studsterkel.org/index.html Studs Terkel - Conversations with America] contains interviews with "ordinary" twentieth-century Americans from a variety of backgrounds. The [http://www.chicagohistory.org/ Chicago Historical Society] created this site. 

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Created by: [[User:Libby the Librarian | Libby Feil]], October 2006 
Last updated January 5, 2013 

[[Category:Genealogy & Local History]] [[Category:Education]]

Genealogy

2013-01-05T22:53:52Z

Sara:

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|bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | '''Subscription Databases'''

*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=127 American Ancestors]     Use in Library only
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=42 Ancestry Library Edition]     Use in Library only
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=186 Chicago Tribune (articles 1920-1984, obituaries 1860-1984)]     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=189 Fold3]     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=23 HeritageQuest Online]     Use with Library card    [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Heritage_Quest.pdf Help sheet]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=51 NewspaperARCHIVE]     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=187 South Bend Tribune Online Archives]     Use with Library card
'''St. Joseph County Links'''
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=124 1875 Atlas Online]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=125 1936 Platbook Online]
*[http://www.hlcm.org/htlm/archives.html Lindahl Children's Museum Archives]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=166 Links to the Past: Michiana History]
*[http://www.mphpl.org/newSite/AdultServices/adult_geneaology.html Mishawaka-Penn-Harris Public Library]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=126 Obituary Index]    [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Obit_Index.pdf Help sheet]
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose St. Joseph County GenWeb]
*[http://www.stjosephcountyindiana.com/ St. Joseph County Government]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=53 Service Notes Index]
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~insbags/ South Bend Area Genealogical Society]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=187 South Bend Tribune Online Archives] 
*[http://www.walkerton.org/history.html Walkerton Area Historical Society]

'''Indiana Links'''
*[http://www.genealogycenter.org/Home.aspx Allen County Public Library]
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~inelkhar/ecgs.htm Elkhart County Genealogical Society]
*[http://www.indgensoc.org/ Indiana Genealogical Society]
*[http://www.ingenweb.org/ Indiana GenWeb]
*[http://www.in.gov/icpr/2355.htm Indiana State Archives Online Indexes]
*[http://www.in.gov/library/indiana.htm Indiana State Library - Genealogy]
*[http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/w2w/indiana.htm Indiana Vital Records]
*[http://fizkid.tripod.com/ Indiana's South Pacific World War II Dead]

'''National Links'''
*[http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ Bureau of Land Management]
*[http://www.cyndislist.com/ Cyndi's List]
*[http://www.deathindexes.com/ Death Indexes]
*[http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/ Ellis Island]
*[http://www.familysearch.org/ Family Search]
*[http://www.archives.gov/research/genealogy/index.html National Archives Genealogy]
*[http://www.pgsa.org/ Polish Genealogical Society of America]
*[http://www.kansasheritage.org/pbp/gen/g_intro.html Potawatomi Genealogy]
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/ RootsWeb]
*[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1202535 Social Security Death Index]
*[http://www.usgenweb.org/ USGenWeb]

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==Help Sheets for Databases==
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=23 HeritageQuest Online] [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Heritage_Quest.pdf help sheet]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=126 Obituary Index] [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Obit_Index.pdf help sheet]

== Articles ==
=== Getting Started with Your Family History ===
By Libby Feil
[[Image:weddingphoto.jpg|left]]
Weddings and birthdays and burials, oh my! Writing down the dates and places of these important events is the first step in your family history journey. Start with yourself and your immediate family, listing all the places and dates you remember. When were you born? When did you get married? What about your parents? Make notes on all the family members you know, with their full names, their relationship to you, and their dates and places of birth, marriage, divorce, death, and burial. Don't forget important religious events like baptisms, bar and bat mitzvahs, and so on if you know them.

How can you keep track of all this information? You can find blank forms online that will help you get organized. [http://www.ancestry.com/trees/charts/ancchart.aspx Ancestral or pedigree charts] let you record information about yourself and your ancestors (parents, grandparents, and so on). [http://www.ancestry.com/charts/familysheet.aspx Family group sheets] give you a place to record everything you find out about a particular family.

Once you have noted down everything you remember, the next step is to ask your relatives what THEY remember. You may want to try your hand at oral history. [http://www.sjcpl.org/localhistory/ Local & Family History Services] has books which can give you suggestions and techniques for carrying out and recording oral history. Try [http://encore.sjcpl.lib.in.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1518838__SOral+biography.__P0%2C15__Orightresult__X3?lang=eng&suite=pearl Touching Tomorrow: How to Interview Your Loved Ones to Capture a Lifetime of Memories on Video or Audio], by Mary Lo Verde or [http://encore.sjcpl.lib.in.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1872797__Soral+history+workshop__Orightresult__X5?lang=eng&suite=pearl The Oral History Workshop: Collect and Celebrate the Life Stories of Your Family and Friends ], by Cynthia Hart.

[[Image:Ancestorscover.jpg|left]]
Now you have a lot of information about your family. You need to make sure that the information you have is correct, and you need to work backwards to find out information about more distant relatives. How do you go about this? You may want to use one of the Library's genealogy handbooks to help you map out a strategy. Try [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=Ancestors%3A+A+Beginner%27s+Guide&SORT=D&SORT=R Ancestors: A Beginner's Guide to Family History and Genealogy], [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=Celebrating+the+Family%3A+the+MyFamily.com+Guide&SORT=D&SORT=R Celebrating the Family: the MyFamily.com Guide to Understanding Your Family History], or Desmond Allen's [http://encore.sjcpl.lib.in.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1947758__Sallen+genealogy__P0%2C1__Orightresult__X1?lang=eng&suite=pearl Family History Detective: a Step-by-step Guide to Investigating Your Family History]. And check back soon for more tips and ideas on continuing your genealogy journey!

 

=== [[Foreign Births | Finding Birth Dates for Foreign-Born Relatives]] ===
By Libby Feil

[[Foreign Births | Click here to read this how-to article.]]

 

=== [[Publishing Family History | Publishing Your Family History Book]] ===
By Libby Feil

[[Publishing Family History | Click here to read this how-to article.]]

 

=== [[Finding Birth Families | Finding Birth Families]] ===
By Libby Feil

[[Finding Birth Families | Click here to read this how-to article.]]

 

=== [[History-related Mysteries | Family & Local History-Related Mysteries]] ===
By Sara Allen

[[History-related Mysteries | Click here to read about these suggested titles.]]

 

=== [[Finding Living People | Finding Living People]] ===
By Sara Allen

[[Finding Living People | Click here to read this how-to article.]]

 

=== [[St. Joseph Co. Vital Records | Finding St. Joseph Co. Vital Records]] ===
By Sara Allen

[[St. Joseph Co. Vital Records | Click here to read this how-to article.]]

 

=== [[St. Joseph Co. Genealogical Records | Finding St. Joseph Co. Genealogical Records]] ===
By Sara Allen

[[St. Joseph Co. Genealogical Records | Click here to read this how-to article.]]

 
 

[[About Local & Family History Services | Contact and find out more about Local & Family History Services]] 
Created by: Libby Feil, October 2005 
Last updated June 2, 2011 

[[Category:Hobbies]] [[Category:Genealogy & Local History]]

Local History

2013-01-05T22:52:43Z

Sara:

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|bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | '''Subscription Databases'''

*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=186 Chicago Tribune (articles 1920-1984, obituaries 1860-1984)]     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=22 Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970 - Digital]     Use with Library card    [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Sanborn_Maps.pdf Help sheet]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=187 South Bend Tribune Online Archives]     Use with Library card

'''St. Joseph County Links'''
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=124 1875 Atlas Online]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=125 1936 Platbook Online]
*[https://www.iusb.edu/library/about/collection/archives/index.php IUSB Archives]
*[http://www.hlcm.org/htlm/archives.html Lindahl Children's Museum Archives]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=166 Links to the Past: Michiana History]
*[http://www.mphpl.org/newSite/AdultServices/adult_geneaology.html Mishawaka-Penn-Harris Public Library]
*[http://www.centerforhistory.org/ Northern Indiana Center for History]
*[http://www.nd.edu/~archives Notre Dame University Archives]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=126 Obituary Index]   [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Obit_Index.pdf Help sheet]
*[http://www.stjosephcountyindiana.com/ St. Joseph County Government]
*[http://www3.saintmarys.edu/library/archives Saint Mary's College Archives]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=53 Service Notes Index]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=187 South Bend Tribune Online Archives]     Use with Library card
*[http://www.walkerton.org/history.html Walkerton Area Historical Society]

'''Indiana Links'''
*[http://www.elkhartcountyhistory.org/ Elkhart County Historical Museum]
*[http://www.indianahistory.org/ Indiana Historical Society]
*[http://www.letrs.indiana.edu/inmh/ Indiana Magazine of History Index]
*[http://www.in.gov/icpr/2355.htm Indiana State Archives Online Indexes]
*[http://www.in.gov/library/genealogy.htm Indiana State Library - Genealogy Collection]
*[http://www.in.gov/library/indiana.htm Indiana State Library - Indiana Collection]
*[http://www.in.gov/ism/ Indiana State Museum]
*[http://www.in.gov/iwm/ Indiana War Memorials]
*[http://fizkid.tripod.com/ Indiana's World War II South Pacific Dead]

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==[[About Local & Family History Services | About Local & Family History Services]]==

== Help sheets for databases ==
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=22 Digital Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps (1867-1970) ] [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Sanborn_Maps.pdf help sheet]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=126 Obituary Index] [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Obit_Index.pdf help sheet]

== Articles ==
=== Getting Started in Local History ===
By Franklin Sheneman
[[Image:southbendmap1875.jpg|left]]
If you are interested in doing research on the 175 years of history of South Bend and St. Joseph County, there’s no better place to turn than the St. Joseph County Public Library! [http://www.sjcpl.org/localhistory/ Local & Family History Services] has a wealth of information to aid you in your research. From the novice historian to academic researchers there is something for everyone in our collection!

We have several books that give a variety of information on cities, towns and townships located within St. Joseph County. If you would like to start off with a quick overview of the area you might start with [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=A+Historic+Background+of+South+Bend+and+St.+Joseph+County+in+Northern+India&SORT=D&SORT=R A Historic Background of South Bend and St. Joseph County in Northern Indiana]. This 70-page book was originally published in 1927 by the local Schuyler Colfax Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. It chronicles the early history of the area when French fur traders first came to the area and discusses the individuals and events that helped shape the community.

For those who want a more comprehensive look at the county pick up a copy of either Timothy Howard’s or Chapman & Co.’s histories of St. Joseph County. The [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=history+of+st.+joseph+county+indiana+together&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search Chapman history] was published in 1880 and the [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=X&searcharg=history+st.+joseph+county+indiana+timothy+howard&searchscope=2&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=ta+history+of+st.+joseph+county+indiana Howard history] in 1907. While both are great research sources, Howard was written by a local resident and gives even greater detail on specifics such as early history, topography, county businesses, railroads, rivers, bridges, towns (both incorporated and unincorporated), and so much more! Perhaps the greatest aspects to Howard’s history are the remarkable biographical sketches of county residents, including many pioneer families that were the first settlers of St. Joseph County. Stunning photographic images accompany most of these profiles and make it a must-read for both historians and genealogists.

[[Image:danielsoncover.jpg|left]]
If you are interested specifically in the history of South Bend, take a look at [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=X&searcharg=South+Bend+Men+Made+It&searchscope=2&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tSouth+Bend+and+The+Men+Who+Made+It South Bend and the Men Who Have Made It], compiled by Anderson and Cooley; [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=a&searcharg=danielson%2C+kay+marnon&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search Images of America: South Bend, Indiana], by Kay Marnon Danielson; [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=south+bend+crossroads+of+commerce&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search South Bend: Crossroads of Commerce], by John Palmer; and the works of Jack Detzler: [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=south+bend+1900+-+1910&searchscope=2&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tsouth+bend+1910+-+1920 South Bend, 1900 - 1910: The Awakening of a Small Town], [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search~S2/?searchtype=t&searcharg=south+bend+1910-1920&searchscope=2&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tsouth+bend+1900+-+1910 South Bend, 1910 – 1920: A Decade Dedicated to Reform], and [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search~S2/?searchtype=t&searcharg=south+bend+1920-1930&searchscope=2&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tsouth+bend+1910-1920 South Bend, 1920 – 1930: The Emergence of a City].

For information on Mishawaka, the “Princess City,” check out some of our books on the subject. Peter J. De Kever’s [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=with+our+past+essays&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search With Our Past: Essays on the History of Mishawaka] and [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=a+mishawaka+mosaic&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search A Mishawaka Mosaic], edited by David Eisen, are both good sources on this topic.

[[Image:shenemancover.jpg|left]]
If information on the agricultural and rural history of St. Joseph County is what you’re after, don’t miss the following titles: [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=the+history+of+harris+township&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search The History of Harris Township], by Germaine Goff; [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=now+and+then+a+collection+of+pictures+and+stories+about+lakeville&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search Now & Then: A Collection of Pictures and Stories about Lakeville, Indiana], by Jeanne Geyer; [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/ta+genesis+of+north+ilberty/tgenesis+of+north+ilberty/-2%2C0%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=tgenesis+of+north+liberty&1%2C1%2C/indexsort=- "Genesis" of North Liberty], by Rev. Gaylord Saltzgaber; and [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=southern+st.+joseph+county&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search Images of America: Southern St. Joseph County], by Franklin N. Sheneman II. Geyer’s, Saltzgaber’s, and Sheneman’s books deal with the townships south of South Bend, including Greene, Union, Liberty, Lincoln, and Madison townships and the farming communities located therein.

For more detailed information on individuals and the land they owned turn to the historic atlases of [http://encore.sjcpl.lib.in.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1021920__Satlas+st+joseph+county__P0%2C10__Orightresult__X1?lang=eng&suite=pearl 1875], and [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=125 1936], as well as the atlases of 1895, 1911 and 1929 - available on microfilm. The [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=124 1875 Atlas] can now be read and searched online from home--just [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=124 click here] to see it!. If you’re searching for individual homes or businesses go to our [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=22 online database of historic Sanborn Fire Maps]. You can use this database at home too.

And finally, be sure to come in to the library to look at our extensive collection of newspaper clippings covering events, people, business, and daily life.

Make history come alive by utilizing these unique resources today in [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/ Local & Family History Services] at the St. Joseph County Public Library!

 

=== [[House Research | Helpful Hints for House Histories]] ===
By John Kovach

[[House Research | Click here to read this article.]]

 

=== [[History Homework | History Homework Help]] ===
By Libby Feil

[[History Homework | Click here to read this article.]]

 

=== [[Metal Detectors | Finding Hidden History with Metal Detectors]] ===
By Libby Feil

[[Metal Detectors | Click here to read this article.]]

 

=== [[Local Authors Collection]] ===
By Libby Feil

[[Local Authors Collection | Click here to read this article.]]

 
 

[[About Local & Family History Services | Contact and find out more about Local & Family History Services]] 
Created by: Libby Feil, October 2005 
Last updated June 2, 2011

[[Category:Hobbies]]
[[Category:Genealogy & Local History]]

Local History

2013-01-05T22:52:12Z

Sara:

{| border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" align="right"
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|bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | '''Subscription Databases'''

*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=186 Chicago Tribune (articles 1920-1984, obituaries 1860-1984)]     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=22 Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970 - Digital]     Use with Library card    [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Sanborn_Maps.pdf Help sheet]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=187 South Bend Tribune Online Archives]     Use with Library card

'''St. Joseph County Links'''
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=124 1875 Atlas Online]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=125 1936 Platbook Online]
*[https://www.iusb.edu/library/about/collection/archives/index.php IUSB Archives]
*[http://www.hlcm.org/htlm/archives.html Lindahl Children's Museum Archives]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=166 Links to the Past: Michiana History]
*[http://www.mphpl.org/newSite/AdultServices/adult_geneaology.html Mishawaka-Penn-Harris Public Library]
*[http://www.centerforhistory.org/ Northern Indiana Center for History]
*[http://www.nd.edu/~archives Notre Dame University Archives]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=126 Obituary Index]   [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Obit_Index.pdf Help sheet]
*[http://www.stjosephcountyindiana.com/ St. Joseph County Government]
*[http://www3.saintmarys.edu/library/archives Saint Mary's College Archives]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=53 Service Notes Index]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=187 South Bend Tribune Online Archives]     Use with Library card
*[http://www.walkerton.org/history.html Walkerton Area Historical Society]

'''Indiana Links'''
*[http://www.elkhartcountyhistory.org/ Elkhart County Historical Museum]
*[http://www.indianahistory.org/ Indiana Historical Society]
*[http://www.letrs.indiana.edu/inmh/ Indiana Magazine of History Index]
*[http://www.in.gov/icpr/2355.htm Indiana State Archives Online Indexes]
*[http://www.in.gov/library/genealogy.htm Indiana State Library - Genealogy Collection]
*[http://www.in.gov/library/indiana.htm Indiana State Library - Indiana Collection]
*[http://www.in.gov/ism/ Indiana State Museum]
*[http://www.in.gov/iwm/ Indiana War Memorials]
*[http://fizkid.tripod.com/ Indiana's World War II South Pacific Dead]

|}
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==[[About Local & Family History Services | About Local & Family History Services]]==

== Help sheets for databases ==
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=22 Digital Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps (1867-1970) ] [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Sanborn_Maps.pdf help sheet]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=126 Obituary Index] [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Obit_Index.pdf help sheet]

== Articles ==
=== Getting Started in Local History ===
By Franklin Sheneman
[[Image:southbendmap1875.jpg|left]]
If you are interested in doing research on the 175 years of history of South Bend and St. Joseph County, there’s no better place to turn than the St. Joseph County Public Library! [http://www.sjcpl.org/localhistory/ Local & Family History Services] has a wealth of information to aid you in your research. From the novice historian to academic researchers there is something for everyone in our collection!

We have several books that give a variety of information on cities, towns and townships located within St. Joseph County. If you would like to start off with a quick overview of the area you might start with [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=A+Historic+Background+of+South+Bend+and+St.+Joseph+County+in+Northern+India&SORT=D&SORT=R A Historic Background of South Bend and St. Joseph County in Northern Indiana]. This 70-page book was originally published in 1927 by the local Schuyler Colfax Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. It chronicles the early history of the area when French fur traders first came to the area and discusses the individuals and events that helped shape the community.

For those who want a more comprehensive look at the county pick up a copy of either Timothy Howard’s or Chapman & Co.’s histories of St. Joseph County. The [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=history+of+st.+joseph+county+indiana+together&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search Chapman history] was published in 1880 and the [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=X&searcharg=history+st.+joseph+county+indiana+timothy+howard&searchscope=2&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=ta+history+of+st.+joseph+county+indiana Howard history] in 1907. While both are great research sources, Howard was written by a local resident and gives even greater detail on specifics such as early history, topography, county businesses, railroads, rivers, bridges, towns (both incorporated and unincorporated), and so much more! Perhaps the greatest aspects to Howard’s history are the remarkable biographical sketches of county residents, including many pioneer families that were the first settlers of St. Joseph County. Stunning photographic images accompany most of these profiles and make it a must-read for both historians and genealogists.

[[Image:danielsoncover.jpg|left]]
If you are interested specifically in the history of South Bend, take a look at [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=X&searcharg=South+Bend+Men+Made+It&searchscope=2&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tSouth+Bend+and+The+Men+Who+Made+It South Bend and the Men Who Have Made It], compiled by Anderson and Cooley; [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=a&searcharg=danielson%2C+kay+marnon&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search Images of America: South Bend, Indiana], by Kay Marnon Danielson; [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=south+bend+crossroads+of+commerce&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search South Bend: Crossroads of Commerce], by John Palmer; and the works of Jack Detzler: [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=south+bend+1900+-+1910&searchscope=2&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tsouth+bend+1910+-+1920 South Bend, 1900 - 1910: The Awakening of a Small Town], [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search~S2/?searchtype=t&searcharg=south+bend+1910-1920&searchscope=2&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tsouth+bend+1900+-+1910 South Bend, 1910 – 1920: A Decade Dedicated to Reform], and [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search~S2/?searchtype=t&searcharg=south+bend+1920-1930&searchscope=2&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tsouth+bend+1910-1920 South Bend, 1920 – 1930: The Emergence of a City].

For information on Mishawaka, the “Princess City,” check out some of our books on the subject. Peter J. De Kever’s [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=with+our+past+essays&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search With Our Past: Essays on the History of Mishawaka] and [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=a+mishawaka+mosaic&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search A Mishawaka Mosaic], edited by David Eisen, are both good sources on this topic.

[[Image:shenemancover.jpg|left]]
If information on the agricultural and rural history of St. Joseph County is what you’re after, don’t miss the following titles: [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=the+history+of+harris+township&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search The History of Harris Township], by Germaine Goff; [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=now+and+then+a+collection+of+pictures+and+stories+about+lakeville&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search Now & Then: A Collection of Pictures and Stories about Lakeville, Indiana], by Jeanne Geyer; [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/ta+genesis+of+north+ilberty/tgenesis+of+north+ilberty/-2%2C0%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=tgenesis+of+north+liberty&1%2C1%2C/indexsort=- "Genesis" of North Liberty], by Rev. Gaylord Saltzgaber; and [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=southern+st.+joseph+county&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search Images of America: Southern St. Joseph County], by Franklin N. Sheneman II. Geyer’s, Saltzgaber’s, and Sheneman’s books deal with the townships south of South Bend, including Greene, Union, Liberty, Lincoln, and Madison townships and the farming communities located therein.

For more detailed information on individuals and the land they owned turn to the historic atlases of [http://encore.sjcpl.lib.in.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1021920__Satlas+st+joseph+county__P0%2C10__Orightresult__X1?lang=eng&suite=pearl 1875], and [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=125 1936], as well as 1895, 1911 and 1929 - available on microfilm. The [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=124 1875 Atlas] can now be read and searched online from home--just [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=124 click here] to see it!. If you’re searching for individual homes or businesses go to our [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=22 online database of historic Sanborn Fire Maps]. You can use this database at home too.

And finally, be sure to come in to the library to look at our extensive collection of newspaper clippings covering events, people, business, and daily life.

Make history come alive by utilizing these unique resources today in [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/ Local & Family History Services] at the St. Joseph County Public Library!

 

=== [[House Research | Helpful Hints for House Histories]] ===
By John Kovach

[[House Research | Click here to read this article.]]

 

=== [[History Homework | History Homework Help]] ===
By Libby Feil

[[History Homework | Click here to read this article.]]

 

=== [[Metal Detectors | Finding Hidden History with Metal Detectors]] ===
By Libby Feil

[[Metal Detectors | Click here to read this article.]]

 

=== [[Local Authors Collection]] ===
By Libby Feil

[[Local Authors Collection | Click here to read this article.]]

 
 

[[About Local & Family History Services | Contact and find out more about Local & Family History Services]] 
Created by: Libby Feil, October 2005 
Last updated June 2, 2011

[[Category:Hobbies]]
[[Category:Genealogy & Local History]]

Local History

2013-01-05T22:49:58Z

Sara:

{| border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" align="right"
|-
|bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | '''Subscription Databases'''

*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=186 Chicago Tribune (articles 1920-1984, obituaries 1860-1984)]     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=22 Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970 - Digital]     Use with Library card    [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Sanborn_Maps.pdf Help sheet]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=187 South Bend Tribune Online Archives]     Use with Library card

'''St. Joseph County Links'''
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=124 1875 Atlas Online]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=125 1936 Platbook Online]
*[https://www.iusb.edu/library/about/collection/archives/index.php IUSB Archives]
*[http://www.hlcm.org/htlm/archives.html Lindahl Children's Museum Archives]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=166 Links to the Past: Michiana History]
*[http://www.mphpl.org/newSite/AdultServices/adult_geneaology.html Mishawaka-Penn-Harris Public Library]
*[http://www.centerforhistory.org/ Northern Indiana Center for History]
*[http://www.nd.edu/~archives Notre Dame University Archives]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=126 Obituary Index]   [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Obit_Index.pdf Help sheet]
*[http://www.stjosephcountyindiana.com/ St. Joseph County Government]
*[http://www3.saintmarys.edu/library/archives Saint Mary's College Archives]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=53 Service Notes Index]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=187 South Bend Tribune Online Archives]     Use with Library card
*[http://www.walkerton.org/history.html Walkerton Area Historical Society]

'''Indiana Links'''
*[http://www.elkhartcountyhistory.org/ Elkhart County Historical Museum]
*[http://www.indianahistory.org/ Indiana Historical Society]
*[http://www.letrs.indiana.edu/inmh/ Indiana Magazine of History Index]
*[http://www.in.gov/icpr/2355.htm Indiana State Archives Online Indexes]
*[http://www.in.gov/library/genealogy.htm Indiana State Library - Genealogy Collection]
*[http://www.in.gov/library/indiana.htm Indiana State Library - Indiana Collection]
*[http://www.in.gov/ism/ Indiana State Museum]
*[http://www.in.gov/iwm/ Indiana War Memorials]
*[http://fizkid.tripod.com/ Indiana's World War II South Pacific Dead]

|}
__TOC__
==[[About Local & Family History Services | About Local & Family History Services]]==

== Help sheets for databases ==
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=22 Digital Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps (1867-1970) ] [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Sanborn_Maps.pdf help sheet]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=126 Obituary Index] [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Obit_Index.pdf help sheet]

== Articles ==
=== Getting Started in Local History ===
By Franklin Sheneman
[[Image:southbendmap1875.jpg|left]]
If you are interested in doing research on the 175 years of history of South Bend and St. Joseph County, there’s no better place to turn than the St. Joseph County Public Library! [http://www.sjcpl.org/localhistory/ Local & Family History Services] has a wealth of information to aid you in your research. From the novice historian to academic researchers there is something for everyone in our collection!

We have several books that give a variety of information on cities, towns and townships located within St. Joseph County. If you would like to start off with a quick overview of the area you might start with [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=A+Historic+Background+of+South+Bend+and+St.+Joseph+County+in+Northern+India&SORT=D&SORT=R A Historic Background of South Bend and St. Joseph County in Northern Indiana]. This 70-page book was originally published in 1927 by the local Schuyler Colfax Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. It chronicles the early history of the area when French fur traders first came to the area and discusses the individuals and events that helped shape the community.

For those who want a more comprehensive look at the county pick up a copy of either Timothy Howard’s or Chapman & Co.’s histories of St. Joseph County. The [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=history+of+st.+joseph+county+indiana+together&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search Chapman history] was published in 1880 and the [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=X&searcharg=history+st.+joseph+county+indiana+timothy+howard&searchscope=2&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=ta+history+of+st.+joseph+county+indiana Howard history] in 1907. While both are great research sources, Howard was written by a local resident and gives even greater detail on specifics such as early history, topography, county businesses, railroads, rivers, bridges, towns (both incorporated and unincorporated), and so much more! Perhaps the greatest aspects to Howard’s history are the remarkable biographical sketches of county residents, including many pioneer families that were the first settlers of St. Joseph County. Stunning photographic images accompany most of these profiles and make it a must-read for both historians and genealogists.

[[Image:danielsoncover.jpg|left]]
If you are interested specifically in the history of South Bend, take a look at [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=X&searcharg=South+Bend+Men+Made+It&searchscope=2&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tSouth+Bend+and+The+Men+Who+Made+It South Bend and the Men Who Have Made It], compiled by Anderson and Cooley; [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=a&searcharg=danielson%2C+kay+marnon&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search Images of America: South Bend, Indiana], by Kay Marnon Danielson; [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=south+bend+crossroads+of+commerce&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search South Bend: Crossroads of Commerce], by John Palmer; and the works of Jack Detzler: [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=south+bend+1900+-+1910&searchscope=2&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tsouth+bend+1910+-+1920 South Bend, 1900 - 1910: The Awakening of a Small Town], [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search~S2/?searchtype=t&searcharg=south+bend+1910-1920&searchscope=2&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tsouth+bend+1900+-+1910 South Bend, 1910 – 1920: A Decade Dedicated to Reform], and [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search~S2/?searchtype=t&searcharg=south+bend+1920-1930&searchscope=2&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tsouth+bend+1910-1920 South Bend, 1920 – 1930: The Emergence of a City].

For information on Mishawaka, the “Princess City,” check out some of our books on the subject. Peter J. De Kever’s [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=with+our+past+essays&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search With Our Past: Essays on the History of Mishawaka] and [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=a+mishawaka+mosaic&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search A Mishawaka Mosaic], edited by David Eisen, are both good sources on this topic.

[[Image:shenemancover.jpg|left]]
If information on the agricultural and rural history of St. Joseph County is what you’re after, don’t miss the following titles: [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=the+history+of+harris+township&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search The History of Harris Township], by Germaine Goff; [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=now+and+then+a+collection+of+pictures+and+stories+about+lakeville&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search Now & Then: A Collection of Pictures and Stories about Lakeville, Indiana], by Jeanne Geyer; [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/ta+genesis+of+north+ilberty/tgenesis+of+north+ilberty/-2%2C0%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=tgenesis+of+north+liberty&1%2C1%2C/indexsort=- "Genesis" of North Liberty], by Rev. Gaylord Saltzgaber; and [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=southern+st.+joseph+county&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search Images of America: Southern St. Joseph County], by Franklin N. Sheneman II. Geyer’s, Saltzgaber’s, and Sheneman’s books deal with the townships south of South Bend, including Greene, Union, Liberty, Lincoln, and Madison townships and the farming communities located therein.

For more detailed information on individuals and the land they owned turn to the historic atlases of [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=124 1875], [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/tStandard+atlas+of+St.+Joseph+County%2C+Indiana/tstandard+atlas+of+st+joseph+county+indiana/1%2C2%2C2%2CB/frameset&FF=tstandard+atlas+of+st+joseph+county+indiana+including+a+plat+book+of+the+villages+cities+and+townships+of+the+county&1%2C1%2C 1895], [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/tStandard+atlas+of+St.+Joseph+County%2C+Indiana/tstandard+atlas+of+st+joseph+county+indiana/1%2C2%2C2%2CB/frameset&FF=tstandard+atlas+of+st+joseph+county+indiana&1%2C1%2C 1911], [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=Atlas+and+plat+book+of+St.+Joseph+County%2C+Indiana%2C+1929&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search 1929], and [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=125 1936]. The [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=124 1875 Atlas] can now be read and searched online from home--just [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=124 click here] to see it!. If you’re searching for individual homes or businesses go to our [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=22 online database of historic Sanborn Fire Maps]. You can use this database at home too.

And finally, be sure to come in to the library to look at our extensive collection of newspaper clippings covering events, people, business, and daily life.

Make history come alive by utilizing these unique resources today in [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/ Local & Family History Services] at the St. Joseph County Public Library!

 

=== [[House Research | Helpful Hints for House Histories]] ===
By John Kovach

[[House Research | Click here to read this article.]]

 

=== [[History Homework | History Homework Help]] ===
By Libby Feil

[[History Homework | Click here to read this article.]]

 

=== [[Metal Detectors | Finding Hidden History with Metal Detectors]] ===
By Libby Feil

[[Metal Detectors | Click here to read this article.]]

 

=== [[Local Authors Collection]] ===
By Libby Feil

[[Local Authors Collection | Click here to read this article.]]

 
 

[[About Local & Family History Services | Contact and find out more about Local & Family History Services]] 
Created by: Libby Feil, October 2005 
Last updated June 2, 2011

[[Category:Hobbies]]
[[Category:Genealogy & Local History]]

Local History

2013-01-05T22:49:21Z

Sara:

{| border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" align="right"
|-
|bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | '''Subscription Databases'''

*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=186 Chicago Tribune (articles 1920-1984, obituaries 1860-1984)]     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=22 Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970 - Digital]     Use with Library card    [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Sanborn_Maps.pdf Help sheet]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=187 South Bend Tribune Online Archives]     Use with Library card

'''St. Joseph County Links'''
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=124 1875 Atlas Online]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=125 1936 Platbook Online]
*[https://www.iusb.edu/library/about/collection/archives/index.php IUSB Archives]
*[http://www.hlcm.org/htlm/archives.html Lindahl Children's Museum Archives]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=166 Links to the Past: Michiana History]
*[http://www.mphpl.org/newSite/AdultServices/adult_geneaology.html Mishawaka-Penn-Harris Public Library]
*[http://www.centerforhistory.org/ Northern Indiana Center for History]
*[http://www.nd.edu/~archives Notre Dame University Archives]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=126 Obituary Index]   [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Obit_Index.pdf Help sheet]
*[http://www.stjosephcountyindiana.com/ St. Joseph County Government]
*[http://www3.saintmarys.edu/library/archives Saint Mary's College Archives]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=53 Service Notes Index]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=187 South Bend Tribune Online Archives]     Use with Library card
*[http://www.walkerton.org/history.html Walkerton Area Historical Society]

'''Indiana Links'''
*[http://www.elkhartcountyhistory.org/ Elkhart County Historical Museum]
*[http://www.indianahistory.org/ Indiana Historical Society]
*[http://www.letrs.indiana.edu/inmh/ Indiana Magazine of History Index]
*[http://www.in.gov/icpr/2355.htm Indiana State Archives Online Indexes]
*[http://www.in.gov/library/genealogy.htm Indiana State Library - Genealogy Collection]
*[http://www.in.gov/library/indiana.htm Indiana State Library - Indiana Collection]
*[http://www.in.gov/ism/ Indiana State Museum]
*[http://www.in.gov/iwm/ Indiana War Memorials]
*[http://fizkid.tripod.com/ Indiana's World War II South Pacific Dead]

|}
__TOC__
==[[About Local & Family History Services | About Local & Family History Services]]==

== Help sheets for databases ==
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=22 Digital Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps (1867-1970) ] [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Sanborn_Maps.pdf help sheet]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=126 Obituary Index] [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Obit_Index.pdf help sheet]

== Articles ==
=== Getting Started in Local History ===
By Franklin Sheneman
[[Image:southbendmap1875.jpg|left]]
If you are interested in doing research on the 175 years of history of South Bend and St. Joseph County, there’s no better place to turn than the St. Joseph County Public Library! [http://www.sjcpl.org/localhistory/ Local & Family History Services] has a wealth of information to aid you in your research. From the novice historian to academic researchers there is something for everyone in our collection!

We have several books that give a variety of information on cities, towns and townships located within St. Joseph County. If you would like to start off with a quick overview of the area you might start with [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=A+Historic+Background+of+South+Bend+and+St.+Joseph+County+in+Northern+India&SORT=D&SORT=R A Historic Background of South Bend and St. Joseph County in Northern Indiana]. This 70-page book was originally published in 1927 by the local Schuyler Colfax Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. It chronicles the early history of the area when French fur traders first came to the area and discusses the individuals and events that helped shape the community.

For those who want a more comprehensive look at the county pick up a copy of either Timothy Howard’s or Chapman & Co.’s histories of St. Joseph County. The [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=history+of+st.+joseph+county+indiana+together&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search Chapman history] was published in 1880 and the [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=X&searcharg=history+st.+joseph+county+indiana+timothy+howard&searchscope=2&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=ta+history+of+st.+joseph+county+indiana Howard history] in 1907. While both are great research sources, Howard was written by a local resident and gives even greater detail on specifics such as early history, topography, county businesses, railroads, rivers, bridges, towns (both incorporated and unincorporated), and so much more! Perhaps the greatest aspects to Howard’s history are the remarkable biographical sketches of county residents, including many pioneer families that were the first settlers of St. Joseph County. Stunning photographic images accompany most of these profiles and make it a must-read for both historians and genealogists.

[[Image:danielsoncover.jpg|left]]
If you are interested specifically in the history of South Bend, take a look at [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=X&searcharg=South+Bend+Men+Made+It&searchscope=2&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tSouth+Bend+and+The+Men+Who+Made+It South Bend and the Men Who Have Made It], compiled by Anderson and Cooley; [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=a&searcharg=danielson%2C+kay+marnon&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search Images of America: South Bend, Indiana], by Kay Marnon Danielson; [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=south+bend+crossroads+of+commerce&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search South Bend: Crossroads of Commerce], by John Palmer; and the works of Jack Detzler: [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=south+bend+1900+-+1910&searchscope=2&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tsouth+bend+1910+-+1920 South Bend, 1900 - 1910: The Awakening of a Small Town], [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search~S2/?searchtype=t&searcharg=south+bend+1910-1920&searchscope=2&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tsouth+bend+1900+-+1910 South Bend, 1910 – 1920: A Decade Dedicated to Reform], and [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=South+Bend%2C+1920+%96+1930%3A+The+Emergence+of+a+City&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search South Bend, 1920 – 1930: The Emergence of a City].

For information on Mishawaka, the “Princess City,” check out some of our books on the subject. Peter J. De Kever’s [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=with+our+past+essays&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search With Our Past: Essays on the History of Mishawaka] and [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=a+mishawaka+mosaic&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search A Mishawaka Mosaic], edited by David Eisen, are both good sources on this topic.

[[Image:shenemancover.jpg|left]]
If information on the agricultural and rural history of St. Joseph County is what you’re after, don’t miss the following titles: [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=the+history+of+harris+township&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search The History of Harris Township], by Germaine Goff; [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=now+and+then+a+collection+of+pictures+and+stories+about+lakeville&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search Now & Then: A Collection of Pictures and Stories about Lakeville, Indiana], by Jeanne Geyer; [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/ta+genesis+of+north+ilberty/tgenesis+of+north+ilberty/-2%2C0%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=tgenesis+of+north+liberty&1%2C1%2C/indexsort=- "Genesis" of North Liberty], by Rev. Gaylord Saltzgaber; and [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=southern+st.+joseph+county&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search Images of America: Southern St. Joseph County], by Franklin N. Sheneman II. Geyer’s, Saltzgaber’s, and Sheneman’s books deal with the townships south of South Bend, including Greene, Union, Liberty, Lincoln, and Madison townships and the farming communities located therein.

For more detailed information on individuals and the land they owned turn to the historic atlases of [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=124 1875], [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/tStandard+atlas+of+St.+Joseph+County%2C+Indiana/tstandard+atlas+of+st+joseph+county+indiana/1%2C2%2C2%2CB/frameset&FF=tstandard+atlas+of+st+joseph+county+indiana+including+a+plat+book+of+the+villages+cities+and+townships+of+the+county&1%2C1%2C 1895], [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/tStandard+atlas+of+St.+Joseph+County%2C+Indiana/tstandard+atlas+of+st+joseph+county+indiana/1%2C2%2C2%2CB/frameset&FF=tstandard+atlas+of+st+joseph+county+indiana&1%2C1%2C 1911], [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=Atlas+and+plat+book+of+St.+Joseph+County%2C+Indiana%2C+1929&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search 1929], and [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=125 1936]. The [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=124 1875 Atlas] can now be read and searched online from home--just [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=124 click here] to see it!. If you’re searching for individual homes or businesses go to our [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=22 online database of historic Sanborn Fire Maps]. You can use this database at home too.

And finally, be sure to come in to the library to look at our extensive collection of newspaper clippings covering events, people, business, and daily life.

Make history come alive by utilizing these unique resources today in [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/ Local & Family History Services] at the St. Joseph County Public Library!

 

=== [[House Research | Helpful Hints for House Histories]] ===
By John Kovach

[[House Research | Click here to read this article.]]

 

=== [[History Homework | History Homework Help]] ===
By Libby Feil

[[History Homework | Click here to read this article.]]

 

=== [[Metal Detectors | Finding Hidden History with Metal Detectors]] ===
By Libby Feil

[[Metal Detectors | Click here to read this article.]]

 

=== [[Local Authors Collection]] ===
By Libby Feil

[[Local Authors Collection | Click here to read this article.]]

 
 

[[About Local & Family History Services | Contact and find out more about Local & Family History Services]] 
Created by: Libby Feil, October 2005 
Last updated June 2, 2011

[[Category:Hobbies]]
[[Category:Genealogy & Local History]]

Local History

2013-01-05T22:45:27Z

Sara:

{| border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" align="right"
|-
|bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | '''Subscription Databases'''

*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=186 Chicago Tribune (articles 1920-1984, obituaries 1860-1984)]     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=22 Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970 - Digital]     Use with Library card    [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Sanborn_Maps.pdf Help sheet]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=187 South Bend Tribune Online Archives]     Use with Library card

'''St. Joseph County Links'''
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=124 1875 Atlas Online]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=125 1936 Platbook Online]
*[https://www.iusb.edu/library/about/collection/archives/index.php IUSB Archives]
*[http://www.hlcm.org/htlm/archives.html Lindahl Children's Museum Archives]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=166 Links to the Past: Michiana History]
*[http://www.mphpl.org/newSite/AdultServices/adult_geneaology.html Mishawaka-Penn-Harris Public Library]
*[http://www.centerforhistory.org/ Northern Indiana Center for History]
*[http://www.nd.edu/~archives Notre Dame University Archives]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=126 Obituary Index]   [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Obit_Index.pdf Help sheet]
*[http://www.stjosephcountyindiana.com/ St. Joseph County Government]
*[http://www3.saintmarys.edu/library/archives Saint Mary's College Archives]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=53 Service Notes Index]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=187 South Bend Tribune Online Archives]     Use with Library card
*[http://www.walkerton.org/history.html Walkerton Area Historical Society]

'''Indiana Links'''
*[http://www.elkhartcountyhistory.org/ Elkhart County Historical Museum]
*[http://www.indianahistory.org/ Indiana Historical Society]
*[http://www.letrs.indiana.edu/inmh/ Indiana Magazine of History Index]
*[http://www.in.gov/icpr/2355.htm Indiana State Archives Online Indexes]
*[http://www.in.gov/library/genealogy.htm Indiana State Library - Genealogy Collection]
*[http://www.in.gov/library/indiana.htm Indiana State Library - Indiana Collection]
*[http://www.in.gov/ism/ Indiana State Museum]
*[http://www.in.gov/iwm/ Indiana War Memorials]
*[http://fizkid.tripod.com/ Indiana's World War II South Pacific Dead]

|}
__TOC__
==[[About Local & Family History Services | About Local & Family History Services]]==

== Help sheets for databases ==
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=22 Digital Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps (1867-1970) ] [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Sanborn_Maps.pdf help sheet]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=126 Obituary Index] [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Obit_Index.pdf help sheet]

== Articles ==
=== Getting Started in Local History ===
By Franklin Sheneman
[[Image:southbendmap1875.jpg|left]]
If you are interested in doing research on the 175 years of history of South Bend and St. Joseph County, there’s no better place to turn than the St. Joseph County Public Library! [http://www.sjcpl.org/localhistory/ Local & Family History Services] has a wealth of information to aid you in your research. From the novice historian to academic researchers there is something for everyone in our collection!

We have several books that give a variety of information on cities, towns and townships located within St. Joseph County. If you would like to start off with a quick overview of the area you might start with [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=A+Historic+Background+of+South+Bend+and+St.+Joseph+County+in+Northern+India&SORT=D&SORT=R A Historic Background of South Bend and St. Joseph County in Northern Indiana]. This 70-page book was originally published in 1927 by the local Schuyler Colfax Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. It chronicles the early history of the area when French fur traders first came to the area and discusses the individuals and events that helped shape the community.

For those who want a more comprehensive look at the county pick up a copy of either Timothy Howard’s or Chapman & Co.’s histories of St. Joseph County. The [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=history+of+st.+joseph+county+indiana+together&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search Chapman history] was published in 1880 and the [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=X&searcharg=history+st.+joseph+county+indiana+timothy+howard&searchscope=2&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=ta+history+of+st.+joseph+county+indiana Howard history] in 1907. While both are great research sources, Howard was written by a local resident and gives even greater detail on specifics such as early history, topography, county businesses, railroads, rivers, bridges, towns (both incorporated and unincorporated), and so much more! Perhaps the greatest aspects to Howard’s history are the remarkable biographical sketches of county residents, including many pioneer families that were the first settlers of St. Joseph County. Stunning photographic images accompany most of these profiles and make it a must-read for both historians and genealogists.

[[Image:danielsoncover.jpg|left]]
If you are interested specifically in the history of South Bend, take a look at [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=X&searcharg=South+Bend+Men+Made+It&searchscope=2&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tSouth+Bend+and+The+Men+Who+Made+It South Bend and the Men Who Have Made It], compiled by Anderson and Cooley; [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=a&searcharg=danielson%2C+kay+marnon&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search Images of America: South Bend, Indiana], by Kay Marnon Danielson; [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=south+bend+crossroads+of+commerce&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search South Bend: Crossroads of Commerce], by John Palmer; and the works of Jack Detzler: [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=south+bend+1900+-+1910&searchscope=2&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tsouth+bend+1910+-+1920 South Bend, 1900 - 1910: The Awakening of a Small Town], [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=South+Bend%2C+1910+%96+1920%3A+A+Decade+Dedicated+to+Reform&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search South Bend, 1910 – 1920: A Decade Dedicated to Reform], and [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=South+Bend%2C+1920+%96+1930%3A+The+Emergence+of+a+City&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search South Bend, 1920 – 1930: The Emergence of a City].

For information on Mishawaka, the “Princess City,” check out some of our books on the subject. Peter J. De Kever’s [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=with+our+past+essays&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search With Our Past: Essays on the History of Mishawaka] and [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=a+mishawaka+mosaic&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search A Mishawaka Mosaic], edited by David Eisen, are both good sources on this topic.

[[Image:shenemancover.jpg|left]]
If information on the agricultural and rural history of St. Joseph County is what you’re after, don’t miss the following titles: [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=the+history+of+harris+township&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search The History of Harris Township], by Germaine Goff; [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=now+and+then+a+collection+of+pictures+and+stories+about+lakeville&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search Now & Then: A Collection of Pictures and Stories about Lakeville, Indiana], by Jeanne Geyer; [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/ta+genesis+of+north+ilberty/tgenesis+of+north+ilberty/-2%2C0%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=tgenesis+of+north+liberty&1%2C1%2C/indexsort=- "Genesis" of North Liberty], by Rev. Gaylord Saltzgaber; and [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=southern+st.+joseph+county&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search Images of America: Southern St. Joseph County], by Franklin N. Sheneman II. Geyer’s, Saltzgaber’s, and Sheneman’s books deal with the townships south of South Bend, including Greene, Union, Liberty, Lincoln, and Madison townships and the farming communities located therein.

For more detailed information on individuals and the land they owned turn to the historic atlases of [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=124 1875], [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/tStandard+atlas+of+St.+Joseph+County%2C+Indiana/tstandard+atlas+of+st+joseph+county+indiana/1%2C2%2C2%2CB/frameset&FF=tstandard+atlas+of+st+joseph+county+indiana+including+a+plat+book+of+the+villages+cities+and+townships+of+the+county&1%2C1%2C 1895], [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/tStandard+atlas+of+St.+Joseph+County%2C+Indiana/tstandard+atlas+of+st+joseph+county+indiana/1%2C2%2C2%2CB/frameset&FF=tstandard+atlas+of+st+joseph+county+indiana&1%2C1%2C 1911], [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=Atlas+and+plat+book+of+St.+Joseph+County%2C+Indiana%2C+1929&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search 1929], and [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=125 1936]. The [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=124 1875 Atlas] can now be read and searched online from home--just [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=124 click here] to see it!. If you’re searching for individual homes or businesses go to our [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=22 online database of historic Sanborn Fire Maps]. You can use this database at home too.

And finally, be sure to come in to the library to look at our extensive collection of newspaper clippings covering events, people, business, and daily life.

Make history come alive by utilizing these unique resources today in [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/ Local & Family History Services] at the St. Joseph County Public Library!

 

=== [[House Research | Helpful Hints for House Histories]] ===
By John Kovach

[[House Research | Click here to read this article.]]

 

=== [[History Homework | History Homework Help]] ===
By Libby Feil

[[History Homework | Click here to read this article.]]

 

=== [[Metal Detectors | Finding Hidden History with Metal Detectors]] ===
By Libby Feil

[[Metal Detectors | Click here to read this article.]]

 

=== [[Local Authors Collection]] ===
By Libby Feil

[[Local Authors Collection | Click here to read this article.]]

 
 

[[About Local & Family History Services | Contact and find out more about Local & Family History Services]] 
Created by: Libby Feil, October 2005 
Last updated June 2, 2011

[[Category:Hobbies]]
[[Category:Genealogy & Local History]]

Local History

2013-01-05T22:45:18Z

Sara:

{| border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" align="right"
|-
|bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | '''Subscription Databases'''

*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=186 Chicago Tribune (articles 1920-1984, obituaries 1860-1984)]     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=22 Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970 - Digital]     Use with Library card    [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Sanborn_Maps.pdf Help sheet]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=187 South Bend Tribune Online Archives]     Use with Library card

'''St. Joseph County Links'''
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=124 1875 Atlas Online]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=125 1936 Platbook Online]
*[https://www.iusb.edu/library/about/collection/archives/index.php IUSB Archives]
*[http://www.hlcm.org/htlm/archives.html Lindahl Children's Museum Archives]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=166 Links to the Past:Michiana History]
*[http://www.mphpl.org/newSite/AdultServices/adult_geneaology.html Mishawaka-Penn-Harris Public Library]
*[http://www.centerforhistory.org/ Northern Indiana Center for History]
*[http://www.nd.edu/~archives Notre Dame University Archives]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=126 Obituary Index]   [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Obit_Index.pdf Help sheet]
*[http://www.stjosephcountyindiana.com/ St. Joseph County Government]
*[http://www3.saintmarys.edu/library/archives Saint Mary's College Archives]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=53 Service Notes Index]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=187 South Bend Tribune Online Archives]     Use with Library card
*[http://www.walkerton.org/history.html Walkerton Area Historical Society]

'''Indiana Links'''
*[http://www.elkhartcountyhistory.org/ Elkhart County Historical Museum]
*[http://www.indianahistory.org/ Indiana Historical Society]
*[http://www.letrs.indiana.edu/inmh/ Indiana Magazine of History Index]
*[http://www.in.gov/icpr/2355.htm Indiana State Archives Online Indexes]
*[http://www.in.gov/library/genealogy.htm Indiana State Library - Genealogy Collection]
*[http://www.in.gov/library/indiana.htm Indiana State Library - Indiana Collection]
*[http://www.in.gov/ism/ Indiana State Museum]
*[http://www.in.gov/iwm/ Indiana War Memorials]
*[http://fizkid.tripod.com/ Indiana's World War II South Pacific Dead]

|}
__TOC__
==[[About Local & Family History Services | About Local & Family History Services]]==

== Help sheets for databases ==
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=22 Digital Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps (1867-1970) ] [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Sanborn_Maps.pdf help sheet]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=126 Obituary Index] [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Obit_Index.pdf help sheet]

== Articles ==
=== Getting Started in Local History ===
By Franklin Sheneman
[[Image:southbendmap1875.jpg|left]]
If you are interested in doing research on the 175 years of history of South Bend and St. Joseph County, there’s no better place to turn than the St. Joseph County Public Library! [http://www.sjcpl.org/localhistory/ Local & Family History Services] has a wealth of information to aid you in your research. From the novice historian to academic researchers there is something for everyone in our collection!

We have several books that give a variety of information on cities, towns and townships located within St. Joseph County. If you would like to start off with a quick overview of the area you might start with [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=A+Historic+Background+of+South+Bend+and+St.+Joseph+County+in+Northern+India&SORT=D&SORT=R A Historic Background of South Bend and St. Joseph County in Northern Indiana]. This 70-page book was originally published in 1927 by the local Schuyler Colfax Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. It chronicles the early history of the area when French fur traders first came to the area and discusses the individuals and events that helped shape the community.

For those who want a more comprehensive look at the county pick up a copy of either Timothy Howard’s or Chapman & Co.’s histories of St. Joseph County. The [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=history+of+st.+joseph+county+indiana+together&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search Chapman history] was published in 1880 and the [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=X&searcharg=history+st.+joseph+county+indiana+timothy+howard&searchscope=2&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=ta+history+of+st.+joseph+county+indiana Howard history] in 1907. While both are great research sources, Howard was written by a local resident and gives even greater detail on specifics such as early history, topography, county businesses, railroads, rivers, bridges, towns (both incorporated and unincorporated), and so much more! Perhaps the greatest aspects to Howard’s history are the remarkable biographical sketches of county residents, including many pioneer families that were the first settlers of St. Joseph County. Stunning photographic images accompany most of these profiles and make it a must-read for both historians and genealogists.

[[Image:danielsoncover.jpg|left]]
If you are interested specifically in the history of South Bend, take a look at [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=X&searcharg=South+Bend+Men+Made+It&searchscope=2&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tSouth+Bend+and+The+Men+Who+Made+It South Bend and the Men Who Have Made It], compiled by Anderson and Cooley; [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=a&searcharg=danielson%2C+kay+marnon&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search Images of America: South Bend, Indiana], by Kay Marnon Danielson; [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=south+bend+crossroads+of+commerce&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search South Bend: Crossroads of Commerce], by John Palmer; and the works of Jack Detzler: [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=south+bend+1900+-+1910&searchscope=2&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tsouth+bend+1910+-+1920 South Bend, 1900 - 1910: The Awakening of a Small Town], [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=South+Bend%2C+1910+%96+1920%3A+A+Decade+Dedicated+to+Reform&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search South Bend, 1910 – 1920: A Decade Dedicated to Reform], and [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=South+Bend%2C+1920+%96+1930%3A+The+Emergence+of+a+City&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search South Bend, 1920 – 1930: The Emergence of a City].

For information on Mishawaka, the “Princess City,” check out some of our books on the subject. Peter J. De Kever’s [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=with+our+past+essays&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search With Our Past: Essays on the History of Mishawaka] and [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=a+mishawaka+mosaic&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search A Mishawaka Mosaic], edited by David Eisen, are both good sources on this topic.

[[Image:shenemancover.jpg|left]]
If information on the agricultural and rural history of St. Joseph County is what you’re after, don’t miss the following titles: [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=the+history+of+harris+township&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search The History of Harris Township], by Germaine Goff; [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=now+and+then+a+collection+of+pictures+and+stories+about+lakeville&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search Now & Then: A Collection of Pictures and Stories about Lakeville, Indiana], by Jeanne Geyer; [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/ta+genesis+of+north+ilberty/tgenesis+of+north+ilberty/-2%2C0%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=tgenesis+of+north+liberty&1%2C1%2C/indexsort=- "Genesis" of North Liberty], by Rev. Gaylord Saltzgaber; and [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=southern+st.+joseph+county&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search Images of America: Southern St. Joseph County], by Franklin N. Sheneman II. Geyer’s, Saltzgaber’s, and Sheneman’s books deal with the townships south of South Bend, including Greene, Union, Liberty, Lincoln, and Madison townships and the farming communities located therein.

For more detailed information on individuals and the land they owned turn to the historic atlases of [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=124 1875], [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/tStandard+atlas+of+St.+Joseph+County%2C+Indiana/tstandard+atlas+of+st+joseph+county+indiana/1%2C2%2C2%2CB/frameset&FF=tstandard+atlas+of+st+joseph+county+indiana+including+a+plat+book+of+the+villages+cities+and+townships+of+the+county&1%2C1%2C 1895], [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/tStandard+atlas+of+St.+Joseph+County%2C+Indiana/tstandard+atlas+of+st+joseph+county+indiana/1%2C2%2C2%2CB/frameset&FF=tstandard+atlas+of+st+joseph+county+indiana&1%2C1%2C 1911], [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=Atlas+and+plat+book+of+St.+Joseph+County%2C+Indiana%2C+1929&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search 1929], and [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=125 1936]. The [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=124 1875 Atlas] can now be read and searched online from home--just [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=124 click here] to see it!. If you’re searching for individual homes or businesses go to our [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=22 online database of historic Sanborn Fire Maps]. You can use this database at home too.

And finally, be sure to come in to the library to look at our extensive collection of newspaper clippings covering events, people, business, and daily life.

Make history come alive by utilizing these unique resources today in [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/ Local & Family History Services] at the St. Joseph County Public Library!

 

=== [[House Research | Helpful Hints for House Histories]] ===
By John Kovach

[[House Research | Click here to read this article.]]

 

=== [[History Homework | History Homework Help]] ===
By Libby Feil

[[History Homework | Click here to read this article.]]

 

=== [[Metal Detectors | Finding Hidden History with Metal Detectors]] ===
By Libby Feil

[[Metal Detectors | Click here to read this article.]]

 

=== [[Local Authors Collection]] ===
By Libby Feil

[[Local Authors Collection | Click here to read this article.]]

 
 

[[About Local & Family History Services | Contact and find out more about Local & Family History Services]] 
Created by: Libby Feil, October 2005 
Last updated June 2, 2011

[[Category:Hobbies]]
[[Category:Genealogy & Local History]]

Local History

2013-01-05T22:43:59Z

Sara:

{| border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" align="right"
|-
|bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | '''Subscription Databases'''

*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=186 Chicago Tribune (articles 1920-1984, obituaries 1860-1984)]     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=22 Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970 - Digital]     Use with Library card    [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Sanborn_Maps.pdf Help sheet]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=187 South Bend Tribune Online Archives]     Use with Library card

'''St. Joseph County Links'''
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=124 1875 Atlas Online]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=125 1936 Platbook Online]
*[https://www.iusb.edu/library/about/collection/archives/index.php IUSB Archives]
*[http://www.hlcm.org/htlm/archives.html Lindahl Children's Museum Archives]
*[http://www.mphpl.org/newSite/AdultServices/adult_geneaology.html Mishawaka-Penn-Harris Public Library]
*[http://www.centerforhistory.org/ Northern Indiana Center for History]
*[http://www.nd.edu/~archives Notre Dame University Archives]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=126 Obituary Index]   [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Obit_Index.pdf Help sheet]
*[http://www.stjosephcountyindiana.com/ St. Joseph County Government]
*[http://www3.saintmarys.edu/library/archives Saint Mary's College Archives]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=53 Service Notes Index]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=187 South Bend Tribune Online Archives]     Use with Library card
*[http://www.walkerton.org/history.html Walkerton Area Historical Society]

'''Indiana Links'''
*[http://www.elkhartcountyhistory.org/ Elkhart County Historical Museum]
*[http://www.indianahistory.org/ Indiana Historical Society]
*[http://www.letrs.indiana.edu/inmh/ Indiana Magazine of History Index]
*[http://www.in.gov/icpr/2355.htm Indiana State Archives Online Indexes]
*[http://www.in.gov/library/genealogy.htm Indiana State Library - Genealogy Collection]
*[http://www.in.gov/library/indiana.htm Indiana State Library - Indiana Collection]
*[http://www.in.gov/ism/ Indiana State Museum]
*[http://www.in.gov/iwm/ Indiana War Memorials]
*[http://fizkid.tripod.com/ Indiana's World War II South Pacific Dead]

|}
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==[[About Local & Family History Services | About Local & Family History Services]]==

== Help sheets for databases ==
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=22 Digital Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps (1867-1970) ] [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Sanborn_Maps.pdf help sheet]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=126 Obituary Index] [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Obit_Index.pdf help sheet]

== Articles ==
=== Getting Started in Local History ===
By Franklin Sheneman
[[Image:southbendmap1875.jpg|left]]
If you are interested in doing research on the 175 years of history of South Bend and St. Joseph County, there’s no better place to turn than the St. Joseph County Public Library! [http://www.sjcpl.org/localhistory/ Local & Family History Services] has a wealth of information to aid you in your research. From the novice historian to academic researchers there is something for everyone in our collection!

We have several books that give a variety of information on cities, towns and townships located within St. Joseph County. If you would like to start off with a quick overview of the area you might start with [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=A+Historic+Background+of+South+Bend+and+St.+Joseph+County+in+Northern+India&SORT=D&SORT=R A Historic Background of South Bend and St. Joseph County in Northern Indiana]. This 70-page book was originally published in 1927 by the local Schuyler Colfax Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. It chronicles the early history of the area when French fur traders first came to the area and discusses the individuals and events that helped shape the community.

For those who want a more comprehensive look at the county pick up a copy of either Timothy Howard’s or Chapman & Co.’s histories of St. Joseph County. The [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=history+of+st.+joseph+county+indiana+together&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search Chapman history] was published in 1880 and the [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=X&searcharg=history+st.+joseph+county+indiana+timothy+howard&searchscope=2&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=ta+history+of+st.+joseph+county+indiana Howard history] in 1907. While both are great research sources, Howard was written by a local resident and gives even greater detail on specifics such as early history, topography, county businesses, railroads, rivers, bridges, towns (both incorporated and unincorporated), and so much more! Perhaps the greatest aspects to Howard’s history are the remarkable biographical sketches of county residents, including many pioneer families that were the first settlers of St. Joseph County. Stunning photographic images accompany most of these profiles and make it a must-read for both historians and genealogists.

[[Image:danielsoncover.jpg|left]]
If you are interested specifically in the history of South Bend, take a look at [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=X&searcharg=South+Bend+Men+Made+It&searchscope=2&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tSouth+Bend+and+The+Men+Who+Made+It South Bend and the Men Who Have Made It], compiled by Anderson and Cooley; [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=a&searcharg=danielson%2C+kay+marnon&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search Images of America: South Bend, Indiana], by Kay Marnon Danielson; [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=south+bend+crossroads+of+commerce&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search South Bend: Crossroads of Commerce], by John Palmer; and the works of Jack Detzler: [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=south+bend+1900+-+1910&searchscope=2&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tsouth+bend+1910+-+1920 South Bend, 1900 - 1910: The Awakening of a Small Town], [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=South+Bend%2C+1910+%96+1920%3A+A+Decade+Dedicated+to+Reform&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search South Bend, 1910 – 1920: A Decade Dedicated to Reform], and [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=South+Bend%2C+1920+%96+1930%3A+The+Emergence+of+a+City&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search South Bend, 1920 – 1930: The Emergence of a City].

For information on Mishawaka, the “Princess City,” check out some of our books on the subject. Peter J. De Kever’s [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=with+our+past+essays&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search With Our Past: Essays on the History of Mishawaka] and [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=a+mishawaka+mosaic&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search A Mishawaka Mosaic], edited by David Eisen, are both good sources on this topic.

[[Image:shenemancover.jpg|left]]
If information on the agricultural and rural history of St. Joseph County is what you’re after, don’t miss the following titles: [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=the+history+of+harris+township&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search The History of Harris Township], by Germaine Goff; [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=now+and+then+a+collection+of+pictures+and+stories+about+lakeville&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search Now & Then: A Collection of Pictures and Stories about Lakeville, Indiana], by Jeanne Geyer; [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/ta+genesis+of+north+ilberty/tgenesis+of+north+ilberty/-2%2C0%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=tgenesis+of+north+liberty&1%2C1%2C/indexsort=- "Genesis" of North Liberty], by Rev. Gaylord Saltzgaber; and [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=southern+st.+joseph+county&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search Images of America: Southern St. Joseph County], by Franklin N. Sheneman II. Geyer’s, Saltzgaber’s, and Sheneman’s books deal with the townships south of South Bend, including Greene, Union, Liberty, Lincoln, and Madison townships and the farming communities located therein.

For more detailed information on individuals and the land they owned turn to the historic atlases of [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=124 1875], [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/tStandard+atlas+of+St.+Joseph+County%2C+Indiana/tstandard+atlas+of+st+joseph+county+indiana/1%2C2%2C2%2CB/frameset&FF=tstandard+atlas+of+st+joseph+county+indiana+including+a+plat+book+of+the+villages+cities+and+townships+of+the+county&1%2C1%2C 1895], [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/tStandard+atlas+of+St.+Joseph+County%2C+Indiana/tstandard+atlas+of+st+joseph+county+indiana/1%2C2%2C2%2CB/frameset&FF=tstandard+atlas+of+st+joseph+county+indiana&1%2C1%2C 1911], [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=Atlas+and+plat+book+of+St.+Joseph+County%2C+Indiana%2C+1929&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search 1929], and [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=125 1936]. The [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=124 1875 Atlas] can now be read and searched online from home--just [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=124 click here] to see it!. If you’re searching for individual homes or businesses go to our [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=22 online database of historic Sanborn Fire Maps]. You can use this database at home too.

And finally, be sure to come in to the library to look at our extensive collection of newspaper clippings covering events, people, business, and daily life.

Make history come alive by utilizing these unique resources today in [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/ Local & Family History Services] at the St. Joseph County Public Library!

 

=== [[House Research | Helpful Hints for House Histories]] ===
By John Kovach

[[House Research | Click here to read this article.]]

 

=== [[History Homework | History Homework Help]] ===
By Libby Feil

[[History Homework | Click here to read this article.]]

 

=== [[Metal Detectors | Finding Hidden History with Metal Detectors]] ===
By Libby Feil

[[Metal Detectors | Click here to read this article.]]

 

=== [[Local Authors Collection]] ===
By Libby Feil

[[Local Authors Collection | Click here to read this article.]]

 
 

[[About Local & Family History Services | Contact and find out more about Local & Family History Services]] 
Created by: Libby Feil, October 2005 
Last updated June 2, 2011

[[Category:Hobbies]]
[[Category:Genealogy & Local History]]

Local History

2013-01-05T22:43:07Z

Sara:

{| border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" align="right"
|-
|bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | '''Subscription Databases'''

*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=186 Chicago Tribune (articles 1920-1984, obituaries 1860-1984)]     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=22 Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970 - Digital]     Use with Library card    [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Sanborn_Maps.pdf Help sheet]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=187 South Bend Tribune Online Archives]     Use with Library card

'''St. Joseph County Links'''
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=124 1875 Atlas Online]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=125 1936 Platbook Online]
*[https://www.iusb.edu/library/about/collection/archives/index.php IUSB Archives]
*[http://www.hlcm.org/htlm/archives.html Lindahl Children's Museum Archives]
*[http://www.mphpl.org/newSite/AdultServices/adult_geneaology.html Mishawaka-Penn-Harris Public Library]
*[http://www.centerforhistory.org/ Northern Indiana Center for History]
*[http://www.nd.edu/~archives Notre Dame University Archives]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=126 Obituary Index]   [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Obit_Index.pdf Help sheet]
*[http://www.stjosephcountyindiana.com/ St. Joseph County Government]
*[http://www3.saintmarys.edu/library/archives Saint Mary's College Archives]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=53 Service Notes Index]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=187 South Bend Tribune Online Archives]     Use with Library card
*[http://www.walkerton.org/history.html Walkerton Area Historical Society]

'''Indiana Links'''
*[http://www.elkhartcountyhistory.org/ Elkhart County Historical Museum]
*[http://www.indianahistory.org/ Indiana Historical Society]
*[http://www.letrs.indiana.edu/inmh/ Indiana Magazine of History Index]
*[http://www.in.gov/icpr/2355.htm Indiana State Archives Online Indexes]
*[http://www.in.gov/library/indiana.htm Indiana State Library - Genealogy Collection]
*[http://www.in.gov/library/indiana.htm Indiana State Library - Indiana Collection]
*[http://www.in.gov/ism/ Indiana State Museum]
*[http://www.in.gov/iwm/ Indiana War Memorials]
*[http://fizkid.tripod.com/ Indiana's World War II South Pacific Dead]

|}
__TOC__
==[[About Local & Family History Services | About Local & Family History Services]]==

== Help sheets for databases ==
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=22 Digital Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps (1867-1970) ] [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Sanborn_Maps.pdf help sheet]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=126 Obituary Index] [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Obit_Index.pdf help sheet]

== Articles ==
=== Getting Started in Local History ===
By Franklin Sheneman
[[Image:southbendmap1875.jpg|left]]
If you are interested in doing research on the 175 years of history of South Bend and St. Joseph County, there’s no better place to turn than the St. Joseph County Public Library! [http://www.sjcpl.org/localhistory/ Local & Family History Services] has a wealth of information to aid you in your research. From the novice historian to academic researchers there is something for everyone in our collection!

We have several books that give a variety of information on cities, towns and townships located within St. Joseph County. If you would like to start off with a quick overview of the area you might start with [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=A+Historic+Background+of+South+Bend+and+St.+Joseph+County+in+Northern+India&SORT=D&SORT=R A Historic Background of South Bend and St. Joseph County in Northern Indiana]. This 70-page book was originally published in 1927 by the local Schuyler Colfax Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. It chronicles the early history of the area when French fur traders first came to the area and discusses the individuals and events that helped shape the community.

For those who want a more comprehensive look at the county pick up a copy of either Timothy Howard’s or Chapman & Co.’s histories of St. Joseph County. The [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=history+of+st.+joseph+county+indiana+together&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search Chapman history] was published in 1880 and the [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=X&searcharg=history+st.+joseph+county+indiana+timothy+howard&searchscope=2&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=ta+history+of+st.+joseph+county+indiana Howard history] in 1907. While both are great research sources, Howard was written by a local resident and gives even greater detail on specifics such as early history, topography, county businesses, railroads, rivers, bridges, towns (both incorporated and unincorporated), and so much more! Perhaps the greatest aspects to Howard’s history are the remarkable biographical sketches of county residents, including many pioneer families that were the first settlers of St. Joseph County. Stunning photographic images accompany most of these profiles and make it a must-read for both historians and genealogists.

[[Image:danielsoncover.jpg|left]]
If you are interested specifically in the history of South Bend, take a look at [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=X&searcharg=South+Bend+Men+Made+It&searchscope=2&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tSouth+Bend+and+The+Men+Who+Made+It South Bend and the Men Who Have Made It], compiled by Anderson and Cooley; [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=a&searcharg=danielson%2C+kay+marnon&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search Images of America: South Bend, Indiana], by Kay Marnon Danielson; [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=south+bend+crossroads+of+commerce&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search South Bend: Crossroads of Commerce], by John Palmer; and the works of Jack Detzler: [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=south+bend+1900+-+1910&searchscope=2&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tsouth+bend+1910+-+1920 South Bend, 1900 - 1910: The Awakening of a Small Town], [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=South+Bend%2C+1910+%96+1920%3A+A+Decade+Dedicated+to+Reform&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search South Bend, 1910 – 1920: A Decade Dedicated to Reform], and [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=South+Bend%2C+1920+%96+1930%3A+The+Emergence+of+a+City&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search South Bend, 1920 – 1930: The Emergence of a City].

For information on Mishawaka, the “Princess City,” check out some of our books on the subject. Peter J. De Kever’s [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=with+our+past+essays&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search With Our Past: Essays on the History of Mishawaka] and [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=a+mishawaka+mosaic&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search A Mishawaka Mosaic], edited by David Eisen, are both good sources on this topic.

[[Image:shenemancover.jpg|left]]
If information on the agricultural and rural history of St. Joseph County is what you’re after, don’t miss the following titles: [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=the+history+of+harris+township&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search The History of Harris Township], by Germaine Goff; [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=now+and+then+a+collection+of+pictures+and+stories+about+lakeville&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search Now & Then: A Collection of Pictures and Stories about Lakeville, Indiana], by Jeanne Geyer; [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/ta+genesis+of+north+ilberty/tgenesis+of+north+ilberty/-2%2C0%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=tgenesis+of+north+liberty&1%2C1%2C/indexsort=- "Genesis" of North Liberty], by Rev. Gaylord Saltzgaber; and [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=southern+st.+joseph+county&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search Images of America: Southern St. Joseph County], by Franklin N. Sheneman II. Geyer’s, Saltzgaber’s, and Sheneman’s books deal with the townships south of South Bend, including Greene, Union, Liberty, Lincoln, and Madison townships and the farming communities located therein.

For more detailed information on individuals and the land they owned turn to the historic atlases of [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=124 1875], [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/tStandard+atlas+of+St.+Joseph+County%2C+Indiana/tstandard+atlas+of+st+joseph+county+indiana/1%2C2%2C2%2CB/frameset&FF=tstandard+atlas+of+st+joseph+county+indiana+including+a+plat+book+of+the+villages+cities+and+townships+of+the+county&1%2C1%2C 1895], [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/tStandard+atlas+of+St.+Joseph+County%2C+Indiana/tstandard+atlas+of+st+joseph+county+indiana/1%2C2%2C2%2CB/frameset&FF=tstandard+atlas+of+st+joseph+county+indiana&1%2C1%2C 1911], [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=Atlas+and+plat+book+of+St.+Joseph+County%2C+Indiana%2C+1929&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search 1929], and [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=125 1936]. The [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=124 1875 Atlas] can now be read and searched online from home--just [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=124 click here] to see it!. If you’re searching for individual homes or businesses go to our [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=22 online database of historic Sanborn Fire Maps]. You can use this database at home too.

And finally, be sure to come in to the library to look at our extensive collection of newspaper clippings covering events, people, business, and daily life.

Make history come alive by utilizing these unique resources today in [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/ Local & Family History Services] at the St. Joseph County Public Library!

 

=== [[House Research | Helpful Hints for House Histories]] ===
By John Kovach

[[House Research | Click here to read this article.]]

 

=== [[History Homework | History Homework Help]] ===
By Libby Feil

[[History Homework | Click here to read this article.]]

 

=== [[Metal Detectors | Finding Hidden History with Metal Detectors]] ===
By Libby Feil

[[Metal Detectors | Click here to read this article.]]

 

=== [[Local Authors Collection]] ===
By Libby Feil

[[Local Authors Collection | Click here to read this article.]]

 
 

[[About Local & Family History Services | Contact and find out more about Local & Family History Services]] 
Created by: Libby Feil, October 2005 
Last updated June 2, 2011

[[Category:Hobbies]]
[[Category:Genealogy & Local History]]

Local History

2013-01-05T22:41:52Z

Sara:

{| border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" align="right"
|-
|bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | '''Subscription Databases'''

*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=186 Chicago Tribune (articles 1920-1984, obituaries 1860-1984)]     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=22 Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970 - Digital]     Use with Library card    [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Sanborn_Maps.pdf Help sheet]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=187 South Bend Tribune Online Archives]     Use with Library card

'''St. Joseph County Links'''
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=124 1875 Atlas Online]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=125 1936 Platbook Online]
*[https://www.iusb.edu/library/about/collection/archives/index.php IUSB Archives]
*[http://www.hlcm.org/htlm/archives.html Lindahl Children's Museum Archives]
*[http://www.mphpl.org/newSite/AdultServices/adult_geneaology.html Mishawaka-Penn-Harris Public Library]
*[http://www.centerforhistory.org/ Northern Indiana Center for History]
*[http://www.nd.edu/~archives Notre Dame University Archives]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=126 Obituary Index]   [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Obit_Index.pdf Help sheet]
*[http://www.stjosephcountyindiana.com/ St. Joseph County Government]
*[http://www3.saintmarys.edu/library/archives Saint Mary's College Archives]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=53 Service Notes Index]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=187 South Bend Tribune Online Archives]     Use with Library card
*[http://www.walkerton.org/history.html Walkerton Area Historical Society]

'''Indiana Links'''
*[http://elkhartcountyparks.org/properties_locations/rush_memorial_center.htm Elkhart County Historical Society]
*[http://www.indianahistory.org/ Indiana Historical Society]
*[http://www.letrs.indiana.edu/inmh/ Indiana Magazine of History Index]
*[http://www.in.gov/icpr/2355.htm Indiana State Archives Online Indexes]
*[http://www.in.gov/library/indiana.htm Indiana State Library - Genealogy Collection]
*[http://www.in.gov/library/indiana.htm Indiana State Library - Indiana Collection]
*[http://www.in.gov/ism/ Indiana State Museum]
*[http://www.in.gov/iwm/ Indiana War Memorials]
*[http://fizkid.tripod.com/ Indiana's World War II South Pacific Dead]

|}
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==[[About Local & Family History Services | About Local & Family History Services]]==

== Help sheets for databases ==
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=22 Digital Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps (1867-1970) ] [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Sanborn_Maps.pdf help sheet]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=126 Obituary Index] [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Obit_Index.pdf help sheet]

== Articles ==
=== Getting Started in Local History ===
By Franklin Sheneman
[[Image:southbendmap1875.jpg|left]]
If you are interested in doing research on the 175 years of history of South Bend and St. Joseph County, there’s no better place to turn than the St. Joseph County Public Library! [http://www.sjcpl.org/localhistory/ Local & Family History Services] has a wealth of information to aid you in your research. From the novice historian to academic researchers there is something for everyone in our collection!

We have several books that give a variety of information on cities, towns and townships located within St. Joseph County. If you would like to start off with a quick overview of the area you might start with [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=A+Historic+Background+of+South+Bend+and+St.+Joseph+County+in+Northern+India&SORT=D&SORT=R A Historic Background of South Bend and St. Joseph County in Northern Indiana]. This 70-page book was originally published in 1927 by the local Schuyler Colfax Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. It chronicles the early history of the area when French fur traders first came to the area and discusses the individuals and events that helped shape the community.

For those who want a more comprehensive look at the county pick up a copy of either Timothy Howard’s or Chapman & Co.’s histories of St. Joseph County. The [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=history+of+st.+joseph+county+indiana+together&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search Chapman history] was published in 1880 and the [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=X&searcharg=history+st.+joseph+county+indiana+timothy+howard&searchscope=2&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=ta+history+of+st.+joseph+county+indiana Howard history] in 1907. While both are great research sources, Howard was written by a local resident and gives even greater detail on specifics such as early history, topography, county businesses, railroads, rivers, bridges, towns (both incorporated and unincorporated), and so much more! Perhaps the greatest aspects to Howard’s history are the remarkable biographical sketches of county residents, including many pioneer families that were the first settlers of St. Joseph County. Stunning photographic images accompany most of these profiles and make it a must-read for both historians and genealogists.

[[Image:danielsoncover.jpg|left]]
If you are interested specifically in the history of South Bend, take a look at [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=X&searcharg=South+Bend+Men+Made+It&searchscope=2&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tSouth+Bend+and+The+Men+Who+Made+It South Bend and the Men Who Have Made It], compiled by Anderson and Cooley; [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=a&searcharg=danielson%2C+kay+marnon&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search Images of America: South Bend, Indiana], by Kay Marnon Danielson; [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=south+bend+crossroads+of+commerce&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search South Bend: Crossroads of Commerce], by John Palmer; and the works of Jack Detzler: [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=south+bend+1900+-+1910&searchscope=2&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tsouth+bend+1910+-+1920 South Bend, 1900 - 1910: The Awakening of a Small Town], [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=South+Bend%2C+1910+%96+1920%3A+A+Decade+Dedicated+to+Reform&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search South Bend, 1910 – 1920: A Decade Dedicated to Reform], and [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=South+Bend%2C+1920+%96+1930%3A+The+Emergence+of+a+City&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search South Bend, 1920 – 1930: The Emergence of a City].

For information on Mishawaka, the “Princess City,” check out some of our books on the subject. Peter J. De Kever’s [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=with+our+past+essays&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search With Our Past: Essays on the History of Mishawaka] and [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=a+mishawaka+mosaic&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search A Mishawaka Mosaic], edited by David Eisen, are both good sources on this topic.

[[Image:shenemancover.jpg|left]]
If information on the agricultural and rural history of St. Joseph County is what you’re after, don’t miss the following titles: [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=the+history+of+harris+township&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search The History of Harris Township], by Germaine Goff; [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=now+and+then+a+collection+of+pictures+and+stories+about+lakeville&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search Now & Then: A Collection of Pictures and Stories about Lakeville, Indiana], by Jeanne Geyer; [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/ta+genesis+of+north+ilberty/tgenesis+of+north+ilberty/-2%2C0%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=tgenesis+of+north+liberty&1%2C1%2C/indexsort=- "Genesis" of North Liberty], by Rev. Gaylord Saltzgaber; and [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=southern+st.+joseph+county&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search Images of America: Southern St. Joseph County], by Franklin N. Sheneman II. Geyer’s, Saltzgaber’s, and Sheneman’s books deal with the townships south of South Bend, including Greene, Union, Liberty, Lincoln, and Madison townships and the farming communities located therein.

For more detailed information on individuals and the land they owned turn to the historic atlases of [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=124 1875], [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/tStandard+atlas+of+St.+Joseph+County%2C+Indiana/tstandard+atlas+of+st+joseph+county+indiana/1%2C2%2C2%2CB/frameset&FF=tstandard+atlas+of+st+joseph+county+indiana+including+a+plat+book+of+the+villages+cities+and+townships+of+the+county&1%2C1%2C 1895], [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/tStandard+atlas+of+St.+Joseph+County%2C+Indiana/tstandard+atlas+of+st+joseph+county+indiana/1%2C2%2C2%2CB/frameset&FF=tstandard+atlas+of+st+joseph+county+indiana&1%2C1%2C 1911], [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=Atlas+and+plat+book+of+St.+Joseph+County%2C+Indiana%2C+1929&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search 1929], and [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=125 1936]. The [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=124 1875 Atlas] can now be read and searched online from home--just [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=124 click here] to see it!. If you’re searching for individual homes or businesses go to our [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=22 online database of historic Sanborn Fire Maps]. You can use this database at home too.

And finally, be sure to come in to the library to look at our extensive collection of newspaper clippings covering events, people, business, and daily life.

Make history come alive by utilizing these unique resources today in [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/ Local & Family History Services] at the St. Joseph County Public Library!

 

=== [[House Research | Helpful Hints for House Histories]] ===
By John Kovach

[[House Research | Click here to read this article.]]

 

=== [[History Homework | History Homework Help]] ===
By Libby Feil

[[History Homework | Click here to read this article.]]

 

=== [[Metal Detectors | Finding Hidden History with Metal Detectors]] ===
By Libby Feil

[[Metal Detectors | Click here to read this article.]]

 

=== [[Local Authors Collection]] ===
By Libby Feil

[[Local Authors Collection | Click here to read this article.]]

 
 

[[About Local & Family History Services | Contact and find out more about Local & Family History Services]] 
Created by: Libby Feil, October 2005 
Last updated June 2, 2011

[[Category:Hobbies]]
[[Category:Genealogy & Local History]]

Local History

2013-01-05T22:41:30Z

Sara:

{| border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" align="right"
|-
|bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | '''Subscription Databases'''

*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=186 Chicago Tribune (articles 1920-1984, obituaries 1860-1984)]     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=22 Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970 - Digital]     Use with Library card    [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Sanborn_Maps.pdf Help sheet]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=187 South Bend Tribune Online Archives]     Use with Library card

'''St. Joseph County Links'''
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=124 1875 Atlas Online]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=125 1936 Platbook Online]
*[https://www.iusb.edu/library/about/collection/archives/index.php IUSB Archives]
*[http://www.hlcm.org/htlm/archives.html Lindahl Children's Museum Archives]
*[http://www.mphpl.org/newSite/AdultServices/adult_geneaology.html Mishawaka-Penn-Harris Public Library]
*[http://www.centerforhistory.org/ Northern Indiana Center for History]
*[http://www.nd.edu/~archives Notre Dame University Archives]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=126 Obituary Index]   [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Obit_Index.pdf Help sheet]
*[http://www.stjosephcountyindiana.com/ St. Joseph County Government]
*[http://www3.saintmarys.edu/library/archives Saint Mary's College Archives]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=53 Service Notes Index]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=114 South Bend Tribune Online Archives]     Use with Library card
*[http://www.walkerton.org/history.html Walkerton Area Historical Society]

'''Indiana Links'''
*[http://elkhartcountyparks.org/properties_locations/rush_memorial_center.htm Elkhart County Historical Society]
*[http://www.indianahistory.org/ Indiana Historical Society]
*[http://www.letrs.indiana.edu/inmh/ Indiana Magazine of History Index]
*[http://www.in.gov/icpr/2355.htm Indiana State Archives Online Indexes]
*[http://www.in.gov/library/indiana.htm Indiana State Library - Genealogy Collection]
*[http://www.in.gov/library/indiana.htm Indiana State Library - Indiana Collection]
*[http://www.in.gov/ism/ Indiana State Museum]
*[http://www.in.gov/iwm/ Indiana War Memorials]
*[http://fizkid.tripod.com/ Indiana's World War II South Pacific Dead]

|}
__TOC__
==[[About Local & Family History Services | About Local & Family History Services]]==

== Help sheets for databases ==
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=22 Digital Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps (1867-1970) ] [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Sanborn_Maps.pdf help sheet]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=126 Obituary Index] [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Obit_Index.pdf help sheet]

== Articles ==
=== Getting Started in Local History ===
By Franklin Sheneman
[[Image:southbendmap1875.jpg|left]]
If you are interested in doing research on the 175 years of history of South Bend and St. Joseph County, there’s no better place to turn than the St. Joseph County Public Library! [http://www.sjcpl.org/localhistory/ Local & Family History Services] has a wealth of information to aid you in your research. From the novice historian to academic researchers there is something for everyone in our collection!

We have several books that give a variety of information on cities, towns and townships located within St. Joseph County. If you would like to start off with a quick overview of the area you might start with [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=A+Historic+Background+of+South+Bend+and+St.+Joseph+County+in+Northern+India&SORT=D&SORT=R A Historic Background of South Bend and St. Joseph County in Northern Indiana]. This 70-page book was originally published in 1927 by the local Schuyler Colfax Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. It chronicles the early history of the area when French fur traders first came to the area and discusses the individuals and events that helped shape the community.

For those who want a more comprehensive look at the county pick up a copy of either Timothy Howard’s or Chapman & Co.’s histories of St. Joseph County. The [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=history+of+st.+joseph+county+indiana+together&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search Chapman history] was published in 1880 and the [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=X&searcharg=history+st.+joseph+county+indiana+timothy+howard&searchscope=2&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=ta+history+of+st.+joseph+county+indiana Howard history] in 1907. While both are great research sources, Howard was written by a local resident and gives even greater detail on specifics such as early history, topography, county businesses, railroads, rivers, bridges, towns (both incorporated and unincorporated), and so much more! Perhaps the greatest aspects to Howard’s history are the remarkable biographical sketches of county residents, including many pioneer families that were the first settlers of St. Joseph County. Stunning photographic images accompany most of these profiles and make it a must-read for both historians and genealogists.

[[Image:danielsoncover.jpg|left]]
If you are interested specifically in the history of South Bend, take a look at [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=X&searcharg=South+Bend+Men+Made+It&searchscope=2&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tSouth+Bend+and+The+Men+Who+Made+It South Bend and the Men Who Have Made It], compiled by Anderson and Cooley; [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=a&searcharg=danielson%2C+kay+marnon&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search Images of America: South Bend, Indiana], by Kay Marnon Danielson; [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=south+bend+crossroads+of+commerce&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search South Bend: Crossroads of Commerce], by John Palmer; and the works of Jack Detzler: [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=south+bend+1900+-+1910&searchscope=2&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tsouth+bend+1910+-+1920 South Bend, 1900 - 1910: The Awakening of a Small Town], [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=South+Bend%2C+1910+%96+1920%3A+A+Decade+Dedicated+to+Reform&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search South Bend, 1910 – 1920: A Decade Dedicated to Reform], and [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=South+Bend%2C+1920+%96+1930%3A+The+Emergence+of+a+City&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search South Bend, 1920 – 1930: The Emergence of a City].

For information on Mishawaka, the “Princess City,” check out some of our books on the subject. Peter J. De Kever’s [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=with+our+past+essays&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search With Our Past: Essays on the History of Mishawaka] and [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=a+mishawaka+mosaic&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search A Mishawaka Mosaic], edited by David Eisen, are both good sources on this topic.

[[Image:shenemancover.jpg|left]]
If information on the agricultural and rural history of St. Joseph County is what you’re after, don’t miss the following titles: [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=the+history+of+harris+township&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search The History of Harris Township], by Germaine Goff; [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=now+and+then+a+collection+of+pictures+and+stories+about+lakeville&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search Now & Then: A Collection of Pictures and Stories about Lakeville, Indiana], by Jeanne Geyer; [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/ta+genesis+of+north+ilberty/tgenesis+of+north+ilberty/-2%2C0%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=tgenesis+of+north+liberty&1%2C1%2C/indexsort=- "Genesis" of North Liberty], by Rev. Gaylord Saltzgaber; and [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=southern+st.+joseph+county&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search Images of America: Southern St. Joseph County], by Franklin N. Sheneman II. Geyer’s, Saltzgaber’s, and Sheneman’s books deal with the townships south of South Bend, including Greene, Union, Liberty, Lincoln, and Madison townships and the farming communities located therein.

For more detailed information on individuals and the land they owned turn to the historic atlases of [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=124 1875], [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/tStandard+atlas+of+St.+Joseph+County%2C+Indiana/tstandard+atlas+of+st+joseph+county+indiana/1%2C2%2C2%2CB/frameset&FF=tstandard+atlas+of+st+joseph+county+indiana+including+a+plat+book+of+the+villages+cities+and+townships+of+the+county&1%2C1%2C 1895], [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/tStandard+atlas+of+St.+Joseph+County%2C+Indiana/tstandard+atlas+of+st+joseph+county+indiana/1%2C2%2C2%2CB/frameset&FF=tstandard+atlas+of+st+joseph+county+indiana&1%2C1%2C 1911], [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=Atlas+and+plat+book+of+St.+Joseph+County%2C+Indiana%2C+1929&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search 1929], and [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=125 1936]. The [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=124 1875 Atlas] can now be read and searched online from home--just [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=124 click here] to see it!. If you’re searching for individual homes or businesses go to our [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=22 online database of historic Sanborn Fire Maps]. You can use this database at home too.

And finally, be sure to come in to the library to look at our extensive collection of newspaper clippings covering events, people, business, and daily life.

Make history come alive by utilizing these unique resources today in [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/ Local & Family History Services] at the St. Joseph County Public Library!

 

=== [[House Research | Helpful Hints for House Histories]] ===
By John Kovach

[[House Research | Click here to read this article.]]

 

=== [[History Homework | History Homework Help]] ===
By Libby Feil

[[History Homework | Click here to read this article.]]

 

=== [[Metal Detectors | Finding Hidden History with Metal Detectors]] ===
By Libby Feil

[[Metal Detectors | Click here to read this article.]]

 

=== [[Local Authors Collection]] ===
By Libby Feil

[[Local Authors Collection | Click here to read this article.]]

 
 

[[About Local & Family History Services | Contact and find out more about Local & Family History Services]] 
Created by: Libby Feil, October 2005 
Last updated June 2, 2011

[[Category:Hobbies]]
[[Category:Genealogy & Local History]]

Local History

2013-01-05T22:40:13Z

Sara:

{| border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" align="right"
|-
|bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | '''Subscription Databases'''

*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=186 Chicago Tribune (articles 1920-1984, obituaries 1860-1984)]     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=22 Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970 - Digital]     Use with Library card    [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Sanborn_Maps.pdf Help sheet]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=187 South Bend Tribune Online Archives]     Use with Library card

'''St. Joseph County Links'''
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=124 1875 Atlas Online]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=125 1936 Platbook Online]
*[https://www.iusb.edu/library/about/collection/archives/index.php IUSB Archives]
*[http://www.hlcm.org/htlm/archives.html Lindahl Children's Museum Archives]
*[http://www.mphpl.org/newSite/AdultServices/adult_geneaology.html Mishawaka-Penn-Harris Public Library]
*[http://www.centerforhistory.org/ Northern Indiana Center for History]
*[http://www.nd.edu/~archives Notre Dame University Archives]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=126 Obituary Index]   [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Obit_Index.pdf Help sheet]
*[http://www.stjosephcountyindiana.com/ St. Joseph County Government]
*[http://www.saintmarys.edu/%7Elibrary/Archives/archives.htm Saint Mary's College Archives]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=53 Service Notes Index]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=114 South Bend Tribune Online Archives]     Use with Library card
*[http://www.walkerton.org/history.html Walkerton Area Historical Society]

'''Indiana Links'''
*[http://elkhartcountyparks.org/properties_locations/rush_memorial_center.htm Elkhart County Historical Society]
*[http://www.indianahistory.org/ Indiana Historical Society]
*[http://www.letrs.indiana.edu/inmh/ Indiana Magazine of History Index]
*[http://www.in.gov/icpr/2355.htm Indiana State Archives Online Indexes]
*[http://www.in.gov/library/indiana.htm Indiana State Library - Genealogy Collection]
*[http://www.in.gov/library/indiana.htm Indiana State Library - Indiana Collection]
*[http://www.in.gov/ism/ Indiana State Museum]
*[http://www.in.gov/iwm/ Indiana War Memorials]
*[http://fizkid.tripod.com/ Indiana's World War II South Pacific Dead]

|}
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==[[About Local & Family History Services | About Local & Family History Services]]==

== Help sheets for databases ==
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=22 Digital Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps (1867-1970) ] [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Sanborn_Maps.pdf help sheet]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=126 Obituary Index] [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Obit_Index.pdf help sheet]

== Articles ==
=== Getting Started in Local History ===
By Franklin Sheneman
[[Image:southbendmap1875.jpg|left]]
If you are interested in doing research on the 175 years of history of South Bend and St. Joseph County, there’s no better place to turn than the St. Joseph County Public Library! [http://www.sjcpl.org/localhistory/ Local & Family History Services] has a wealth of information to aid you in your research. From the novice historian to academic researchers there is something for everyone in our collection!

We have several books that give a variety of information on cities, towns and townships located within St. Joseph County. If you would like to start off with a quick overview of the area you might start with [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=A+Historic+Background+of+South+Bend+and+St.+Joseph+County+in+Northern+India&SORT=D&SORT=R A Historic Background of South Bend and St. Joseph County in Northern Indiana]. This 70-page book was originally published in 1927 by the local Schuyler Colfax Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. It chronicles the early history of the area when French fur traders first came to the area and discusses the individuals and events that helped shape the community.

For those who want a more comprehensive look at the county pick up a copy of either Timothy Howard’s or Chapman & Co.’s histories of St. Joseph County. The [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=history+of+st.+joseph+county+indiana+together&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search Chapman history] was published in 1880 and the [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=X&searcharg=history+st.+joseph+county+indiana+timothy+howard&searchscope=2&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=ta+history+of+st.+joseph+county+indiana Howard history] in 1907. While both are great research sources, Howard was written by a local resident and gives even greater detail on specifics such as early history, topography, county businesses, railroads, rivers, bridges, towns (both incorporated and unincorporated), and so much more! Perhaps the greatest aspects to Howard’s history are the remarkable biographical sketches of county residents, including many pioneer families that were the first settlers of St. Joseph County. Stunning photographic images accompany most of these profiles and make it a must-read for both historians and genealogists.

[[Image:danielsoncover.jpg|left]]
If you are interested specifically in the history of South Bend, take a look at [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=X&searcharg=South+Bend+Men+Made+It&searchscope=2&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tSouth+Bend+and+The+Men+Who+Made+It South Bend and the Men Who Have Made It], compiled by Anderson and Cooley; [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=a&searcharg=danielson%2C+kay+marnon&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search Images of America: South Bend, Indiana], by Kay Marnon Danielson; [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=south+bend+crossroads+of+commerce&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search South Bend: Crossroads of Commerce], by John Palmer; and the works of Jack Detzler: [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=south+bend+1900+-+1910&searchscope=2&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tsouth+bend+1910+-+1920 South Bend, 1900 - 1910: The Awakening of a Small Town], [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=South+Bend%2C+1910+%96+1920%3A+A+Decade+Dedicated+to+Reform&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search South Bend, 1910 – 1920: A Decade Dedicated to Reform], and [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=South+Bend%2C+1920+%96+1930%3A+The+Emergence+of+a+City&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search South Bend, 1920 – 1930: The Emergence of a City].

For information on Mishawaka, the “Princess City,” check out some of our books on the subject. Peter J. De Kever’s [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=with+our+past+essays&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search With Our Past: Essays on the History of Mishawaka] and [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=a+mishawaka+mosaic&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search A Mishawaka Mosaic], edited by David Eisen, are both good sources on this topic.

[[Image:shenemancover.jpg|left]]
If information on the agricultural and rural history of St. Joseph County is what you’re after, don’t miss the following titles: [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=the+history+of+harris+township&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search The History of Harris Township], by Germaine Goff; [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=now+and+then+a+collection+of+pictures+and+stories+about+lakeville&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search Now & Then: A Collection of Pictures and Stories about Lakeville, Indiana], by Jeanne Geyer; [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/ta+genesis+of+north+ilberty/tgenesis+of+north+ilberty/-2%2C0%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=tgenesis+of+north+liberty&1%2C1%2C/indexsort=- "Genesis" of North Liberty], by Rev. Gaylord Saltzgaber; and [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=southern+st.+joseph+county&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search Images of America: Southern St. Joseph County], by Franklin N. Sheneman II. Geyer’s, Saltzgaber’s, and Sheneman’s books deal with the townships south of South Bend, including Greene, Union, Liberty, Lincoln, and Madison townships and the farming communities located therein.

For more detailed information on individuals and the land they owned turn to the historic atlases of [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=124 1875], [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/tStandard+atlas+of+St.+Joseph+County%2C+Indiana/tstandard+atlas+of+st+joseph+county+indiana/1%2C2%2C2%2CB/frameset&FF=tstandard+atlas+of+st+joseph+county+indiana+including+a+plat+book+of+the+villages+cities+and+townships+of+the+county&1%2C1%2C 1895], [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/tStandard+atlas+of+St.+Joseph+County%2C+Indiana/tstandard+atlas+of+st+joseph+county+indiana/1%2C2%2C2%2CB/frameset&FF=tstandard+atlas+of+st+joseph+county+indiana&1%2C1%2C 1911], [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=Atlas+and+plat+book+of+St.+Joseph+County%2C+Indiana%2C+1929&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search 1929], and [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=125 1936]. The [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=124 1875 Atlas] can now be read and searched online from home--just [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=124 click here] to see it!. If you’re searching for individual homes or businesses go to our [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=22 online database of historic Sanborn Fire Maps]. You can use this database at home too.

And finally, be sure to come in to the library to look at our extensive collection of newspaper clippings covering events, people, business, and daily life.

Make history come alive by utilizing these unique resources today in [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/ Local & Family History Services] at the St. Joseph County Public Library!

 

=== [[House Research | Helpful Hints for House Histories]] ===
By John Kovach

[[House Research | Click here to read this article.]]

 

=== [[History Homework | History Homework Help]] ===
By Libby Feil

[[History Homework | Click here to read this article.]]

 

=== [[Metal Detectors | Finding Hidden History with Metal Detectors]] ===
By Libby Feil

[[Metal Detectors | Click here to read this article.]]

 

=== [[Local Authors Collection]] ===
By Libby Feil

[[Local Authors Collection | Click here to read this article.]]

 
 

[[About Local & Family History Services | Contact and find out more about Local & Family History Services]] 
Created by: Libby Feil, October 2005 
Last updated June 2, 2011

[[Category:Hobbies]]
[[Category:Genealogy & Local History]]

Local History

2013-01-05T22:38:13Z

Sara:

{| border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" align="right"
|-
|bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | '''Subscription Databases'''

*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=186 Chicago Tribune (articles 1920-1984, obituaries 1860-1984)]     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=22 Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970 - Digital]     Use with Library card    [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Sanborn_Maps.pdf Help sheet]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=187 South Bend Tribune Online Archives]     Use with Library card

'''St. Joseph County Links'''
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=124 1875 Atlas Online]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=125 1936 Platbook Online]
*[http://www.iusb.edu/~libg/archives/index.shtml IUSB Archives]
*[http://www.hlcm.org/htlm/archives.html Lindahl Children's Museum Archives]
*[http://www.mphpl.org/newSite/AdultServices/adult_geneaology.html Mishawaka-Penn-Harris Public Library]
*[http://www.centerforhistory.org/ Northern Indiana Center for History]
*[http://www.nd.edu/~archives Notre Dame University Archives]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=126 Obituary Index]   [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Obit_Index.pdf Help sheet]
*[http://www.stjosephcountyindiana.com/ St. Joseph County Government]
*[http://www.saintmarys.edu/%7Elibrary/Archives/archives.htm Saint Mary's College Archives]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=53 Service Notes Index]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=114 South Bend Tribune Online Archives]     Use with Library card
*[http://www.walkerton.org/history.html Walkerton Area Historical Society]

'''Indiana Links'''
*[http://elkhartcountyparks.org/properties_locations/rush_memorial_center.htm Elkhart County Historical Society]
*[http://www.indianahistory.org/ Indiana Historical Society]
*[http://www.letrs.indiana.edu/inmh/ Indiana Magazine of History Index]
*[http://www.in.gov/icpr/2355.htm Indiana State Archives Online Indexes]
*[http://www.in.gov/library/indiana.htm Indiana State Library - Genealogy Collection]
*[http://www.in.gov/library/indiana.htm Indiana State Library - Indiana Collection]
*[http://www.in.gov/ism/ Indiana State Museum]
*[http://www.in.gov/iwm/ Indiana War Memorials]
*[http://fizkid.tripod.com/ Indiana's World War II South Pacific Dead]

|}
__TOC__
==[[About Local & Family History Services | About Local & Family History Services]]==

== Help sheets for databases ==
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=22 Digital Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps (1867-1970) ] [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Sanborn_Maps.pdf help sheet]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=126 Obituary Index] [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Obit_Index.pdf help sheet]

== Articles ==
=== Getting Started in Local History ===
By Franklin Sheneman
[[Image:southbendmap1875.jpg|left]]
If you are interested in doing research on the 175 years of history of South Bend and St. Joseph County, there’s no better place to turn than the St. Joseph County Public Library! [http://www.sjcpl.org/localhistory/ Local & Family History Services] has a wealth of information to aid you in your research. From the novice historian to academic researchers there is something for everyone in our collection!

We have several books that give a variety of information on cities, towns and townships located within St. Joseph County. If you would like to start off with a quick overview of the area you might start with [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=A+Historic+Background+of+South+Bend+and+St.+Joseph+County+in+Northern+India&SORT=D&SORT=R A Historic Background of South Bend and St. Joseph County in Northern Indiana]. This 70-page book was originally published in 1927 by the local Schuyler Colfax Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. It chronicles the early history of the area when French fur traders first came to the area and discusses the individuals and events that helped shape the community.

For those who want a more comprehensive look at the county pick up a copy of either Timothy Howard’s or Chapman & Co.’s histories of St. Joseph County. The [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=history+of+st.+joseph+county+indiana+together&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search Chapman history] was published in 1880 and the [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=X&searcharg=history+st.+joseph+county+indiana+timothy+howard&searchscope=2&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=ta+history+of+st.+joseph+county+indiana Howard history] in 1907. While both are great research sources, Howard was written by a local resident and gives even greater detail on specifics such as early history, topography, county businesses, railroads, rivers, bridges, towns (both incorporated and unincorporated), and so much more! Perhaps the greatest aspects to Howard’s history are the remarkable biographical sketches of county residents, including many pioneer families that were the first settlers of St. Joseph County. Stunning photographic images accompany most of these profiles and make it a must-read for both historians and genealogists.

[[Image:danielsoncover.jpg|left]]
If you are interested specifically in the history of South Bend, take a look at [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=X&searcharg=South+Bend+Men+Made+It&searchscope=2&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tSouth+Bend+and+The+Men+Who+Made+It South Bend and the Men Who Have Made It], compiled by Anderson and Cooley; [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=a&searcharg=danielson%2C+kay+marnon&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search Images of America: South Bend, Indiana], by Kay Marnon Danielson; [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=south+bend+crossroads+of+commerce&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search South Bend: Crossroads of Commerce], by John Palmer; and the works of Jack Detzler: [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=south+bend+1900+-+1910&searchscope=2&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tsouth+bend+1910+-+1920 South Bend, 1900 - 1910: The Awakening of a Small Town], [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=South+Bend%2C+1910+%96+1920%3A+A+Decade+Dedicated+to+Reform&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search South Bend, 1910 – 1920: A Decade Dedicated to Reform], and [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=South+Bend%2C+1920+%96+1930%3A+The+Emergence+of+a+City&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search South Bend, 1920 – 1930: The Emergence of a City].

For information on Mishawaka, the “Princess City,” check out some of our books on the subject. Peter J. De Kever’s [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=with+our+past+essays&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search With Our Past: Essays on the History of Mishawaka] and [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=a+mishawaka+mosaic&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search A Mishawaka Mosaic], edited by David Eisen, are both good sources on this topic.

[[Image:shenemancover.jpg|left]]
If information on the agricultural and rural history of St. Joseph County is what you’re after, don’t miss the following titles: [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=the+history+of+harris+township&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search The History of Harris Township], by Germaine Goff; [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=now+and+then+a+collection+of+pictures+and+stories+about+lakeville&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search Now & Then: A Collection of Pictures and Stories about Lakeville, Indiana], by Jeanne Geyer; [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/ta+genesis+of+north+ilberty/tgenesis+of+north+ilberty/-2%2C0%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=tgenesis+of+north+liberty&1%2C1%2C/indexsort=- "Genesis" of North Liberty], by Rev. Gaylord Saltzgaber; and [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=southern+st.+joseph+county&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search Images of America: Southern St. Joseph County], by Franklin N. Sheneman II. Geyer’s, Saltzgaber’s, and Sheneman’s books deal with the townships south of South Bend, including Greene, Union, Liberty, Lincoln, and Madison townships and the farming communities located therein.

For more detailed information on individuals and the land they owned turn to the historic atlases of [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=124 1875], [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/tStandard+atlas+of+St.+Joseph+County%2C+Indiana/tstandard+atlas+of+st+joseph+county+indiana/1%2C2%2C2%2CB/frameset&FF=tstandard+atlas+of+st+joseph+county+indiana+including+a+plat+book+of+the+villages+cities+and+townships+of+the+county&1%2C1%2C 1895], [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/tStandard+atlas+of+St.+Joseph+County%2C+Indiana/tstandard+atlas+of+st+joseph+county+indiana/1%2C2%2C2%2CB/frameset&FF=tstandard+atlas+of+st+joseph+county+indiana&1%2C1%2C 1911], [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=Atlas+and+plat+book+of+St.+Joseph+County%2C+Indiana%2C+1929&SORT=D&SORT=R&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0&submit3=Search 1929], and [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=125 1936]. The [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=124 1875 Atlas] can now be read and searched online from home--just [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=124 click here] to see it!. If you’re searching for individual homes or businesses go to our [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=22 online database of historic Sanborn Fire Maps]. You can use this database at home too.

And finally, be sure to come in to the library to look at our extensive collection of newspaper clippings covering events, people, business, and daily life.

Make history come alive by utilizing these unique resources today in [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/ Local & Family History Services] at the St. Joseph County Public Library!

 

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Created by: Libby Feil, October 2005 
Last updated June 2, 2011

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History Homework

2013-01-05T22:34:44Z

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|bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | '''Newspapers'''

*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=186 Chicago Tribune], 1920-1985     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=51 NewspaperARCHIVE]     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=73 New York Times], 1981-present     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=66 New York Times], 1860-1922 
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=187 South Bend Tribune], 1994-present     Use with Library card
*[http://news.google.com/newspapers Google News Archive]

'''Government Sources'''
*[http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html Library of Congress - American Memory]
*[http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/ National Archives - America's Historical Documents]
*[http:///www.archives.gov/education/ National Archives - Digital Classroom]
*[http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/ National Archives - Online Exhibits]

'''University Sources'''
*[http://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/collections/digitized/african-american-women/ African-American Women Online Archival Collections]
*[http://digital.lib.csus.edu/curr/ California Underground Railroad Digital Archive]
*[http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/h/dla Digital Activities & Collections]
*[http://docsouth.unc.edu Documenting the American South]
*[http://historymatters.gmu.edu/browse/manypasts/ History Matters - Many Pasts]
*[http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/ Valley of the Shadow]

'''Historical Society Sources'''
*[http://www.studsterkel.org/index.html Studs Terkel - Conversations with America]

|}
== History Homework Help ==
By [[User:Libby the Librarian | Libby Feil]]

"Help! I'm working on a history project and I can't find primary sources!" Never fear, the Library is here! If you are a student or the parent of a student, you can relate to this problem. During the school year we see many students in the Library who are working on history projects and need to find primary sources. Don't despair! There are plenty of places to look. 

[[Image:sbtornado.jpg|left]] The newspaper is a good first stop. We have the South Bend Tribune on microfilm going all the way back to May of 1873, and all the way forward until the present. Stop into [http://www.sjcpl.org/localhistory/ Local & Family History Services] on the second floor of Main Library and ask for help in finding information in the ''South Bend Tribune''. We also have the New York Times on microfilm all the way back to 1851, which is a great source of national and international news. The [http://www.libraryforlife.org/mnf/ Magazines, Newspapers, Fiction Department] also has indexes to the Times, so you can search for your research topic and go directly to the right issue. 

What if you can't make it downtown? You can go to your nearest computer, or right to your home computer if you have one, and look at our newspapers available online. Just go to the [http://www.libraryforlife.org/databases/index.html#news "Newspapers"] section of our website. We have the [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=186 historical Chicago Tribune] from about 1920 to 1985, and the [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=73 New York Times] available online from 1981 through the present, and the [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=187 South Bend Tribune] from about 1994 to the present. To use these databases from home, you just need a valid St. Joseph County Public Library card. 

Another useful newspaper resource is [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=51 NewspaperARCHIVE], which can also be used from home with an SJCPL card. This searchable database contains actual images of articles and pages from a wide variety of American newspapers from all time periods. It also has some issues of English newspapers. This database is an excellent place to look for primary sources from around the country. An additional excellent free source is the [http://news.google.com/newspapers Google News Archive], which contains digital scans of actual newspapers from the United States and some foreign countries for various time periods. 

When I worked as a history instructor, I also relied on several government and university web sites that are great sources of primary documents. They are reputable, authoritative web sites. They serve up actual photographs, letters, interviews, documents, and more, so you can look at and print out good quality copies of the original items. 

The biggest site is the [http://www.loc.gov Library of Congress]'s [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html American Memory] project. You can find old advertisements, maps, photographs, sheet music, letters, diaries, and all manner of government documents. It includes material on the Revolutionary War, slavery, the Civil War, the huge immigration to American in the late 1800s and early 1900s, World War II, women's suffrage, the Civil Rights Movement, and so much more. There is a search box you can use to search for a name, place, topic, or even a date! 

[[Image:wwiiposter.gif|left]] The National Archives also provides a wealth of history materials. They have three major sites that are of interest to students, parents, and teachers. First, they have a site that hosts their [http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/ Online Exhibits]. You can view, online, digital copies of the charters of freedom (Declaration of Independence, Constitution, Bill of Rights), documents about the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, photographs and digital copies of artwork from the New Deal, World War II posters, and a mind-blowing variety of other topics. Their [http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/ America's Historical Documents] site showcases some famous and unusual letters (check out [http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/document.html?doc=20&title.raw=Elvis%20Presley%26%238217%3Bs%20Letter%20to%20President%20Richard%20Nixon Elvis's letter to President Nixon]), patents, court cases, and more. The [http://www.archives.gov/education/ Digital Classroom] section has information and help for students--as well as lesson plans and activity ideas for teachers. 

More good websites for material about a variety of regions and times in American history are George Mason University's [http://historymatters.gmu.edu/browse/manypasts/ History Matters - Many Pasts] and the University of Chicago Library's [http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/h/dla Digital Activities & Collections]. The former showcases a wide variety of primary documents. The University of Chicago site has primary documents and historic photographs from around the world, with an emphasis on America and the Midwest. Pay special attention to their [http://ead.lib.uchicago.edu/ Archives and Manuscripts Finding Aids] listing, which does not sound promising but actually includes digitized documents attached to finding aids. A search for Ida B. Wells, for example, turns up a finding aid to the [http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/scrc/findingaids/view.php?eadid=ICU.SPCL.IBWELLS&q=ida%20wells#id287631682 Guide to the Ida B. Wells Papers, 1884-1976]. The guide has links to digital versions of all the papers in the collection. 

Four other sites have primary resources from the slavery and Civil War periods. [http://docsouth.unc.edu Documenting the American South] and [http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/ Valley of the Shadow] both showcase books, diaries, letters, illustrations, other documents--even songs--from this time period. Documenting the American South can be searched by date, and Valley of the Shadow is arranged by time period and then by topic. [http://www.duke.edu Duke University]'s [http://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/collections/digitized/african-american-women/ African-American Women Online Archival Collections] feature rare memoirs and letters of African American women who lived under and after slavery. The [http://digital.lib.csus.edu/curr/ California Underground Railroad Digital Archive] is a unique resource of primary source documents on slavery in California (yes, there was slavery in California), from California State University at Sacramento. 

The last century is history now too! The famed twentieth-century interviewer Studs Terkel talked with people from all walks of life, and his website [http://www.studsterkel.org/index.html Studs Terkel - Conversations with America] contains interviews with "ordinary" twentieth-century Americans from a variety of backgrounds. The [http://www.chicagohistory.org/ Chicago Historical Society] created this site. 

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[[About Local & Family History Services | Contact and find out more about Local & Family History Services]] 
Created by: [[User:Libby the Librarian | Libby Feil]], October 2006 
Last updated January 5, 2013 

[[Category:Genealogy & Local History]] [[Category:Education]]

About Local & Family History Services

2013-01-05T22:31:43Z

Sara:

=About Local & Family History Services=
[[Image:Localhistorysjcplreduced.jpg]] 
==Local & Family History hours==
Monday-Thursday, 10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. 
Friday-Saturday, 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. 
Sunday, CLOSED 
The entire SJCPL system, including Local & Family History. is closed on the following holidays: 
New Year's Eve and Day 
Easter 
Memorial Day 
Mother's Day 
Independence Day 
Labor Day 
Thanksgiving 
Christmas Eve and Day 

==Contact information==

===Visit us in person===
Our department is on the second floor of the [http://www.sjcpl.org St. Joseph County Public Library]'s [http://www.libraryforlife.org/main/ Main Library], 304 S. Main St., South Bend, IN. 
Here is a [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Indiana&f=s&utm_campaign=en&utm_source=en-ha-na-us-syn-gm&utm_medium=ha&utm_term=indiana%20maps map] of South Bend. 
Here is another map showing Main Library's location in South Bend: 
[[Image:mqmapgend.gif]] 
Parking is free in the lot that adjoins the Library. 

===Contact us from home===
Phone: (574) 282-4621 

E-mail: [mailto:local.history@sjcpl.org local.history@sjcpl.org] 

IM (chat): 
AIM asksjcpllh 
Hotmail asksjcpllh@hotmail.com 
Yahoo! asksjcpllh 

Mailing address: 
St. Joseph County Public Library 
Local & Family History Services 
304 S. Main St. 
South Bend, IN 46601 

===Use our website===
Visit our [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/ website]. 
Find out what we have in our [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/guides/brochure.pdf collection]. 
See our [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/lhresources.html#databases databases and digital collections]. If you have a valid SJCPL library card, those databases marked with a library card symbol will be available to you free from home. (You can [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/screens/getacard.html register for an SJCPL library card online] or [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/files/LH_FeeCardRegistrationForm.pdf obtain a non-resident SJCPL fee card].) 
Check to see what [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/lhresources.html#pastprograms classes, programs, and events] are coming up, and to see notes and slides from past classes. 
View detailed [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/lhresources.html#howtoguides guides] to our special collections and also [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/lhresources.html#howtoguides articles] on history and genealogy research. 
See our list of [http://www.sjcpl.org/subjectguides/index.php/History-Genealogy_Websites recommended historical and genealogical websites.] 
Read our [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/lhresources.html#pastenewsletters e-newsletters] to find out news. 

==Services==

===Events, classes, and programs===
Check for our [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/lhresources.html#pastprograms classes and programs] about local history, family history/genealogy, and related topics. 

===Obituary and local history searches===
Our department can answer some St. Joseph County questions for out-of-area patrons, for a fee, as well as for homebound local patrons. Our [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/queryform.pdf Obituary and Local History Search form] has guidelines and instructions. 

===Speakers===
Our librarians are available to speak to community and school groups about family history or local history topics (schedule permitting), but please do give us 3 weeks advance notice, so we can prepare an excellent presentation for your group. Please call 235-4181 for more information. 

===Donations===
We are happy to accept donations of your printed family history (with a local connection). We cannot accept research notes or notebooks and most computer files. We covet donations of local high school yearbooks, city directories, books by local authors, histories of local organizations or churches, and other like items. Please call 235-4181 for more information. 

==Local & Family History Staff==
Joe Sipocz, Manager & Librarian Contact for administrative questions.
[mailto:j.sipocz@sjcpl.org j.sipocz@sjcpl.org] or telephone at (574) 282-4655. 

[[User:Sara | Sara Allen]], Assistant Manager & Librarian Contact for genealogical or historical questions.
[mailto:s.allen@sjcpl.org s.allen@sjcpl.org] 

Kevin Wadzinski, Paraprofessional Librarian 
[mailto:k.wadzinski@sjcpl.org k.wadzinski@sjcpl.org] 

Greta Fisher, Paraprofessional Librarian 
[mailto:g.fisher@sjcpl.org g.fisher@sjcpl.org]

 
 

Created by: [[User:Sara | Sara Allen]] and [[User:Libby the Librarian | Libby Feil]], February 21, 2009 
Last updated by: Sara Allen, January 5, 2013.

[[Category:Genealogy & Local History]]

About Local & Family History Services

2013-01-05T22:31:01Z

Sara: /* Local & Family History Staff */

=About Local & Family History Services=
[[Image:Localhistorysjcplreduced.jpg]] 
==Local & Family History hours==
Monday-Thursday, 10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. 
Friday-Saturday, 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. 
Sunday, CLOSED 
The entire SJCPL system, including Local & Family History. is closed on the following holidays: 
New Year's Eve and Day 
Easter 
Memorial Day 
Mother's Day 
Independence Day 
Labor Day 
Thanksgiving 
Christmas Eve and Day 

==Contact information==

===Visit us in person===
Our department is on the second floor of the [http://www.sjcpl.org St. Joseph County Public Library]'s [http://www.libraryforlife.org/main/ Main Library], 304 S. Main St., South Bend, IN. 
Here is a [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Indiana&f=s&utm_campaign=en&utm_source=en-ha-na-us-syn-gm&utm_medium=ha&utm_term=indiana%20maps map] of South Bend. 
Here is another map showing Main Library's location in South Bend: 
[[Image:mqmapgend.gif]] 
Parking is free in the lot that adjoins the Library. 

===Contact us from home===
Phone: (574) 282-4621 

E-mail: [mailto:local.history@sjcpl.org local.history@sjcpl.org] 

IM (chat): 
AIM asksjcpllh 
Hotmail asksjcpllh@hotmail.com 
Yahoo! asksjcpllh 

Mailing address: 
St. Joseph County Public Library 
Local & Family History Services 
304 S. Main St. 
South Bend, IN 46601 

===Use our website===
Visit our [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/ website]. 
Find out what we have in our [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/guides/brochure.pdf collection]. 
See our [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/lhresources.html#databases databases and digital collections]. If you have a valid SJCPL library card, those databases marked with a library card symbol will be available to you free from home. (You can [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/screens/getacard.html register for an SJCPL library card online] or [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/files/LH_FeeCardRegistrationForm.pdf obtain a non-resident SJCPL fee card].) 
Check to see what [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/lhresources.html#pastprograms classes, programs, and events] are coming up, and to see notes and slides from past classes. 
View detailed [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/lhresources.html#howtoguides guides] to our special collections and also [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/lhresources.html#howtoguides articles] on history and genealogy research. 
See our list of [http://www.sjcpl.org/subjectguides/index.php/History-Genealogy_Websites recommended historical and genealogical websites.] 
Read our [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/lhresources.html#pastenewsletters e-newsletters] to find out news. 

==Services==

===Events, classes, and programs===
Check for our [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/lhresources.html#pastprograms classes and programs] about local history, family history/genealogy, and related topics. 

===Obituary and local history searches===
Our department can answer some St. Joseph County questions for out-of-area patrons, for a fee, as well as for homebound local patrons. Our [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/queryform.pdf Obituary and Local History Search form] has guidelines and instructions. 

===Speakers===
Our librarians are available to speak to community and school groups about family history or local history topics (schedule permitting), but please do give us 3 weeks advance notice, so we can prepare an excellent presentation for your group. Please call 235-4181 for more information. 

===Donations===
We are happy to accept donations of your printed family history (with a local connection). We cannot accept research notes or notebooks and most computer files. We covet donations of local high school yearbooks, city directories, books by local authors, histories of local organizations or churches, and other like items. Please call 235-4181 for more information. 

==Local & Family History Staff==
Joe Sipocz, Manager & Librarian Contact for administrative questions.
[mailto:j.sipocz@sjcpl.org j.sipocz@sjcpl.org] or telephone at 574-282-4655. 

[[User:Sara | Sara Allen]], Assistant Manager & Librarian Contact for genealogical or historical questions.
[mailto:s.allen@sjcpl.org s.allen@sjcpl.org] 

Kevin Wadzinski, Paraprofessional Librarian 
[mailto:k.wadzinski@sjcpl.org k.wadzinski@sjcpl.org] 

Greta Fisher, Paraprofessional Librarian 
[mailto:g.fisher@sjcpl.org g.fisher@sjcpl.org]

 
 

Created by: [[User:Sara | Sara Allen]] and [[User:Libby the Librarian | Libby Feil]], February 21, 2009 
Last updated by: Sara Allen, June 21, 2011.

[[Category:Genealogy & Local History]]

About Local & Family History Services

2013-01-05T22:29:52Z

Sara:

=About Local & Family History Services=
[[Image:Localhistorysjcplreduced.jpg]] 
==Local & Family History hours==
Monday-Thursday, 10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. 
Friday-Saturday, 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. 
Sunday, CLOSED 
The entire SJCPL system, including Local & Family History. is closed on the following holidays: 
New Year's Eve and Day 
Easter 
Memorial Day 
Mother's Day 
Independence Day 
Labor Day 
Thanksgiving 
Christmas Eve and Day 

==Contact information==

===Visit us in person===
Our department is on the second floor of the [http://www.sjcpl.org St. Joseph County Public Library]'s [http://www.libraryforlife.org/main/ Main Library], 304 S. Main St., South Bend, IN. 
Here is a [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Indiana&f=s&utm_campaign=en&utm_source=en-ha-na-us-syn-gm&utm_medium=ha&utm_term=indiana%20maps map] of South Bend. 
Here is another map showing Main Library's location in South Bend: 
[[Image:mqmapgend.gif]] 
Parking is free in the lot that adjoins the Library. 

===Contact us from home===
Phone: (574) 282-4621 

E-mail: [mailto:local.history@sjcpl.org local.history@sjcpl.org] 

IM (chat): 
AIM asksjcpllh 
Hotmail asksjcpllh@hotmail.com 
Yahoo! asksjcpllh 

Mailing address: 
St. Joseph County Public Library 
Local & Family History Services 
304 S. Main St. 
South Bend, IN 46601 

===Use our website===
Visit our [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/ website]. 
Find out what we have in our [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/guides/brochure.pdf collection]. 
See our [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/lhresources.html#databases databases and digital collections]. If you have a valid SJCPL library card, those databases marked with a library card symbol will be available to you free from home. (You can [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/screens/getacard.html register for an SJCPL library card online] or [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/files/LH_FeeCardRegistrationForm.pdf obtain a non-resident SJCPL fee card].) 
Check to see what [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/lhresources.html#pastprograms classes, programs, and events] are coming up, and to see notes and slides from past classes. 
View detailed [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/lhresources.html#howtoguides guides] to our special collections and also [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/lhresources.html#howtoguides articles] on history and genealogy research. 
See our list of [http://www.sjcpl.org/subjectguides/index.php/History-Genealogy_Websites recommended historical and genealogical websites.] 
Read our [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/lhresources.html#pastenewsletters e-newsletters] to find out news. 

==Services==

===Events, classes, and programs===
Check for our [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/lhresources.html#pastprograms classes and programs] about local history, family history/genealogy, and related topics. 

===Obituary and local history searches===
Our department can answer some St. Joseph County questions for out-of-area patrons, for a fee, as well as for homebound local patrons. Our [http://www.libraryforlife.org/localhistory/queryform.pdf Obituary and Local History Search form] has guidelines and instructions. 

===Speakers===
Our librarians are available to speak to community and school groups about family history or local history topics (schedule permitting), but please do give us 3 weeks advance notice, so we can prepare an excellent presentation for your group. Please call 235-4181 for more information. 

===Donations===
We are happy to accept donations of your printed family history (with a local connection). We cannot accept research notes or notebooks and most computer files. We covet donations of local high school yearbooks, city directories, books by local authors, histories of local organizations or churches, and other like items. Please call 235-4181 for more information. 

==Local & Family History Staff==
Joe Sipocz, Manager & Librarian Contact for administrative questions.
[mailto:j.sipocz@sjcpl.org j.sipocz@sjcpl.org] 

[[User:Sara | Sara Allen]], Assistant Manager & Librarian Contact for genealogical or historical questions.
[mailto:s.allen@sjcpl.org s.allen@sjcpl.org] 

Kevin Wadzinski, Paraprofessional Librarian 
[mailto:k.wadzinski@sjcpl.org k.wadzinski@sjcpl.org] 

Greta Fisher, Paraprofessional Librarian 
[mailto:g.fisher@sjcpl.org g.fisher@sjcpl.org]

 
 

Created by: [[User:Sara | Sara Allen]] and [[User:Libby the Librarian | Libby Feil]], February 21, 2009 
Last updated by: Sara Allen, June 21, 2011.

[[Category:Genealogy & Local History]]

Genealogy

2013-01-05T22:24:23Z

Sara:

{| border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" align="right"
|-
|bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | '''Subscription Databases'''

*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=127 American Ancestors]     Use in Library only
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=42 Ancestry Library Edition]     Use in Library only
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=186 Chicago Tribune (1920-1985)]     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=189 Fold3]     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=23 HeritageQuest Online]     Use with Library card    [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Heritage_Quest.pdf Help sheet]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=51 NewspaperARCHIVE]     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=187 South Bend Tribune Online Archives]     Use with Library card
'''St. Joseph County Links'''
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=124 1875 Atlas Online]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=125 1936 Platbook Online]
*[http://www.hlcm.org/htlm/archives.html Lindahl Children's Museum Archives]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=166 Links to the Past: Michiana History]
*[http://www.mphpl.org/newSite/AdultServices/adult_geneaology.html Mishawaka-Penn-Harris Public Library]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=126 Obituary Index]    [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Obit_Index.pdf Help sheet]
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose St. Joseph County GenWeb]
*[http://www.stjosephcountyindiana.com/ St. Joseph County Government]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=53 Service Notes Index]
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~insbags/ South Bend Area Genealogical Society]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=187 South Bend Tribune Online Archives] 
*[http://www.walkerton.org/history.html Walkerton Area Historical Society]

'''Indiana Links'''
*[http://www.genealogycenter.org/Home.aspx Allen County Public Library]
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~inelkhar/ecgs.htm Elkhart County Genealogical Society]
*[http://www.indgensoc.org/ Indiana Genealogical Society]
*[http://www.ingenweb.org/ Indiana GenWeb]
*[http://www.in.gov/icpr/2355.htm Indiana State Archives Online Indexes]
*[http://www.in.gov/library/indiana.htm Indiana State Library - Genealogy]
*[http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/w2w/indiana.htm Indiana Vital Records]
*[http://fizkid.tripod.com/ Indiana's South Pacific World War II Dead]

'''National Links'''
*[http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ Bureau of Land Management]
*[http://www.cyndislist.com/ Cyndi's List]
*[http://www.deathindexes.com/ Death Indexes]
*[http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/ Ellis Island]
*[http://www.familysearch.org/ Family Search]
*[http://www.archives.gov/research/genealogy/index.html National Archives Genealogy]
*[http://www.pgsa.org/ Polish Genealogical Society of America]
*[http://www.kansasheritage.org/pbp/gen/g_intro.html Potawatomi Genealogy]
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/ RootsWeb]
*[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1202535 Social Security Death Index]
*[http://www.usgenweb.org/ USGenWeb]

|}
__TOC__
==[[About Local & Family History Services | About Local & Family History Services]]==

==Help Sheets for Databases==
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=23 HeritageQuest Online] [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Heritage_Quest.pdf help sheet]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=126 Obituary Index] [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Obit_Index.pdf help sheet]

== Articles ==
=== Getting Started with Your Family History ===
By Libby Feil
[[Image:weddingphoto.jpg|left]]
Weddings and birthdays and burials, oh my! Writing down the dates and places of these important events is the first step in your family history journey. Start with yourself and your immediate family, listing all the places and dates you remember. When were you born? When did you get married? What about your parents? Make notes on all the family members you know, with their full names, their relationship to you, and their dates and places of birth, marriage, divorce, death, and burial. Don't forget important religious events like baptisms, bar and bat mitzvahs, and so on if you know them.

How can you keep track of all this information? You can find blank forms online that will help you get organized. [http://www.ancestry.com/trees/charts/ancchart.aspx Ancestral or pedigree charts] let you record information about yourself and your ancestors (parents, grandparents, and so on). [http://www.ancestry.com/charts/familysheet.aspx Family group sheets] give you a place to record everything you find out about a particular family.

Once you have noted down everything you remember, the next step is to ask your relatives what THEY remember. You may want to try your hand at oral history. [http://www.sjcpl.org/localhistory/ Local & Family History Services] has books which can give you suggestions and techniques for carrying out and recording oral history. Try [http://encore.sjcpl.lib.in.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1518838__SOral+biography.__P0%2C15__Orightresult__X3?lang=eng&suite=pearl Touching Tomorrow: How to Interview Your Loved Ones to Capture a Lifetime of Memories on Video or Audio], by Mary Lo Verde or [http://encore.sjcpl.lib.in.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1872797__Soral+history+workshop__Orightresult__X5?lang=eng&suite=pearl The Oral History Workshop: Collect and Celebrate the Life Stories of Your Family and Friends ], by Cynthia Hart.

[[Image:Ancestorscover.jpg|left]]
Now you have a lot of information about your family. You need to make sure that the information you have is correct, and you need to work backwards to find out information about more distant relatives. How do you go about this? You may want to use one of the Library's genealogy handbooks to help you map out a strategy. Try [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=Ancestors%3A+A+Beginner%27s+Guide&SORT=D&SORT=R Ancestors: A Beginner's Guide to Family History and Genealogy], [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=Celebrating+the+Family%3A+the+MyFamily.com+Guide&SORT=D&SORT=R Celebrating the Family: the MyFamily.com Guide to Understanding Your Family History], or Desmond Allen's [http://encore.sjcpl.lib.in.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1947758__Sallen+genealogy__P0%2C1__Orightresult__X1?lang=eng&suite=pearl Family History Detective: a Step-by-step Guide to Investigating Your Family History]. And check back soon for more tips and ideas on continuing your genealogy journey!

 

=== [[Foreign Births | Finding Birth Dates for Foreign-Born Relatives]] ===
By Libby Feil

[[Foreign Births | Click here to read this how-to article.]]

 

=== [[Publishing Family History | Publishing Your Family History Book]] ===
By Libby Feil

[[Publishing Family History | Click here to read this how-to article.]]

 

=== [[Finding Birth Families | Finding Birth Families]] ===
By Libby Feil

[[Finding Birth Families | Click here to read this how-to article.]]

 

=== [[History-related Mysteries | Family & Local History-Related Mysteries]] ===
By Sara Allen

[[History-related Mysteries | Click here to read about these suggested titles.]]

 

=== [[Finding Living People | Finding Living People]] ===
By Sara Allen

[[Finding Living People | Click here to read this how-to article.]]

 

=== [[St. Joseph Co. Vital Records | Finding St. Joseph Co. Vital Records]] ===
By Sara Allen

[[St. Joseph Co. Vital Records | Click here to read this how-to article.]]

 

=== [[St. Joseph Co. Genealogical Records | Finding St. Joseph Co. Genealogical Records]] ===
By Sara Allen

[[St. Joseph Co. Genealogical Records | Click here to read this how-to article.]]

 
 

[[About Local & Family History Services | Contact and find out more about Local & Family History Services]] 
Created by: Libby Feil, October 2005 
Last updated June 2, 2011 

[[Category:Hobbies]] [[Category:Genealogy & Local History]]

Genealogy

2013-01-05T22:23:01Z

Sara:

{| border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" align="right"
|-
|bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | '''Subscription Databases'''

*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=127 American Ancestors]     Use in Library only
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=42 Ancestry Library Edition]     Use in Library only
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=186 Chicago Tribune (1920-1985)]     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=189 Fold3]     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=23 HeritageQuest Online]     Use with Library card    [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Heritage_Quest.pdf Help sheet]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=51 NewspaperARCHIVE]     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=187 South Bend Tribune Online Archives]     Use with Library card
'''St. Joseph County Links'''
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=124 1875 Atlas Online]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=125 1936 Platbook Online]
*[http://www.hlcm.org/htlm/archives.html Lindahl Children's Museum Archives]
*[http://www.mphpl.org/newSite/AdultServices/adult_geneaology.html Mishawaka-Penn-Harris Public Library]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=126 Obituary Index]    [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Obit_Index.pdf Help sheet]
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose St. Joseph County GenWeb]
*[http://www.stjosephcountyindiana.com/ St. Joseph County Government]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=53 Service Notes Index]
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~insbags/ South Bend Area Genealogical Society]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=187 South Bend Tribune Online Archives] 
*[http://www.walkerton.org/history.html Walkerton Area Historical Society]

'''Indiana Links'''
*[http://www.genealogycenter.org/Home.aspx Allen County Public Library]
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~inelkhar/ecgs.htm Elkhart County Genealogical Society]
*[http://www.indgensoc.org/ Indiana Genealogical Society]
*[http://www.ingenweb.org/ Indiana GenWeb]
*[http://www.in.gov/icpr/2355.htm Indiana State Archives Online Indexes]
*[http://www.in.gov/library/indiana.htm Indiana State Library - Genealogy]
*[http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/w2w/indiana.htm Indiana Vital Records]
*[http://fizkid.tripod.com/ Indiana's South Pacific World War II Dead]

'''National Links'''
*[http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ Bureau of Land Management]
*[http://www.cyndislist.com/ Cyndi's List]
*[http://www.deathindexes.com/ Death Indexes]
*[http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/ Ellis Island]
*[http://www.familysearch.org/ Family Search]
*[http://www.archives.gov/research/genealogy/index.html National Archives Genealogy]
*[http://www.pgsa.org/ Polish Genealogical Society of America]
*[http://www.kansasheritage.org/pbp/gen/g_intro.html Potawatomi Genealogy]
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/ RootsWeb]
*[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1202535 Social Security Death Index]
*[http://www.usgenweb.org/ USGenWeb]

|}
__TOC__
==[[About Local & Family History Services | About Local & Family History Services]]==

==Help Sheets for Databases==
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=23 HeritageQuest Online] [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Heritage_Quest.pdf help sheet]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=126 Obituary Index] [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Obit_Index.pdf help sheet]

== Articles ==
=== Getting Started with Your Family History ===
By Libby Feil
[[Image:weddingphoto.jpg|left]]
Weddings and birthdays and burials, oh my! Writing down the dates and places of these important events is the first step in your family history journey. Start with yourself and your immediate family, listing all the places and dates you remember. When were you born? When did you get married? What about your parents? Make notes on all the family members you know, with their full names, their relationship to you, and their dates and places of birth, marriage, divorce, death, and burial. Don't forget important religious events like baptisms, bar and bat mitzvahs, and so on if you know them.

How can you keep track of all this information? You can find blank forms online that will help you get organized. [http://www.ancestry.com/trees/charts/ancchart.aspx Ancestral or pedigree charts] let you record information about yourself and your ancestors (parents, grandparents, and so on). [http://www.ancestry.com/charts/familysheet.aspx Family group sheets] give you a place to record everything you find out about a particular family.

Once you have noted down everything you remember, the next step is to ask your relatives what THEY remember. You may want to try your hand at oral history. [http://www.sjcpl.org/localhistory/ Local & Family History Services] has books which can give you suggestions and techniques for carrying out and recording oral history. Try [http://encore.sjcpl.lib.in.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1518838__SOral+biography.__P0%2C15__Orightresult__X3?lang=eng&suite=pearl Touching Tomorrow: How to Interview Your Loved Ones to Capture a Lifetime of Memories on Video or Audio], by Mary Lo Verde or [http://encore.sjcpl.lib.in.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1872797__Soral+history+workshop__Orightresult__X5?lang=eng&suite=pearl The Oral History Workshop: Collect and Celebrate the Life Stories of Your Family and Friends ], by Cynthia Hart.

[[Image:Ancestorscover.jpg|left]]
Now you have a lot of information about your family. You need to make sure that the information you have is correct, and you need to work backwards to find out information about more distant relatives. How do you go about this? You may want to use one of the Library's genealogy handbooks to help you map out a strategy. Try [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=Ancestors%3A+A+Beginner%27s+Guide&SORT=D&SORT=R Ancestors: A Beginner's Guide to Family History and Genealogy], [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=Celebrating+the+Family%3A+the+MyFamily.com+Guide&SORT=D&SORT=R Celebrating the Family: the MyFamily.com Guide to Understanding Your Family History], or Desmond Allen's [http://encore.sjcpl.lib.in.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1947758__Sallen+genealogy__P0%2C1__Orightresult__X1?lang=eng&suite=pearl Family History Detective: a Step-by-step Guide to Investigating Your Family History]. And check back soon for more tips and ideas on continuing your genealogy journey!

 

=== [[Foreign Births | Finding Birth Dates for Foreign-Born Relatives]] ===
By Libby Feil

[[Foreign Births | Click here to read this how-to article.]]

 

=== [[Publishing Family History | Publishing Your Family History Book]] ===
By Libby Feil

[[Publishing Family History | Click here to read this how-to article.]]

 

=== [[Finding Birth Families | Finding Birth Families]] ===
By Libby Feil

[[Finding Birth Families | Click here to read this how-to article.]]

 

=== [[History-related Mysteries | Family & Local History-Related Mysteries]] ===
By Sara Allen

[[History-related Mysteries | Click here to read about these suggested titles.]]

 

=== [[Finding Living People | Finding Living People]] ===
By Sara Allen

[[Finding Living People | Click here to read this how-to article.]]

 

=== [[St. Joseph Co. Vital Records | Finding St. Joseph Co. Vital Records]] ===
By Sara Allen

[[St. Joseph Co. Vital Records | Click here to read this how-to article.]]

 

=== [[St. Joseph Co. Genealogical Records | Finding St. Joseph Co. Genealogical Records]] ===
By Sara Allen

[[St. Joseph Co. Genealogical Records | Click here to read this how-to article.]]

 
 

[[About Local & Family History Services | Contact and find out more about Local & Family History Services]] 
Created by: Libby Feil, October 2005 
Last updated June 2, 2011 

[[Category:Hobbies]] [[Category:Genealogy & Local History]]

Genealogy

2013-01-05T22:21:19Z

Sara:

{| border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" align="right"
|-
|bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | '''Subscription Databases'''

*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=127 American Ancestors]     Use in Library only
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=42 Ancestry Library Edition]     Use in Library only
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=186 Chicago Tribune (1920-1985)]     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=189 Fold3]     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=23 HeritageQuest Online]     Use with Library card    [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Heritage_Quest.pdf Help sheet]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=51 NewspaperARCHIVE]     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=187 South Bend Tribune Online Archives]     Use with Library card
'''St. Joseph County Links'''
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=124 1875 Atlas Online]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=125 1936 Platbook Online]
*[http://www.hlcm.org/htlm/archives.html Lindahl Children's Museum Archives]
*[http://www.mphpl.org/newSite/AdultServices/adult_geneaology.html Mishawaka-Penn-Harris Public Library]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=126 Obituary Index]    [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Obit_Index.pdf Help sheet]
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose St. Joseph County GenWeb]
*[http://www.stjosephcountyindiana.com/ St. Joseph County Government]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=53 Service Notes Index]
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~insbags/ South Bend Area Genealogical Society]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=187 South Bend Tribune Online Archives] 
*[http://www.walkerton.org/history.html Walkerton Area Historical Society]

'''Indiana Links'''
*[http://www.genealogycenter.org/Home.aspx Allen County Public Library]
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~inelkhar/ecgs.htm Elkhart County Genealogical Society]
*[http://www.indgensoc.org/ Indiana Genealogical Society]
*[http://www.ingenweb.org/ Indiana GenWeb]
*[http://www.in.gov/icpr/2355.htm Indiana State Archives Online Indexes]
*[http://www.in.gov/library/indiana.htm Indiana State Library - Genealogy]
*[http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/w2w/indiana.htm Indiana Vital Records]
*[http://fizkid.tripod.com/ Indiana's South Pacific World War II Dead]

'''National Links'''
*[http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ Bureau of Land Management]
*[http://www.cyndislist.com/ Cyndi's List]
*[http://www.deathindexes.com/ Death Indexes]
*[http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/ Ellis Island]
*[http://www.familysearch.org/ Family Search]
*[http://www.archives.gov/research/genealogy/index.html National Archives Genealogy]
*[http://www.pgsa.org/ Polish Genealogical Society of America]
*[http://www.kansasheritage.org/pbp/gen/g_intro.html Potawatomi Genealogy]
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/ RootsWeb]
*[http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ Social Security Death Index]
*[http://www.usgenweb.org/ USGenWeb]

|}
__TOC__
==[[About Local & Family History Services | About Local & Family History Services]]==

==Help Sheets for Databases==
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=23 HeritageQuest Online] [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Heritage_Quest.pdf help sheet]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=126 Obituary Index] [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Obit_Index.pdf help sheet]

== Articles ==
=== Getting Started with Your Family History ===
By Libby Feil
[[Image:weddingphoto.jpg|left]]
Weddings and birthdays and burials, oh my! Writing down the dates and places of these important events is the first step in your family history journey. Start with yourself and your immediate family, listing all the places and dates you remember. When were you born? When did you get married? What about your parents? Make notes on all the family members you know, with their full names, their relationship to you, and their dates and places of birth, marriage, divorce, death, and burial. Don't forget important religious events like baptisms, bar and bat mitzvahs, and so on if you know them.

How can you keep track of all this information? You can find blank forms online that will help you get organized. [http://www.ancestry.com/trees/charts/ancchart.aspx Ancestral or pedigree charts] let you record information about yourself and your ancestors (parents, grandparents, and so on). [http://www.ancestry.com/charts/familysheet.aspx Family group sheets] give you a place to record everything you find out about a particular family.

Once you have noted down everything you remember, the next step is to ask your relatives what THEY remember. You may want to try your hand at oral history. [http://www.sjcpl.org/localhistory/ Local & Family History Services] has books which can give you suggestions and techniques for carrying out and recording oral history. Try [http://encore.sjcpl.lib.in.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1518838__SOral+biography.__P0%2C15__Orightresult__X3?lang=eng&suite=pearl Touching Tomorrow: How to Interview Your Loved Ones to Capture a Lifetime of Memories on Video or Audio], by Mary Lo Verde or [http://encore.sjcpl.lib.in.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1872797__Soral+history+workshop__Orightresult__X5?lang=eng&suite=pearl The Oral History Workshop: Collect and Celebrate the Life Stories of Your Family and Friends ], by Cynthia Hart.

[[Image:Ancestorscover.jpg|left]]
Now you have a lot of information about your family. You need to make sure that the information you have is correct, and you need to work backwards to find out information about more distant relatives. How do you go about this? You may want to use one of the Library's genealogy handbooks to help you map out a strategy. Try [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=Ancestors%3A+A+Beginner%27s+Guide&SORT=D&SORT=R Ancestors: A Beginner's Guide to Family History and Genealogy], [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=Celebrating+the+Family%3A+the+MyFamily.com+Guide&SORT=D&SORT=R Celebrating the Family: the MyFamily.com Guide to Understanding Your Family History], or Desmond Allen's [http://encore.sjcpl.lib.in.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1947758__Sallen+genealogy__P0%2C1__Orightresult__X1?lang=eng&suite=pearl Family History Detective: a Step-by-step Guide to Investigating Your Family History]. And check back soon for more tips and ideas on continuing your genealogy journey!

 

=== [[Foreign Births | Finding Birth Dates for Foreign-Born Relatives]] ===
By Libby Feil

[[Foreign Births | Click here to read this how-to article.]]

 

=== [[Publishing Family History | Publishing Your Family History Book]] ===
By Libby Feil

[[Publishing Family History | Click here to read this how-to article.]]

 

=== [[Finding Birth Families | Finding Birth Families]] ===
By Libby Feil

[[Finding Birth Families | Click here to read this how-to article.]]

 

=== [[History-related Mysteries | Family & Local History-Related Mysteries]] ===
By Sara Allen

[[History-related Mysteries | Click here to read about these suggested titles.]]

 

=== [[Finding Living People | Finding Living People]] ===
By Sara Allen

[[Finding Living People | Click here to read this how-to article.]]

 

=== [[St. Joseph Co. Vital Records | Finding St. Joseph Co. Vital Records]] ===
By Sara Allen

[[St. Joseph Co. Vital Records | Click here to read this how-to article.]]

 

=== [[St. Joseph Co. Genealogical Records | Finding St. Joseph Co. Genealogical Records]] ===
By Sara Allen

[[St. Joseph Co. Genealogical Records | Click here to read this how-to article.]]

 
 

[[About Local & Family History Services | Contact and find out more about Local & Family History Services]] 
Created by: Libby Feil, October 2005 
Last updated June 2, 2011 

[[Category:Hobbies]] [[Category:Genealogy & Local History]]

Genealogy

2013-01-05T22:19:33Z

Sara:

{| border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" align="right"
|-
|bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | '''Subscription Databases'''

*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=127 American Ancestors]     Use in Library only
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=42 Ancestry Library Edition]     Use in Library only
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=186 Chicago Tribune (1920-1985)]     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=189 Fold3]     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=23 HeritageQuest Online]     Use with Library card    [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Heritage_Quest.pdf Help sheet]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=51 NewspaperARCHIVE]     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=187 South Bend Tribune Online Archives]     Use with Library card
'''St. Joseph County Links'''
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=124 1875 Atlas Online]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=125 1936 Platbook Online]
*[http://www.hlcm.org/htlm/archives.html Lindahl Children's Museum Archives]
*[http://www.mphpl.org/newSite/AdultServices/adult_geneaology.html Mishawaka-Penn-Harris Public Library]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=126 Obituary Index]    [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Obit_Index.pdf Help sheet]
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose St. Joseph County GenWeb]
*[http://www.stjosephcountyindiana.com/ St. Joseph County Government]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=53 Service Notes Index]
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~insbags/ South Bend Area Genealogical Society]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=187 South Bend Tribune Online Archives] 
*[http://www.walkerton.org/history.html Walkerton Area Historical Society]

'''Indiana Links'''
*[http://www.genealogycenter.org/Home.aspx Allen County Public Library]
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~inelkhar/ecgs.htm Elkhart County Genealogical Society]
*[http://www.indgensoc.org/ Indiana Genealogical Society]
*[http://www.ingenweb.org/ Indiana GenWeb]
*[http://www.in.gov/icpr/2355.htm Indiana State Archives Online Indexes]
*[http://www.in.gov/library/indiana.htm Indiana State Library - Genealogy]
*[http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/w2w/indiana.htm Indiana Vital Records]
*[http://fizkid.tripod.com/ Indiana's South Pacific World War II Dead]

'''National Links'''
*[http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ Bureau of Land Management]
*[http://www.cyndislist.com/ Cyndi's List]
*[http://www.deathindexes.com/ Death Indexes]
*[http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/ Ellis Island]
*[http://www.familysearch.org/ Family Search]
*[http://www.archives.gov/genealogy National Archives Genealogy]
*[http://www.pgsa.org/ Polish Genealogical Society of America]
*[http://www.kansasheritage.org/pbp/gen/g_intro.html Potawatomi Genealogy]
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/ RootsWeb]
*[http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ Social Security Death Index]
*[http://www.usgenweb.org/ USGenWeb]

|}
__TOC__
==[[About Local & Family History Services | About Local & Family History Services]]==

==Help Sheets for Databases==
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=23 HeritageQuest Online] [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Heritage_Quest.pdf help sheet]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=126 Obituary Index] [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Obit_Index.pdf help sheet]

== Articles ==
=== Getting Started with Your Family History ===
By Libby Feil
[[Image:weddingphoto.jpg|left]]
Weddings and birthdays and burials, oh my! Writing down the dates and places of these important events is the first step in your family history journey. Start with yourself and your immediate family, listing all the places and dates you remember. When were you born? When did you get married? What about your parents? Make notes on all the family members you know, with their full names, their relationship to you, and their dates and places of birth, marriage, divorce, death, and burial. Don't forget important religious events like baptisms, bar and bat mitzvahs, and so on if you know them.

How can you keep track of all this information? You can find blank forms online that will help you get organized. [http://www.ancestry.com/trees/charts/ancchart.aspx Ancestral or pedigree charts] let you record information about yourself and your ancestors (parents, grandparents, and so on). [http://www.ancestry.com/charts/familysheet.aspx Family group sheets] give you a place to record everything you find out about a particular family.

Once you have noted down everything you remember, the next step is to ask your relatives what THEY remember. You may want to try your hand at oral history. [http://www.sjcpl.org/localhistory/ Local & Family History Services] has books which can give you suggestions and techniques for carrying out and recording oral history. Try [http://encore.sjcpl.lib.in.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1518838__SOral+biography.__P0%2C15__Orightresult__X3?lang=eng&suite=pearl Touching Tomorrow: How to Interview Your Loved Ones to Capture a Lifetime of Memories on Video or Audio], by Mary Lo Verde or [http://encore.sjcpl.lib.in.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1872797__Soral+history+workshop__Orightresult__X5?lang=eng&suite=pearl The Oral History Workshop: Collect and Celebrate the Life Stories of Your Family and Friends ], by Cynthia Hart.

[[Image:Ancestorscover.jpg|left]]
Now you have a lot of information about your family. You need to make sure that the information you have is correct, and you need to work backwards to find out information about more distant relatives. How do you go about this? You may want to use one of the Library's genealogy handbooks to help you map out a strategy. Try [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=Ancestors%3A+A+Beginner%27s+Guide&SORT=D&SORT=R Ancestors: A Beginner's Guide to Family History and Genealogy], [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=Celebrating+the+Family%3A+the+MyFamily.com+Guide&SORT=D&SORT=R Celebrating the Family: the MyFamily.com Guide to Understanding Your Family History], or Desmond Allen's [http://encore.sjcpl.lib.in.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1947758__Sallen+genealogy__P0%2C1__Orightresult__X1?lang=eng&suite=pearl Family History Detective: a Step-by-step Guide to Investigating Your Family History]. And check back soon for more tips and ideas on continuing your genealogy journey!

 

=== [[Foreign Births | Finding Birth Dates for Foreign-Born Relatives]] ===
By Libby Feil

[[Foreign Births | Click here to read this how-to article.]]

 

=== [[Publishing Family History | Publishing Your Family History Book]] ===
By Libby Feil

[[Publishing Family History | Click here to read this how-to article.]]

 

=== [[Finding Birth Families | Finding Birth Families]] ===
By Libby Feil

[[Finding Birth Families | Click here to read this how-to article.]]

 

=== [[History-related Mysteries | Family & Local History-Related Mysteries]] ===
By Sara Allen

[[History-related Mysteries | Click here to read about these suggested titles.]]

 

=== [[Finding Living People | Finding Living People]] ===
By Sara Allen

[[Finding Living People | Click here to read this how-to article.]]

 

=== [[St. Joseph Co. Vital Records | Finding St. Joseph Co. Vital Records]] ===
By Sara Allen

[[St. Joseph Co. Vital Records | Click here to read this how-to article.]]

 

=== [[St. Joseph Co. Genealogical Records | Finding St. Joseph Co. Genealogical Records]] ===
By Sara Allen

[[St. Joseph Co. Genealogical Records | Click here to read this how-to article.]]

 
 

[[About Local & Family History Services | Contact and find out more about Local & Family History Services]] 
Created by: Libby Feil, October 2005 
Last updated June 2, 2011 

[[Category:Hobbies]] [[Category:Genealogy & Local History]]

Genealogy

2013-01-05T22:18:45Z

Sara:

{| border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" align="right"
|-
|bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | '''Subscription Databases'''

*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=127 American Ancestors]     Use in Library only
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=42 Ancestry Library Edition]     Use in Library only
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=186 Chicago Tribune (1920-1985)]     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=189 Fold3]     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=23 HeritageQuest Online]     Use with Library card    [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Heritage_Quest.pdf Help sheet]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=51 NewspaperARCHIVE]     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=187 South Bend Tribune Online Archives]     Use with Library card
'''St. Joseph County Links'''
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=124 1875 Atlas Online]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=125 1936 Platbook Online]
*[http://www.hlcm.org/htlm/archives.html Lindahl Children's Museum Archives]
*[http://www.mphpl.org/newSite/AdultServices/adult_geneaology.html Mishawaka-Penn-Harris Public Library]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=126 Obituary Index]    [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Obit_Index.pdf Help sheet]
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose St. Joseph County GenWeb]
*[http://www.stjosephcountyindiana.com/ St. Joseph County Government]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=53 Service Notes Index]
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~insbags/ South Bend Area Genealogical Society]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=187 South Bend Tribune Online Archives] 
*[http://www.walkerton.org/history.html Walkerton Area Historical Society]

'''Indiana Links'''
*[http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/genealogy/index.html Allen County Public Library]
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~inelkhar/ecgs.htm Elkhart County Genealogical Society]
*[http://www.indgensoc.org/ Indiana Genealogical Society]
*[http://www.ingenweb.org/ Indiana GenWeb]
*[http://www.in.gov/icpr/2355.htm Indiana State Archives Online Indexes]
*[http://www.in.gov/library/indiana.htm Indiana State Library - Genealogy]
*[http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/w2w/indiana.htm Indiana Vital Records]
*[http://fizkid.tripod.com/ Indiana's South Pacific World War II Dead]

'''National Links'''
*[http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ Bureau of Land Management]
*[http://www.cyndislist.com/ Cyndi's List]
*[http://www.deathindexes.com/ Death Indexes]
*[http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/ Ellis Island]
*[http://www.familysearch.org/ Family Search]
*[http://www.archives.gov/genealogy National Archives Genealogy]
*[http://www.pgsa.org/ Polish Genealogical Society of America]
*[http://www.kansasheritage.org/pbp/gen/g_intro.html Potawatomi Genealogy]
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/ RootsWeb]
*[http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ Social Security Death Index]
*[http://www.usgenweb.org/ USGenWeb]

|}
__TOC__
==[[About Local & Family History Services | About Local & Family History Services]]==

==Help Sheets for Databases==
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=23 HeritageQuest Online] [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Heritage_Quest.pdf help sheet]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=126 Obituary Index] [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Obit_Index.pdf help sheet]

== Articles ==
=== Getting Started with Your Family History ===
By Libby Feil
[[Image:weddingphoto.jpg|left]]
Weddings and birthdays and burials, oh my! Writing down the dates and places of these important events is the first step in your family history journey. Start with yourself and your immediate family, listing all the places and dates you remember. When were you born? When did you get married? What about your parents? Make notes on all the family members you know, with their full names, their relationship to you, and their dates and places of birth, marriage, divorce, death, and burial. Don't forget important religious events like baptisms, bar and bat mitzvahs, and so on if you know them.

How can you keep track of all this information? You can find blank forms online that will help you get organized. [http://www.ancestry.com/trees/charts/ancchart.aspx Ancestral or pedigree charts] let you record information about yourself and your ancestors (parents, grandparents, and so on). [http://www.ancestry.com/charts/familysheet.aspx Family group sheets] give you a place to record everything you find out about a particular family.

Once you have noted down everything you remember, the next step is to ask your relatives what THEY remember. You may want to try your hand at oral history. [http://www.sjcpl.org/localhistory/ Local & Family History Services] has books which can give you suggestions and techniques for carrying out and recording oral history. Try [http://encore.sjcpl.lib.in.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1518838__SOral+biography.__P0%2C15__Orightresult__X3?lang=eng&suite=pearl Touching Tomorrow: How to Interview Your Loved Ones to Capture a Lifetime of Memories on Video or Audio], by Mary Lo Verde or [http://encore.sjcpl.lib.in.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1872797__Soral+history+workshop__Orightresult__X5?lang=eng&suite=pearl The Oral History Workshop: Collect and Celebrate the Life Stories of Your Family and Friends ], by Cynthia Hart.

[[Image:Ancestorscover.jpg|left]]
Now you have a lot of information about your family. You need to make sure that the information you have is correct, and you need to work backwards to find out information about more distant relatives. How do you go about this? You may want to use one of the Library's genealogy handbooks to help you map out a strategy. Try [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=Ancestors%3A+A+Beginner%27s+Guide&SORT=D&SORT=R Ancestors: A Beginner's Guide to Family History and Genealogy], [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=Celebrating+the+Family%3A+the+MyFamily.com+Guide&SORT=D&SORT=R Celebrating the Family: the MyFamily.com Guide to Understanding Your Family History], or Desmond Allen's [http://encore.sjcpl.lib.in.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1947758__Sallen+genealogy__P0%2C1__Orightresult__X1?lang=eng&suite=pearl Family History Detective: a Step-by-step Guide to Investigating Your Family History]. And check back soon for more tips and ideas on continuing your genealogy journey!

 

=== [[Foreign Births | Finding Birth Dates for Foreign-Born Relatives]] ===
By Libby Feil

[[Foreign Births | Click here to read this how-to article.]]

 

=== [[Publishing Family History | Publishing Your Family History Book]] ===
By Libby Feil

[[Publishing Family History | Click here to read this how-to article.]]

 

=== [[Finding Birth Families | Finding Birth Families]] ===
By Libby Feil

[[Finding Birth Families | Click here to read this how-to article.]]

 

=== [[History-related Mysteries | Family & Local History-Related Mysteries]] ===
By Sara Allen

[[History-related Mysteries | Click here to read about these suggested titles.]]

 

=== [[Finding Living People | Finding Living People]] ===
By Sara Allen

[[Finding Living People | Click here to read this how-to article.]]

 

=== [[St. Joseph Co. Vital Records | Finding St. Joseph Co. Vital Records]] ===
By Sara Allen

[[St. Joseph Co. Vital Records | Click here to read this how-to article.]]

 

=== [[St. Joseph Co. Genealogical Records | Finding St. Joseph Co. Genealogical Records]] ===
By Sara Allen

[[St. Joseph Co. Genealogical Records | Click here to read this how-to article.]]

 
 

[[About Local & Family History Services | Contact and find out more about Local & Family History Services]] 
Created by: Libby Feil, October 2005 
Last updated June 2, 2011 

[[Category:Hobbies]] [[Category:Genealogy & Local History]]

Genealogy

2013-01-05T22:16:59Z

Sara: /* Getting Started with Your Family History */

{| border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" align="right"
|-
|bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | '''Subscription Databases'''

*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=127 American Ancestors]     Use in Library only
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=42 Ancestry Library Edition]     Use in Library only
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=186 Chicago Tribune (1920-1985)]     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=189 Fold3]     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=23 HeritageQuest Online]     Use with Library card    [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Heritage_Quest.pdf Help sheet]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=51 NewspaperARCHIVE]     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=187 South Bend Tribune Online Archives]     Use with Library card
'''St. Joseph County Links'''
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=124 1875 Atlas Online]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=125 1936 Platbook Online]
*[http://www.hlcm.org/htlm/archives.html Lindahl Children's Museum Archives]
*[http://www.mphpl.org/newSite/AdultServices/adult_geneaology.html Mishawaka-Penn-Harris Public Library]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=126 Obituary Index]    [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Obit_Index.pdf Help sheet]
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose St. Joseph County GenWeb]
*[http://www.stjosephcountyindiana.com/ St. Joseph County Government]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=53 Service Notes Index]
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~insbags/ South Bend Area Genealogical Society]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=114 South Bend Tribune Online Archives] 
*[http://www.walkerton.org/history.html Walkerton Area Historical Society]

'''Indiana Links'''
*[http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/genealogy/index.html Allen County Public Library]
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~inelkhar/ecgs.htm Elkhart County Genealogical Society]
*[http://www.indgensoc.org/ Indiana Genealogical Society]
*[http://www.ingenweb.org/ Indiana GenWeb]
*[http://www.in.gov/icpr/2355.htm Indiana State Archives Online Indexes]
*[http://www.in.gov/library/indiana.htm Indiana State Library - Genealogy]
*[http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/w2w/indiana.htm Indiana Vital Records]
*[http://fizkid.tripod.com/ Indiana's South Pacific World War II Dead]

'''National Links'''
*[http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ Bureau of Land Management]
*[http://www.cyndislist.com/ Cyndi's List]
*[http://www.deathindexes.com/ Death Indexes]
*[http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/ Ellis Island]
*[http://www.familysearch.org/ Family Search]
*[http://www.archives.gov/genealogy National Archives Genealogy]
*[http://www.pgsa.org/ Polish Genealogical Society of America]
*[http://www.kansasheritage.org/pbp/gen/g_intro.html Potawatomi Genealogy]
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/ RootsWeb]
*[http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ Social Security Death Index]
*[http://www.usgenweb.org/ USGenWeb]

|}
__TOC__
==[[About Local & Family History Services | About Local & Family History Services]]==

==Help Sheets for Databases==
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=23 HeritageQuest Online] [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Heritage_Quest.pdf help sheet]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=126 Obituary Index] [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Obit_Index.pdf help sheet]

== Articles ==
=== Getting Started with Your Family History ===
By Libby Feil
[[Image:weddingphoto.jpg|left]]
Weddings and birthdays and burials, oh my! Writing down the dates and places of these important events is the first step in your family history journey. Start with yourself and your immediate family, listing all the places and dates you remember. When were you born? When did you get married? What about your parents? Make notes on all the family members you know, with their full names, their relationship to you, and their dates and places of birth, marriage, divorce, death, and burial. Don't forget important religious events like baptisms, bar and bat mitzvahs, and so on if you know them.

How can you keep track of all this information? You can find blank forms online that will help you get organized. [http://www.ancestry.com/trees/charts/ancchart.aspx Ancestral or pedigree charts] let you record information about yourself and your ancestors (parents, grandparents, and so on). [http://www.ancestry.com/charts/familysheet.aspx Family group sheets] give you a place to record everything you find out about a particular family.

Once you have noted down everything you remember, the next step is to ask your relatives what THEY remember. You may want to try your hand at oral history. [http://www.sjcpl.org/localhistory/ Local & Family History Services] has books which can give you suggestions and techniques for carrying out and recording oral history. Try [http://encore.sjcpl.lib.in.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1518838__SOral+biography.__P0%2C15__Orightresult__X3?lang=eng&suite=pearl Touching Tomorrow: How to Interview Your Loved Ones to Capture a Lifetime of Memories on Video or Audio], by Mary Lo Verde or [http://encore.sjcpl.lib.in.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1872797__Soral+history+workshop__Orightresult__X5?lang=eng&suite=pearl The Oral History Workshop: Collect and Celebrate the Life Stories of Your Family and Friends ], by Cynthia Hart.

[[Image:Ancestorscover.jpg|left]]
Now you have a lot of information about your family. You need to make sure that the information you have is correct, and you need to work backwards to find out information about more distant relatives. How do you go about this? You may want to use one of the Library's genealogy handbooks to help you map out a strategy. Try [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=Ancestors%3A+A+Beginner%27s+Guide&SORT=D&SORT=R Ancestors: A Beginner's Guide to Family History and Genealogy], [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=Celebrating+the+Family%3A+the+MyFamily.com+Guide&SORT=D&SORT=R Celebrating the Family: the MyFamily.com Guide to Understanding Your Family History], or Desmond Allen's [http://encore.sjcpl.lib.in.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1947758__Sallen+genealogy__P0%2C1__Orightresult__X1?lang=eng&suite=pearl Family History Detective: a Step-by-step Guide to Investigating Your Family History]. And check back soon for more tips and ideas on continuing your genealogy journey!

 

=== [[Foreign Births | Finding Birth Dates for Foreign-Born Relatives]] ===
By Libby Feil

[[Foreign Births | Click here to read this how-to article.]]

 

=== [[Publishing Family History | Publishing Your Family History Book]] ===
By Libby Feil

[[Publishing Family History | Click here to read this how-to article.]]

 

=== [[Finding Birth Families | Finding Birth Families]] ===
By Libby Feil

[[Finding Birth Families | Click here to read this how-to article.]]

 

=== [[History-related Mysteries | Family & Local History-Related Mysteries]] ===
By Sara Allen

[[History-related Mysteries | Click here to read about these suggested titles.]]

 

=== [[Finding Living People | Finding Living People]] ===
By Sara Allen

[[Finding Living People | Click here to read this how-to article.]]

 

=== [[St. Joseph Co. Vital Records | Finding St. Joseph Co. Vital Records]] ===
By Sara Allen

[[St. Joseph Co. Vital Records | Click here to read this how-to article.]]

 

=== [[St. Joseph Co. Genealogical Records | Finding St. Joseph Co. Genealogical Records]] ===
By Sara Allen

[[St. Joseph Co. Genealogical Records | Click here to read this how-to article.]]

 
 

[[About Local & Family History Services | Contact and find out more about Local & Family History Services]] 
Created by: Libby Feil, October 2005 
Last updated June 2, 2011 

[[Category:Hobbies]] [[Category:Genealogy & Local History]]

Genealogy

2013-01-05T22:13:11Z

Sara: /* Getting Started with Your Family History */

{| border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" align="right"
|-
|bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | '''Subscription Databases'''

*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=127 American Ancestors]     Use in Library only
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=42 Ancestry Library Edition]     Use in Library only
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=186 Chicago Tribune (1920-1985)]     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=189 Fold3]     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=23 HeritageQuest Online]     Use with Library card    [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Heritage_Quest.pdf Help sheet]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=51 NewspaperARCHIVE]     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=187 South Bend Tribune Online Archives]     Use with Library card
'''St. Joseph County Links'''
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=124 1875 Atlas Online]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=125 1936 Platbook Online]
*[http://www.hlcm.org/htlm/archives.html Lindahl Children's Museum Archives]
*[http://www.mphpl.org/newSite/AdultServices/adult_geneaology.html Mishawaka-Penn-Harris Public Library]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=126 Obituary Index]    [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Obit_Index.pdf Help sheet]
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose St. Joseph County GenWeb]
*[http://www.stjosephcountyindiana.com/ St. Joseph County Government]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=53 Service Notes Index]
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~insbags/ South Bend Area Genealogical Society]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=114 South Bend Tribune Online Archives] 
*[http://www.walkerton.org/history.html Walkerton Area Historical Society]

'''Indiana Links'''
*[http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/genealogy/index.html Allen County Public Library]
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~inelkhar/ecgs.htm Elkhart County Genealogical Society]
*[http://www.indgensoc.org/ Indiana Genealogical Society]
*[http://www.ingenweb.org/ Indiana GenWeb]
*[http://www.in.gov/icpr/2355.htm Indiana State Archives Online Indexes]
*[http://www.in.gov/library/indiana.htm Indiana State Library - Genealogy]
*[http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/w2w/indiana.htm Indiana Vital Records]
*[http://fizkid.tripod.com/ Indiana's South Pacific World War II Dead]

'''National Links'''
*[http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ Bureau of Land Management]
*[http://www.cyndislist.com/ Cyndi's List]
*[http://www.deathindexes.com/ Death Indexes]
*[http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/ Ellis Island]
*[http://www.familysearch.org/ Family Search]
*[http://www.archives.gov/genealogy National Archives Genealogy]
*[http://www.pgsa.org/ Polish Genealogical Society of America]
*[http://www.kansasheritage.org/pbp/gen/g_intro.html Potawatomi Genealogy]
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/ RootsWeb]
*[http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ Social Security Death Index]
*[http://www.usgenweb.org/ USGenWeb]

|}
__TOC__
==[[About Local & Family History Services | About Local & Family History Services]]==

==Help Sheets for Databases==
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=23 HeritageQuest Online] [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Heritage_Quest.pdf help sheet]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=126 Obituary Index] [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Obit_Index.pdf help sheet]

== Articles ==
=== Getting Started with Your Family History ===
By Libby Feil
[[Image:weddingphoto.jpg|left]]
Weddings and birthdays and burials, oh my! Writing down the dates and places of these important events is the first step in your family history journey. Start with yourself and your immediate family, listing all the places and dates you remember. When were you born? When did you get married? What about your parents? Make notes on all the family members you know, with their full names, their relationship to you, and their dates and places of birth, marriage, divorce, death, and burial. Don't forget important religious events like baptisms, bar and bat mitzvahs, and so on if you know them.

How can you keep track of all this information? You can find blank forms online that will help you get organized. [http://www.ancestry.com/trees/charts/ancchart.aspx Ancestral or pedigree charts] let you record information about yourself and your ancestors (parents, grandparents, and so on). [http://www.ancestry.com/charts/familysheet.aspx Family group sheets] give you a place to record everything you find out about a particular family.

Once you have noted down everything you remember, the next step is to ask your relatives what THEY remember. You may want to try your hand at oral history. [http://www.sjcpl.org/localhistory/ Local & Family History Services] has books which can give you suggestions and techniques for carrying out and recording oral history. Try [http://encore.sjcpl.lib.in.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1518838__SOral+biography.__P0%2C15__Orightresult__X3?lang=eng&suite=pearl Touching Tomorrow: How to Interview Your Loved Ones to Capture a Lifetime of Memories on Video or Audio], by Mary Lo Verde or [http://encore.sjcpl.lib.in.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1872797__Soral+history+workshop__Orightresult__X5?lang=eng&suite=pearl The Oral History Workshop: Collect and Celebrate the Life Stories of Your Family and Friends ], by Cynthia Hart.

[[Image:Ancestorscover.jpg|left]]
Now you have a lot of information about your family. You need to make sure that the information you have is correct, and you need to work backwards to find out information about more distant relatives. How do you go about this? You may want to use one of the Library's genealogy handbooks to help you map out a strategy. Try [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=Ancestors%3A+A+Beginner%27s+Guide&SORT=D&SORT=R Ancestors: A Beginner's Guide to Family History and Genealogy], [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=Celebrating+the+Family%3A+the+MyFamily.com+Guide&SORT=D&SORT=R Celebrating the Family: the MyFamily.com Guide to Understanding Your Family History], or William Hartley's [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=The+Everything+Family+Tree+Book&SORT=D&SORT=R The Everything Family Tree Book: Finding, Charting, and Preserving Your Family History]. And check back soon for more tips and ideas on continuing your genealogy journey!

 

=== [[Foreign Births | Finding Birth Dates for Foreign-Born Relatives]] ===
By Libby Feil

[[Foreign Births | Click here to read this how-to article.]]

 

=== [[Publishing Family History | Publishing Your Family History Book]] ===
By Libby Feil

[[Publishing Family History | Click here to read this how-to article.]]

 

=== [[Finding Birth Families | Finding Birth Families]] ===
By Libby Feil

[[Finding Birth Families | Click here to read this how-to article.]]

 

=== [[History-related Mysteries | Family & Local History-Related Mysteries]] ===
By Sara Allen

[[History-related Mysteries | Click here to read about these suggested titles.]]

 

=== [[Finding Living People | Finding Living People]] ===
By Sara Allen

[[Finding Living People | Click here to read this how-to article.]]

 

=== [[St. Joseph Co. Vital Records | Finding St. Joseph Co. Vital Records]] ===
By Sara Allen

[[St. Joseph Co. Vital Records | Click here to read this how-to article.]]

 

=== [[St. Joseph Co. Genealogical Records | Finding St. Joseph Co. Genealogical Records]] ===
By Sara Allen

[[St. Joseph Co. Genealogical Records | Click here to read this how-to article.]]

 
 

[[About Local & Family History Services | Contact and find out more about Local & Family History Services]] 
Created by: Libby Feil, October 2005 
Last updated June 2, 2011 

[[Category:Hobbies]] [[Category:Genealogy & Local History]]

Genealogy

2013-01-05T22:09:07Z

Sara:

{| border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" align="right"
|-
|bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | '''Subscription Databases'''

*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=127 American Ancestors]     Use in Library only
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=42 Ancestry Library Edition]     Use in Library only
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=186 Chicago Tribune (1920-1985)]     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=189 Fold3]     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=23 HeritageQuest Online]     Use with Library card    [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Heritage_Quest.pdf Help sheet]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=51 NewspaperARCHIVE]     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=187 South Bend Tribune Online Archives]     Use with Library card
'''St. Joseph County Links'''
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=124 1875 Atlas Online]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=125 1936 Platbook Online]
*[http://www.hlcm.org/htlm/archives.html Lindahl Children's Museum Archives]
*[http://www.mphpl.org/newSite/AdultServices/adult_geneaology.html Mishawaka-Penn-Harris Public Library]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=126 Obituary Index]    [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Obit_Index.pdf Help sheet]
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose St. Joseph County GenWeb]
*[http://www.stjosephcountyindiana.com/ St. Joseph County Government]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=53 Service Notes Index]
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~insbags/ South Bend Area Genealogical Society]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=114 South Bend Tribune Online Archives] 
*[http://www.walkerton.org/history.html Walkerton Area Historical Society]

'''Indiana Links'''
*[http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/genealogy/index.html Allen County Public Library]
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~inelkhar/ecgs.htm Elkhart County Genealogical Society]
*[http://www.indgensoc.org/ Indiana Genealogical Society]
*[http://www.ingenweb.org/ Indiana GenWeb]
*[http://www.in.gov/icpr/2355.htm Indiana State Archives Online Indexes]
*[http://www.in.gov/library/indiana.htm Indiana State Library - Genealogy]
*[http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/w2w/indiana.htm Indiana Vital Records]
*[http://fizkid.tripod.com/ Indiana's South Pacific World War II Dead]

'''National Links'''
*[http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ Bureau of Land Management]
*[http://www.cyndislist.com/ Cyndi's List]
*[http://www.deathindexes.com/ Death Indexes]
*[http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/ Ellis Island]
*[http://www.familysearch.org/ Family Search]
*[http://www.archives.gov/genealogy National Archives Genealogy]
*[http://www.pgsa.org/ Polish Genealogical Society of America]
*[http://www.kansasheritage.org/pbp/gen/g_intro.html Potawatomi Genealogy]
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/ RootsWeb]
*[http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ Social Security Death Index]
*[http://www.usgenweb.org/ USGenWeb]

|}
__TOC__
==[[About Local & Family History Services | About Local & Family History Services]]==

==Help Sheets for Databases==
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=23 HeritageQuest Online] [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Heritage_Quest.pdf help sheet]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=126 Obituary Index] [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Obit_Index.pdf help sheet]

== Articles ==
=== Getting Started with Your Family History ===
By Libby Feil
[[Image:weddingphoto.jpg|left]]
Weddings and birthdays and burials, oh my! Writing down the dates and places of these important events is the first step in your family history journey. Start with yourself and your immediate family, listing all the places and dates you remember. When were you born? When did you get married? What about your parents? Make notes on all the family members you know, with their full names, their relationship to you, and their dates and places of birth, marriage, divorce, death, and burial. Don't forget important religious events like baptisms, bar and bat mitzvahs, and so on if you know them.

How can you keep track of all this information? You can find blank forms online that will help you get organized. [http://www.ancestry.com/trees/charts/ancchart.aspx Ancestral or pedigree charts] let you record information about yourself and your ancestors (parents, grandparents, and so on). [http://www.ancestry.com/charts/familysheet.aspx Family group sheets] give you a place to record everything you find out about a particular family.

Once you have noted down everything you remember, the next step is to ask your relatives what THEY remember. You may want to try your hand at oral history. [http://www.sjcpl.org/localhistory/ Local & Family History Services] has books which can give you suggestions and techniques for carrying out and recording oral history. Try [http://encore.sjcpl.lib.in.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1518838__SOral+biography.__P0%2C15__Orightresult__X3?lang=eng&suite=pearl Touching Tomorrow: How to Interview Your Loved Ones to Capture a Lifetime of Memories on Video or Audio], by Mary Lo Verde or [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=Keeping+Family+Stories+Alive%3A++A+Creative+Guide&SORT=D&SORT=R Keeping Family Stories Alive: A Creative Guide to Taping Your Family Life & Lore], by Vera Rosenbluth.

[[Image:Ancestorscover.jpg|left]]
Now you have a lot of information about your family. You need to make sure that the information you have is correct, and you need to work backwards to find out information about more distant relatives. How do you go about this? You may want to use one of the Library's genealogy handbooks to help you map out a strategy. Try [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=Ancestors%3A+A+Beginner%27s+Guide&SORT=D&SORT=R Ancestors: A Beginner's Guide to Family History and Genealogy], [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=Celebrating+the+Family%3A+the+MyFamily.com+Guide&SORT=D&SORT=R Celebrating the Family: the MyFamily.com Guide to Understanding Your Family History], or William Hartley's [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=The+Everything+Family+Tree+Book&SORT=D&SORT=R The Everything Family Tree Book: Finding, Charting, and Preserving Your Family History]. And check back soon for more tips and ideas on continuing your genealogy journey!

 

=== [[Foreign Births | Finding Birth Dates for Foreign-Born Relatives]] ===
By Libby Feil

[[Foreign Births | Click here to read this how-to article.]]

 

=== [[Publishing Family History | Publishing Your Family History Book]] ===
By Libby Feil

[[Publishing Family History | Click here to read this how-to article.]]

 

=== [[Finding Birth Families | Finding Birth Families]] ===
By Libby Feil

[[Finding Birth Families | Click here to read this how-to article.]]

 

=== [[History-related Mysteries | Family & Local History-Related Mysteries]] ===
By Sara Allen

[[History-related Mysteries | Click here to read about these suggested titles.]]

 

=== [[Finding Living People | Finding Living People]] ===
By Sara Allen

[[Finding Living People | Click here to read this how-to article.]]

 

=== [[St. Joseph Co. Vital Records | Finding St. Joseph Co. Vital Records]] ===
By Sara Allen

[[St. Joseph Co. Vital Records | Click here to read this how-to article.]]

 

=== [[St. Joseph Co. Genealogical Records | Finding St. Joseph Co. Genealogical Records]] ===
By Sara Allen

[[St. Joseph Co. Genealogical Records | Click here to read this how-to article.]]

 
 

[[About Local & Family History Services | Contact and find out more about Local & Family History Services]] 
Created by: Libby Feil, October 2005 
Last updated June 2, 2011 

[[Category:Hobbies]] [[Category:Genealogy & Local History]]

Genealogy

2013-01-05T21:39:25Z

Sara:

{| border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" align="right"
|-
|bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | '''Subscription Databases'''

*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=127 American Ancestors]     Use in Library only
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=42 Ancestry Library Edition]     Use in Library only
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=186 Chicago Tribune (1920-1985)]     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=189 Fold3]     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=23 HeritageQuest Online]     Use with Library card    [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Heritage_Quest.pdf Help sheet]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=51 NewspaperARCHIVE]     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=187 South Bend Tribune Online Archives]     Use with Library card
'''St. Joseph County Links'''
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=124 1875 Atlas Online]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=125 1936 Platbook Online]
*[http://www.hlcm.org/htlm/archives.html Lindahl Children's Museum Archives]
*[http://www.mphpl.org/newSite/AdultServices/adult_geneaology.html Mishawaka-Penn-Harris Public Library]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=126 Obituary Index]    [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Obit_Index.pdf Help sheet]
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose St. Joseph County GenWeb]
*[http://www.stjosephcountyindiana.com/ St. Joseph County Government]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=53 Service Notes Index]
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~insbags/ South Bend Area Genealogical Society]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=114 South Bend Tribune Online Archives] 
*[http://www.walkerton.org/history.html Walkerton Area Historical Society]

'''Indiana Links'''
*[http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/genealogy/index.html Allen County Public Library]
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~inelkhar/ecgs.htm Elkhart County Genealogical Society]
*[http://www.indgensoc.org/ Indiana Genealogical Society]
*[http://www.ingenweb.org/ Indiana GenWeb]
*[http://www.in.gov/icpr/2355.htm Indiana State Archives Online Indexes]
*[http://www.in.gov/library/indiana.htm Indiana State Library - Genealogy]
*[http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/w2w/indiana.htm Indiana Vital Records]
*[http://fizkid.tripod.com/ Indiana's South Pacific World War II Dead]

'''National Links'''
*[http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ Bureau of Land Management]
*[http://www.cyndislist.com/ Cyndi's List]
*[http://www.deathindexes.com/ Death Indexes]
*[http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/ Ellis Island]
*[http://www.familysearch.org/ Family Search]
*[http://www.archives.gov/genealogy National Archives Genealogy]
*[http://www.pgsa.org/ Polish Genealogical Society of America]
*[http://www.kansasheritage.org/pbp/gen/g_intro.html Potawatomi Genealogy]
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/ RootsWeb]
*[http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ Social Security Death Index]
*[http://www.usgenweb.org/ USGenWeb]

|}
__TOC__
==[[About Local & Family History Services | About Local & Family History Services]]==

==Help Sheets for Databases==
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=23 HeritageQuest Online] [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Heritage_Quest.pdf help sheet]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=126 Obituary Index] [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Obit_Index.pdf help sheet]

== Articles ==
=== Getting Started with Your Family History ===
By Libby Feil
[[Image:weddingphoto.jpg|left]]
Weddings and birthdays and burials, oh my! Writing down the dates and places of these important events is the first step in your family history journey. Start with yourself and your immediate family, listing all the places and dates you remember. When were you born? When did you get married? What about your parents? Make notes on all the family members you know, with their full names, their relationship to you, and their dates and places of birth, marriage, divorce, death, and burial. Don't forget important religious events like baptisms, bar and bat mitzvahs, and so on if you know them.

How can you keep track of all this information? You can find blank forms online that will help you get organized. [http://www.ancestry.com/trees/charts/ancchart.aspx Ancestral or pedigree charts] let you record information about yourself and your ancestors (parents, grandparents, and so on). [http://www.ancestry.com/charts/familysheet.aspx Family group sheets] give you a place to record everything you find out about a particular family.

Once you have noted down everything you remember, the next step is to ask your relatives what THEY remember. You may want to try your hand at oral history. [http://www.sjcpl.org/localhistory/ Local & Family History Services] has books which can give you suggestions and techniques for carrying out and recording oral history. Try [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/tRecording+Your+Family+History%3A++A+Guide/trecording+your+family+history+a+guide/1%2C1%2C2%2CB/frameset&FF=trecording+your+family+history+a+guide+to+preserving+oral+history+with+videotape+audiotape+suggested+topics+and+questions+interview+techniques&1%2C%2C2 Recording Your Family History: A Guide to Preserving Oral History ...], by William Fletcher or [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=Keeping+Family+Stories+Alive%3A++A+Creative+Guide&SORT=D&SORT=R Keeping Family Stories Alive: A Creative Guide to Taping Your Family Life & Lore], by Vera Rosenbluth.

[[Image:Ancestorscover.jpg|left]]
Now you have a lot of information about your family. You need to make sure that the information you have is correct, and you need to work backwards to find out information about more distant relatives. How do you go about this? You may want to use one of the Library's genealogy handbooks to help you map out a strategy. Try [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=Ancestors%3A+A+Beginner%27s+Guide&SORT=D&SORT=R Ancestors: A Beginner's Guide to Family History and Genealogy], [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=Celebrating+the+Family%3A+the+MyFamily.com+Guide&SORT=D&SORT=R Celebrating the Family: the MyFamily.com Guide to Understanding Your Family History], or William Hartley's [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=The+Everything+Family+Tree+Book&SORT=D&SORT=R The Everything Family Tree Book: Finding, Charting, and Preserving Your Family History]. And check back soon for more tips and ideas on continuing your genealogy journey!

 

=== [[Foreign Births | Finding Birth Dates for Foreign-Born Relatives]] ===
By Libby Feil

[[Foreign Births | Click here to read this how-to article.]]

 

=== [[Publishing Family History | Publishing Your Family History Book]] ===
By Libby Feil

[[Publishing Family History | Click here to read this how-to article.]]

 

=== [[Finding Birth Families | Finding Birth Families]] ===
By Libby Feil

[[Finding Birth Families | Click here to read this how-to article.]]

 

=== [[History-related Mysteries | Family & Local History-Related Mysteries]] ===
By Sara Allen

[[History-related Mysteries | Click here to read about these suggested titles.]]

 

=== [[Finding Living People | Finding Living People]] ===
By Sara Allen

[[Finding Living People | Click here to read this how-to article.]]

 

=== [[St. Joseph Co. Vital Records | Finding St. Joseph Co. Vital Records]] ===
By Sara Allen

[[St. Joseph Co. Vital Records | Click here to read this how-to article.]]

 

=== [[St. Joseph Co. Genealogical Records | Finding St. Joseph Co. Genealogical Records]] ===
By Sara Allen

[[St. Joseph Co. Genealogical Records | Click here to read this how-to article.]]

 
 

[[About Local & Family History Services | Contact and find out more about Local & Family History Services]] 
Created by: Libby Feil, October 2005 
Last updated June 2, 2011 

[[Category:Hobbies]] [[Category:Genealogy & Local History]]

Genealogy

2013-01-05T21:37:19Z

Sara:

{| border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" align="right"
|-
|bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | '''Subscription Databases'''

*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=42 Ancestry Library Edition]     Use in Library only
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=186 Chicago Tribune (1920-1985)]     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=23 HeritageQuest Online]     Use with Library card    [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Heritage_Quest.pdf Help sheet]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=24 New England Ancestors]     Use in Library only
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=51 NewspaperARCHIVE]     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=114 South Bend Tribune Online Archives]     Use with Library card
'''St. Joseph County Links'''
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=124 1875 Atlas Online]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=125 1936 Platbook Online]
*[http://www.hlcm.org/htlm/archives.html Lindahl Children's Museum Archives]
*[http://www.mphpl.org/newSite/AdultServices/adult_geneaology.html Mishawaka-Penn-Harris Public Library]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=126 Obituary Index]    [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Obit_Index.pdf Help sheet]
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose St. Joseph County GenWeb]
*[http://www.stjosephcountyindiana.com/ St. Joseph County Government]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=53 Service Notes Index]
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~insbags/ South Bend Area Genealogical Society]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=114 South Bend Tribune Online Archives] 
*[http://www.walkerton.org/history.html Walkerton Area Historical Society]

'''Indiana Links'''
*[http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/genealogy/index.html Allen County Public Library]
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~inelkhar/ecgs.htm Elkhart County Genealogical Society]
*[http://www.indgensoc.org/ Indiana Genealogical Society]
*[http://www.ingenweb.org/ Indiana GenWeb]
*[http://www.in.gov/icpr/2355.htm Indiana State Archives Online Indexes]
*[http://www.in.gov/library/indiana.htm Indiana State Library - Genealogy]
*[http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/w2w/indiana.htm Indiana Vital Records]
*[http://fizkid.tripod.com/ Indiana's South Pacific World War II Dead]

'''National Links'''
*[http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ Bureau of Land Management]
*[http://www.cyndislist.com/ Cyndi's List]
*[http://www.deathindexes.com/ Death Indexes]
*[http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/ Ellis Island]
*[http://www.familysearch.org/ Family Search]
*[http://www.archives.gov/genealogy National Archives Genealogy]
*[http://www.pgsa.org/ Polish Genealogical Society of America]
*[http://www.kansasheritage.org/pbp/gen/g_intro.html Potawatomi Genealogy]
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/ RootsWeb]
*[http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ Social Security Death Index]
*[http://www.usgenweb.org/ USGenWeb]

|}
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==[[About Local & Family History Services | About Local & Family History Services]]==

==Help Sheets for Databases==
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=23 HeritageQuest Online] [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Heritage_Quest.pdf help sheet]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=126 Obituary Index] [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Obit_Index.pdf help sheet]

== Articles ==
=== Getting Started with Your Family History ===
By Libby Feil
[[Image:weddingphoto.jpg|left]]
Weddings and birthdays and burials, oh my! Writing down the dates and places of these important events is the first step in your family history journey. Start with yourself and your immediate family, listing all the places and dates you remember. When were you born? When did you get married? What about your parents? Make notes on all the family members you know, with their full names, their relationship to you, and their dates and places of birth, marriage, divorce, death, and burial. Don't forget important religious events like baptisms, bar and bat mitzvahs, and so on if you know them.

How can you keep track of all this information? You can find blank forms online that will help you get organized. [http://www.ancestry.com/trees/charts/ancchart.aspx Ancestral or pedigree charts] let you record information about yourself and your ancestors (parents, grandparents, and so on). [http://www.ancestry.com/charts/familysheet.aspx Family group sheets] give you a place to record everything you find out about a particular family.

Once you have noted down everything you remember, the next step is to ask your relatives what THEY remember. You may want to try your hand at oral history. [http://www.sjcpl.org/localhistory/ Local & Family History Services] has books which can give you suggestions and techniques for carrying out and recording oral history. Try [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/tRecording+Your+Family+History%3A++A+Guide/trecording+your+family+history+a+guide/1%2C1%2C2%2CB/frameset&FF=trecording+your+family+history+a+guide+to+preserving+oral+history+with+videotape+audiotape+suggested+topics+and+questions+interview+techniques&1%2C%2C2 Recording Your Family History: A Guide to Preserving Oral History ...], by William Fletcher or [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=Keeping+Family+Stories+Alive%3A++A+Creative+Guide&SORT=D&SORT=R Keeping Family Stories Alive: A Creative Guide to Taping Your Family Life & Lore], by Vera Rosenbluth.

[[Image:Ancestorscover.jpg|left]]
Now you have a lot of information about your family. You need to make sure that the information you have is correct, and you need to work backwards to find out information about more distant relatives. How do you go about this? You may want to use one of the Library's genealogy handbooks to help you map out a strategy. Try [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=Ancestors%3A+A+Beginner%27s+Guide&SORT=D&SORT=R Ancestors: A Beginner's Guide to Family History and Genealogy], [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=Celebrating+the+Family%3A+the+MyFamily.com+Guide&SORT=D&SORT=R Celebrating the Family: the MyFamily.com Guide to Understanding Your Family History], or William Hartley's [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=The+Everything+Family+Tree+Book&SORT=D&SORT=R The Everything Family Tree Book: Finding, Charting, and Preserving Your Family History]. And check back soon for more tips and ideas on continuing your genealogy journey!

 

=== [[Foreign Births | Finding Birth Dates for Foreign-Born Relatives]] ===
By Libby Feil

[[Foreign Births | Click here to read this how-to article.]]

 

=== [[Publishing Family History | Publishing Your Family History Book]] ===
By Libby Feil

[[Publishing Family History | Click here to read this how-to article.]]

 

=== [[Finding Birth Families | Finding Birth Families]] ===
By Libby Feil

[[Finding Birth Families | Click here to read this how-to article.]]

 

=== [[History-related Mysteries | Family & Local History-Related Mysteries]] ===
By Sara Allen

[[History-related Mysteries | Click here to read about these suggested titles.]]

 

=== [[Finding Living People | Finding Living People]] ===
By Sara Allen

[[Finding Living People | Click here to read this how-to article.]]

 

=== [[St. Joseph Co. Vital Records | Finding St. Joseph Co. Vital Records]] ===
By Sara Allen

[[St. Joseph Co. Vital Records | Click here to read this how-to article.]]

 

=== [[St. Joseph Co. Genealogical Records | Finding St. Joseph Co. Genealogical Records]] ===
By Sara Allen

[[St. Joseph Co. Genealogical Records | Click here to read this how-to article.]]

 
 

[[About Local & Family History Services | Contact and find out more about Local & Family History Services]] 
Created by: Libby Feil, October 2005 
Last updated June 2, 2011 

[[Category:Hobbies]] [[Category:Genealogy & Local History]]

History Homework

2013-01-05T21:23:20Z

Sara:

{| border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" align="right"
|-
|bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | '''Newspapers'''

*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=186 Chicago Tribune], 1920-1985     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=51 NewspaperARCHIVE]     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=73 New York Times], 1981-present     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=66 New York Times], 1860-1922 
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=187 South Bend Tribune], 1994-present     Use with Library card
*[http://news.google.com/newspapers Google News Archive]

'''Government Sources'''
*[http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html Library of Congress - American Memory]
*[http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/ National Archives - America's Historical Documents]
*[http:///www.archives.gov/education/ National Archives - Digital Classroom]
*[http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/ National Archives - Online Exhibits]

'''University Sources'''
*[http://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/collections/digitized/african-american-women/ African-American Women Online Archival Collections]
*[http://digital.lib.csus.edu/curr/ California Underground Railroad Digital Archive]
*[http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/h/dla Digital Activities & Collections]
*[http://docsouth.unc.edu Documenting the American South]
*[http://historymatters.gmu.edu/browse/manypasts/ History Matters - Many Pasts]
*[http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/ Valley of the Shadow]

'''Historical Society Sources'''
*[http://www.studsterkel.org/index.html Studs Terkel - Conversations with America]

|}
== History Homework Help ==
By [[User:Libby the Librarian | Libby Feil]]

"Help! I'm working on a history project and I can't find primary sources!" Never fear, the Library is here! If you are a student or the parent of a student, you can relate to this problem. During the school year we see many students in the Library who are working on history projects and need to find primary sources. Don't despair! There are plenty of places to look. 

[[Image:sbtornado.jpg|left]] The newspaper is a good first stop. We have the South Bend Tribune on microfilm going all the way back to May of 1873, and all the way forward until the present. Stop into [http://www.sjcpl.org/localhistory/ Local & Family History Services] on the second floor of Main Library and ask for help in finding information in the ''South Bend Tribune''. We also have the New York Times on microfilm all the way back to 1851, which is a great source of national and international news. The [http://www.libraryforlife.org/mnf/ Magazines, Newspapers, Fiction Department] also has indexes to the Times, so you can search for your research topic and go directly to the right issue. 

What if you can't make it downtown? You can go to your nearest computer, or right to your home computer if you have one, and look at our newspapers available online. Just go to the [http://www.libraryforlife.org/databases/index.html#news "Newspapers"] section of our website. We have the [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=186 historical Chicago Tribune] from about 1920 to 1985, and the [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=73 New York Times] available online from 1981 through the present, and the [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=187 South Bend Tribune] from about 1994 to the present. To use these databases from home, you just need a valid St. Joseph County Public Library card. 

Another useful newspaper resource is [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=51 NewspaperARCHIVE], which can also be used from home with an SJCPL card. This searchable database contains actual images of articles and pages from a wide variety of American newspapers from all time periods. It also has some issues of English newspapers. This database is an excellent place to look for primary sources from around the country. Another excellent free source is the [http://news.google.com/newspapers Google News Archive], which contains digital scans of actual newspapers from the United States and some foreign countries for various time periods. 

When I worked as a history instructor, I also relied on several government and university web sites that are great sources of primary documents. They are reputable, authoritative web sites. They serve up actual photographs, letters, interviews, documents, and more, so you can look at and print out good quality copies of the original items. 

The biggest site is the [http://www.loc.gov Library of Congress]'s [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html American Memory] project. You can find old advertisements, maps, photographs, sheet music, letters, diaries, and all manner of government documents. It includes material on the Revolutionary War, slavery, the Civil War, the huge immigration to American in the late 1800s and early 1900s, World War II, women's suffrage, the Civil Rights Movement, and so much more. There is a search box you can use to search for a name, place, topic, or even a date! 

[[Image:wwiiposter.gif|left]] The National Archives also provides a wealth of history materials. They have three major sites that are of interest to students, parents, and teachers. First, they have a site that hosts their [http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/ Online Exhibits]. You can view, online, digital copies of the charters of freedom (Declaration of Independence, Constitution, Bill of Rights), documents about the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, photographs and digital copies of artwork from the New Deal, World War II posters, and a mind-blowing variety of other topics. Their [http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/ America's Historical Documents] site showcases some famous and unusual letters (check out [http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/document.html?doc=20&title.raw=Elvis%20Presley%26%238217%3Bs%20Letter%20to%20President%20Richard%20Nixon Elvis's letter to President Nixon]), patents, court cases, and more. The [http://www.archives.gov/education/ Digital Classroom] section has information and help for students--as well as lesson plans and activity ideas for teachers. 

More good websites for material about a variety of regions and times in American history are George Mason University's [http://historymatters.gmu.edu/browse/manypasts/ History Matters - Many Pasts] and the University of Chicago Library's [http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/h/dla Digital Activities & Collections]. The former showcases a wide variety of primary documents. The University of Chicago site has primary documents and historic photographs from around the world, with an emphasis on America and the Midwest. Pay special attention to their [http://ead.lib.uchicago.edu/ Archives and Manuscripts Finding Aids] listing, which does not sound promising but actually includes digitized documents attached to finding aids. A search for Ida B. Wells, for example, turns up a finding aid to the [http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/scrc/findingaids/view.php?eadid=ICU.SPCL.IBWELLS&q=ida%20wells#id287631682 Guide to the Ida B. Wells Papers, 1884-1976]. The guide has links to digital versions of all the papers in the collection. 

Four other sites have primary resources from the slavery and Civil War periods. [http://docsouth.unc.edu Documenting the American South] and [http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/ Valley of the Shadow] both showcase books, diaries, letters, illustrations, other documents--even songs--from this time period. Documenting the American South can be searched by date, and Valley of the Shadow is arranged by time period and then by topic. [http://www.duke.edu Duke University]'s [http://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/collections/digitized/african-american-women/ African-American Women Online Archival Collections] feature rare memoirs and letters of African American women who lived under and after slavery. The [http://digital.lib.csus.edu/curr/ California Underground Railroad Digital Archive] is a unique resource of primary source documents on slavery in California (yes, there was slavery in California), from California State University at Sacramento. 

The last century is history now too! The famed twentieth-century interviewer Studs Terkel talked with people from all walks of life, and his website [http://www.studsterkel.org/index.html Studs Terkel - Conversations with America] contains interviews with "ordinary" twentieth-century Americans from a variety of backgrounds. The [http://www.chicagohistory.org/ Chicago Historical Society] created this site. 

[[Local History | Back to the Local History page]]

 
 

[[About Local & Family History Services | Contact and find out more about Local & Family History Services]] 
Created by: [[User:Libby the Librarian | Libby Feil]], October 2006 
Last updated January 5, 2013 

[[Category:Genealogy & Local History]] [[Category:Education]]

History Homework

2013-01-05T21:22:39Z

Sara:

{| border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" align="right"
|-
|bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | '''Newspapers'''

*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=186 Chicago Tribune], 1920-1985     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=51 NewspaperARCHIVE]     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=73 New York Times], 1981-present     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=66 New York Times], 1860-1922 
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=187 South Bend Tribune], 1994-present     Use with Library card

'''Government Sources'''
*[http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html Library of Congress - American Memory]
*[http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/ National Archives - America's Historical Documents]
*[http:///www.archives.gov/education/ National Archives - Digital Classroom]
*[http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/ National Archives - Online Exhibits]

'''University Sources'''
*[http://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/collections/digitized/african-american-women/ African-American Women Online Archival Collections]
*[http://digital.lib.csus.edu/curr/ California Underground Railroad Digital Archive]
*[http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/h/dla Digital Activities & Collections]
*[http://docsouth.unc.edu Documenting the American South]
*[http://historymatters.gmu.edu/browse/manypasts/ History Matters - Many Pasts]
*[http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/ Valley of the Shadow]

'''Historical Society Sources'''
*[http://www.studsterkel.org/index.html Studs Terkel - Conversations with America]

|}
== History Homework Help ==
By [[User:Libby the Librarian | Libby Feil]]

"Help! I'm working on a history project and I can't find primary sources!" Never fear, the Library is here! If you are a student or the parent of a student, you can relate to this problem. During the school year we see many students in the Library who are working on history projects and need to find primary sources. Don't despair! There are plenty of places to look. 

[[Image:sbtornado.jpg|left]] The newspaper is a good first stop. We have the South Bend Tribune on microfilm going all the way back to May of 1873, and all the way forward until the present. Stop into [http://www.sjcpl.org/localhistory/ Local & Family History Services] on the second floor of Main Library and ask for help in finding information in the ''South Bend Tribune''. We also have the New York Times on microfilm all the way back to 1851, which is a great source of national and international news. The [http://www.libraryforlife.org/mnf/ Magazines, Newspapers, Fiction Department] also has indexes to the Times, so you can search for your research topic and go directly to the right issue. 

What if you can't make it downtown? You can go to your nearest computer, or right to your home computer if you have one, and look at our newspapers available online. Just go to the [http://www.libraryforlife.org/databases/index.html#news "Newspapers"] section of our website. We have the [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=186 historical Chicago Tribune] from about 1920 to 1985, and the [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=73 New York Times] available online from 1981 through the present, and the [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=187 South Bend Tribune] from about 1994 to the present. To use these databases from home, you just need a valid St. Joseph County Public Library card. 

Another useful newspaper resource is [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=51 NewspaperARCHIVE], which can also be used from home with an SJCPL card. This searchable database contains actual images of articles and pages from a wide variety of American newspapers from all time periods. It also has some issues of English newspapers. This database is an excellent place to look for primary sources from around the country. Another excellent free source is the [http://news.google.com/newspapers Google News Archive], which contains digital scans of actual newspapers from the United States and some foreign countries for various time periods. 

When I worked as a history instructor, I also relied on several government and university web sites that are great sources of primary documents. They are reputable, authoritative web sites. They serve up actual photographs, letters, interviews, documents, and more, so you can look at and print out good quality copies of the original items. 

The biggest site is the [http://www.loc.gov Library of Congress]'s [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html American Memory] project. You can find old advertisements, maps, photographs, sheet music, letters, diaries, and all manner of government documents. It includes material on the Revolutionary War, slavery, the Civil War, the huge immigration to American in the late 1800s and early 1900s, World War II, women's suffrage, the Civil Rights Movement, and so much more. There is a search box you can use to search for a name, place, topic, or even a date! 

[[Image:wwiiposter.gif|left]] The National Archives also provides a wealth of history materials. They have three major sites that are of interest to students, parents, and teachers. First, they have a site that hosts their [http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/ Online Exhibits]. You can view, online, digital copies of the charters of freedom (Declaration of Independence, Constitution, Bill of Rights), documents about the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, photographs and digital copies of artwork from the New Deal, World War II posters, and a mind-blowing variety of other topics. Their [http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/ America's Historical Documents] site showcases some famous and unusual letters (check out [http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/document.html?doc=20&title.raw=Elvis%20Presley%26%238217%3Bs%20Letter%20to%20President%20Richard%20Nixon Elvis's letter to President Nixon]), patents, court cases, and more. The [http://www.archives.gov/education/ Digital Classroom] section has information and help for students--as well as lesson plans and activity ideas for teachers. 

More good websites for material about a variety of regions and times in American history are George Mason University's [http://historymatters.gmu.edu/browse/manypasts/ History Matters - Many Pasts] and the University of Chicago Library's [http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/h/dla Digital Activities & Collections]. The former showcases a wide variety of primary documents. The University of Chicago site has primary documents and historic photographs from around the world, with an emphasis on America and the Midwest. Pay special attention to their [http://ead.lib.uchicago.edu/ Archives and Manuscripts Finding Aids] listing, which does not sound promising but actually includes digitized documents attached to finding aids. A search for Ida B. Wells, for example, turns up a finding aid to the [http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/scrc/findingaids/view.php?eadid=ICU.SPCL.IBWELLS&q=ida%20wells#id287631682 Guide to the Ida B. Wells Papers, 1884-1976]. The guide has links to digital versions of all the papers in the collection. 

Four other sites have primary resources from the slavery and Civil War periods. [http://docsouth.unc.edu Documenting the American South] and [http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/ Valley of the Shadow] both showcase books, diaries, letters, illustrations, other documents--even songs--from this time period. Documenting the American South can be searched by date, and Valley of the Shadow is arranged by time period and then by topic. [http://www.duke.edu Duke University]'s [http://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/collections/digitized/african-american-women/ African-American Women Online Archival Collections] feature rare memoirs and letters of African American women who lived under and after slavery. The [http://digital.lib.csus.edu/curr/ California Underground Railroad Digital Archive] is a unique resource of primary source documents on slavery in California (yes, there was slavery in California), from California State University at Sacramento. 

The last century is history now too! The famed twentieth-century interviewer Studs Terkel talked with people from all walks of life, and his website [http://www.studsterkel.org/index.html Studs Terkel - Conversations with America] contains interviews with "ordinary" twentieth-century Americans from a variety of backgrounds. The [http://www.chicagohistory.org/ Chicago Historical Society] created this site. 

[[Local History | Back to the Local History page]]

 
 

[[About Local & Family History Services | Contact and find out more about Local & Family History Services]] 
Created by: [[User:Libby the Librarian | Libby Feil]], October 2006 
Last updated January 5, 2013 

[[Category:Genealogy & Local History]] [[Category:Education]]

History Homework

2013-01-05T21:03:23Z

Sara:

{| border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" align="right"
|-
|bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | '''Newspapers'''

*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=186 Chicago Tribune], 1920-1985     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=51 NewspaperARCHIVE]     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=73 New York Times], 1981-present     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=66 New York Times], 1860-1922 
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=187 South Bend Tribune], 1994-present     Use with Library card

'''Government Sources'''
*[http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html Library of Congress - American Memory]
*[http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/ National Archives - America's Historical Documents]
*[http:///www.archives.gov/education/ National Archives - Digital Classroom]
*[http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/ National Archives - Online Exhibits]

'''University Sources'''
*[http://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/collections/digitized/african-american-women/ African-American Women Online Archival Collections]
*[http://digital.lib.csus.edu/curr/ California Underground Railroad Digital Archive]
*[http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/h/dla Digital Activities & Collections]
*[http://docsouth.unc.edu Documenting the American South]
*[http://historymatters.gmu.edu/browse/manypasts/ History Matters - Many Pasts]
*[http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/ Valley of the Shadow]

'''Historical Society Sources'''
*[http://www.studsterkel.org/index.html Studs Terkel - Conversations with America]

|}
== History Homework Help ==
By [[User:Libby the Librarian | Libby Feil]]

"Help! I'm working on a history project and I can't find primary sources!" Never fear, the Library is here! If you are a student or the parent of a student, you can relate to this problem. During the school year we see many students in the Library who are working on history projects and need to find primary sources. Don't despair! There are plenty of places to look. 

[[Image:sbtornado.jpg|left]] The newspaper is a good first stop. We have the South Bend Tribune on microfilm going all the way back to May of 1873, and all the way forward until the present. Stop into [http://www.sjcpl.org/localhistory/ Local & Family History Services] on the second floor of Main Library and ask for help in finding information in the ''South Bend Tribune''. We also have the New York Times on microfilm all the way back to 1851, which is a great source of national and international news. The [http://www.libraryforlife.org/mnf/ Magazines, Newspapers, Fiction Department] also has indexes to the Times, so you can search for your research topic and go directly to the right issue. 

What if you can't make it downtown? You can go to your nearest computer, or right to your home computer if you have one, and look at our newspapers available online. Just go to the [http://www.libraryforlife.org/databases/index.html#news "Newspapers"] section of our website. We have the [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=186 historical Chicago Tribune] from about 1920 to 1985, and the [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=73 New York Times] available online from 1981 through the present, and the [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=187 South Bend Tribune] from about 1994 to the present. To use these databases from home, you just need a valid St. Joseph County Public Library card. 

Another useful newspaper resource is [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=51 NewspaperARCHIVE], which can also be used from home with an SJCPL card. This searchable database contains actual images of articles and pages from a wide variety of American newspapers from all time periods. It also has some issues of English newspapers. This database is an excellent place to look for primary sources from around the country. 

When I worked as a history instructor, I also relied on several government and university web sites that are great sources of primary documents. They are reputable, authoritative web sites. They serve up actual photographs, letters, interviews, documents, and more, so you can look at and print out good quality copies of the original items. 

The biggest site is the [http://www.loc.gov Library of Congress]'s [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html American Memory] project. You can find old advertisements, maps, photographs, sheet music, letters, diaries, and all manner of government documents. It includes material on the Revolutionary War, slavery, the Civil War, the huge immigration to American in the late 1800s and early 1900s, World War II, women's suffrage, the Civil Rights Movement, and so much more. There is a search box you can use to search for a name, place, topic, or even a date! 

[[Image:wwiiposter.gif|left]] The National Archives also provides a wealth of history materials. They have three major sites that are of interest to students, parents, and teachers. First, they have a site that hosts their [http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/ Online Exhibits]. You can view, online, digital copies of the charters of freedom (Declaration of Independence, Constitution, Bill of Rights), documents about the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, photographs and digital copies of artwork from the New Deal, World War II posters, and a mind-blowing variety of other topics. Their [http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/ America's Historical Documents] site showcases some famous and unusual letters (check out [http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/document.html?doc=20&title.raw=Elvis%20Presley%26%238217%3Bs%20Letter%20to%20President%20Richard%20Nixon Elvis's letter to President Nixon]), patents, court cases, and more. The [http://www.archives.gov/education/ Digital Classroom] section has information and help for students--as well as lesson plans and activity ideas for teachers. 

More good websites for material about a variety of regions and times in American history are George Mason University's [http://historymatters.gmu.edu/browse/manypasts/ History Matters - Many Pasts] and the University of Chicago Library's [http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/h/dla Digital Activities & Collections]. The former showcases a wide variety of primary documents. The University of Chicago site has primary documents and historic photographs from around the world, with an emphasis on America and the Midwest. Pay special attention to their [http://ead.lib.uchicago.edu/ Archives and Manuscripts Finding Aids] listing, which does not sound promising but actually includes digitized documents attached to finding aids. A search for Ida B. Wells, for example, turns up a finding aid to the [http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/scrc/findingaids/view.php?eadid=ICU.SPCL.IBWELLS&q=ida%20wells#id287631682 Guide to the Ida B. Wells Papers, 1884-1976]. The guide has links to digital versions of all the papers in the collection. 

Four other sites have primary resources from the slavery and Civil War periods. [http://docsouth.unc.edu Documenting the American South] and [http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/ Valley of the Shadow] both showcase books, diaries, letters, illustrations, other documents--even songs--from this time period. Documenting the American South can be searched by date, and Valley of the Shadow is arranged by time period and then by topic. [http://www.duke.edu Duke University]'s [http://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/collections/digitized/african-american-women/ African-American Women Online Archival Collections] feature rare memoirs and letters of African American women who lived under and after slavery. The [http://digital.lib.csus.edu/curr/ California Underground Railroad Digital Archive] is a unique resource of primary source documents on slavery in California (yes, there was slavery in California), from California State University at Sacramento. 

The last century is history now too! The famed twentieth-century interviewer Studs Terkel talked with people from all walks of life, and his website [http://www.studsterkel.org/index.html Studs Terkel - Conversations with America] contains interviews with "ordinary" twentieth-century Americans from a variety of backgrounds. The [http://www.chicagohistory.org/ Chicago Historical Society] created this site. 

[[Local History | Back to the Local History page]]

 
 

[[About Local & Family History Services | Contact and find out more about Local & Family History Services]] 
Created by: [[User:Libby the Librarian | Libby Feil]], October 2006 
Last updated January 5, 2013 

[[Category:Genealogy & Local History]] [[Category:Education]]

History Homework

2013-01-05T20:47:54Z

Sara:

{| border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" align="right"
|-
|bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | '''Newspapers'''

*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=186 Chicago Tribune], 1920-1985     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=51 NewspaperARCHIVE]     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=73 New York Times], 1981-present     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=66 New York Times], 1860-1922 
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=187 South Bend Tribune], 1994-present     Use with Library card

'''Government Sources'''
*[http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html Library of Congress - American Memory]
*[http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/ National Archives - America's Historical Documents]
*[http:///www.archives.gov/education/ National Archives - Digital Classroom]
*[http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/ National Archives - Online Exhibits]

'''University Sources'''
*[http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/collections/african-american-women.html African-American Women Online Archival Collections]
*[http://digital.lib.csus.edu/curr/ California Underground Railroad Digital Archive]
*[http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/h/dla Digital Activities & Collections]
*[http://docsouth.unc.edu Documenting the American South]
*[http://historymatters.gmu.edu/browse/manypasts/ History Matters - Many Pasts]
*[http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/ Valley of the Shadow]

'''Historical Society Sources'''
*[http://www.studsterkel.org/index.html Studs Terkel - Conversations with America]

|}
== History Homework Help ==
By [[User:Libby the Librarian | Libby Feil]]

"Help! I'm working on a history project and I can't find primary sources!" Never fear, the Library is here! If you are a student or the parent of a student, you can relate to this problem. During the school year we see many students in the Library who are working on history projects and need to find primary sources. Don't despair! There are plenty of places to look. 

[[Image:sbtornado.jpg|left]] The newspaper is a good first stop. We have the South Bend Tribune on microfilm going all the way back to May of 1873, and all the way forward until the present. Stop into [http://www.sjcpl.org/localhistory/ Local & Family History Services] on the second floor of Main Library and ask for help in finding information in the ''South Bend Tribune''. We also have the New York Times on microfilm all the way back to 1851, which is a great source of national and international news. The [http://www.libraryforlife.org/mnf/ Magazines, Newspapers, Fiction Department] also has indexes to the Times, so you can search for your research topic and go directly to the right issue. 

What if you can't make it downtown? You can go to your nearest computer, or right to your home computer if you have one, and look at our newspapers available online. Just go to the [http://www.libraryforlife.org/databases/index.html#news "Newspapers"] section of our website. We have the [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=186 historical Chicago Tribune] from about 1920 to 1985, and the [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=73 New York Times] available online from 1981 through the present, and the [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=187 South Bend Tribune] from about 1994 to the present. To use these databases from home, you just need a valid St. Joseph County Public Library card. 

Another useful newspaper resource is [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=51 NewspaperARCHIVE], which can also be used from home with an SJCPL card. This searchable database contains actual images of articles and pages from a wide variety of American newspapers from all time periods. It also has some issues of English newspapers. This database is an excellent place to look for primary sources from around the country. 

When I worked as a history instructor, I also relied on several government and university web sites that are great sources of primary documents. They are reputable, authoritative web sites. They serve up actual photographs, letters, interviews, documents, and more, so you can look at and print out good quality copies of the original items. 

The biggest site is the [http://www.loc.gov Library of Congress]'s [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html American Memory] project. You can find old advertisements, maps, photographs, sheet music, letters, diaries, and all manner of government documents. It includes material on the Revolutionary War, slavery, the Civil War, the huge immigration to American in the late 1800s and early 1900s, World War II, women's suffrage, the Civil Rights Movement, and so much more. There is a search box you can use to search for a name, place, topic, or even a date! 

[[Image:wwiiposter.gif|left]] The National Archives also provides a wealth of history materials. They have three major sites that are of interest to students, parents, and teachers. First, they have a site that hosts their [http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/ Online Exhibits]. You can view, online, digital copies of the charters of freedom (Declaration of Independence, Constitution, Bill of Rights), documents about the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, photographs and digital copies of artwork from the New Deal, World War II posters, and a mind-blowing variety of other topics. Their [http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/ America's Historical Documents] site showcases some famous and unusual letters (check out [http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/document.html?doc=20&title.raw=Elvis%20Presley%26%238217%3Bs%20Letter%20to%20President%20Richard%20Nixon Elvis's letter to President Nixon]), patents, court cases, and more. The [http://www.archives.gov/education/ Digital Classroom] section has information and help for students--as well as lesson plans and activity ideas for teachers. 

More good websites for material about a variety of regions and times in American history are George Mason University's [http://historymatters.gmu.edu/browse/manypasts/ History Matters - Many Pasts] and the University of Chicago Library's [http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/h/dla Digital Activities & Collections]. The former showcases a wide variety of primary documents. The University of Chicago site has primary documents and historic photographs from around the world, with an emphasis on America and the Midwest. Pay special attention to their [http://ead.lib.uchicago.edu/ Archives and Manuscripts Finding Aids] listing, which does not sound promising but actually includes digitized documents attached to finding aids. A search for Ida B. Wells, for example, turns up a finding aid to the [http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/scrc/findingaids/view.php?eadid=ICU.SPCL.IBWELLS&q=ida%20wells#id287631682 Guide to the Ida B. Wells Papers, 1884-1976]. The guide has links to digital versions of all the papers in the collection. 

Four other sites have primary resources from the slavery and Civil War periods. [http://docsouth.unc.edu Documenting the American South] and [http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/ Valley of the Shadow] both showcase books, diaries, letters, illustrations, other documents--even songs--from this time period. Documenting the American South can be searched by date, and Valley of the Shadow is arranged by time period and then by topic. [http://www.duke.edu Duke University]'s [http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/collections/african-american-women.html African-American Women Online Archival Collections] feature rare memoirs and letters of African American women who lived under and after slavery. The [http://digital.lib.csus.edu/curr/ California Underground Railroad Digital Archive] is a unique resource of primary source documents on slavery in California (yes, there was slavery in California), from California State University at Sacramento. 

The last century is history now too! The famed twentieth-century interviewer Studs Terkel talked with people from all walks of life, and his website [http://www.studsterkel.org/index.html Studs Terkel - Conversations with America] contains interviews with "ordinary" twentieth-century Americans from a variety of backgrounds. The [http://www.chicagohistory.org/ Chicago Historical Society] created this site. 

[[Local History | Back to the Local History page]]

 
 

[[About Local & Family History Services | Contact and find out more about Local & Family History Services]] 
Created by: [[User:Libby the Librarian | Libby Feil]], October 2006 
Last updated January 5, 2013 

[[Category:Genealogy & Local History]] [[Category:Education]]

History Homework

2013-01-05T20:47:02Z

Sara:

{| border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" align="right"
|-
|bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | '''Newspapers'''

*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=186 Chicago Tribune], 1920-1985     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=51 NewspaperARCHIVE]     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=73 New York Times], 1980-present     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=66 New York Times], 1860-1922 
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=187 South Bend Tribune], 1994-present     Use with Library card

'''Government Sources'''
*[http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html Library of Congress - American Memory]
*[http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/ National Archives - America's Historical Documents]
*[http:///www.archives.gov/education/ National Archives - Digital Classroom]
*[http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/ National Archives - Online Exhibits]

'''University Sources'''
*[http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/collections/african-american-women.html African-American Women Online Archival Collections]
*[http://digital.lib.csus.edu/curr/ California Underground Railroad Digital Archive]
*[http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/h/dla Digital Activities & Collections]
*[http://docsouth.unc.edu Documenting the American South]
*[http://historymatters.gmu.edu/browse/manypasts/ History Matters - Many Pasts]
*[http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/ Valley of the Shadow]

'''Historical Society Sources'''
*[http://www.studsterkel.org/index.html Studs Terkel - Conversations with America]

|}
== History Homework Help ==
By [[User:Libby the Librarian | Libby Feil]]

"Help! I'm working on a history project and I can't find primary sources!" Never fear, the Library is here! If you are a student or the parent of a student, you can relate to this problem. During the school year we see many students in the Library who are working on history projects and need to find primary sources. Don't despair! There are plenty of places to look. 

[[Image:sbtornado.jpg|left]] The newspaper is a good first stop. We have the South Bend Tribune on microfilm going all the way back to May of 1873, and all the way forward until the present. Stop into [http://www.sjcpl.org/localhistory/ Local & Family History Services] on the second floor of Main Library and ask for help in finding information in the ''South Bend Tribune''. We also have the New York Times on microfilm all the way back to 1851, which is a great source of national and international news. The [http://www.libraryforlife.org/mnf/ Magazines, Newspapers, Fiction Department] also has indexes to the Times, so you can search for your research topic and go directly to the right issue. 

What if you can't make it downtown? You can go to your nearest computer, or right to your home computer if you have one, and look at our newspapers available online. Just go to the [http://www.libraryforlife.org/databases/index.html#news "Newspapers"] section of our website. We have the [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=186 historical Chicago Tribune] from about 1920 to 1985, and the [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=73 New York Times] available online from 1980 through the present, and the [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=187 South Bend Tribune] from about 1994 to the present. To use these databases from home, you just need a valid St. Joseph County Public Library card. 

Another useful newspaper resource is [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=51 NewspaperARCHIVE], which can also be used from home with an SJCPL card. This searchable database contains actual images of articles and pages from a wide variety of American newspapers from all time periods. It also has some issues of English newspapers. This database is an excellent place to look for primary sources from around the country. 

When I worked as a history instructor, I also relied on several government and university web sites that are great sources of primary documents. They are reputable, authoritative web sites. They serve up actual photographs, letters, interviews, documents, and more, so you can look at and print out good quality copies of the original items. 

The biggest site is the [http://www.loc.gov Library of Congress]'s [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html American Memory] project. You can find old advertisements, maps, photographs, sheet music, letters, diaries, and all manner of government documents. It includes material on the Revolutionary War, slavery, the Civil War, the huge immigration to American in the late 1800s and early 1900s, World War II, women's suffrage, the Civil Rights Movement, and so much more. There is a search box you can use to search for a name, place, topic, or even a date! 

[[Image:wwiiposter.gif|left]] The National Archives also provides a wealth of history materials. They have three major sites that are of interest to students, parents, and teachers. First, they have a site that hosts their [http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/ Online Exhibits]. You can view, online, digital copies of the charters of freedom (Declaration of Independence, Constitution, Bill of Rights), documents about the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, photographs and digital copies of artwork from the New Deal, World War II posters, and a mind-blowing variety of other topics. Their [http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/ America's Historical Documents] site showcases some famous and unusual letters (check out [http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/document.html?doc=20&title.raw=Elvis%20Presley%26%238217%3Bs%20Letter%20to%20President%20Richard%20Nixon Elvis's letter to President Nixon]), patents, court cases, and more. The [http://www.archives.gov/education/ Digital Classroom] section has information and help for students--as well as lesson plans and activity ideas for teachers. 

More good websites for material about a variety of regions and times in American history are George Mason University's [http://historymatters.gmu.edu/browse/manypasts/ History Matters - Many Pasts] and the University of Chicago Library's [http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/h/dla Digital Activities & Collections]. The former showcases a wide variety of primary documents. The University of Chicago site has primary documents and historic photographs from around the world, with an emphasis on America and the Midwest. Pay special attention to their [http://ead.lib.uchicago.edu/ Archives and Manuscripts Finding Aids] listing, which does not sound promising but actually includes digitized documents attached to finding aids. A search for Ida B. Wells, for example, turns up a finding aid to the [http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/scrc/findingaids/view.php?eadid=ICU.SPCL.IBWELLS&q=ida%20wells#id287631682 Guide to the Ida B. Wells Papers, 1884-1976]. The guide has links to digital versions of all the papers in the collection. 

Four other sites have primary resources from the slavery and Civil War periods. [http://docsouth.unc.edu Documenting the American South] and [http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/ Valley of the Shadow] both showcase books, diaries, letters, illustrations, other documents--even songs--from this time period. Documenting the American South can be searched by date, and Valley of the Shadow is arranged by time period and then by topic. [http://www.duke.edu Duke University]'s [http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/collections/african-american-women.html African-American Women Online Archival Collections] feature rare memoirs and letters of African American women who lived under and after slavery. The [http://digital.lib.csus.edu/curr/ California Underground Railroad Digital Archive] is a unique resource of primary source documents on slavery in California (yes, there was slavery in California), from California State University at Sacramento. 

The last century is history now too! The famed twentieth-century interviewer Studs Terkel talked with people from all walks of life, and his website [http://www.studsterkel.org/index.html Studs Terkel - Conversations with America] contains interviews with "ordinary" twentieth-century Americans from a variety of backgrounds. The [http://www.chicagohistory.org/ Chicago Historical Society] created this site. 

[[Local History | Back to the Local History page]]

 
 

[[About Local & Family History Services | Contact and find out more about Local & Family History Services]] 
Created by: [[User:Libby the Librarian | Libby Feil]], October 2006 
Last updated January 5, 2013 

[[Category:Genealogy & Local History]] [[Category:Education]]

History Homework

2013-01-05T20:44:53Z

Sara:

{| border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" align="right"
|-
|bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | '''Newspapers'''

*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=186 Chicago Tribune], 1920-1985     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=51 NewspaperARCHIVE]     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=73 New York Times], 1980-present     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=66 New York Times], 1860-1922 
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=187 South Bend Tribune], 1994-present     Use with Library card

'''Government Sources'''
*[http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html Library of Congress - American Memory]
*[http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/ National Archives - America's Historical Documents]
*[http:///www.archives.gov/education/ National Archives - Digital Classroom]
*[http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/ National Archives - Online Exhibits]

'''University Sources'''
*[http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/collections/african-american-women.html African-American Women Online Archival Collections]
*[http://digital.lib.csus.edu/curr/ California Underground Railroad Digital Archive]
*[http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/h/dla Digital Activities & Collections]
*[http://docsouth.unc.edu Documenting the American South]
*[http://historymatters.gmu.edu/browse/manypasts/ History Matters - Many Pasts]
*[http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/ Valley of the Shadow]

'''Historical Society Sources'''
*[http://www.studsterkel.org/index.html Studs Terkel - Conversations with America]

|}
== History Homework Help ==
By [[User:Libby the Librarian | Libby Feil]]

"Help! I'm working on a history project and I can't find primary sources!" Never fear, the Library is here! If you are a student or the parent of a student, you can relate to this problem. During the school year we see many students in the Library who are working on history projects and need to find primary sources. Don't despair! There are plenty of places to look. 

[[Image:sbtornado.jpg|left]] The newspaper is a good first stop. We have the South Bend Tribune on microfilm going all the way back to May of 1873, and all the way forward until the present. Stop into [http://www.sjcpl.org/localhistory/ Local & Family History Services] on the second floor of Main Library and ask for help in finding information in the ''South Bend Tribune''. We also have the New York Times on microfilm all the way back to 1851, which is a great source of national and international news. The [http://www.libraryforlife.org/mnf/ Magazines, Newspapers, Fiction Department] also has indexes to the Times, so you can search for your research topic and go directly to the right issue. 

What if you can't make it downtown? You can go to your nearest computer, or right to your home computer if you have one, and look at our newspapers available online. Just go to the [http://www.libraryforlife.org/databases/index.html#news "Newspapers"] section of our website. We have the [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=123 historical Chicago Tribune] from about 1850 to 1985, and the [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=73 New York Times] available online from 1980 through the present, many [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=28 Indiana newspapers] from this same time period, and the [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=114 South Bend Tribune] from about 1998 to the present. To use these databases from home, you just need a valid St. Joseph County Public Library card. 

Another useful newspaper resource is [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=51 NewspaperARCHIVE], which can also be used from home with an SJCPL card. This searchable database contains actual images of articles and pages from a wide variety of American newspapers from all time periods. It also has some issues of English newspapers. This database is an excellent place to look for primary sources from around the country. 

When I worked as a history instructor, I also relied on several government and university web sites that are great sources of primary documents. They are reputable, authoritative web sites. They serve up actual photographs, letters, interviews, documents, and more, so you can look at and print out good quality copies of the original items. 

The biggest site is the [http://www.loc.gov Library of Congress]'s [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html American Memory] project. You can find old advertisements, maps, photographs, sheet music, letters, diaries, and all manner of government documents. It includes material on the Revolutionary War, slavery, the Civil War, the huge immigration to American in the late 1800s and early 1900s, World War II, women's suffrage, the Civil Rights Movement, and so much more. There is a search box you can use to search for a name, place, topic, or even a date! 

[[Image:wwiiposter.gif|left]] The National Archives also provides a wealth of history materials. They have three major sites that are of interest to students, parents, and teachers. First, they have a site that hosts their [http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/ Online Exhibits]. You can view, online, digital copies of the charters of freedom (Declaration of Independence, Constitution, Bill of Rights), documents about the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, photographs and digital copies of artwork from the New Deal, World War II posters, and a mind-blowing variety of other topics. Their [http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/ America's Historical Documents] site showcases some famous and unusual letters (check out [http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/document.html?doc=20&title.raw=Elvis%20Presley%26%238217%3Bs%20Letter%20to%20President%20Richard%20Nixon Elvis's letter to President Nixon]), patents, court cases, and more. The [http://www.archives.gov/education/ Digital Classroom] section has information and help for students--as well as lesson plans and activity ideas for teachers. 

More good websites for material about a variety of regions and times in American history are George Mason University's [http://historymatters.gmu.edu/browse/manypasts/ History Matters - Many Pasts] and the University of Chicago Library's [http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/h/dla Digital Activities & Collections]. The former showcases a wide variety of primary documents. The University of Chicago site has primary documents and historic photographs from around the world, with an emphasis on America and the Midwest. Pay special attention to their [http://ead.lib.uchicago.edu/ Archives and Manuscripts Finding Aids] listing, which does not sound promising but actually includes digitized documents attached to finding aids. A search for Ida B. Wells, for example, turns up a finding aid to the [http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/scrc/findingaids/view.php?eadid=ICU.SPCL.IBWELLS&q=ida%20wells#id287631682 Guide to the Ida B. Wells Papers, 1884-1976]. The guide has links to digital versions of all the papers in the collection. 

Four other sites have primary resources from the slavery and Civil War periods. [http://docsouth.unc.edu Documenting the American South] and [http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/ Valley of the Shadow] both showcase books, diaries, letters, illustrations, other documents--even songs--from this time period. Documenting the American South can be searched by date, and Valley of the Shadow is arranged by time period and then by topic. [http://www.duke.edu Duke University]'s [http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/collections/african-american-women.html African-American Women Online Archival Collections] feature rare memoirs and letters of African American women who lived under and after slavery. The [http://digital.lib.csus.edu/curr/ California Underground Railroad Digital Archive] is a unique resource of primary source documents on slavery in California (yes, there was slavery in California), from California State University at Sacramento. 

The last century is history now too! The famed twentieth-century interviewer Studs Terkel talked with people from all walks of life, and his website [http://www.studsterkel.org/index.html Studs Terkel - Conversations with America] contains interviews with "ordinary" twentieth-century Americans from a variety of backgrounds. The [http://www.chicagohistory.org/ Chicago Historical Society] created this site. 

[[Local History | Back to the Local History page]]

 
 

[[About Local & Family History Services | Contact and find out more about Local & Family History Services]] 
Created by: [[User:Libby the Librarian | Libby Feil]], October 2006 
Last updated Sept. 27, 2011 

[[Category:Genealogy & Local History]] [[Category:Education]]

History Homework

2013-01-05T20:44:13Z

Sara:

{| border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" align="right"
|-
|bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | '''Newspapers'''

*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=186 Chicago Tribune], 1920-1985     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=51 NewspaperARCHIVE]     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=73 New York Times], 1980-present     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=66 New York Times], 1860-1922 
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=187 South Bend Tribune], 1994-present     Use with Library card

'''Government Sources'''
*[http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html Library of Congress - American Memory]
*[http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/ National Archives - America's Historical Documents]
*[http:///www.archives.gov/education/ National Archives - Digital Classroom]
*[http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/ National Archives - Online Exhibits]

'''University Sources'''
*[http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/collections/african-american-women.html African-American Women Online Archival Collections]
*[http://digital.lib.csus.edu/curr/ California Underground Railroad Digital Archive]
*[http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/h/dla Digital Activities & Collections]
*[http://docsouth.unc.edu Documenting the American South]
*[http://historymatters.gmu.edu/browse/manypasts/ History Matters - Many Pasts]
*[http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/ Valley of the Shadow]

'''Historical Society Sources'''
*[http://www.studsterkel.org/index.html Studs Terkel - Conversations with America]

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== History Homework Help ==
By [[User:Libby the Librarian | Libby Feil]]

"Help! I'm working on a history project and I can't find primary sources!" Never fear, the Library is here! If you are a student or the parent of a student, you can relate to this problem. During the school year we see many students in the Library who are working on history projects and need to find primary sources. Don't despair! There are plenty of places to look. 

[[Image:sbtornado.jpg|left]] The newspaper is a good first stop. We have the South Bend Tribune on microfilm going all the way back to May of 1873, and all the way forward until the present. Stop into [http://www.sjcpl.org/localhistory/ Local & Family History Services] on the second floor of Main Library and ask for help in finding information in the ''South Bend Tribune''. We also have the New York Times on microfilm all the way back to 1851, which is a great source of national and international news. The [http://www.libraryforlife.org/mnf/ Magazines, Newspapers, Fiction Department] also has indexes to the Times, so you can search for your research topic and go directly to the right issue. 

What if you can't make it downtown? You can go to your nearest computer, or right to your home computer if you have one, and look at our newspapers available online. Just go to the [http://www.libraryforlife.org/databases/index.html#news "Newspapers"] section of our website. We have the [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=123 historical Chicago Tribune] from about 1850 to 1985, and the [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=73 New York Times] available online from 1980 through the present, many [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=28 Indiana newspapers] from this same time period, and the [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=114 South Bend Tribune] from about 1998 to the present. To use these databases from home, you just need a valid St. Joseph County Public Library card. 

Another useful newspaper resource is [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=51 NewspaperARCHIVE], which can also be used from home with an SJCPL card. This searchable database contains actual images of articles and pages from a wide variety of American newspapers from all time periods. It also has some issues of English newspapers. This database is an excellent place to look for primary sources from around the country. 

When I worked as a history instructor, I also relied on several government and university web sites that are great sources of primary documents. They are reputable, authoritative web sites. They serve up actual photographs, letters, interviews, documents, and more, so you can look at and print out good quality copies of the original items. 

The biggest site is the [http://www.loc.gov Library of Congress]'s [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html American Memory] project. You can find old advertisements, maps, photographs, sheet music, letters, diaries, and all manner of government documents. It includes material on the Revolutionary War, slavery, the Civil War, the huge immigration to American in the late 1800s and early 1900s, World War II, women's suffrage, the Civil Rights Movement, and so much more. There is a search box you can use to search for a name, place, topic, or even a date! 

[[Image:wwiiposter.gif|left]] The National Archives also provides a wealth of history materials. They have three major sites that are of interest to students, parents, and teachers. First, they have a site that hosts their [http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/ Online Exhibits]. You can view, online, digital copies of the charters of freedom (Declaration of Independence, Constitution, Bill of Rights), documents about the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, photographs and digital copies of artwork from the New Deal, World War II posters, and a mind-blowing variety of other topics. Their [http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/ America's Historical Documents] site showcases some famous and unusual letters (check out [http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/document.html?doc=20&title.raw=Elvis%20Presley%26%238217%3Bs%20Letter%20to%20President%20Richard%20Nixon Elvis's letter to President Nixon]), patents, court cases, and more. The [http://www.archives.gov/education/ Digital Classroom] section has information and help for students--as well as lesson plans and activity ideas for teachers. 

More good websites for material about a variety of regions and times in American history are George Mason University's [http://historymatters.gmu.edu/browse/manypasts/ History Matters - Many Pasts] and the University of Chicago Library's [http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/h/dla Digital Activities & Collections]. The former showcases a wide variety of primary documents. The University of Chicago site has primary documents and historic photographs from around the world, with an emphasis on America and the Midwest. Pay special attention to their [http://ead.lib.uchicago.edu/ Archives and Manuscripts Finding Aids] listing, which does not sound promising but actually includes digitized documents attached to finding aids. A search for Ida B. Wells, for example, turns up a finding aid to the [http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/scrc/findingaids/view.php?eadid=ICU.SPCL.IBWELLS&q=ida%20wells#id287631682 Guide to the Ida B. Wells Papers, 1884-1976]. The guide has links to digital versions of all the papers in the collection. 

Four other sites have primary resources from the slavery and Civil War periods. [http://docsouth.unc.edu Documenting the American South] and [http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/ Valley of the Shadow] both showcase books, diaries, letters, illustrations, other documents--even songs--from this time period. Documenting the American South can be searched by date, and Valley of the Shadow is arranged by time period and then by topic. [http://www.duke.edu Duke University]'s [http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/collections/african-american-women.html African-American Women Online Archival Collections] feature rare memoirs and letters of African American women who lived under and after slavery. The [http://digital.lib.csus.edu/curr/ California Underground Railroad Digital Archive] is a unique resource of primary source documents on slavery in California (yes, there was slavery in California), from California State University at Sacramento. 

The last century is history now too! The famed twentieth-century interviewer Studs Terkel talked with people from all walks of life, and his website [http://www.studsterkel.org/index.html Studs Terkel - Conversations with America] contains interviews with "ordinary" twentieth-century Americans from a variety of backgrounds. The [http://www.chicagohistory.org/ Chicago Historical Society] created this site. 

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Created by: [[User:Libby the Librarian | Libby Feil]], October 2006 
Last updated Sept. 27, 2011 

[[Category:Genealogy & Local History]] [[Category:Education]]

History-Genealogy Websites

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==Recommended Local and Family History Websites==

===St. Joseph County Research===
[http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/gmd:@field(NUMBER+@band(g4094s+pm002020)) 1866 Map of South Bend] Browse a digital version of this early map of South Bend, found on the Library of Congress website, [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html American Memory collection.] 
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[http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/gmd:@field(NUMBER+@band(g4094s+pm002030)) 1874 Map of South Bend] Browse a digital version of this early map of South Bend, found on the Library of Congress website, [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html American Memory collection.] 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=124 1875 St. Joseph County Atlas] Search or browse through SJCPL's digital version of the 1875 Illustrated Historical Atlas of St. Joseph County, Indiana, including plat maps, biographies, and engravings. 
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[http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/gmd:@field(NUMBER+@band(g4094s+pm002040)) 1890 Map of South Bend] Browse a digital version of this early map of South Bend, found on the Library of Congress website, [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html American Memory collection.] 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=131 ca. 1910 South Bend YMCA Book] Search or browse through SJCPL's digital version of A Manhood Factory in the Center of South Bend's Greatest Industries, featuring text and illustrations of people, the YMCA, and the community. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=130 1910 South Bend and Mishawaka Elks Convention Book] Search or browse through SJCPL's digital version of Official Souvenir, 9th Annual Convention, Indiana State Association, B.P.O.E., South Bend, Indiana, featuring text and illustrations of people, businesses, and the community. 
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[http://www.archive.org/stream/polksouthbendind00polk#page/n7/mode/2up 1921 South Bend & Mishawaka City Directory] Search or browse through a digital version of Polk's South Bend & Mishawaka City Directory for 1921. Searchable by personal or business name or by reverse lookup by street name and house number. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=125 1936 St. Joseph County Plat Book] Search or browse through SJCPL's digital version of the 1936 Index Map of St. Joseph County, Indiana, which shows all landowners in the unincorporated areas of the county at that time. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/subjectguides/index.php/Finding_Birth_Families Adoption Information] Read a how-to article by SJCPL librarians on how to find birth families for adoptees. This article contains links to helpful websites and pointers for researching this important event. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/subjectguides/index.php/Foreign_Births Finding Birth Dates for Foreign-Born Relatives] Read a how-to article by SJCPL librarians on how to find birth dates for foreign-born relatives. This article contains links to helpful websites and pointers for tracing your family back to the "old country." 
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[http://www.hlcm.org/htlm/archives.html Hannah Lindahl Children's Museum - Archives] Find out about the resources at the Children's Museum, including an online database of Mishawaka school records and online photographs. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=23 HeritageQuest Online - Online books] Read digital versions of the following books: ''Marriage Records St Joseph County [index 1830-1882]''; ''South Bend and the Men Who Have Made It''; ''Historic Background of South Bend and St. Joseph County''; ''History of St. Joseph County Indiana (1880)''; ''Pictorial and Biographical Memoirs of Elkhart and St. Joseph Counties Indiana'' and more. Choose the "Search Books" option from the homepage. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library, and from your home computer with a valid St. Joseph County Public Library card. 
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[http://www.historicnewcarlisle.org/ Historic New Carlisle] Read about the history of New Carlisle, historic preservation activities in the community, and find links to the museum and a list of some of its collections. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/subjectguides/index.php/House_Research House Research] Read a how-to article by SJCPL librarians on how to research the history of your house. This article contains links to helpful websites and pointers for the research process. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~instjose/immigration/hungarian/Chris_Kovach/hungarian-chris-kovach.htm Hungarian Records - St. Joseph Co.] Search for your St. Joseph County Hungarian ancestors in these abstracts of vital records, church records, immigration records, obituaries, funeral home and cemetery records compiled by genealogist Chris Kovach. 
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[http://www.iusb.edu/~libg/archives/index.shtml IUSB Archives] Visit the Archives of Indiana University at South Bend to learn about the history of IUSB, the history of the Torrington Company, local notable James Lewis Casaday and his theater-related collection, and more. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/localhistory/ Local & Family History Services] of the [http://www.sjcpl.org St. Joseph County Public Library] See the historical and genealogical databases we have put online, use subscription databases in the library or from home with a St. Joseph County Public Library card, and see what we have in our collection. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/LadewskiPapers/lucky.htm Lucky Ladewski Papers] Search through digitized papers on Polish residents of South Bend from the collection amassed by genealogist Gertrude T. (Stachowiak) "Lucky" Ladewski. 
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[http://www.macoggis.com/ Michiana Area Council of Governments (MACOG) GIS System] Research your house and neighborhood using this free public source of homeowner information. See an aerial picture of your St. Joseph County or Elkhart County home. 
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[http://www.mphpl.org/newSite/AdultServices/adult_geneaology.html Mishawaka-Penn-Harris Public Library - Heritage Room] See a listing of MPHPL's genealogy and local history resources. Search through the Hannah Lindahl Children's Museum and MPHPL Online Archive, which includes many photographs. 
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[http://www.centerforhistory.org/ Northern Indiana Center for History] Find information on South Bend's Center for History. Read about the people, places, and events that have shaped St. Joseph County history and Northern Indiana. 
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[http://www.nd.edu/~archives Notre Dame University - Archives] Search the collections of Notre Dame's Archives, including Notre Dame records and local manuscript collections. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=126 Obituary Index] This free online database is an index to obituaries that appeared in the ''South Bend Tribune'' for people who died in St. Joseph County from 1913 to the present. 
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[http://www.pgsa.org/ Polish Genealogical Society of America] Search the database of Polish burials in South Bend's Cedar Grove Cemetery and the St. Joseph Polish Cemetery or post research queries about Polish ancestors. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/cemetery.htm St. Joseph County Cemeteries] Find a list of the cemeteries in St. Joseph County, along with directions. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose St. Joseph County GenWeb] See how to obtain vital records in St. Joseph County, find information about your Polish immigrant ancestors, search free local databases, and much more. 
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[http://www.stjosephcountyindiana.com/ St. Joseph County Government] Get contact information for the County Clerk and County Archives, where you can find guardianship, marriage, divorce, and probate records; the County Health Department, where you can get birth and death records; and the County Recorder, where you can locate land records. 
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[http://www.libraryforlife.org/subjectguides/index.php/St._Joseph_Co._Vital_Records St. Joseph County Vital Records] Read a how-to article by SJCPL librarians on how to find vital records for St. Joseph County, Indiana. This article contains links to helpful websites and pointers for researching births, marriages and deaths. 
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[http://www3.saintmarys.edu/library/archives Saint Mary's College - Archives] See how to find photographs, scrapbooks, and manuscripts about Saint Mary's College. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=22 Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970 - Digital] View, navigate, print, and download historic maps of Indiana cities, showing streets and buildings. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library, and from your home computer with a valid St. Joseph County Public Library Card. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=53 Service Notes Index] Search an index to the Service Notes that were printed in the ''South Bend Tribune'' during the World War II, Korean War, and Vietnam War eras. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~insbags/ South Bend Area Genealogical Society (SBAGS)] Browse the home page of the South Bend Area Genealogical Society. Search an online index to St. Joseph County marriages from 1922 to February 1989. View historic and modern photographs of the South Bend and Mishawaka area, along with maps and many other databases and indexes. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=114 South Bend Tribune's Online Archives] Search this online database of ''South Bend Tribune'' articles published since March 1998. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library, and from your home computer with a valid St. Joseph County Public Library card. 
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[http://southlawn.palmerfuneralhomes.com/genealogy.htm Southlawn Cemetery] Search for individual's names and burial plot locations in Southlawn Cemetery in South Bend. 
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[http://www.walkerton.org/history.html Walkerton Area Historical Society] Search for local information on southern St. Joseph County, as well as photographs of the area.
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===Indiana Research===
[http://www.genealogycenter.org/Home.aspx Allen County Public Library - Genealogy Center] Search the catalog of the Allen County Public Library at Fort Wayne, the second-largest genealogy library in the world. Look at their online databases, including vital statistics indexes and cemetery transcriptions for the Allen County area. 
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[http://www.bremen.lib.in.us/historical/bpl_obituaries.asp Bremen Public Library] View historical materials about the community surrounding Bremen, view obituaries from the ''Bremen Enquirer'' prior to 1997, and view [http://www.bremen.lib.in.us/heritage/bremcem.htm cemetery records] from Bremen city cemeteries. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~inelkhar/ecgs.htm Elkhart County Genealogical Society] Find out about the Society and its library, events, and publications. 
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[http://www.elkhartcountyparks.org/properties_locations/rush_memorial_center.htm Elkhart County Historical Society Museum] Find out about the Society and its museum in Bristol, one of the top ten local history museums in Indiana. 
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[http://www.elkhart.lib.in.us/cgi-bin/index4r.pl?&file=local_history2.html Elkhart Public Library's Local History Department] Learn about the local history and genealogy collection at the library, search the Obituary Index to the ''Elkhart Truth'' (1921-present), and access the Local History Index, a topical index to articles in the ''Elkhart Truth.'' 
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[http://www.fulco.lib.in.us/Genealogy/fulcogenealogyfrontpage.htm Fulton County Public Library] Read digitized copies of books compiled by Jean and Wendall Tombough for Fulton County and other counties including: cemetery records for Fulton, Marshall, Miami and Kosciusko Counties; Fulton County obituaries; federal censuses; poor farm records; school enumerations; newspaper excerpts; marriage and death indexes; and will abstracts. 
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[http://www.indgensoc.org/ Indiana Genealogical Society] Find information about the Indiana Genealogical Society. Post and search research queries. 
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[http://www.ingenweb.org/ Indiana GenWeb] Find online information about Indiana genealogy. Search indexes to vital records, see cemetery transcriptions, get research help, and more. Look at information about Indiana as a whole or about particular counties. 
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[http://129.79.145.7/arcims/IHAPI/index.html Indiana Historical Aerial Photo Index] View aerial photos dating from the 1930s to 1980s of Indiana land parcels. Search function is available by street address, township and range, coordinates or by map number, if known. Order copies of the maps for a fee. 
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[http://www.indianahistory.org/ Indiana Historical Society] Find information about the Indiana Historical Society. Search their catalog and collection guides to learn about their vast holdings. 
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[http://www.letrs.indiana.edu/inmh/ Indiana Magazine of History Online Index] Search an index to the [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search~S2?/tIndiana+magazine+of+history./tindiana+magazine+of+history/1%2C2%2C7%2CB/frameset&FF=tindiana+magazine+of+history&1%2C%2C6/indexsort=- ''Indiana Magazine of History''], from 1905 to 2004. Find a reference to an interesting article, then come to [http://www.sjcpl.org/localhistory/ Local & Family History Services] to read it. 
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[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1410397 Indiana Marriages, 1811-1959] View transcriptions of Indiana marriage records for the following counties: Adams, Allen, Bartholomew, Benton, Blackford, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clark, Clay, Daviess, Dearborn, Decatur, De Kalb, Delaware, Dubois, Elkhart, Franklin, Harrison, Henry, Huntington, Marshall, Ohio, Owen, Rush, and Sullivan. All counties in Indiana will eventually be added. These records are made available on [http://www.familysearch.org/ FamilySearch,] from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. 
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[http://www.in.gov/icpr/index.htm Indiana State Archives] View information about their collections. Search the Indiana State Archives' online indexes; including naturalization, land, court, and children's home records. Use their new [http://www.indianadigitalarchives.org/ Indiana State Digital Archives,] which indexes naturalizations, institution records, Civil War records, county records and more. 
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[http://www.in.gov/library/genealogy.htm Indiana State Library - Genealogy Division] Search the ISL's online databases, including indexes to pre-1851 and 1993-2002 Indiana marriage records and nineteenth-century Indianapolis newspapers. Choose reels of microfilmed newspapers from their collection, and borrow them through interlibrary loan here at the St. Joseph County Public Library. 
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[http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/w2w/indiana.htm Indiana Vital Records] Find out how to order Indiana birth, death, marriage and divorce records. 
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[http://fizkid.tripod.com/ Indiana's World War II Dead in the South Pacific] Browse a volunteer-run web site about Indiana's World War II servicemen who died in the South Pacific. The site features photographs of the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines, along with lists of the soldiers and sailors honored there. 
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[http://www.plymouth.lib.in.us/obituary_index.html ''Plymouth Pilot'' Obituary Index] Search for obituaries published in the ''Plymouth Pilot'' newspaper from July 27, 1922 - April 30, 1979. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=22 Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970 - Digital] View, navigate, print, and download historic maps of Indiana cities, showing streets and buildings. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library, and from your home computer with a valid St. Joseph County Public Library Card. 
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[http://208.119.72.68/vine/vine_home.asp VINE - Vital INformation Exchange] Search for your family names in vital records, local history, and other genealogical sources in this state-wide surname index. 
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[http://www.wakarusa.lib.in.us/ Wakarusa Public Library] View digital documents about the Wakarusa area under the tab, "Historical," including obituaries, photos, maps, texts and more. 

===Midwestern Region Research===
[http://www.bcgensoc.com/ Berrien County Genealogical Society] Located just to our north, Berrien County, Michigan is served by the Berrien County Genealogical Society. Learn how to become a member & when meetings are scheduled, purchase Berrien county resources, submit queries, learn about local record repositories and much more at this site. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=123 Chicago Tribune (1858-1985)] Search this database of articles and pages from the ''Chicago Tribune'', going back as far as the 1850s and continuing through 1985. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library, and from your home computer with a valid St. Joseph County Public Library card. 
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Cook County, Illinois Vital Records View digitized [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1462519 birth certificates] from 1878-1922 and [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1463145 marriage records] from 1871-1920 and more. These records are made available on [http://www.familysearch.org FamilySearch,] from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. 
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[http://lincolnnet.net/ijgs/ Illiana Jewish Genealogical Society] Get information on Jewish genealogy in the Illinois-Indiana area, and find out about membership and projects. 
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[http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/archives.html Illinois State Archives] Learn about the holdings of the State Archives, read guides and tips on how to use the collections, search [http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/databases.html online indexes,] including military, land and vital records from all over the state.
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[http://ukcc.uky.edu/vitalrec/ Kentucky Vital Record Indexes] Look up your Kentucky ancestors in vital record indexes. View death indexes from 1911-1992, marriage indexes from 1973-1993, and divorce indexes from 1973-1993. 
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[http://mmm.lib.msu.edu/search/index.cfm Making of Modern Michigan] Search through digital images, diaries, newspaper clippings, indexes and more. Find a Michigan ancestor or town in this digital library project, created by a coalition of Michigan public libraries.
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Michigan Vital Records View digitized birth, marriage and death records from the state of Michigan. View [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1459684 birth registrations] from 1867-1902; [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1452395 marriage records] from 1868-1925; and [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1452402 death registrations] from 1867-1897. These records are made available on [http://www.familysearch.org/ FamilySearch,] from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=51 NewspaperARCHIVE] View online newspapers from across the United States for many time periods. Searchable by personal name, keyword, location, date, and title. The archive includes some newspapers from Anderson, Cambridge City, Chester, Ft. Wayne, Gary, Hammond, Indianapolis, Kokomo, Logansport, Montpelier, and Valparaiso, Indiana; from various Michigan cities, including Benton Harbor, Holland, Saint Joseph, and Traverse City; and from 31 Illinois cities, including Chicago’s suburbs. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library, and from your home computer with a valid St. Joseph County Public Library Card. 
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[http://www.nileslibrary.com/news-events/adult-services-department-news/climb-your-family-tree.html Niles District Library - Local History Room] 
Search the online catalog for books in the Niles Library's Local History Room and learn about other aspects of the collections so you can plan your visit. Search an online obituary index to obituaries from Niles newspaper. Use Footnote.com, a unique and valuable commercial genealogical database available free locally at NDL.
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[http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#c=1307272;p=collectionDetails;t=searchable Ohio Death Records] View digitized death certificates for the state of Ohio from 1908-1953. These records are made available on [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/default.asp FamilySearch,] from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. 
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[http://www.kansasheritage.org/pbp/gen/g_intro.html Potawatomi Genealogy] Find out how to search for Potawatomi ancestors, on this site created by volunteers from the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation in Kansas. Read about the Potawatomi people and language. 
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[http://seekingmichigan.org/ Seeking Michigan] Search for digital photographs, records, books and more related to the history and culture of Michigan. View digitized death certificates from 1897-1920, Civil War Service records, Michigan Polish American collection and much more. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~mivanbur/SWMIObitIndex/SWMIObit.htm Southwest Michigan Obituary Index] Search an index of over 76,000 obituaries for Allegan, Berrien, Cass, Kalamazoo, and Van Buren counties.
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===National Research===
[http://www.1940census.archives.gov/ 1940 Census (National Archives)] Browse through the 1940 United States census images for the very first time on April 2, 2012. Since there is not yet an index, you may need assistance using the website and finding your ancestors. Come see us in Local & Family History Services for expert help. One way to find family without an index is by address. If you can research your family's 1940 address through old documents, family records, 1940 city directories, or old letters, you will be able to search the area around that address for your family. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=127 American Ancestors, formerly New England Ancestors] Search the New England Historic Genealogical Society's extensive databases of town, church, family Bible, vital, land, tax, and other records pertaining to New England as well as New York, Ireland, England, and eastern Canada. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=42 Ancestry Library Edition] Search databases of vital statistics, passenger lists, military service records, all available United States censuses, and more. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library. 
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[http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ Bureau of Land Management - General Land Office] Search the BLM's database of federal government land records, going back to the 1800s. 
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[Castle Garden] Search a database of immigration records for people who entered this country through New York City between 1855 and 1892. [*January 2012: Caution, this website seems to be infected with a computer virus or other problem. Do not use until this is fixed!] 
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[http://www.ancestry.com/learn/ContentCenters/contentCenter.aspx?page=trees&sp=forms Charts and Forms] View and print out blank pedigree charts, family group sheets, census forms, research calendars, and source summaries. 
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[http://www.cyndislist.com/ Cyndi's List] Look through a comprehensive, searchable collection of hundreds of thousands of genealogy-related links. 
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[http://www.deathindexes.com/ Death Indexes] Search this directory of online death indexes, obituaries, death records, cemetery records, and more. 
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[http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/ Ellis Island Foundation] Search immigration records for people who entered the country through New York City between 1892 and 1924. 
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[http://www.familysearch.org/ FamilySearch, from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints] Access the Mormon Church's [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp library catalog] to see what microfilm you can have delivered to your nearest Family History Center. Search the 1880 United States Census. Find your ancestors in the International Genealogical Index or Ancestral File. See free digitized records online. Content is updated often, but currently includes Michigan vital records 1867-1925, Ohio deaths 1908-1953, Cook County, Illinois vital records 1871-1922, West Virginia deaths and marriages, 1853-1970, Philadelphia death certificates, 1803-1915, and much more from all over the world. 
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[http://www.lib.byu.edu/fhc/index.php Family History Archives] Read over 60,000 digitized family and local history books owned by the Family History Library, Allen County Public Library, Brigham Young University Library and more. You may search by family name, author, title, keyword, full-text, and also use a browse function to see all the books in the collection. 
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[http://www.findagrave.com/ Find A Grave] Search 62 million worldwide grave records by decedent's name, by the name of the cemetery, or browse by a location to see all cemeteries in a certain location. Read transcriptions of tombstone inscriptions, view pictures of the stones, and sometimes, obituaries at this volunteer-maintained site. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=23 HeritageQuest Online] Search databases covering most available United States censuses, digitized local history and genealogy books, PERSI (the PERiodical Source Index to genealogy magazines), digitized Revolutionary War pension and bounty land records, and Freedman's Bank files. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library, and from your home computer with a valid St. Joseph County Public Library card. 
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[http://www.loc.gov/rr/genealogy/ Library of Congress - Local History & Genealogy] Find tips on genealogy and local history research and locate sources. Get access to the Library of Congress's famous American Memory web site, with more than 5 million digital photographs, diaries, song scores, pamphlets, and other materials. 
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[http://www.linkpendium.com/ Linkpendium] View thousands of links to genealogy websites for the United States, the United Kingdom and surnames. 
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[http://www.archives.gov/research/genealogy/index.html National Archives - Genealogy] Find information on doing genealogical research, locating and ordering records, and more. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=51 NewspaperARCHIVE] View online newspapers from across the United States for many time periods. Searchable by personal name, keyword, location, date, and title. The archive includes some newspapers from Anderson, Cambridge City, Chester, Ft. Wayne, Gary, Hammond, Indianapolis, Kokomo, Logansport, Montpelier, and Valparaiso, Indiana; from various Michigan cities, including Benton Harbor, Holland, Saint Joseph, and Traverse City; and from 31 Illinois cities, including Chicago’s suburbs. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library, and from your home computer with a valid St. Joseph County Public Library card. 
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[http://www.pgsa.org/ Polish Genealogical Society of America] Search the database of Polish burials in South Bend's Cedar Grove Cemetery and the St. Joseph Polish Cemetery or post research queries about Polish ancestors. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/ RootsWeb] Find and share information with other genealogists. Search free databases, including World Connect family trees and vital statistics indexes. Post to message boards or join e-mail lists. View thousands of genealogy-related web pages hosted on the site. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=22 Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970 - Digital] View, navigate, print, and download historic maps of Indiana cities, showing streets and buildings. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library, and from your home computer with a valid St. Joseph County Public Library card. 
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[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1202535 Social Security Death Index (SSDI)] Find individuals in the Social Security Death Index, which runs from 1962 through the present; the free index gives name, date of death, last known address, and social security number. 
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[http://www.usgenweb.org/ USGenWeb] Look at genealogical web sites (with record transcriptions, addresses of libraries/archives, lookups, queries, history, and more) for each state and most counties on this volunteer-run web site. Also view national projects such as the [http://www.usgwtombstones.org/index.html Tombstone Transcription Project.] 
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[http://worldcat.org/ WorldCat] Search this catalog of materials held in more than 7,600 libraries in the United States and the rest of the world, including public, academic, state, and national libraries; archives; and historical societies. 
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===Vital Records, Local===
[http://www.the-burgenland-bunch.org/homepage.htm Burgenland Genealogy] Search through surnames, village names, queries, maps, censuses and much more data on former residents of the Burgenland, a province in Austria, that is home to Germans, Austrians, Hungarians, and Croats. View a [http://www.the-burgenland-bunch.org/BH&R/homelinks/data/in-names.htm list] of Burgenlanders buried in South Bend. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~instjose/immigration/hungarian/Chris_Kovach/hungarian-chris-kovach.htm Hungarian Records - St. Joseph Co.] Search for your St. Joseph County Hungarian ancestors in these abstracts of vital records, church records, immigration records, obituaries, funeral home and cemetery records compiled by genealogist Chris Kovach. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/LadewskiPapers/lucky.htm Lucky Ladewski Papers] Search through digitized family group sheets for Polish residents of St. Joseph County from the collection amassed by genealogist Gertrude T. (Stachowiak) "Lucky" Ladewski. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=126 Obituary Index] This free online database is an index to obituaries that appeared in the ''South Bend Tribune'' for people who died in St. Joseph County or had ties to St. Joseph County from 1913 to the present. 
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[http://www.pgsa.org/ Polish Genealogical Society of America] Search the database of Polish burials in South Bend's Cedar Grove Cemetery and St. Joseph Polish Cemetery. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose St. Joseph County GenWeb] See how to obtain vital records in St. Joseph County and browse free indexes. 
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[http://www.stjosephcountyindiana.com/ St. Joseph County Government] Get contact information for the County Clerk and County Archives, where you can find guardianship, marriage, divorce, and probate records, and the County Health Department, where you can get birth and death records. 
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[http://www.libraryforlife.org/subjectguides/index.php/St._Joseph_Co._Vital_Records St.Joseph County Vital Records] Read a how-to article by SJCPL librarians on how to find vital records for St. Joseph County, Indiana. This article contains links to helpful websites and pointers for researching births, marriages and deaths. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~insbags/ South Bend Area Genealogical Society (SBAGS)] Browse the home page of the South Bend Area Genealogical Society. Search an online index to St. Joseph County marriages from 1922 to February 1988. 
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[http://southlawn.palmerfuneralhomes.com/genealogy.htm Southlawn Cemetery] Search for individual's names and burial plot locations in Southlawn Cemetery in South Bend. 
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===Vital Records, Indiana===
[http://www.ingenweb.org/ Indiana GenWeb] Search indexes to vital records, see cemetery transcriptions, get research help, and more. Look at information about Indiana as a whole or about particular counties. 
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[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1410397 Indiana Marriages, 1811-1959] View transcriptions of Indiana marriage records for the following counties: Adams, Allen, Bartholomew, Benton, Blackford, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clark, Clay, Daviess, Dearborn, Decatur, De Kalb, Delaware, Dubois, Elkhart, Franklin, Harrison, Henry, Huntington, Marshall, Ohio, Owen, Rush, and Sullivan. All counties in Indiana will eventually be added. These records are made available on [http://www.familysearch.org/ FamilySearch,] from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. 
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[http://www.in.gov/library/index.htm Indiana State Library - Genealogy Division] Search the ISL's online databases, including indexes to pre-1851 and 1993-2002 Indiana marriage records and nineteenth-century Indianapolis newspapers. Choose reels of microfilmed newspapers from their collection, and borrow them through interlibrary loan here at the St. Joseph County Public Library. 
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[http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/howto/w2w/indiana.htm Indiana Vital Records] Find out how to order Indiana birth, death, marriage and divorce records. 
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===Vital Records, National===
[http://www.sjcpl.org/subjectguides/index.php/Finding_Birth_Families Adoption Information] Read a how-to article by SJCPL librarians on how to find birth families for adoptees. This article contains links to helpful websites and pointers for researching this important event. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=127 American Ancestors, formerly New England Ancestors] Search the New England Historic Genealogical Society's extensive databases of town, church, family Bible, vital, land, tax, and other records pertaining to New England as well as New York, Ireland, England, and eastern Canada. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=42 Ancestry Library Edition] Search databases of vital statistics, passenger lists, military service records, all available United States censuses, and more. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library. 
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[http://www.deathindexes.com/ Death Indexes] Search this directory of online death indexes, obituaries, death records, cemetery records, and more. 
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[http://www.findagrave.com/ Find A Grave] Search 62 million worldwide grave records by decedent's name, by the name of the cemetery, or browse by a location to see all cemeteries in a certain location. Read transcriptions of tombstone inscriptions, view pictures of the stones, and sometimes, obituaries at this volunteer-maintained site. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/subjectguides/index.php/Foreign_Births Finding Birth Dates for Foreign-Born Relatives] Read a how-to article by SJCPL librarians on how to find birth dates for foreign-born relatives. This article contains links to helpful websites and pointers for tracing your family back to the "old country."
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/ RootsWeb] Find and share information with other genealogists. Search free databases, including World Connect family trees and vital statistics indexes. Post to message boards or join e-mail lists. View thousands of genealogy-related web pages hosted on the site. 
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[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1202535 Social Security Death Index] Find individuals in the Social Security Death Index, which runs from 1962 through the present; the free index gives name, date of death, last known address, and social security number. 
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===Ethnic Research===
[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=42 Ancestry Library Edition] Search databases of vital statistics, passenger lists, military service records, all available United States censuses, and more. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library. 
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[http://bahsc.org/ Belgian American Historical Society of Chicago] Explore this site which documents the history of Belgian immigration to the Midwest, and send a query about Belgian surnames.
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[http://www.the-burgenland-bunch.org/homepage.htm Burgenland Genealogy] Search through surnames, village names, queries, maps, censuses and much more data on former residents of the Burgenland, a province in Austria, that is home to Germans, Austrians, Hungarians, and Croats. View a [http://www.the-burgenland-bunch.org/BH&R/homelinks/data/in-names.htm list] of Burgenlanders buried in South Bend. 
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[Castle Garden] Search a database of immigration records for people who entered this country through New York City between 1855 and 1892. [* January 2012: This website seems to be infected with a computer virus or other problem. Do not use until fixed!] 
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[http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/ Ellis Island Foundation] Search immigration records for people who entered the country through New York City between 1892 and 1924. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/subjectguides/index.php/Foreign_Births Finding Birth Dates for Foreign-Born Relatives] Read a how-to article by SJCPL librarians on how to find birth dates for foreign-born relatives. This article contains links to helpful websites and pointers for tracing your family back to the "old country."
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=23 HeritageQuest Online] Search the Freedman's Bank records, which are bank account applications for former slaves from 1865-1874. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library, and from your home computer with a valid St. Joseph County Public Library Card. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~instjose/immigration/hungarian/Chris_Kovach/hungarian-chris-kovach.htm Hungarian Records - St. Joseph Co.] Search for your St. Joseph County Hungarian ancestors in these abstracts of vital records, church records, immigration records, obituaries, funeral home and cemetery records compiled by genealogist Chris Kovach. 
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[http://lincolnnet.net/ijgs/ Illiana Jewish Genealogical Society] Get information on Jewish genealogy in the Illinois-Indiana area, and find out about membership and projects. 
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[http://www.in.gov/icpr/index.htm Indiana State Archives - Online Indexes] Search the Indiana State Archives' online indexes, including naturalization, land, court, and children's home records. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/LadewskiPapers/lucky.htm Lucky Ladewski Papers] Search through digitized papers on Polish residents of St. Joseph County from the collection amassed by genealogist Gertrude T. (Stachowiak) "Lucky" Ladewski. 
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[http://www.archives.gov/research/genealogy/index.html National Archives - Genealogy] Find information on doing genealogical research, locating and ordering immigration records, and more. 
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[http://www.pgsa.org/ Polish Genealogical Society of America] Search the database of Polish burials in South Bend's Cedar Grove Cemetery or post research queries about Polish ancestors. 
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[http://www.kansasheritage.org/pbp/gen/g_intro.html Potawatomi Genealogy] Find out how to search for Potawatomi ancestors, on this site created by volunteers from the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation in Kansas. Read about the Potawatomi people and language. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose St. Joseph County GenWeb] See how to obtain vital records in St. Joseph County, find information about your immigrant ancestors, and search free local databases. 
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===Land and Property Research===
[http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/gmd:@field(NUMBER+@band(g4094s+pm002020)) 1866 Map of South Bend] Browse a digital version of this early map of South Bend, found on the Library of Congress website, [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html American Memory collection.] 
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[http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/gmd:@field(NUMBER+@band(g4094s+pm002030)) 1874 Map of South Bend] Browse a digital version of this early map of South Bend, found on the Library of Congress website, [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html American Memory collection.] 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=124 1875 St. Joseph County Atlas] Search or browse through SJCPL's digital version of the 1875 Illustrated Historical Atlas of St. Joseph County, Indiana, including plat maps, biographies, and engravings. 
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[http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/gmd:@field(NUMBER+@band(g4094s+pm002040)) 1890 Map of South Bend] Browse a digital version of this early map of South Bend, found on the Library of Congress website, [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html American Memory collection.] 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=55 1936 St. Joseph County Plat Book] Search or browse through SJCPL's digital version of the 1936 Index Map of St. Joseph County, Indiana, which shows all landowners in the unincorporated areas of the county at that time. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=127 American Ancestors, formerly New England Ancestors] Search the New England Historic Genealogical Society's extensive databases of town, church, family Bible, vital, land, tax, and other records pertaining to New England as well as New York, Ireland, England, and eastern Canada. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library. 
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[http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ Bureau of Land Management - General Land Office] Search the BLM's database of federal government land records, going back to the 1800s. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/subjectguides/index.php/House_Research House Research] Read a how-to article by SJCPL librarians on how to research the history of your house. This article contains links to helpful websites and pointers for the research process.
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[http://129.79.145.7/arcims/IHAPI/index.html Indiana Historical Aerial Photo Index] View aerial photos dating from the 1930s to 1980s of Indiana land parcels. Search function is available by street address, township and range, coordinates or by map number, if known. Order copies of the maps for a fee. 
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[http://www.in.gov/icpr/index.htm Indiana State Archives - Online Indexes] Search the Indiana State Archives' online indexes, including naturalization, land, court, and children's home records. 
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[http://www.macoggis.com/ Michiana Area Council of Governments GIS System] Research your house and neighborhood using this free public source of homeowner information. See an aerial picture of your St. Joseph County or Elkhart County home! 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=22 Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970 - Digital] View, navigate, print, and download historic maps of Indiana cities, showing streets and buildings. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library, and from your home computer with a valid St. Joseph County Public Library Card. 
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[http://www.stjosephcountyindiana.com/ St. Joseph County Government] Get contact information for the County Recorder, where you can locate land records. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~insbags/ South Bend Area Genealogical Society (SBAGS)] Browse the home page of the South Bend Area Genealogical Society. View historic and modern photographs of the South Bend and Mishawaka area, along with maps and other databases. 
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===Research Tools===
[http://www.copyright.cornell.edu/public_domain/ Copyright Explanation] If you are thinking of publishing your own family history book, and are wondering whether you can use particular documents, consult this frequently updated information from noted copyright expert Peter Hirtle at Cornell University. 
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[http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/ Perpetual calendar] Need to know what day of the week a particular date fell on? Visit this site, type in the year you are interested in, and see the calendar for that year. 
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[http://babelfish.altavista.com/ Translation] Having trouble reading that old family document in a foreign language? Try Babel Fish to translate Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish into English. But beware: the translation is very literal and basic. 
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==Recommended Local and Family History Websites==

===St. Joseph County Research===
[http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/gmd:@field(NUMBER+@band(g4094s+pm002020)) 1866 Map of South Bend] Browse a digital version of this early map of South Bend, found on the Library of Congress website, [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html American Memory collection.] 
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[http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/gmd:@field(NUMBER+@band(g4094s+pm002030)) 1874 Map of South Bend] Browse a digital version of this early map of South Bend, found on the Library of Congress website, [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html American Memory collection.] 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=124 1875 St. Joseph County Atlas] Search or browse through SJCPL's digital version of the 1875 Illustrated Historical Atlas of St. Joseph County, Indiana, including plat maps, biographies, and engravings. 
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[http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/gmd:@field(NUMBER+@band(g4094s+pm002040)) 1890 Map of South Bend] Browse a digital version of this early map of South Bend, found on the Library of Congress website, [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html American Memory collection.] 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=131 ca. 1910 South Bend YMCA Book] Search or browse through SJCPL's digital version of A Manhood Factory in the Center of South Bend's Greatest Industries, featuring text and illustrations of people, the YMCA, and the community. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=130 1910 South Bend and Mishawaka Elks Convention Book] Search or browse through SJCPL's digital version of Official Souvenir, 9th Annual Convention, Indiana State Association, B.P.O.E., South Bend, Indiana, featuring text and illustrations of people, businesses, and the community. 
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[http://www.archive.org/stream/polksouthbendind00polk#page/n7/mode/2up 1921 South Bend & Mishawaka City Directory] Search or browse through a digital version of Polk's South Bend & Mishawaka City Directory for 1921. Searchable by personal or business name or by reverse lookup by street name and house number. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=125 1936 St. Joseph County Plat Book] Search or browse through SJCPL's digital version of the 1936 Index Map of St. Joseph County, Indiana, which shows all landowners in the unincorporated areas of the county at that time. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/subjectguides/index.php/Finding_Birth_Families Adoption Information] Read a how-to article by SJCPL librarians on how to find birth families for adoptees. This article contains links to helpful websites and pointers for researching this important event. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/subjectguides/index.php/Foreign_Births Finding Birth Dates for Foreign-Born Relatives] Read a how-to article by SJCPL librarians on how to find birth dates for foreign-born relatives. This article contains links to helpful websites and pointers for tracing your family back to the "old country." 
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[http://www.hlcm.org/htlm/archives.html Hannah Lindahl Children's Museum - Archives] Find out about the resources at the Children's Museum, including an online database of Mishawaka school records and online photographs. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=23 HeritageQuest Online - Online books] Read digital versions of the following books: ''Marriage Records St Joseph County [index 1830-1882]''; ''South Bend and the Men Who Have Made It''; ''Historic Background of South Bend and St. Joseph County''; ''History of St. Joseph County Indiana (1880)''; ''Pictorial and Biographical Memoirs of Elkhart and St. Joseph Counties Indiana'' and more. Choose the "Search Books" option from the homepage. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library, and from your home computer with a valid St. Joseph County Public Library card. 
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[http://www.historicnewcarlisle.org/ Historic New Carlisle] Read about the history of New Carlisle, historic preservation activities in the community, and find links to the museum and a list of some of its collections. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/subjectguides/index.php/House_Research House Research] Read a how-to article by SJCPL librarians on how to research the history of your house. This article contains links to helpful websites and pointers for the research process. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~instjose/immigration/hungarian/Chris_Kovach/hungarian-chris-kovach.htm Hungarian Records - St. Joseph Co.] Search for your St. Joseph County Hungarian ancestors in these abstracts of vital records, church records, immigration records, obituaries, funeral home and cemetery records compiled by genealogist Chris Kovach. 
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[http://www.iusb.edu/~libg/archives/index.shtml IUSB Archives] Visit the Archives of Indiana University at South Bend to learn about the history of IUSB, the history of the Torrington Company, local notable James Lewis Casaday and his theater-related collection, and more. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/localhistory/ Local & Family History Services] of the [http://www.sjcpl.org St. Joseph County Public Library] See the historical and genealogical databases we have put online, use subscription databases in the library or from home with a St. Joseph County Public Library card, and see what we have in our collection. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/LadewskiPapers/lucky.htm Lucky Ladewski Papers] Search through digitized papers on Polish residents of South Bend from the collection amassed by genealogist Gertrude T. (Stachowiak) "Lucky" Ladewski. 
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[http://www.macoggis.com/ Michiana Area Council of Governments (MACOG) GIS System] Research your house and neighborhood using this free public source of homeowner information. See an aerial picture of your St. Joseph County or Elkhart County home. 
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[http://www.mphpl.org/newSite/AdultServices/adult_geneaology.html Mishawaka-Penn-Harris Public Library - Heritage Room] See a listing of MPHPL's genealogy and local history resources. Search through the Hannah Lindahl Children's Museum and MPHPL Online Archive, which includes many photographs. 
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[http://www.centerforhistory.org/ Northern Indiana Center for History] Find information on South Bend's Center for History. Read about the people, places, and events that have shaped St. Joseph County history and Northern Indiana. 
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[http://www.nd.edu/~archives Notre Dame University - Archives] Search the collections of Notre Dame's Archives, including Notre Dame records and local manuscript collections. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=126 Obituary Index] This free online database is an index to obituaries that appeared in the ''South Bend Tribune'' for people who died in St. Joseph County from 1913 to the present. 
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[http://www.pgsa.org/ Polish Genealogical Society of America] Search the database of Polish burials in South Bend's Cedar Grove Cemetery and the St. Joseph Polish Cemetery or post research queries about Polish ancestors. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/cemetery.htm St. Joseph County Cemeteries] Find a list of the cemeteries in St. Joseph County, along with directions. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose St. Joseph County GenWeb] See how to obtain vital records in St. Joseph County, find information about your Polish immigrant ancestors, search free local databases, and much more. 
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[http://www.stjosephcountyindiana.com/ St. Joseph County Government] Get contact information for the County Clerk and County Archives, where you can find guardianship, marriage, divorce, and probate records; the County Health Department, where you can get birth and death records; and the County Recorder, where you can locate land records. 
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[http://www.libraryforlife.org/subjectguides/index.php/St._Joseph_Co._Vital_Records St. Joseph County Vital Records] Read a how-to article by SJCPL librarians on how to find vital records for St. Joseph County, Indiana. This article contains links to helpful websites and pointers for researching births, marriages and deaths. 
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[http://www3.saintmarys.edu/library/archives Saint Mary's College - Archives] See how to find photographs, scrapbooks, and manuscripts about Saint Mary's College. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=22 Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970 - Digital] View, navigate, print, and download historic maps of Indiana cities, showing streets and buildings. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library, and from your home computer with a valid St. Joseph County Public Library Card. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=53 Service Notes Index] Search an index to the Service Notes that were printed in the ''South Bend Tribune'' during the World War II, Korean War, and Vietnam War eras. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~insbags/ South Bend Area Genealogical Society (SBAGS)] Browse the home page of the South Bend Area Genealogical Society. Search an online index to St. Joseph County marriages from 1922 to February 1989. View historic and modern photographs of the South Bend and Mishawaka area, along with maps and many other databases and indexes. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=114 South Bend Tribune's Online Archives] Search this online database of ''South Bend Tribune'' articles published since March 1998. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library, and from your home computer with a valid St. Joseph County Public Library card. 
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[http://southlawn.palmerfuneralhomes.com/genealogy.htm Southlawn Cemetery] Search for individual's names and burial plot locations in Southlawn Cemetery in South Bend. 
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[http://www.walkerton.org/history.html Walkerton Area Historical Society] Search for local information on southern St. Joseph County, as well as photographs of the area.
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===Indiana Research===
[http://www.genealogycenter.org/Home.aspx Allen County Public Library - Genealogy Center] Search the catalog of the Allen County Public Library at Fort Wayne, the second-largest genealogy library in the world. Look at their online databases, including vital statistics indexes and cemetery transcriptions for the Allen County area. 
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[http://www.bremen.lib.in.us/historical/bpl_obituaries.asp Bremen Public Library] View historical materials about the community surrounding Bremen, view obituaries from the ''Bremen Enquirer'' prior to 1997, and view [http://www.bremen.lib.in.us/heritage/bremcem.htm cemetery records] from Bremen city cemeteries. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~inelkhar/ecgs.htm Elkhart County Genealogical Society] Find out about the Society and its library, events, and publications. 
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[http://www.elkhartcountyparks.org/properties_locations/rush_memorial_center.htm Elkhart County Historical Society Museum] Find out about the Society and its museum in Bristol, one of the top ten local history museums in Indiana. 
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[http://www.elkhart.lib.in.us/cgi-bin/index4r.pl?&file=local_history2.html Elkhart Public Library's Local History Department] Learn about the local history and genealogy collection at the library, search the Obituary Index to the ''Elkhart Truth'' (1921-present), and access the Local History Index, a topical index to articles in the ''Elkhart Truth.'' 
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[http://www.fulco.lib.in.us/Genealogy/fulcogenealogyfrontpage.htm Fulton County Public Library] Read digitized copies of books compiled by Jean and Wendall Tombough for Fulton County and other counties including: cemetery records for Fulton, Marshall, Miami and Kosciusko Counties; Fulton County obituaries; federal censuses; poor farm records; school enumerations; newspaper excerpts; marriage and death indexes; and will abstracts. 
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[http://www.indgensoc.org/ Indiana Genealogical Society] Find information about the Indiana Genealogical Society. Post and search research queries. 
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[http://www.ingenweb.org/ Indiana GenWeb] Find online information about Indiana genealogy. Search indexes to vital records, see cemetery transcriptions, get research help, and more. Look at information about Indiana as a whole or about particular counties. 
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[http://129.79.145.7/arcims/IHAPI/index.html Indiana Historical Aerial Photo Index] View aerial photos dating from the 1930s to 1980s of Indiana land parcels. Search function is available by street address, township and range, coordinates or by map number, if known. Order copies of the maps for a fee. 
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[http://www.indianahistory.org/ Indiana Historical Society] Find information about the Indiana Historical Society. Search their catalog and collection guides to learn about their vast holdings. 
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[http://www.letrs.indiana.edu/inmh/ Indiana Magazine of History Online Index] Search an index to the [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search~S2?/tIndiana+magazine+of+history./tindiana+magazine+of+history/1%2C2%2C7%2CB/frameset&FF=tindiana+magazine+of+history&1%2C%2C6/indexsort=- ''Indiana Magazine of History''], from 1905 to 2004. Find a reference to an interesting article, then come to [http://www.sjcpl.org/localhistory/ Local & Family History Services] to read it. 
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[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1410397 Indiana Marriages, 1811-1959] View transcriptions of Indiana marriage records for the following counties: Adams, Allen, Bartholomew, Benton, Blackford, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clark, Clay, Daviess, Dearborn, Decatur, De Kalb, Delaware, Dubois, Elkhart, Franklin, Harrison, Henry, Huntington, Marshall, Ohio, Owen, Rush, and Sullivan. All counties in Indiana will eventually be added. These records are made available on [http://www.familysearch.org/ FamilySearch,] from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. 
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[http://www.in.gov/icpr/index.htm Indiana State Archives] View information about their collections. Search the Indiana State Archives' online indexes; including naturalization, land, court, and children's home records. Use their new [http://www.indianadigitalarchives.org/ Indiana State Digital Archives,] which indexes naturalizations, institution records, Civil War records, county records and more. 
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[http://www.in.gov/library/genealogy.htm Indiana State Library - Genealogy Division] Search the ISL's online databases, including indexes to pre-1851 and 1993-2002 Indiana marriage records and nineteenth-century Indianapolis newspapers. Choose reels of microfilmed newspapers from their collection, and borrow them through interlibrary loan here at the St. Joseph County Public Library. 
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[http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/w2w/indiana.htm Indiana Vital Records] Find out how to order Indiana birth, death, marriage and divorce records. 
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[http://fizkid.tripod.com/ Indiana's World War II Dead in the South Pacific] Browse a volunteer-run web site about Indiana's World War II servicemen who died in the South Pacific. The site features photographs of the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines, along with lists of the soldiers and sailors honored there. 
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[http://www.plymouth.lib.in.us/obituary_index.html ''Plymouth Pilot'' Obituary Index] Search for obituaries published in the ''Plymouth Pilot'' newspaper from July 27, 1922 - April 30, 1979. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=22 Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970 - Digital] View, navigate, print, and download historic maps of Indiana cities, showing streets and buildings. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library, and from your home computer with a valid St. Joseph County Public Library Card. 
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[http://208.119.72.68/vine/vine_home.asp VINE - Vital INformation Exchange] Search for your family names in vital records, local history, and other genealogical sources in this state-wide surname index. 
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[http://www.wakarusa.lib.in.us/ Wakarusa Public Library] View digital documents about the Wakarusa area under the tab, "Historical," including obituaries, photos, maps, texts and more. 

===Midwestern Region Research===
[http://www.bcgensoc.com/ Berrien County Genealogical Society] Located just to our north, Berrien County, Michigan is served by the Berrien County Genealogical Society. Learn how to become a member & when meetings are scheduled, purchase Berrien county resources, submit queries, learn about local record repositories and much more at this site. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=123 Chicago Tribune (1858-1985)] Search this database of articles and pages from the ''Chicago Tribune'', going back as far as the 1850s and continuing through 1985. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library, and from your home computer with a valid St. Joseph County Public Library card. 
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Cook County, Illinois Vital Records View digitized [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1462519 birth certificates] from 1878-1922 and [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1463145 marriage records] from 1871-1920 and more. These records are made available on [http://www.familysearch.org FamilySearch,] from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. 
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[http://lincolnnet.net/ijgs/ Illiana Jewish Genealogical Society] Get information on Jewish genealogy in the Illinois-Indiana area, and find out about membership and projects. 
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[http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/archives.html Illinois State Archives] Learn about the holdings of the State Archives, read guides and tips on how to use the collections, search [http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/databases.html online indexes,] including military, land and vital records from all over the state.
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[http://ukcc.uky.edu/vitalrec/ Kentucky Vital Record Indexes] Look up your Kentucky ancestors in vital record indexes. View death indexes from 1911-1992, marriage indexes from 1973-1993, and divorce indexes from 1973-1993. 
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[http://mmm.lib.msu.edu/search/index.cfm Making of Modern Michigan] Search through digital images, diaries, newspaper clippings, indexes and more. Find a Michigan ancestor or town in this digital library project, created by a coalition of Michigan public libraries.
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Michigan Vital Records View digitized birth, marriage and death records from the state of Michigan. View [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1459684 birth registrations] from 1867-1902; [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1452395 marriage records] from 1868-1925; and [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1452402 death registrations] from 1867-1897. These records are made available on [http://www.familysearch.org/ FamilySearch,] from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=51 NewspaperARCHIVE] View online newspapers from across the United States for many time periods. Searchable by personal name, keyword, location, date, and title. The archive includes some newspapers from Anderson, Cambridge City, Chester, Ft. Wayne, Gary, Hammond, Indianapolis, Kokomo, Logansport, Montpelier, and Valparaiso, Indiana; from various Michigan cities, including Benton Harbor, Holland, Saint Joseph, and Traverse City; and from 31 Illinois cities, including Chicago’s suburbs. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library, and from your home computer with a valid St. Joseph County Public Library Card. 
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[http://www.nileslibrary.com/news-events/adult-services-department-news/climb-your-family-tree.html Niles District Library - Local History Room] 
Search the online catalog for books in the Niles Library's Local History Room and learn about other aspects of the collections so you can plan your visit. Search an online obituary index to obituaries from Niles newspaper. Use Footnote.com, a unique and valuable commercial genealogical database available free locally at NDL.
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[http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#c=1307272;p=collectionDetails;t=searchable Ohio Death Records] View digitized death certificates for the state of Ohio from 1908-1953. These records are made available on [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/default.asp FamilySearch,] from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. 
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[http://www.kansasheritage.org/pbp/gen/g_intro.html Potawatomi Genealogy] Find out how to search for Potawatomi ancestors, on this site created by volunteers from the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation in Kansas. Read about the Potawatomi people and language. 
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[http://seekingmichigan.org/ Seeking Michigan] Search for digital photographs, records, books and more related to the history and culture of Michigan. View digitized death certificates from 1897-1920, Civil War Service records, Michigan Polish American collection and much more. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~mivanbur/SWMIObitIndex/SWMIObit.htm Southwest Michigan Obituary Index] Search an index of over 76,000 obituaries for Allegan, Berrien, Cass, Kalamazoo, and Van Buren counties.
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===National Research===
[http://www.1940census.archives.gov/ 1940 Census (National Archives)] Browse through the 1940 United States census images for the very first time on April 2, 2012. Since there is not yet an index, you may need assistance using the website and finding your ancestors. Come see us in Local & Family History Services for expert help. One way to find family without an index is by address. If you can research your family's 1940 address through old documents, family records, 1940 city directory, and old letters, you will be able to search the area around that address for your family. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=127 American Ancestors, formerly New England Ancestors] Search the New England Historic Genealogical Society's extensive databases of town, church, family Bible, vital, land, tax, and other records pertaining to New England as well as New York, Ireland, England, and eastern Canada. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=42 Ancestry Library Edition] Search databases of vital statistics, passenger lists, military service records, all available United States censuses, and more. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library. 
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[http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ Bureau of Land Management - General Land Office] Search the BLM's database of federal government land records, going back to the 1800s. 
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[Castle Garden] Search a database of immigration records for people who entered this country through New York City between 1855 and 1892. [*January 2012: Caution, this website seems to be infected with a computer virus or other problem. Do not use until this is fixed!] 
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[http://www.ancestry.com/learn/ContentCenters/contentCenter.aspx?page=trees&sp=forms Charts and Forms] View and print out blank pedigree charts, family group sheets, census forms, research calendars, and source summaries. 
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[http://www.cyndislist.com/ Cyndi's List] Look through a comprehensive, searchable collection of hundreds of thousands of genealogy-related links. 
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[http://www.deathindexes.com/ Death Indexes] Search this directory of online death indexes, obituaries, death records, cemetery records, and more. 
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[http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/ Ellis Island Foundation] Search immigration records for people who entered the country through New York City between 1892 and 1924. 
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[http://www.familysearch.org/ FamilySearch, from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints] Access the Mormon Church's [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp library catalog] to see what microfilm you can have delivered to your nearest Family History Center. Search the 1880 United States Census. Find your ancestors in the International Genealogical Index or Ancestral File. See free digitized records online. Content is updated often, but currently includes Michigan vital records 1867-1925, Ohio deaths 1908-1953, Cook County, Illinois vital records 1871-1922, West Virginia deaths and marriages, 1853-1970, Philadelphia death certificates, 1803-1915, and much more from all over the world. 
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[http://www.lib.byu.edu/fhc/index.php Family History Archives] Read over 60,000 digitized family and local history books owned by the Family History Library, Allen County Public Library, Brigham Young University Library and more. You may search by family name, author, title, keyword, full-text, and also use a browse function to see all the books in the collection. 
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[http://www.findagrave.com/ Find A Grave] Search 62 million worldwide grave records by decedent's name, by the name of the cemetery, or browse by a location to see all cemeteries in a certain location. Read transcriptions of tombstone inscriptions, view pictures of the stones, and sometimes, obituaries at this volunteer-maintained site. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=23 HeritageQuest Online] Search databases covering most available United States censuses, digitized local history and genealogy books, PERSI (the PERiodical Source Index to genealogy magazines), digitized Revolutionary War pension and bounty land records, and Freedman's Bank files. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library, and from your home computer with a valid St. Joseph County Public Library card. 
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[http://www.loc.gov/rr/genealogy/ Library of Congress - Local History & Genealogy] Find tips on genealogy and local history research and locate sources. Get access to the Library of Congress's famous American Memory web site, with more than 5 million digital photographs, diaries, song scores, pamphlets, and other materials. 
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[http://www.linkpendium.com/ Linkpendium] View thousands of links to genealogy websites for the United States, the United Kingdom and surnames. 
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[http://www.archives.gov/research/genealogy/index.html National Archives - Genealogy] Find information on doing genealogical research, locating and ordering records, and more. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=51 NewspaperARCHIVE] View online newspapers from across the United States for many time periods. Searchable by personal name, keyword, location, date, and title. The archive includes some newspapers from Anderson, Cambridge City, Chester, Ft. Wayne, Gary, Hammond, Indianapolis, Kokomo, Logansport, Montpelier, and Valparaiso, Indiana; from various Michigan cities, including Benton Harbor, Holland, Saint Joseph, and Traverse City; and from 31 Illinois cities, including Chicago’s suburbs. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library, and from your home computer with a valid St. Joseph County Public Library card. 
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[http://www.pgsa.org/ Polish Genealogical Society of America] Search the database of Polish burials in South Bend's Cedar Grove Cemetery and the St. Joseph Polish Cemetery or post research queries about Polish ancestors. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/ RootsWeb] Find and share information with other genealogists. Search free databases, including World Connect family trees and vital statistics indexes. Post to message boards or join e-mail lists. View thousands of genealogy-related web pages hosted on the site. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=22 Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970 - Digital] View, navigate, print, and download historic maps of Indiana cities, showing streets and buildings. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library, and from your home computer with a valid St. Joseph County Public Library card. 
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[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1202535 Social Security Death Index (SSDI)] Find individuals in the Social Security Death Index, which runs from 1962 through the present; the free index gives name, date of death, last known address, and social security number. 
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[http://www.usgenweb.org/ USGenWeb] Look at genealogical web sites (with record transcriptions, addresses of libraries/archives, lookups, queries, history, and more) for each state and most counties on this volunteer-run web site. Also view national projects such as the [http://www.usgwtombstones.org/index.html Tombstone Transcription Project.] 
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[http://worldcat.org/ WorldCat] Search this catalog of materials held in more than 7,600 libraries in the United States and the rest of the world, including public, academic, state, and national libraries; archives; and historical societies. 
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===Vital Records, Local===
[http://www.the-burgenland-bunch.org/homepage.htm Burgenland Genealogy] Search through surnames, village names, queries, maps, censuses and much more data on former residents of the Burgenland, a province in Austria, that is home to Germans, Austrians, Hungarians, and Croats. View a [http://www.the-burgenland-bunch.org/BH&R/homelinks/data/in-names.htm list] of Burgenlanders buried in South Bend. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~instjose/immigration/hungarian/Chris_Kovach/hungarian-chris-kovach.htm Hungarian Records - St. Joseph Co.] Search for your St. Joseph County Hungarian ancestors in these abstracts of vital records, church records, immigration records, obituaries, funeral home and cemetery records compiled by genealogist Chris Kovach. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/LadewskiPapers/lucky.htm Lucky Ladewski Papers] Search through digitized family group sheets for Polish residents of St. Joseph County from the collection amassed by genealogist Gertrude T. (Stachowiak) "Lucky" Ladewski. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=126 Obituary Index] This free online database is an index to obituaries that appeared in the ''South Bend Tribune'' for people who died in St. Joseph County or had ties to St. Joseph County from 1913 to the present. 
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[http://www.pgsa.org/ Polish Genealogical Society of America] Search the database of Polish burials in South Bend's Cedar Grove Cemetery and St. Joseph Polish Cemetery. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose St. Joseph County GenWeb] See how to obtain vital records in St. Joseph County and browse free indexes. 
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[http://www.stjosephcountyindiana.com/ St. Joseph County Government] Get contact information for the County Clerk and County Archives, where you can find guardianship, marriage, divorce, and probate records, and the County Health Department, where you can get birth and death records. 
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[http://www.libraryforlife.org/subjectguides/index.php/St._Joseph_Co._Vital_Records St.Joseph County Vital Records] Read a how-to article by SJCPL librarians on how to find vital records for St. Joseph County, Indiana. This article contains links to helpful websites and pointers for researching births, marriages and deaths. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~insbags/ South Bend Area Genealogical Society (SBAGS)] Browse the home page of the South Bend Area Genealogical Society. Search an online index to St. Joseph County marriages from 1922 to February 1988. 
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[http://southlawn.palmerfuneralhomes.com/genealogy.htm Southlawn Cemetery] Search for individual's names and burial plot locations in Southlawn Cemetery in South Bend. 
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===Vital Records, Indiana===
[http://www.ingenweb.org/ Indiana GenWeb] Search indexes to vital records, see cemetery transcriptions, get research help, and more. Look at information about Indiana as a whole or about particular counties. 
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[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1410397 Indiana Marriages, 1811-1959] View transcriptions of Indiana marriage records for the following counties: Adams, Allen, Bartholomew, Benton, Blackford, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clark, Clay, Daviess, Dearborn, Decatur, De Kalb, Delaware, Dubois, Elkhart, Franklin, Harrison, Henry, Huntington, Marshall, Ohio, Owen, Rush, and Sullivan. All counties in Indiana will eventually be added. These records are made available on [http://www.familysearch.org/ FamilySearch,] from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. 
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[http://www.in.gov/library/index.htm Indiana State Library - Genealogy Division] Search the ISL's online databases, including indexes to pre-1851 and 1993-2002 Indiana marriage records and nineteenth-century Indianapolis newspapers. Choose reels of microfilmed newspapers from their collection, and borrow them through interlibrary loan here at the St. Joseph County Public Library. 
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[http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/howto/w2w/indiana.htm Indiana Vital Records] Find out how to order Indiana birth, death, marriage and divorce records. 
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===Vital Records, National===
[http://www.sjcpl.org/subjectguides/index.php/Finding_Birth_Families Adoption Information] Read a how-to article by SJCPL librarians on how to find birth families for adoptees. This article contains links to helpful websites and pointers for researching this important event. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=127 American Ancestors, formerly New England Ancestors] Search the New England Historic Genealogical Society's extensive databases of town, church, family Bible, vital, land, tax, and other records pertaining to New England as well as New York, Ireland, England, and eastern Canada. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=42 Ancestry Library Edition] Search databases of vital statistics, passenger lists, military service records, all available United States censuses, and more. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library. 
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[http://www.deathindexes.com/ Death Indexes] Search this directory of online death indexes, obituaries, death records, cemetery records, and more. 
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[http://www.findagrave.com/ Find A Grave] Search 62 million worldwide grave records by decedent's name, by the name of the cemetery, or browse by a location to see all cemeteries in a certain location. Read transcriptions of tombstone inscriptions, view pictures of the stones, and sometimes, obituaries at this volunteer-maintained site. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/subjectguides/index.php/Foreign_Births Finding Birth Dates for Foreign-Born Relatives] Read a how-to article by SJCPL librarians on how to find birth dates for foreign-born relatives. This article contains links to helpful websites and pointers for tracing your family back to the "old country."
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/ RootsWeb] Find and share information with other genealogists. Search free databases, including World Connect family trees and vital statistics indexes. Post to message boards or join e-mail lists. View thousands of genealogy-related web pages hosted on the site. 
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[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1202535 Social Security Death Index] Find individuals in the Social Security Death Index, which runs from 1962 through the present; the free index gives name, date of death, last known address, and social security number. 
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===Ethnic Research===
[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=42 Ancestry Library Edition] Search databases of vital statistics, passenger lists, military service records, all available United States censuses, and more. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library. 
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[http://bahsc.org/ Belgian American Historical Society of Chicago] Explore this site which documents the history of Belgian immigration to the Midwest, and send a query about Belgian surnames.
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[http://www.the-burgenland-bunch.org/homepage.htm Burgenland Genealogy] Search through surnames, village names, queries, maps, censuses and much more data on former residents of the Burgenland, a province in Austria, that is home to Germans, Austrians, Hungarians, and Croats. View a [http://www.the-burgenland-bunch.org/BH&R/homelinks/data/in-names.htm list] of Burgenlanders buried in South Bend. 
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[Castle Garden] Search a database of immigration records for people who entered this country through New York City between 1855 and 1892. [* January 2012: This website seems to be infected with a computer virus or other problem. Do not use until fixed!] 
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[http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/ Ellis Island Foundation] Search immigration records for people who entered the country through New York City between 1892 and 1924. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/subjectguides/index.php/Foreign_Births Finding Birth Dates for Foreign-Born Relatives] Read a how-to article by SJCPL librarians on how to find birth dates for foreign-born relatives. This article contains links to helpful websites and pointers for tracing your family back to the "old country."
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=23 HeritageQuest Online] Search the Freedman's Bank records, which are bank account applications for former slaves from 1865-1874. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library, and from your home computer with a valid St. Joseph County Public Library Card. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~instjose/immigration/hungarian/Chris_Kovach/hungarian-chris-kovach.htm Hungarian Records - St. Joseph Co.] Search for your St. Joseph County Hungarian ancestors in these abstracts of vital records, church records, immigration records, obituaries, funeral home and cemetery records compiled by genealogist Chris Kovach. 
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[http://lincolnnet.net/ijgs/ Illiana Jewish Genealogical Society] Get information on Jewish genealogy in the Illinois-Indiana area, and find out about membership and projects. 
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[http://www.in.gov/icpr/index.htm Indiana State Archives - Online Indexes] Search the Indiana State Archives' online indexes, including naturalization, land, court, and children's home records. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/LadewskiPapers/lucky.htm Lucky Ladewski Papers] Search through digitized papers on Polish residents of St. Joseph County from the collection amassed by genealogist Gertrude T. (Stachowiak) "Lucky" Ladewski. 
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[http://www.archives.gov/research/genealogy/index.html National Archives - Genealogy] Find information on doing genealogical research, locating and ordering immigration records, and more. 
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[http://www.pgsa.org/ Polish Genealogical Society of America] Search the database of Polish burials in South Bend's Cedar Grove Cemetery or post research queries about Polish ancestors. 
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[http://www.kansasheritage.org/pbp/gen/g_intro.html Potawatomi Genealogy] Find out how to search for Potawatomi ancestors, on this site created by volunteers from the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation in Kansas. Read about the Potawatomi people and language. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose St. Joseph County GenWeb] See how to obtain vital records in St. Joseph County, find information about your immigrant ancestors, and search free local databases. 
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===Land and Property Research===
[http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/gmd:@field(NUMBER+@band(g4094s+pm002020)) 1866 Map of South Bend] Browse a digital version of this early map of South Bend, found on the Library of Congress website, [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html American Memory collection.] 
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[http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/gmd:@field(NUMBER+@band(g4094s+pm002030)) 1874 Map of South Bend] Browse a digital version of this early map of South Bend, found on the Library of Congress website, [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html American Memory collection.] 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=124 1875 St. Joseph County Atlas] Search or browse through SJCPL's digital version of the 1875 Illustrated Historical Atlas of St. Joseph County, Indiana, including plat maps, biographies, and engravings. 
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[http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/gmd:@field(NUMBER+@band(g4094s+pm002040)) 1890 Map of South Bend] Browse a digital version of this early map of South Bend, found on the Library of Congress website, [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html American Memory collection.] 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=55 1936 St. Joseph County Plat Book] Search or browse through SJCPL's digital version of the 1936 Index Map of St. Joseph County, Indiana, which shows all landowners in the unincorporated areas of the county at that time. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=127 American Ancestors, formerly New England Ancestors] Search the New England Historic Genealogical Society's extensive databases of town, church, family Bible, vital, land, tax, and other records pertaining to New England as well as New York, Ireland, England, and eastern Canada. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library. 
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[http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ Bureau of Land Management - General Land Office] Search the BLM's database of federal government land records, going back to the 1800s. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/subjectguides/index.php/House_Research House Research] Read a how-to article by SJCPL librarians on how to research the history of your house. This article contains links to helpful websites and pointers for the research process.
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[http://129.79.145.7/arcims/IHAPI/index.html Indiana Historical Aerial Photo Index] View aerial photos dating from the 1930s to 1980s of Indiana land parcels. Search function is available by street address, township and range, coordinates or by map number, if known. Order copies of the maps for a fee. 
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[http://www.in.gov/icpr/index.htm Indiana State Archives - Online Indexes] Search the Indiana State Archives' online indexes, including naturalization, land, court, and children's home records. 
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[http://www.macoggis.com/ Michiana Area Council of Governments GIS System] Research your house and neighborhood using this free public source of homeowner information. See an aerial picture of your St. Joseph County or Elkhart County home! 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=22 Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970 - Digital] View, navigate, print, and download historic maps of Indiana cities, showing streets and buildings. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library, and from your home computer with a valid St. Joseph County Public Library Card. 
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[http://www.stjosephcountyindiana.com/ St. Joseph County Government] Get contact information for the County Recorder, where you can locate land records. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~insbags/ South Bend Area Genealogical Society (SBAGS)] Browse the home page of the South Bend Area Genealogical Society. View historic and modern photographs of the South Bend and Mishawaka area, along with maps and other databases. 
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===Research Tools===
[http://www.copyright.cornell.edu/public_domain/ Copyright Explanation] If you are thinking of publishing your own family history book, and are wondering whether you can use particular documents, consult this frequently updated information from noted copyright expert Peter Hirtle at Cornell University. 
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[http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/ Perpetual calendar] Need to know what day of the week a particular date fell on? Visit this site, type in the year you are interested in, and see the calendar for that year. 
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[http://babelfish.altavista.com/ Translation] Having trouble reading that old family document in a foreign language? Try Babel Fish to translate Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish into English. But beware: the translation is very literal and basic. 
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==Recommended Local and Family History Websites==

===St. Joseph County Research===
[http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/gmd:@field(NUMBER+@band(g4094s+pm002020)) 1866 Map of South Bend] Browse a digital version of this early map of South Bend, found on the Library of Congress website, [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html American Memory collection.] 
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[http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/gmd:@field(NUMBER+@band(g4094s+pm002030)) 1874 Map of South Bend] Browse a digital version of this early map of South Bend, found on the Library of Congress website, [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html American Memory collection.] 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=124 1875 St. Joseph County Atlas] Search or browse through SJCPL's digital version of the 1875 Illustrated Historical Atlas of St. Joseph County, Indiana, including plat maps, biographies, and engravings. 
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[http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/gmd:@field(NUMBER+@band(g4094s+pm002040)) 1890 Map of South Bend] Browse a digital version of this early map of South Bend, found on the Library of Congress website, [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html American Memory collection.] 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=131 ca. 1910 South Bend YMCA Book] Search or browse through SJCPL's digital version of A Manhood Factory in the Center of South Bend's Greatest Industries, featuring text and illustrations of people, the YMCA, and the community. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=130 1910 South Bend and Mishawaka Elks Convention Book] Search or browse through SJCPL's digital version of Official Souvenir, 9th Annual Convention, Indiana State Association, B.P.O.E., South Bend, Indiana, featuring text and illustrations of people, businesses, and the community. 
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[http://www.archive.org/stream/polksouthbendind00polk#page/n7/mode/2up 1921 South Bend & Mishawaka City Directory] Search or browse through a digital version of Polk's South Bend & Mishawaka City Directory for 1921. Searchable by personal or business name or by reverse lookup by street name and house number. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=125 1936 St. Joseph County Plat Book] Search or browse through SJCPL's digital version of the 1936 Index Map of St. Joseph County, Indiana, which shows all landowners in the unincorporated areas of the county at that time. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/subjectguides/index.php/Finding_Birth_Families Adoption Information] Read a how-to article by SJCPL librarians on how to find birth families for adoptees. This article contains links to helpful websites and pointers for researching this important event. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/subjectguides/index.php/Foreign_Births Finding Birth Dates for Foreign-Born Relatives] Read a how-to article by SJCPL librarians on how to find birth dates for foreign-born relatives. This article contains links to helpful websites and pointers for tracing your family back to the "old country." 
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[http://www.hlcm.org/htlm/archives.html Hannah Lindahl Children's Museum - Archives] Find out about the resources at the Children's Museum, including an online database of Mishawaka school records and online photographs. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=23 HeritageQuest Online - Online books] Read digital versions of the following books: ''Marriage Records St Joseph County [index 1830-1882]''; ''South Bend and the Men Who Have Made It''; ''Historic Background of South Bend and St. Joseph County''; ''History of St. Joseph County Indiana (1880)''; ''Pictorial and Biographical Memoirs of Elkhart and St. Joseph Counties Indiana'' and more. Choose the "Search Books" option from the homepage. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library, and from your home computer with a valid St. Joseph County Public Library card. 
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[http://www.historicnewcarlisle.org/ Historic New Carlisle] Read about the history of New Carlisle, historic preservation activities in the community, and find links to the museum and a list of some of its collections. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/subjectguides/index.php/House_Research House Research] Read a how-to article by SJCPL librarians on how to research the history of your house. This article contains links to helpful websites and pointers for the research process. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~instjose/immigration/hungarian/Chris_Kovach/hungarian-chris-kovach.htm Hungarian Records - St. Joseph Co.] Search for your St. Joseph County Hungarian ancestors in these abstracts of vital records, church records, immigration records, obituaries, funeral home and cemetery records compiled by genealogist Chris Kovach. 
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[http://www.iusb.edu/~libg/archives/index.shtml IUSB Archives] Visit the Archives of Indiana University at South Bend to learn about the history of IUSB, the history of the Torrington Company, local notable James Lewis Casaday and his theater-related collection, and more. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/localhistory/ Local & Family History Services] of the [http://www.sjcpl.org St. Joseph County Public Library] See the historical and genealogical databases we have put online, use subscription databases in the library or from home with a St. Joseph County Public Library card, and see what we have in our collection. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/LadewskiPapers/lucky.htm Lucky Ladewski Papers] Search through digitized papers on Polish residents of South Bend from the collection amassed by genealogist Gertrude T. (Stachowiak) "Lucky" Ladewski. 
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[http://www.macoggis.com/ Michiana Area Council of Governments (MACOG) GIS System] Research your house and neighborhood using this free public source of homeowner information. See an aerial picture of your St. Joseph County or Elkhart County home. 
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[http://www.mphpl.org/newSite/AdultServices/adult_geneaology.html Mishawaka-Penn-Harris Public Library - Heritage Room] See a listing of MPHPL's genealogy and local history resources. Search through the Hannah Lindahl Children's Museum and MPHPL Online Archive, which includes many photographs. 
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[http://www.centerforhistory.org/ Northern Indiana Center for History] Find information on South Bend's Center for History. Read about the people, places, and events that have shaped St. Joseph County history and Northern Indiana. 
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[http://www.nd.edu/~archives Notre Dame University - Archives] Search the collections of Notre Dame's Archives, including Notre Dame records and local manuscript collections. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=126 Obituary Index] This free online database is an index to obituaries that appeared in the ''South Bend Tribune'' for people who died in St. Joseph County from 1913 to the present. 
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[http://www.pgsa.org/ Polish Genealogical Society of America] Search the database of Polish burials in South Bend's Cedar Grove Cemetery and the St. Joseph Polish Cemetery or post research queries about Polish ancestors. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/cemetery.htm St. Joseph County Cemeteries] Find a list of the cemeteries in St. Joseph County, along with directions. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose St. Joseph County GenWeb] See how to obtain vital records in St. Joseph County, find information about your Polish immigrant ancestors, search free local databases, and much more. 
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[http://www.stjosephcountyindiana.com/ St. Joseph County Government] Get contact information for the County Clerk and County Archives, where you can find guardianship, marriage, divorce, and probate records; the County Health Department, where you can get birth and death records; and the County Recorder, where you can locate land records. 
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[http://www.libraryforlife.org/subjectguides/index.php/St._Joseph_Co._Vital_Records St. Joseph County Vital Records] Read a how-to article by SJCPL librarians on how to find vital records for St. Joseph County, Indiana. This article contains links to helpful websites and pointers for researching births, marriages and deaths. 
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[http://www3.saintmarys.edu/library/archives Saint Mary's College - Archives] See how to find photographs, scrapbooks, and manuscripts about Saint Mary's College. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=22 Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970 - Digital] View, navigate, print, and download historic maps of Indiana cities, showing streets and buildings. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library, and from your home computer with a valid St. Joseph County Public Library Card. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=53 Service Notes Index] Search an index to the Service Notes that were printed in the ''South Bend Tribune'' during the World War II, Korean War, and Vietnam War eras. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~insbags/ South Bend Area Genealogical Society (SBAGS)] Browse the home page of the South Bend Area Genealogical Society. Search an online index to St. Joseph County marriages from 1922 to February 1989. View historic and modern photographs of the South Bend and Mishawaka area, along with maps and many other databases and indexes. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=114 South Bend Tribune's Online Archives] Search this online database of ''South Bend Tribune'' articles published since March 1998. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library, and from your home computer with a valid St. Joseph County Public Library card. 
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[http://southlawn.palmerfuneralhomes.com/genealogy.htm Southlawn Cemetery] Search for individual's names and burial plot locations in Southlawn Cemetery in South Bend. 
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[http://www.walkerton.org/history.html Walkerton Area Historical Society] Search for local information on southern St. Joseph County, as well as photographs of the area.
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===Indiana Research===
[http://www.genealogycenter.org/Home.aspx Allen County Public Library - Genealogy Center] Search the catalog of the Allen County Public Library at Fort Wayne, the second-largest genealogy library in the world. Look at their online databases, including vital statistics indexes and cemetery transcriptions for the Allen County area. 
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[http://www.bremen.lib.in.us/historical/bpl_obituaries.asp Bremen Public Library] View historical materials about the community surrounding Bremen, view obituaries from the ''Bremen Enquirer'' prior to 1997, and view [http://www.bremen.lib.in.us/heritage/bremcem.htm cemetery records] from Bremen city cemeteries. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~inelkhar/ecgs.htm Elkhart County Genealogical Society] Find out about the Society and its library, events, and publications. 
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[http://www.elkhartcountyparks.org/properties_locations/rush_memorial_center.htm Elkhart County Historical Society Museum] Find out about the Society and its museum in Bristol, one of the top ten local history museums in Indiana. 
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[http://www.elkhart.lib.in.us/cgi-bin/index4r.pl?&file=local_history2.html Elkhart Public Library's Local History Department] Learn about the local history and genealogy collection at the library, search the Obituary Index to the ''Elkhart Truth'' (1921-present), and access the Local History Index, a topical index to articles in the ''Elkhart Truth.'' 
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[http://www.fulco.lib.in.us/Genealogy/fulcogenealogyfrontpage.htm Fulton County Public Library] Read digitized copies of books compiled by Jean and Wendall Tombough for Fulton County and other counties including: cemetery records for Fulton, Marshall, Miami and Kosciusko Counties; Fulton County obituaries; federal censuses; poor farm records; school enumerations; newspaper excerpts; marriage and death indexes; and will abstracts. 
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[http://www.indgensoc.org/ Indiana Genealogical Society] Find information about the Indiana Genealogical Society. Post and search research queries. 
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[http://www.ingenweb.org/ Indiana GenWeb] Find online information about Indiana genealogy. Search indexes to vital records, see cemetery transcriptions, get research help, and more. Look at information about Indiana as a whole or about particular counties. 
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[http://129.79.145.7/arcims/IHAPI/index.html Indiana Historical Aerial Photo Index] View aerial photos dating from the 1930s to 1980s of Indiana land parcels. Search function is available by street address, township and range, coordinates or by map number, if known. Order copies of the maps for a fee. 
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[http://www.indianahistory.org/ Indiana Historical Society] Find information about the Indiana Historical Society. Search their catalog and collection guides to learn about their vast holdings. 
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[http://www.letrs.indiana.edu/inmh/ Indiana Magazine of History Online Index] Search an index to the [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search~S2?/tIndiana+magazine+of+history./tindiana+magazine+of+history/1%2C2%2C7%2CB/frameset&FF=tindiana+magazine+of+history&1%2C%2C6/indexsort=- ''Indiana Magazine of History''], from 1905 to 2004. Find a reference to an interesting article, then come to [http://www.sjcpl.org/localhistory/ Local & Family History Services] to read it. 
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[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1410397 Indiana Marriages, 1811-1959] View transcriptions of Indiana marriage records for the following counties: Adams, Allen, Bartholomew, Benton, Blackford, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clark, Clay, Daviess, Dearborn, Decatur, De Kalb, Delaware, Dubois, Elkhart, Franklin, Harrison, Henry, Huntington, Marshall, Ohio, Owen, Rush, and Sullivan. All counties in Indiana will eventually be added. These records are made available on [http://www.familysearch.org/ FamilySearch,] from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. 
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[http://www.in.gov/icpr/index.htm Indiana State Archives] View information about their collections. Search the Indiana State Archives' online indexes; including naturalization, land, court, and children's home records. Use their new [http://www.indianadigitalarchives.org/ Indiana State Digital Archives,] which indexes naturalizations, institution records, Civil War records, county records and more. 
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[http://www.in.gov/library/genealogy.htm Indiana State Library - Genealogy Division] Search the ISL's online databases, including indexes to pre-1851 and 1993-2002 Indiana marriage records and nineteenth-century Indianapolis newspapers. Choose reels of microfilmed newspapers from their collection, and borrow them through interlibrary loan here at the St. Joseph County Public Library. 
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[http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/w2w/indiana.htm Indiana Vital Records] Find out how to order Indiana birth, death, marriage and divorce records. 
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[http://fizkid.tripod.com/ Indiana's World War II Dead in the South Pacific] Browse a volunteer-run web site about Indiana's World War II servicemen who died in the South Pacific. The site features photographs of the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines, along with lists of the soldiers and sailors honored there. 
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[http://www.plymouth.lib.in.us/obituary_index.html ''Plymouth Pilot'' Obituary Index] Search for obituaries published in the ''Plymouth Pilot'' newspaper from July 27, 1922 - April 30, 1979. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=22 Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970 - Digital] View, navigate, print, and download historic maps of Indiana cities, showing streets and buildings. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library, and from your home computer with a valid St. Joseph County Public Library Card. 
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[http://208.119.72.68/vine/vine_home.asp VINE - Vital INformation Exchange] Search for your family names in vital records, local history, and other genealogical sources in this state-wide surname index. 
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[http://www.wakarusa.lib.in.us/ Wakarusa Public Library] View digital documents about the Wakarusa area under the tab, "Historical," including obituaries, photos, maps, texts and more. 

===Midwestern Region Research===
[http://www.bcgensoc.com/ Berrien County Genealogical Society] Located just to our north, Berrien County, Michigan is served by the Berrien County Genealogical Society. Learn how to become a member & when meetings are scheduled, purchase Berrien county resources, submit queries, learn about local record repositories and much more at this site. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=123 Chicago Tribune (1858-1985)] Search this database of articles and pages from the ''Chicago Tribune'', going back as far as the 1850s and continuing through 1985. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library, and from your home computer with a valid St. Joseph County Public Library card. 
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Cook County, Illinois Vital Records View digitized [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1462519 birth certificates] from 1878-1922 and [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1463145 marriage records] from 1871-1920 and more. These records are made available on [http://www.familysearch.org FamilySearch,] from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. 
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[http://lincolnnet.net/ijgs/ Illiana Jewish Genealogical Society] Get information on Jewish genealogy in the Illinois-Indiana area, and find out about membership and projects. 
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[http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/archives.html Illinois State Archives] Learn about the holdings of the State Archives, read guides and tips on how to use the collections, search [http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/databases.html online indexes,] including military, land and vital records from all over the state.
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[http://ukcc.uky.edu/vitalrec/ Kentucky Vital Record Indexes] Look up your Kentucky ancestors in vital record indexes. View death indexes from 1911-1992, marriage indexes from 1973-1993, and divorce indexes from 1973-1993. 
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[http://mmm.lib.msu.edu/search/index.cfm Making of Modern Michigan] Search through digital images, diaries, newspaper clippings, indexes and more. Find a Michigan ancestor or town in this digital library project, created by a coalition of Michigan public libraries.
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Michigan Vital Records View digitized birth, marriage and death records from the state of Michigan. View [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1459684 birth registrations] from 1867-1902; [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1452395 marriage records] from 1868-1925; and [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1452402 death registrations] from 1867-1897. These records are made available on [http://www.familysearch.org/ FamilySearch,] from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=51 NewspaperARCHIVE] View online newspapers from across the United States for many time periods. Searchable by personal name, keyword, location, date, and title. The archive includes some newspapers from Anderson, Cambridge City, Chester, Ft. Wayne, Gary, Hammond, Indianapolis, Kokomo, Logansport, Montpelier, and Valparaiso, Indiana; from various Michigan cities, including Benton Harbor, Holland, Saint Joseph, and Traverse City; and from 31 Illinois cities, including Chicago’s suburbs. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library, and from your home computer with a valid St. Joseph County Public Library Card. 
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[http://www.nileslibrary.com/news-events/adult-services-department-news/climb-your-family-tree.html Niles District Library - Local History Room] 
Search the online catalog for books in the Niles Library's Local History Room and learn about other aspects of the collections so you can plan your visit. Search an online obituary index to obituaries from Niles newspaper. Use Footnote.com, a unique and valuable commercial genealogical database available free locally at NDL.
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[http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#c=1307272;p=collectionDetails;t=searchable Ohio Death Records] View digitized death certificates for the state of Ohio from 1908-1953. These records are made available on [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/default.asp FamilySearch,] from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. 
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[http://www.kansasheritage.org/pbp/gen/g_intro.html Potawatomi Genealogy] Find out how to search for Potawatomi ancestors, on this site created by volunteers from the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation in Kansas. Read about the Potawatomi people and language. 
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[http://seekingmichigan.org/ Seeking Michigan] Search for digital photographs, records, books and more related to the history and culture of Michigan. View digitized death certificates from 1897-1920, Civil War Service records, Michigan Polish American collection and much more. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~mivanbur/SWMIObitIndex/SWMIObit.htm Southwest Michigan Obituary Index] Search an index of over 76,000 obituaries for Allegan, Berrien, Cass, Kalamazoo, and Van Buren counties.
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===National Research===
[http://www.1940census.archives.gov/ 1940 Census (National Archives)] Browse the 1940 census images for the very first time on April 2, 2012. Since there is not yet an index, you may need assistance using the website and finding your ancestors. Come see us in Local & Family History Services for expert help. One way to find family without an index is by address. If you can resaerch your family's 1940 address through documents, records, 1940 city directory, old letters, you will be able to search the area around that address for your family. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=127 American Ancestors, formerly New England Ancestors] Search the New England Historic Genealogical Society's extensive databases of town, church, family Bible, vital, land, tax, and other records pertaining to New England as well as New York, Ireland, England, and eastern Canada. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=42 Ancestry Library Edition] Search databases of vital statistics, passenger lists, military service records, all available United States censuses, and more. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library. 
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[http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ Bureau of Land Management - General Land Office] Search the BLM's database of federal government land records, going back to the 1800s. 
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[Castle Garden] Search a database of immigration records for people who entered this country through New York City between 1855 and 1892. [*January 2012: Caution, this website seems to be infected with a computer virus or other problem. Do not use until this is fixed!] 
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[http://www.ancestry.com/learn/ContentCenters/contentCenter.aspx?page=trees&sp=forms Charts and Forms] View and print out blank pedigree charts, family group sheets, census forms, research calendars, and source summaries. 
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[http://www.cyndislist.com/ Cyndi's List] Look through a comprehensive, searchable collection of hundreds of thousands of genealogy-related links. 
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[http://www.deathindexes.com/ Death Indexes] Search this directory of online death indexes, obituaries, death records, cemetery records, and more. 
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[http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/ Ellis Island Foundation] Search immigration records for people who entered the country through New York City between 1892 and 1924. 
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[http://www.familysearch.org/ FamilySearch, from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints] Access the Mormon Church's [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp library catalog] to see what microfilm you can have delivered to your nearest Family History Center. Search the 1880 United States Census. Find your ancestors in the International Genealogical Index or Ancestral File. See free digitized records online. Content is updated often, but currently includes Michigan vital records 1867-1925, Ohio deaths 1908-1953, Cook County, Illinois vital records 1871-1922, West Virginia deaths and marriages, 1853-1970, Philadelphia death certificates, 1803-1915, and much more from all over the world. 
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[http://www.lib.byu.edu/fhc/index.php Family History Archives] Read over 60,000 digitized family and local history books owned by the Family History Library, Allen County Public Library, Brigham Young University Library and more. You may search by family name, author, title, keyword, full-text, and also use a browse function to see all the books in the collection. 
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[http://www.findagrave.com/ Find A Grave] Search 62 million worldwide grave records by decedent's name, by the name of the cemetery, or browse by a location to see all cemeteries in a certain location. Read transcriptions of tombstone inscriptions, view pictures of the stones, and sometimes, obituaries at this volunteer-maintained site. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=23 HeritageQuest Online] Search databases covering most available United States censuses, digitized local history and genealogy books, PERSI (the PERiodical Source Index to genealogy magazines), digitized Revolutionary War pension and bounty land records, and Freedman's Bank files. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library, and from your home computer with a valid St. Joseph County Public Library card. 
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[http://www.loc.gov/rr/genealogy/ Library of Congress - Local History & Genealogy] Find tips on genealogy and local history research and locate sources. Get access to the Library of Congress's famous American Memory web site, with more than 5 million digital photographs, diaries, song scores, pamphlets, and other materials. 
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[http://www.linkpendium.com/ Linkpendium] View thousands of links to genealogy websites for the United States, the United Kingdom and surnames. 
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[http://www.archives.gov/research/genealogy/index.html National Archives - Genealogy] Find information on doing genealogical research, locating and ordering records, and more. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=51 NewspaperARCHIVE] View online newspapers from across the United States for many time periods. Searchable by personal name, keyword, location, date, and title. The archive includes some newspapers from Anderson, Cambridge City, Chester, Ft. Wayne, Gary, Hammond, Indianapolis, Kokomo, Logansport, Montpelier, and Valparaiso, Indiana; from various Michigan cities, including Benton Harbor, Holland, Saint Joseph, and Traverse City; and from 31 Illinois cities, including Chicago’s suburbs. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library, and from your home computer with a valid St. Joseph County Public Library card. 
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[http://www.pgsa.org/ Polish Genealogical Society of America] Search the database of Polish burials in South Bend's Cedar Grove Cemetery and the St. Joseph Polish Cemetery or post research queries about Polish ancestors. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/ RootsWeb] Find and share information with other genealogists. Search free databases, including World Connect family trees and vital statistics indexes. Post to message boards or join e-mail lists. View thousands of genealogy-related web pages hosted on the site. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=22 Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970 - Digital] View, navigate, print, and download historic maps of Indiana cities, showing streets and buildings. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library, and from your home computer with a valid St. Joseph County Public Library card. 
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[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1202535 Social Security Death Index (SSDI)] Find individuals in the Social Security Death Index, which runs from 1962 through the present; the free index gives name, date of death, last known address, and social security number. 
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[http://www.usgenweb.org/ USGenWeb] Look at genealogical web sites (with record transcriptions, addresses of libraries/archives, lookups, queries, history, and more) for each state and most counties on this volunteer-run web site. Also view national projects such as the [http://www.usgwtombstones.org/index.html Tombstone Transcription Project.] 
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[http://worldcat.org/ WorldCat] Search this catalog of materials held in more than 7,600 libraries in the United States and the rest of the world, including public, academic, state, and national libraries; archives; and historical societies. 
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===Vital Records, Local===
[http://www.the-burgenland-bunch.org/homepage.htm Burgenland Genealogy] Search through surnames, village names, queries, maps, censuses and much more data on former residents of the Burgenland, a province in Austria, that is home to Germans, Austrians, Hungarians, and Croats. View a [http://www.the-burgenland-bunch.org/BH&R/homelinks/data/in-names.htm list] of Burgenlanders buried in South Bend. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~instjose/immigration/hungarian/Chris_Kovach/hungarian-chris-kovach.htm Hungarian Records - St. Joseph Co.] Search for your St. Joseph County Hungarian ancestors in these abstracts of vital records, church records, immigration records, obituaries, funeral home and cemetery records compiled by genealogist Chris Kovach. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/LadewskiPapers/lucky.htm Lucky Ladewski Papers] Search through digitized family group sheets for Polish residents of St. Joseph County from the collection amassed by genealogist Gertrude T. (Stachowiak) "Lucky" Ladewski. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=126 Obituary Index] This free online database is an index to obituaries that appeared in the ''South Bend Tribune'' for people who died in St. Joseph County or had ties to St. Joseph County from 1913 to the present. 
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[http://www.pgsa.org/ Polish Genealogical Society of America] Search the database of Polish burials in South Bend's Cedar Grove Cemetery and St. Joseph Polish Cemetery. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose St. Joseph County GenWeb] See how to obtain vital records in St. Joseph County and browse free indexes. 
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[http://www.stjosephcountyindiana.com/ St. Joseph County Government] Get contact information for the County Clerk and County Archives, where you can find guardianship, marriage, divorce, and probate records, and the County Health Department, where you can get birth and death records. 
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[http://www.libraryforlife.org/subjectguides/index.php/St._Joseph_Co._Vital_Records St.Joseph County Vital Records] Read a how-to article by SJCPL librarians on how to find vital records for St. Joseph County, Indiana. This article contains links to helpful websites and pointers for researching births, marriages and deaths. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~insbags/ South Bend Area Genealogical Society (SBAGS)] Browse the home page of the South Bend Area Genealogical Society. Search an online index to St. Joseph County marriages from 1922 to February 1988. 
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[http://southlawn.palmerfuneralhomes.com/genealogy.htm Southlawn Cemetery] Search for individual's names and burial plot locations in Southlawn Cemetery in South Bend. 
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===Vital Records, Indiana===
[http://www.ingenweb.org/ Indiana GenWeb] Search indexes to vital records, see cemetery transcriptions, get research help, and more. Look at information about Indiana as a whole or about particular counties. 
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[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1410397 Indiana Marriages, 1811-1959] View transcriptions of Indiana marriage records for the following counties: Adams, Allen, Bartholomew, Benton, Blackford, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clark, Clay, Daviess, Dearborn, Decatur, De Kalb, Delaware, Dubois, Elkhart, Franklin, Harrison, Henry, Huntington, Marshall, Ohio, Owen, Rush, and Sullivan. All counties in Indiana will eventually be added. These records are made available on [http://www.familysearch.org/ FamilySearch,] from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. 
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[http://www.in.gov/library/index.htm Indiana State Library - Genealogy Division] Search the ISL's online databases, including indexes to pre-1851 and 1993-2002 Indiana marriage records and nineteenth-century Indianapolis newspapers. Choose reels of microfilmed newspapers from their collection, and borrow them through interlibrary loan here at the St. Joseph County Public Library. 
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[http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/howto/w2w/indiana.htm Indiana Vital Records] Find out how to order Indiana birth, death, marriage and divorce records. 
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===Vital Records, National===
[http://www.sjcpl.org/subjectguides/index.php/Finding_Birth_Families Adoption Information] Read a how-to article by SJCPL librarians on how to find birth families for adoptees. This article contains links to helpful websites and pointers for researching this important event. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=127 American Ancestors, formerly New England Ancestors] Search the New England Historic Genealogical Society's extensive databases of town, church, family Bible, vital, land, tax, and other records pertaining to New England as well as New York, Ireland, England, and eastern Canada. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=42 Ancestry Library Edition] Search databases of vital statistics, passenger lists, military service records, all available United States censuses, and more. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library. 
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[http://www.deathindexes.com/ Death Indexes] Search this directory of online death indexes, obituaries, death records, cemetery records, and more. 
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[http://www.findagrave.com/ Find A Grave] Search 62 million worldwide grave records by decedent's name, by the name of the cemetery, or browse by a location to see all cemeteries in a certain location. Read transcriptions of tombstone inscriptions, view pictures of the stones, and sometimes, obituaries at this volunteer-maintained site. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/subjectguides/index.php/Foreign_Births Finding Birth Dates for Foreign-Born Relatives] Read a how-to article by SJCPL librarians on how to find birth dates for foreign-born relatives. This article contains links to helpful websites and pointers for tracing your family back to the "old country."
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/ RootsWeb] Find and share information with other genealogists. Search free databases, including World Connect family trees and vital statistics indexes. Post to message boards or join e-mail lists. View thousands of genealogy-related web pages hosted on the site. 
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[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1202535 Social Security Death Index] Find individuals in the Social Security Death Index, which runs from 1962 through the present; the free index gives name, date of death, last known address, and social security number. 
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===Ethnic Research===
[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=42 Ancestry Library Edition] Search databases of vital statistics, passenger lists, military service records, all available United States censuses, and more. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library. 
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[http://bahsc.org/ Belgian American Historical Society of Chicago] Explore this site which documents the history of Belgian immigration to the Midwest, and send a query about Belgian surnames.
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[http://www.the-burgenland-bunch.org/homepage.htm Burgenland Genealogy] Search through surnames, village names, queries, maps, censuses and much more data on former residents of the Burgenland, a province in Austria, that is home to Germans, Austrians, Hungarians, and Croats. View a [http://www.the-burgenland-bunch.org/BH&R/homelinks/data/in-names.htm list] of Burgenlanders buried in South Bend. 
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[Castle Garden] Search a database of immigration records for people who entered this country through New York City between 1855 and 1892. [* January 2012: This website seems to be infected with a computer virus or other problem. Do not use until fixed!] 
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[http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/ Ellis Island Foundation] Search immigration records for people who entered the country through New York City between 1892 and 1924. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/subjectguides/index.php/Foreign_Births Finding Birth Dates for Foreign-Born Relatives] Read a how-to article by SJCPL librarians on how to find birth dates for foreign-born relatives. This article contains links to helpful websites and pointers for tracing your family back to the "old country."
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=23 HeritageQuest Online] Search the Freedman's Bank records, which are bank account applications for former slaves from 1865-1874. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library, and from your home computer with a valid St. Joseph County Public Library Card. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~instjose/immigration/hungarian/Chris_Kovach/hungarian-chris-kovach.htm Hungarian Records - St. Joseph Co.] Search for your St. Joseph County Hungarian ancestors in these abstracts of vital records, church records, immigration records, obituaries, funeral home and cemetery records compiled by genealogist Chris Kovach. 
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[http://lincolnnet.net/ijgs/ Illiana Jewish Genealogical Society] Get information on Jewish genealogy in the Illinois-Indiana area, and find out about membership and projects. 
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[http://www.in.gov/icpr/index.htm Indiana State Archives - Online Indexes] Search the Indiana State Archives' online indexes, including naturalization, land, court, and children's home records. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/LadewskiPapers/lucky.htm Lucky Ladewski Papers] Search through digitized papers on Polish residents of St. Joseph County from the collection amassed by genealogist Gertrude T. (Stachowiak) "Lucky" Ladewski. 
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[http://www.archives.gov/research/genealogy/index.html National Archives - Genealogy] Find information on doing genealogical research, locating and ordering immigration records, and more. 
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[http://www.pgsa.org/ Polish Genealogical Society of America] Search the database of Polish burials in South Bend's Cedar Grove Cemetery or post research queries about Polish ancestors. 
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[http://www.kansasheritage.org/pbp/gen/g_intro.html Potawatomi Genealogy] Find out how to search for Potawatomi ancestors, on this site created by volunteers from the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation in Kansas. Read about the Potawatomi people and language. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose St. Joseph County GenWeb] See how to obtain vital records in St. Joseph County, find information about your immigrant ancestors, and search free local databases. 
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===Land and Property Research===
[http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/gmd:@field(NUMBER+@band(g4094s+pm002020)) 1866 Map of South Bend] Browse a digital version of this early map of South Bend, found on the Library of Congress website, [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html American Memory collection.] 
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[http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/gmd:@field(NUMBER+@band(g4094s+pm002030)) 1874 Map of South Bend] Browse a digital version of this early map of South Bend, found on the Library of Congress website, [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html American Memory collection.] 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=124 1875 St. Joseph County Atlas] Search or browse through SJCPL's digital version of the 1875 Illustrated Historical Atlas of St. Joseph County, Indiana, including plat maps, biographies, and engravings. 
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[http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/gmd:@field(NUMBER+@band(g4094s+pm002040)) 1890 Map of South Bend] Browse a digital version of this early map of South Bend, found on the Library of Congress website, [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html American Memory collection.] 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=55 1936 St. Joseph County Plat Book] Search or browse through SJCPL's digital version of the 1936 Index Map of St. Joseph County, Indiana, which shows all landowners in the unincorporated areas of the county at that time. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=127 American Ancestors, formerly New England Ancestors] Search the New England Historic Genealogical Society's extensive databases of town, church, family Bible, vital, land, tax, and other records pertaining to New England as well as New York, Ireland, England, and eastern Canada. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library. 
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[http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ Bureau of Land Management - General Land Office] Search the BLM's database of federal government land records, going back to the 1800s. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/subjectguides/index.php/House_Research House Research] Read a how-to article by SJCPL librarians on how to research the history of your house. This article contains links to helpful websites and pointers for the research process.
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[http://129.79.145.7/arcims/IHAPI/index.html Indiana Historical Aerial Photo Index] View aerial photos dating from the 1930s to 1980s of Indiana land parcels. Search function is available by street address, township and range, coordinates or by map number, if known. Order copies of the maps for a fee. 
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[http://www.in.gov/icpr/index.htm Indiana State Archives - Online Indexes] Search the Indiana State Archives' online indexes, including naturalization, land, court, and children's home records. 
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[http://www.macoggis.com/ Michiana Area Council of Governments GIS System] Research your house and neighborhood using this free public source of homeowner information. See an aerial picture of your St. Joseph County or Elkhart County home! 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=22 Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970 - Digital] View, navigate, print, and download historic maps of Indiana cities, showing streets and buildings. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library, and from your home computer with a valid St. Joseph County Public Library Card. 
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[http://www.stjosephcountyindiana.com/ St. Joseph County Government] Get contact information for the County Recorder, where you can locate land records. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~insbags/ South Bend Area Genealogical Society (SBAGS)] Browse the home page of the South Bend Area Genealogical Society. View historic and modern photographs of the South Bend and Mishawaka area, along with maps and other databases. 
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===Research Tools===
[http://www.copyright.cornell.edu/public_domain/ Copyright Explanation] If you are thinking of publishing your own family history book, and are wondering whether you can use particular documents, consult this frequently updated information from noted copyright expert Peter Hirtle at Cornell University. 
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[http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/ Perpetual calendar] Need to know what day of the week a particular date fell on? Visit this site, type in the year you are interested in, and see the calendar for that year. 
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[http://babelfish.altavista.com/ Translation] Having trouble reading that old family document in a foreign language? Try Babel Fish to translate Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish into English. But beware: the translation is very literal and basic. 
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[[About Local & Family History Services | Contact and find out more about Local & Family History Services]] 
Created by: Libby Feil, October 2005 
Revised completely by: [[User:Sara| Sara Allen]], March 2007 
Last updated by: [[User:Sara| Sara Allen]], June 1, 2011 

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[[Category:Genealogy & Local History]]

Genealogy

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|bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | '''Subscription Databases'''

*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=42 Ancestry Library Edition]     Use in Library only
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=123 Chicago Tribune (1858-1985)]     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=23 HeritageQuest Online]     Use with Library card    [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Heritage_Quest.pdf Help sheet]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=24 New England Ancestors]     Use in Library only
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=51 NewspaperARCHIVE]     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=114 South Bend Tribune Online Archives]     Use with Library card
'''St. Joseph County Links'''
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=124 1875 Atlas Online]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=125 1936 Platbook Online]
*[http://www.hlcm.org/htlm/archives.html Lindahl Children's Museum Archives]
*[http://www.mphpl.org/newSite/AdultServices/adult_geneaology.html Mishawaka-Penn-Harris Public Library]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=126 Obituary Index]    [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Obit_Index.pdf Help sheet]
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose St. Joseph County GenWeb]
*[http://www.stjosephcountyindiana.com/ St. Joseph County Government]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=53 Service Notes Index]
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~insbags/ South Bend Area Genealogical Society]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=114 South Bend Tribune Online Archives] 
*[http://www.walkerton.org/history.html Walkerton Area Historical Society]

'''Indiana Links'''
*[http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/genealogy/index.html Allen County Public Library]
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~inelkhar/ecgs.htm Elkhart County Genealogical Society]
*[http://www.indgensoc.org/ Indiana Genealogical Society]
*[http://www.ingenweb.org/ Indiana GenWeb]
*[http://www.in.gov/icpr/2355.htm Indiana State Archives Online Indexes]
*[http://www.in.gov/library/indiana.htm Indiana State Library - Genealogy]
*[http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/w2w/indiana.htm Indiana Vital Records]
*[http://fizkid.tripod.com/ Indiana's South Pacific World War II Dead]

'''National Links'''
*[http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ Bureau of Land Management]
*[http://www.cyndislist.com/ Cyndi's List]
*[http://www.deathindexes.com/ Death Indexes]
*[http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/ Ellis Island]
*[http://www.familysearch.org/ Family Search]
*[http://www.archives.gov/genealogy National Archives Genealogy]
*[http://www.pgsa.org/ Polish Genealogical Society of America]
*[http://www.kansasheritage.org/pbp/gen/g_intro.html Potawatomi Genealogy]
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/ RootsWeb]
*[http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ Social Security Death Index]
*[http://www.usgenweb.org/ USGenWeb]

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==[[About Local & Family History Services | About Local & Family History Services]]==

==Help Sheets for Databases==
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=23 HeritageQuest Online] [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Heritage_Quest.pdf help sheet]
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=126 Obituary Index] [http://www.libraryforlife.org/research/helpfiles/Obit_Index.pdf help sheet]

== Articles ==
=== Getting Started with Your Family History ===
By Libby Feil
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Weddings and birthdays and burials, oh my! Writing down the dates and places of these important events is the first step in your family history journey. Start with yourself and your immediate family, listing all the places and dates you remember. When were you born? When did you get married? What about your parents? Make notes on all the family members you know, with their full names, their relationship to you, and their dates and places of birth, marriage, divorce, death, and burial. Don't forget important religious events like baptisms, bar and bat mitzvahs, and so on if you know them.

How can you keep track of all this information? You can find blank forms online that will help you get organized. [http://www.ancestry.com/trees/charts/ancchart.aspx Ancestral or pedigree charts] let you record information about yourself and your ancestors (parents, grandparents, and so on). [http://www.ancestry.com/charts/familysheet.aspx Family group sheets] give you a place to record everything you find out about a particular family.

Once you have noted down everything you remember, the next step is to ask your relatives what THEY remember. You may want to try your hand at oral history. [http://www.sjcpl.org/localhistory/ Local & Family History Services] has books which can give you suggestions and techniques for carrying out and recording oral history. Try [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/tRecording+Your+Family+History%3A++A+Guide/trecording+your+family+history+a+guide/1%2C1%2C2%2CB/frameset&FF=trecording+your+family+history+a+guide+to+preserving+oral+history+with+videotape+audiotape+suggested+topics+and+questions+interview+techniques&1%2C%2C2 Recording Your Family History: A Guide to Preserving Oral History ...], by William Fletcher or [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=Keeping+Family+Stories+Alive%3A++A+Creative+Guide&SORT=D&SORT=R Keeping Family Stories Alive: A Creative Guide to Taping Your Family Life & Lore], by Vera Rosenbluth.

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Now you have a lot of information about your family. You need to make sure that the information you have is correct, and you need to work backwards to find out information about more distant relatives. How do you go about this? You may want to use one of the Library's genealogy handbooks to help you map out a strategy. Try [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=Ancestors%3A+A+Beginner%27s+Guide&SORT=D&SORT=R Ancestors: A Beginner's Guide to Family History and Genealogy], [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=Celebrating+the+Family%3A+the+MyFamily.com+Guide&SORT=D&SORT=R Celebrating the Family: the MyFamily.com Guide to Understanding Your Family History], or William Hartley's [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=The+Everything+Family+Tree+Book&SORT=D&SORT=R The Everything Family Tree Book: Finding, Charting, and Preserving Your Family History]. And check back soon for more tips and ideas on continuing your genealogy journey!

 

=== [[Foreign Births | Finding Birth Dates for Foreign-Born Relatives]] ===
By Libby Feil

[[Foreign Births | Click here to read this how-to article.]]

 

=== [[Publishing Family History | Publishing Your Family History Book]] ===
By Libby Feil

[[Publishing Family History | Click here to read this how-to article.]]

 

=== [[Finding Birth Families | Finding Birth Families]] ===
By Libby Feil

[[Finding Birth Families | Click here to read this how-to article.]]

 

=== [[History-related Mysteries | Family & Local History-Related Mysteries]] ===
By Sara Allen

[[History-related Mysteries | Click here to read about these suggested titles.]]

 

=== [[Finding Living People | Finding Living People]] ===
By Sara Allen

[[Finding Living People | Click here to read this how-to article.]]

 

=== [[St. Joseph Co. Vital Records | Finding St. Joseph Co. Vital Records]] ===
By Sara Allen

[[St. Joseph Co. Vital Records | Click here to read this how-to article.]]

 

=== [[St. Joseph Co. Genealogical Records | Finding St. Joseph Co. Genealogical Records]] ===
By Sara Allen

[[St. Joseph Co. Genealogical Records | Click here to read this how-to article.]]

 
 

[[About Local & Family History Services | Contact and find out more about Local & Family History Services]] 
Created by: Libby Feil, October 2005 
Last updated June 2, 2011 

[[Category:Hobbies]] [[Category:Genealogy & Local History]]

History-Genealogy Websites

2012-01-13T16:00:22Z

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==Recommended Local and Family History Websites==

===St. Joseph County Research===
[http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/gmd:@field(NUMBER+@band(g4094s+pm002020)) 1866 Map of South Bend] Browse a digital version of this early map of South Bend, found on the Library of Congress website, [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html American Memory collection.] 
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[http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/gmd:@field(NUMBER+@band(g4094s+pm002030)) 1874 Map of South Bend] Browse a digital version of this early map of South Bend, found on the Library of Congress website, [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html American Memory collection.] 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=124 1875 St. Joseph County Atlas] Search or browse through SJCPL's digital version of the 1875 Illustrated Historical Atlas of St. Joseph County, Indiana, including plat maps, biographies, and engravings. 
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[http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/gmd:@field(NUMBER+@band(g4094s+pm002040)) 1890 Map of South Bend] Browse a digital version of this early map of South Bend, found on the Library of Congress website, [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html American Memory collection.] 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=131 ca. 1910 South Bend YMCA Book] Search or browse through SJCPL's digital version of A Manhood Factory in the Center of South Bend's Greatest Industries, featuring text and illustrations of people, the YMCA, and the community. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=130 1910 South Bend and Mishawaka Elks Convention Book] Search or browse through SJCPL's digital version of Official Souvenir, 9th Annual Convention, Indiana State Association, B.P.O.E., South Bend, Indiana, featuring text and illustrations of people, businesses, and the community. 
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[http://www.archive.org/stream/polksouthbendind00polk#page/n7/mode/2up 1921 South Bend & Mishawaka City Directory] Search or browse through a digital version of Polk's South Bend & Mishawaka City Directory for 1921. Searchable by personal or business name or by reverse lookup by street name and house number. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=125 1936 St. Joseph County Plat Book] Search or browse through SJCPL's digital version of the 1936 Index Map of St. Joseph County, Indiana, which shows all landowners in the unincorporated areas of the county at that time. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/subjectguides/index.php/Finding_Birth_Families Adoption Information] Read a how-to article by SJCPL librarians on how to find birth families for adoptees. This article contains links to helpful websites and pointers for researching this important event. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/subjectguides/index.php/Foreign_Births Finding Birth Dates for Foreign-Born Relatives] Read a how-to article by SJCPL librarians on how to find birth dates for foreign-born relatives. This article contains links to helpful websites and pointers for tracing your family back to the "old country." 
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[http://www.hlcm.org/htlm/archives.html Hannah Lindahl Children's Museum - Archives] Find out about the resources at the Children's Museum, including an online database of Mishawaka school records and online photographs. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=23 HeritageQuest Online - Online books] Read digital versions of the following books: ''Marriage Records St Joseph County [index 1830-1882]''; ''South Bend and the Men Who Have Made It''; ''Historic Background of South Bend and St. Joseph County''; ''History of St. Joseph County Indiana (1880)''; ''Pictorial and Biographical Memoirs of Elkhart and St. Joseph Counties Indiana'' and more. Choose the "Search Books" option from the homepage. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library, and from your home computer with a valid St. Joseph County Public Library card. 
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[http://www.historicnewcarlisle.org/ Historic New Carlisle] Read about the history of New Carlisle, historic preservation activities in the community, and find links to the museum and a list of some of its collections. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/subjectguides/index.php/House_Research House Research] Read a how-to article by SJCPL librarians on how to research the history of your house. This article contains links to helpful websites and pointers for the research process. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~instjose/immigration/hungarian/Chris_Kovach/hungarian-chris-kovach.htm Hungarian Records - St. Joseph Co.] Search for your St. Joseph County Hungarian ancestors in these abstracts of vital records, church records, immigration records, obituaries, funeral home and cemetery records compiled by genealogist Chris Kovach. 
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[http://www.iusb.edu/~libg/archives/index.shtml IUSB Archives] Visit the Archives of Indiana University at South Bend to learn about the history of IUSB, the history of the Torrington Company, local notable James Lewis Casaday and his theater-related collection, and more. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/localhistory/ Local & Family History Services] of the [http://www.sjcpl.org St. Joseph County Public Library] See the historical and genealogical databases we have put online, use subscription databases in the library or from home with a St. Joseph County Public Library card, and see what we have in our collection. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/LadewskiPapers/lucky.htm Lucky Ladewski Papers] Search through digitized papers on Polish residents of South Bend from the collection amassed by genealogist Gertrude T. (Stachowiak) "Lucky" Ladewski. 
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[http://www.macoggis.com/ Michiana Area Council of Governments (MACOG) GIS System] Research your house and neighborhood using this free public source of homeowner information. See an aerial picture of your St. Joseph County or Elkhart County home. 
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[http://www.mphpl.org/newSite/AdultServices/adult_geneaology.html Mishawaka-Penn-Harris Public Library - Heritage Room] See a listing of MPHPL's genealogy and local history resources. Search through the Hannah Lindahl Children's Museum and MPHPL Online Archive, which includes many photographs. 
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[http://www.centerforhistory.org/ Northern Indiana Center for History] Find information on South Bend's Center for History. Read about the people, places, and events that have shaped St. Joseph County history and Northern Indiana. 
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[http://www.nd.edu/~archives Notre Dame University - Archives] Search the collections of Notre Dame's Archives, including Notre Dame records and local manuscript collections. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=126 Obituary Index] This free online database is an index to obituaries that appeared in the ''South Bend Tribune'' for people who died in St. Joseph County from 1913 to the present. 
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[http://www.pgsa.org/ Polish Genealogical Society of America] Search the database of Polish burials in South Bend's Cedar Grove Cemetery and the St. Joseph Polish Cemetery or post research queries about Polish ancestors. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/cemetery.htm St. Joseph County Cemeteries] Find a list of the cemeteries in St. Joseph County, along with directions. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose St. Joseph County GenWeb] See how to obtain vital records in St. Joseph County, find information about your Polish immigrant ancestors, search free local databases, and much more. 
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[http://www.stjosephcountyindiana.com/ St. Joseph County Government] Get contact information for the County Clerk and County Archives, where you can find guardianship, marriage, divorce, and probate records; the County Health Department, where you can get birth and death records; and the County Recorder, where you can locate land records. 
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[http://www.libraryforlife.org/subjectguides/index.php/St._Joseph_Co._Vital_Records St. Joseph County Vital Records] Read a how-to article by SJCPL librarians on how to find vital records for St. Joseph County, Indiana. This article contains links to helpful websites and pointers for researching births, marriages and deaths. 
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[http://www3.saintmarys.edu/library/archives Saint Mary's College - Archives] See how to find photographs, scrapbooks, and manuscripts about Saint Mary's College. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=22 Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970 - Digital] View, navigate, print, and download historic maps of Indiana cities, showing streets and buildings. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library, and from your home computer with a valid St. Joseph County Public Library Card. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=53 Service Notes Index] Search an index to the Service Notes that were printed in the ''South Bend Tribune'' during the World War II, Korean War, and Vietnam War eras. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~insbags/ South Bend Area Genealogical Society (SBAGS)] Browse the home page of the South Bend Area Genealogical Society. Search an online index to St. Joseph County marriages from 1922 to February 1989. View historic and modern photographs of the South Bend and Mishawaka area, along with maps and many other databases and indexes. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=114 South Bend Tribune's Online Archives] Search this online database of ''South Bend Tribune'' articles published since March 1998. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library, and from your home computer with a valid St. Joseph County Public Library card. 
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[http://southlawn.palmerfuneralhomes.com/genealogy.htm Southlawn Cemetery] Search for individual's names and burial plot locations in Southlawn Cemetery in South Bend. 
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[http://www.walkerton.org/history.html Walkerton Area Historical Society] Search for local information on southern St. Joseph County, as well as photographs of the area.
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===Indiana Research===
[http://www.genealogycenter.org/Home.aspx Allen County Public Library - Genealogy Center] Search the catalog of the Allen County Public Library at Fort Wayne, the second-largest genealogy library in the world. Look at their online databases, including vital statistics indexes and cemetery transcriptions for the Allen County area. 
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[http://www.bremen.lib.in.us/historical/bpl_obituaries.asp Bremen Public Library] View historical materials about the community surrounding Bremen, view obituaries from the ''Bremen Enquirer'' prior to 1997, and view [http://www.bremen.lib.in.us/heritage/bremcem.htm cemetery records] from Bremen city cemeteries. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~inelkhar/ecgs.htm Elkhart County Genealogical Society] Find out about the Society and its library, events, and publications. 
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[http://www.elkhartcountyparks.org/properties_locations/rush_memorial_center.htm Elkhart County Historical Society Museum] Find out about the Society and its museum in Bristol, one of the top ten local history museums in Indiana. 
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[http://www.elkhart.lib.in.us/cgi-bin/index4r.pl?&file=local_history2.html Elkhart Public Library's Local History Department] Learn about the local history and genealogy collection at the library, search the Obituary Index to the ''Elkhart Truth'' (1921-present), and access the Local History Index, a topical index to articles in the ''Elkhart Truth.'' 
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[http://www.fulco.lib.in.us/Genealogy/fulcogenealogyfrontpage.htm Fulton County Public Library] Read digitized copies of books compiled by Jean and Wendall Tombough for Fulton County and other counties including: cemetery records for Fulton, Marshall, Miami and Kosciusko Counties; Fulton County obituaries; federal censuses; poor farm records; school enumerations; newspaper excerpts; marriage and death indexes; and will abstracts. 
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[http://www.indgensoc.org/ Indiana Genealogical Society] Find information about the Indiana Genealogical Society. Post and search research queries. 
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[http://www.ingenweb.org/ Indiana GenWeb] Find online information about Indiana genealogy. Search indexes to vital records, see cemetery transcriptions, get research help, and more. Look at information about Indiana as a whole or about particular counties. 
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[http://129.79.145.7/arcims/IHAPI/index.html Indiana Historical Aerial Photo Index] View aerial photos dating from the 1930s to 1980s of Indiana land parcels. Search function is available by street address, township and range, coordinates or by map number, if known. Order copies of the maps for a fee. 
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[http://www.indianahistory.org/ Indiana Historical Society] Find information about the Indiana Historical Society. Search their catalog and collection guides to learn about their vast holdings. 
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[http://www.letrs.indiana.edu/inmh/ Indiana Magazine of History Online Index] Search an index to the [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search~S2?/tIndiana+magazine+of+history./tindiana+magazine+of+history/1%2C2%2C7%2CB/frameset&FF=tindiana+magazine+of+history&1%2C%2C6/indexsort=- ''Indiana Magazine of History''], from 1905 to 2004. Find a reference to an interesting article, then come to [http://www.sjcpl.org/localhistory/ Local & Family History Services] to read it. 
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[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1410397 Indiana Marriages, 1811-1959] View transcriptions of Indiana marriage records for the following counties: Adams, Allen, Bartholomew, Benton, Blackford, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clark, Clay, Daviess, Dearborn, Decatur, De Kalb, Delaware, Dubois, Elkhart, Franklin, Harrison, Henry, Huntington, Marshall, Ohio, Owen, Rush, and Sullivan. All counties in Indiana will eventually be added. These records are made available on [http://www.familysearch.org/ FamilySearch,] from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. 
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[http://www.in.gov/icpr/index.htm Indiana State Archives] View information about their collections. Search the Indiana State Archives' online indexes; including naturalization, land, court, and children's home records. Use their new [http://www.indianadigitalarchives.org/ Indiana State Digital Archives,] which indexes naturalizations, institution records, Civil War records, county records and more. 
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[http://www.in.gov/library/genealogy.htm Indiana State Library - Genealogy Division] Search the ISL's online databases, including indexes to pre-1851 and 1993-2002 Indiana marriage records and nineteenth-century Indianapolis newspapers. Choose reels of microfilmed newspapers from their collection, and borrow them through interlibrary loan here at the St. Joseph County Public Library. 
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[http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/w2w/indiana.htm Indiana Vital Records] Find out how to order Indiana birth, death, marriage and divorce records. 
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[http://fizkid.tripod.com/ Indiana's World War II Dead in the South Pacific] Browse a volunteer-run web site about Indiana's World War II servicemen who died in the South Pacific. The site features photographs of the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines, along with lists of the soldiers and sailors honored there. 
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[http://www.plymouth.lib.in.us/obituary_index.html ''Plymouth Pilot'' Obituary Index] Search for obituaries published in the ''Plymouth Pilot'' newspaper from July 27, 1922 - April 30, 1979. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=22 Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970 - Digital] View, navigate, print, and download historic maps of Indiana cities, showing streets and buildings. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library, and from your home computer with a valid St. Joseph County Public Library Card. 
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[http://208.119.72.68/vine/vine_home.asp VINE - Vital INformation Exchange] Search for your family names in vital records, local history, and other genealogical sources in this state-wide surname index. 
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[http://www.wakarusa.lib.in.us/ Wakarusa Public Library] View digital documents about the Wakarusa area under the tab, "Historical," including obituaries, photos, maps, texts and more. 

===Midwestern Region Research===
[http://www.bcgensoc.com/ Berrien County Genealogical Society] Located just to our north, Berrien County, Michigan is served by the Berrien County Genealogical Society. Learn how to become a member & when meetings are scheduled, purchase Berrien county resources, submit queries, learn about local record repositories and much more at this site. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=123 Chicago Tribune (1858-1985)] Search this database of articles and pages from the ''Chicago Tribune'', going back as far as the 1850s and continuing through 1985. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library, and from your home computer with a valid St. Joseph County Public Library card. 
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Cook County, Illinois Vital Records View digitized [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1462519 birth certificates] from 1878-1922 and [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1463145 marriage records] from 1871-1920 and more. These records are made available on [http://www.familysearch.org FamilySearch,] from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. 
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[http://lincolnnet.net/ijgs/ Illiana Jewish Genealogical Society] Get information on Jewish genealogy in the Illinois-Indiana area, and find out about membership and projects. 
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[http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/archives.html Illinois State Archives] Learn about the holdings of the State Archives, read guides and tips on how to use the collections, search [http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/databases.html online indexes,] including military, land and vital records from all over the state.
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[http://ukcc.uky.edu/vitalrec/ Kentucky Vital Record Indexes] Look up your Kentucky ancestors in vital record indexes. View death indexes from 1911-1992, marriage indexes from 1973-1993, and divorce indexes from 1973-1993. 
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[http://mmm.lib.msu.edu/search/index.cfm Making of Modern Michigan] Search through digital images, diaries, newspaper clippings, indexes and more. Find a Michigan ancestor or town in this digital library project, created by a coalition of Michigan public libraries.
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Michigan Vital Records View digitized birth, marriage and death records from the state of Michigan. View [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1459684 birth registrations] from 1867-1902; [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1452395 marriage records] from 1868-1925; and [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1452402 death registrations] from 1867-1897. These records are made available on [http://www.familysearch.org/ FamilySearch,] from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=51 NewspaperARCHIVE] View online newspapers from across the United States for many time periods. Searchable by personal name, keyword, location, date, and title. The archive includes some newspapers from Anderson, Cambridge City, Chester, Ft. Wayne, Gary, Hammond, Indianapolis, Kokomo, Logansport, Montpelier, and Valparaiso, Indiana; from various Michigan cities, including Benton Harbor, Holland, Saint Joseph, and Traverse City; and from 31 Illinois cities, including Chicago’s suburbs. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library, and from your home computer with a valid St. Joseph County Public Library Card. 
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[http://www.nileslibrary.com/news-events/adult-services-department-news/climb-your-family-tree.html Niles District Library - Local History Room] 
Search the online catalog for books in the Niles Library's Local History Room and learn about other aspects of the collections so you can plan your visit. Search an online obituary index to obituaries from Niles newspaper. Use Footnote.com, a unique and valuable commercial genealogical database available free locally at NDL.
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[http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#c=1307272;p=collectionDetails;t=searchable Ohio Death Records] View digitized death certificates for the state of Ohio from 1908-1953. These records are made available on [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/default.asp FamilySearch,] from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. 
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[http://www.kansasheritage.org/pbp/gen/g_intro.html Potawatomi Genealogy] Find out how to search for Potawatomi ancestors, on this site created by volunteers from the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation in Kansas. Read about the Potawatomi people and language. 
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[http://seekingmichigan.org/ Seeking Michigan] Search for digital photographs, records, books and more related to the history and culture of Michigan. View digitized death certificates from 1897-1920, Civil War Service records, Michigan Polish American collection and much more. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~mivanbur/SWMIObitIndex/SWMIObit.htm Southwest Michigan Obituary Index] Search an index of over 76,000 obituaries for Allegan, Berrien, Cass, Kalamazoo, and Van Buren counties.
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===National Research===
[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=127 American Ancestors, formerly New England Ancestors] Search the New England Historic Genealogical Society's extensive databases of town, church, family Bible, vital, land, tax, and other records pertaining to New England as well as New York, Ireland, England, and eastern Canada. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=42 Ancestry Library Edition] Search databases of vital statistics, passenger lists, military service records, all available United States censuses, and more. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library. 
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[http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ Bureau of Land Management - General Land Office] Search the BLM's database of federal government land records, going back to the 1800s. 
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[Castle Garden] Search a database of immigration records for people who entered this country through New York City between 1855 and 1892. [*January 2012: Caution, this website seems to be infected with a computer virus or other problem. Do not use until this is fixed!] 
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[http://www.ancestry.com/learn/ContentCenters/contentCenter.aspx?page=trees&sp=forms Charts and Forms] View and print out blank pedigree charts, family group sheets, census forms, research calendars, and source summaries. 
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[http://www.cyndislist.com/ Cyndi's List] Look through a comprehensive, searchable collection of hundreds of thousands of genealogy-related links. 
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[http://www.deathindexes.com/ Death Indexes] Search this directory of online death indexes, obituaries, death records, cemetery records, and more. 
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[http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/ Ellis Island Foundation] Search immigration records for people who entered the country through New York City between 1892 and 1924. 
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[http://www.familysearch.org/ FamilySearch, from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints] Access the Mormon Church's [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp library catalog] to see what microfilm you can have delivered to your nearest Family History Center. Search the 1880 United States Census. Find your ancestors in the International Genealogical Index or Ancestral File. See free digitized records online. Content is updated often, but currently includes Michigan vital records 1867-1925, Ohio deaths 1908-1953, Cook County, Illinois vital records 1871-1922, West Virginia deaths and marriages, 1853-1970, Philadelphia death certificates, 1803-1915, and much more from all over the world. 
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[http://www.lib.byu.edu/fhc/index.php Family History Archives] Read over 60,000 digitized family and local history books owned by the Family History Library, Allen County Public Library, Brigham Young University Library and more. You may search by family name, author, title, keyword, full-text, and also use a browse function to see all the books in the collection. 
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[http://www.findagrave.com/ Find A Grave] Search 62 million worldwide grave records by decedent's name, by the name of the cemetery, or browse by a location to see all cemeteries in a certain location. Read transcriptions of tombstone inscriptions, view pictures of the stones, and sometimes, obituaries at this volunteer-maintained site. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=23 HeritageQuest Online] Search databases covering most available United States censuses, digitized local history and genealogy books, PERSI (the PERiodical Source Index to genealogy magazines), digitized Revolutionary War pension and bounty land records, and Freedman's Bank files. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library, and from your home computer with a valid St. Joseph County Public Library card. 
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[http://www.loc.gov/rr/genealogy/ Library of Congress - Local History & Genealogy] Find tips on genealogy and local history research and locate sources. Get access to the Library of Congress's famous American Memory web site, with more than 5 million digital photographs, diaries, song scores, pamphlets, and other materials. 
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[http://www.linkpendium.com/ Linkpendium] View thousands of links to genealogy websites for the United States, the United Kingdom and surnames. 
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[http://www.archives.gov/research/genealogy/index.html National Archives - Genealogy] Find information on doing genealogical research, locating and ordering records, and more. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=51 NewspaperARCHIVE] View online newspapers from across the United States for many time periods. Searchable by personal name, keyword, location, date, and title. The archive includes some newspapers from Anderson, Cambridge City, Chester, Ft. Wayne, Gary, Hammond, Indianapolis, Kokomo, Logansport, Montpelier, and Valparaiso, Indiana; from various Michigan cities, including Benton Harbor, Holland, Saint Joseph, and Traverse City; and from 31 Illinois cities, including Chicago’s suburbs. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library, and from your home computer with a valid St. Joseph County Public Library card. 
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[http://www.pgsa.org/ Polish Genealogical Society of America] Search the database of Polish burials in South Bend's Cedar Grove Cemetery and the St. Joseph Polish Cemetery or post research queries about Polish ancestors. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/ RootsWeb] Find and share information with other genealogists. Search free databases, including World Connect family trees and vital statistics indexes. Post to message boards or join e-mail lists. View thousands of genealogy-related web pages hosted on the site. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=22 Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970 - Digital] View, navigate, print, and download historic maps of Indiana cities, showing streets and buildings. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library, and from your home computer with a valid St. Joseph County Public Library card. 
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[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1202535 Social Security Death Index (SSDI)] Find individuals in the Social Security Death Index, which runs from 1962 through the present; the free index gives name, date of death, last known address, and social security number. 
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[http://www.usgenweb.org/ USGenWeb] Look at genealogical web sites (with record transcriptions, addresses of libraries/archives, lookups, queries, history, and more) for each state and most counties on this volunteer-run web site. Also view national projects such as the [http://www.usgwtombstones.org/index.html Tombstone Transcription Project.] 
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[http://worldcat.org/ WorldCat] Search this catalog of materials held in more than 7,600 libraries in the United States and the rest of the world, including public, academic, state, and national libraries; archives; and historical societies. 
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===Vital Records, Local===
[http://www.the-burgenland-bunch.org/homepage.htm Burgenland Genealogy] Search through surnames, village names, queries, maps, censuses and much more data on former residents of the Burgenland, a province in Austria, that is home to Germans, Austrians, Hungarians, and Croats. View a [http://www.the-burgenland-bunch.org/BH&R/homelinks/data/in-names.htm list] of Burgenlanders buried in South Bend. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~instjose/immigration/hungarian/Chris_Kovach/hungarian-chris-kovach.htm Hungarian Records - St. Joseph Co.] Search for your St. Joseph County Hungarian ancestors in these abstracts of vital records, church records, immigration records, obituaries, funeral home and cemetery records compiled by genealogist Chris Kovach. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/LadewskiPapers/lucky.htm Lucky Ladewski Papers] Search through digitized family group sheets for Polish residents of St. Joseph County from the collection amassed by genealogist Gertrude T. (Stachowiak) "Lucky" Ladewski. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=126 Obituary Index] This free online database is an index to obituaries that appeared in the ''South Bend Tribune'' for people who died in St. Joseph County or had ties to St. Joseph County from 1913 to the present. 
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[http://www.pgsa.org/ Polish Genealogical Society of America] Search the database of Polish burials in South Bend's Cedar Grove Cemetery and St. Joseph Polish Cemetery. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose St. Joseph County GenWeb] See how to obtain vital records in St. Joseph County and browse free indexes. 
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[http://www.stjosephcountyindiana.com/ St. Joseph County Government] Get contact information for the County Clerk and County Archives, where you can find guardianship, marriage, divorce, and probate records, and the County Health Department, where you can get birth and death records. 
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[http://www.libraryforlife.org/subjectguides/index.php/St._Joseph_Co._Vital_Records St.Joseph County Vital Records] Read a how-to article by SJCPL librarians on how to find vital records for St. Joseph County, Indiana. This article contains links to helpful websites and pointers for researching births, marriages and deaths. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~insbags/ South Bend Area Genealogical Society (SBAGS)] Browse the home page of the South Bend Area Genealogical Society. Search an online index to St. Joseph County marriages from 1922 to February 1988. 
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[http://southlawn.palmerfuneralhomes.com/genealogy.htm Southlawn Cemetery] Search for individual's names and burial plot locations in Southlawn Cemetery in South Bend. 
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===Vital Records, Indiana===
[http://www.ingenweb.org/ Indiana GenWeb] Search indexes to vital records, see cemetery transcriptions, get research help, and more. Look at information about Indiana as a whole or about particular counties. 
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[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1410397 Indiana Marriages, 1811-1959] View transcriptions of Indiana marriage records for the following counties: Adams, Allen, Bartholomew, Benton, Blackford, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clark, Clay, Daviess, Dearborn, Decatur, De Kalb, Delaware, Dubois, Elkhart, Franklin, Harrison, Henry, Huntington, Marshall, Ohio, Owen, Rush, and Sullivan. All counties in Indiana will eventually be added. These records are made available on [http://www.familysearch.org/ FamilySearch,] from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. 
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[http://www.in.gov/library/index.htm Indiana State Library - Genealogy Division] Search the ISL's online databases, including indexes to pre-1851 and 1993-2002 Indiana marriage records and nineteenth-century Indianapolis newspapers. Choose reels of microfilmed newspapers from their collection, and borrow them through interlibrary loan here at the St. Joseph County Public Library. 
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[http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/howto/w2w/indiana.htm Indiana Vital Records] Find out how to order Indiana birth, death, marriage and divorce records. 
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===Vital Records, National===
[http://www.sjcpl.org/subjectguides/index.php/Finding_Birth_Families Adoption Information] Read a how-to article by SJCPL librarians on how to find birth families for adoptees. This article contains links to helpful websites and pointers for researching this important event. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=127 American Ancestors, formerly New England Ancestors] Search the New England Historic Genealogical Society's extensive databases of town, church, family Bible, vital, land, tax, and other records pertaining to New England as well as New York, Ireland, England, and eastern Canada. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=42 Ancestry Library Edition] Search databases of vital statistics, passenger lists, military service records, all available United States censuses, and more. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library. 
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[http://www.deathindexes.com/ Death Indexes] Search this directory of online death indexes, obituaries, death records, cemetery records, and more. 
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[http://www.findagrave.com/ Find A Grave] Search 62 million worldwide grave records by decedent's name, by the name of the cemetery, or browse by a location to see all cemeteries in a certain location. Read transcriptions of tombstone inscriptions, view pictures of the stones, and sometimes, obituaries at this volunteer-maintained site. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/subjectguides/index.php/Foreign_Births Finding Birth Dates for Foreign-Born Relatives] Read a how-to article by SJCPL librarians on how to find birth dates for foreign-born relatives. This article contains links to helpful websites and pointers for tracing your family back to the "old country."
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/ RootsWeb] Find and share information with other genealogists. Search free databases, including World Connect family trees and vital statistics indexes. Post to message boards or join e-mail lists. View thousands of genealogy-related web pages hosted on the site. 
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[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1202535 Social Security Death Index] Find individuals in the Social Security Death Index, which runs from 1962 through the present; the free index gives name, date of death, last known address, and social security number. 
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===Ethnic Research===
[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=42 Ancestry Library Edition] Search databases of vital statistics, passenger lists, military service records, all available United States censuses, and more. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library. 
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[http://bahsc.org/ Belgian American Historical Society of Chicago] Explore this site which documents the history of Belgian immigration to the Midwest, and send a query about Belgian surnames.
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[http://www.the-burgenland-bunch.org/homepage.htm Burgenland Genealogy] Search through surnames, village names, queries, maps, censuses and much more data on former residents of the Burgenland, a province in Austria, that is home to Germans, Austrians, Hungarians, and Croats. View a [http://www.the-burgenland-bunch.org/BH&R/homelinks/data/in-names.htm list] of Burgenlanders buried in South Bend. 
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[Castle Garden] Search a database of immigration records for people who entered this country through New York City between 1855 and 1892. [* January 2012: This website seems to be infected with a computer virus or other problem. Do not use until fixed!] 
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[http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/ Ellis Island Foundation] Search immigration records for people who entered the country through New York City between 1892 and 1924. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/subjectguides/index.php/Foreign_Births Finding Birth Dates for Foreign-Born Relatives] Read a how-to article by SJCPL librarians on how to find birth dates for foreign-born relatives. This article contains links to helpful websites and pointers for tracing your family back to the "old country."
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=23 HeritageQuest Online] Search the Freedman's Bank records, which are bank account applications for former slaves from 1865-1874. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library, and from your home computer with a valid St. Joseph County Public Library Card. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~instjose/immigration/hungarian/Chris_Kovach/hungarian-chris-kovach.htm Hungarian Records - St. Joseph Co.] Search for your St. Joseph County Hungarian ancestors in these abstracts of vital records, church records, immigration records, obituaries, funeral home and cemetery records compiled by genealogist Chris Kovach. 
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[http://lincolnnet.net/ijgs/ Illiana Jewish Genealogical Society] Get information on Jewish genealogy in the Illinois-Indiana area, and find out about membership and projects. 
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[http://www.in.gov/icpr/index.htm Indiana State Archives - Online Indexes] Search the Indiana State Archives' online indexes, including naturalization, land, court, and children's home records. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/LadewskiPapers/lucky.htm Lucky Ladewski Papers] Search through digitized papers on Polish residents of St. Joseph County from the collection amassed by genealogist Gertrude T. (Stachowiak) "Lucky" Ladewski. 
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[http://www.archives.gov/research/genealogy/index.html National Archives - Genealogy] Find information on doing genealogical research, locating and ordering immigration records, and more. 
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[http://www.pgsa.org/ Polish Genealogical Society of America] Search the database of Polish burials in South Bend's Cedar Grove Cemetery or post research queries about Polish ancestors. 
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[http://www.kansasheritage.org/pbp/gen/g_intro.html Potawatomi Genealogy] Find out how to search for Potawatomi ancestors, on this site created by volunteers from the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation in Kansas. Read about the Potawatomi people and language. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose St. Joseph County GenWeb] See how to obtain vital records in St. Joseph County, find information about your immigrant ancestors, and search free local databases. 
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===Land and Property Research===
[http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/gmd:@field(NUMBER+@band(g4094s+pm002020)) 1866 Map of South Bend] Browse a digital version of this early map of South Bend, found on the Library of Congress website, [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html American Memory collection.] 
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[http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/gmd:@field(NUMBER+@band(g4094s+pm002030)) 1874 Map of South Bend] Browse a digital version of this early map of South Bend, found on the Library of Congress website, [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html American Memory collection.] 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=124 1875 St. Joseph County Atlas] Search or browse through SJCPL's digital version of the 1875 Illustrated Historical Atlas of St. Joseph County, Indiana, including plat maps, biographies, and engravings. 
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[http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/gmd:@field(NUMBER+@band(g4094s+pm002040)) 1890 Map of South Bend] Browse a digital version of this early map of South Bend, found on the Library of Congress website, [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html American Memory collection.] 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=55 1936 St. Joseph County Plat Book] Search or browse through SJCPL's digital version of the 1936 Index Map of St. Joseph County, Indiana, which shows all landowners in the unincorporated areas of the county at that time. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=127 American Ancestors, formerly New England Ancestors] Search the New England Historic Genealogical Society's extensive databases of town, church, family Bible, vital, land, tax, and other records pertaining to New England as well as New York, Ireland, England, and eastern Canada. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library. 
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[http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ Bureau of Land Management - General Land Office] Search the BLM's database of federal government land records, going back to the 1800s. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/subjectguides/index.php/House_Research House Research] Read a how-to article by SJCPL librarians on how to research the history of your house. This article contains links to helpful websites and pointers for the research process.
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[http://129.79.145.7/arcims/IHAPI/index.html Indiana Historical Aerial Photo Index] View aerial photos dating from the 1930s to 1980s of Indiana land parcels. Search function is available by street address, township and range, coordinates or by map number, if known. Order copies of the maps for a fee. 
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[http://www.in.gov/icpr/index.htm Indiana State Archives - Online Indexes] Search the Indiana State Archives' online indexes, including naturalization, land, court, and children's home records. 
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[http://www.macoggis.com/ Michiana Area Council of Governments GIS System] Research your house and neighborhood using this free public source of homeowner information. See an aerial picture of your St. Joseph County or Elkhart County home! 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=22 Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970 - Digital] View, navigate, print, and download historic maps of Indiana cities, showing streets and buildings. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library, and from your home computer with a valid St. Joseph County Public Library Card. 
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[http://www.stjosephcountyindiana.com/ St. Joseph County Government] Get contact information for the County Recorder, where you can locate land records. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~insbags/ South Bend Area Genealogical Society (SBAGS)] Browse the home page of the South Bend Area Genealogical Society. View historic and modern photographs of the South Bend and Mishawaka area, along with maps and other databases. 
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===Research Tools===
[http://www.copyright.cornell.edu/public_domain/ Copyright Explanation] If you are thinking of publishing your own family history book, and are wondering whether you can use particular documents, consult this frequently updated information from noted copyright expert Peter Hirtle at Cornell University. 
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[http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/ Perpetual calendar] Need to know what day of the week a particular date fell on? Visit this site, type in the year you are interested in, and see the calendar for that year. 
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[http://babelfish.altavista.com/ Translation] Having trouble reading that old family document in a foreign language? Try Babel Fish to translate Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish into English. But beware: the translation is very literal and basic. 
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==Recommended Local and Family History Websites==

===St. Joseph County Research===
[http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/gmd:@field(NUMBER+@band(g4094s+pm002020)) 1866 Map of South Bend] Browse a digital version of this early map of South Bend, found on the Library of Congress website, [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html American Memory collection.] 
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[http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/gmd:@field(NUMBER+@band(g4094s+pm002030)) 1874 Map of South Bend] Browse a digital version of this early map of South Bend, found on the Library of Congress website, [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html American Memory collection.] 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=124 1875 St. Joseph County Atlas] Search or browse through SJCPL's digital version of the 1875 Illustrated Historical Atlas of St. Joseph County, Indiana, including plat maps, biographies, and engravings. 
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[http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/gmd:@field(NUMBER+@band(g4094s+pm002040)) 1890 Map of South Bend] Browse a digital version of this early map of South Bend, found on the Library of Congress website, [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html American Memory collection.] 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=131 ca. 1910 South Bend YMCA Book] Search or browse through SJCPL's digital version of A Manhood Factory in the Center of South Bend's Greatest Industries, featuring text and illustrations of people, the YMCA, and the community. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=130 1910 South Bend and Mishawaka Elks Convention Book] Search or browse through SJCPL's digital version of Official Souvenir, 9th Annual Convention, Indiana State Association, B.P.O.E., South Bend, Indiana, featuring text and illustrations of people, businesses, and the community. 
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[http://www.archive.org/stream/polksouthbendind00polk#page/n7/mode/2up 1921 South Bend & Mishawaka City Directory] Search or browse through a digital version of Polk's South Bend & Mishawaka City Directory for 1921. Searchable by personal or business name or by reverse lookup by street name and house number. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=125 1936 St. Joseph County Plat Book] Search or browse through SJCPL's digital version of the 1936 Index Map of St. Joseph County, Indiana, which shows all landowners in the unincorporated areas of the county at that time. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/subjectguides/index.php/Finding_Birth_Families Adoption Information] Read a how-to article by SJCPL librarians on how to find birth families for adoptees. This article contains links to helpful websites and pointers for researching this important event. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/subjectguides/index.php/Foreign_Births Finding Birth Dates for Foreign-Born Relatives] Read a how-to article by SJCPL librarians on how to find birth dates for foreign-born relatives. This article contains links to helpful websites and pointers for tracing your family back to the "old country." 
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[http://www.hlcm.org/htlm/archives.html Hannah Lindahl Children's Museum - Archives] Find out about the resources at the Children's Museum, including an online database of Mishawaka school records and online photographs. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=23 HeritageQuest Online - Online books] Read digital versions of the following books: ''Marriage Records St Joseph County [index 1830-1882]''; ''South Bend and the Men Who Have Made It''; ''Historic Background of South Bend and St. Joseph County''; ''History of St. Joseph County Indiana (1880)''; ''Pictorial and Biographical Memoirs of Elkhart and St. Joseph Counties Indiana'' and more. Choose the "Search Books" option from the homepage. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library, and from your home computer with a valid St. Joseph County Public Library card. 
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[http://www.historicnewcarlisle.org/ Historic New Carlisle] Read about the history of New Carlisle, historic preservation activities in the community, and find links to the museum and a list of some of its collections. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/subjectguides/index.php/House_Research House Research] Read a how-to article by SJCPL librarians on how to research the history of your house. This article contains links to helpful websites and pointers for the research process. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~instjose/immigration/hungarian/Chris_Kovach/hungarian-chris-kovach.htm Hungarian Records - St. Joseph Co.] Search for your St. Joseph County Hungarian ancestors in these abstracts of vital records, church records, immigration records, obituaries, funeral home and cemetery records compiled by genealogist Chris Kovach. 
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[http://www.iusb.edu/~libg/archives/index.shtml IUSB Archives] Visit the Archives of Indiana University at South Bend to learn about the history of IUSB, the history of the Torrington Company, local notable James Lewis Casaday and his theater-related collection, and more. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/localhistory/ Local & Family History Services] of the [http://www.sjcpl.org St. Joseph County Public Library] See the historical and genealogical databases we have put online, use subscription databases in the library or from home with a St. Joseph County Public Library card, and see what we have in our collection. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/LadewskiPapers/lucky.htm Lucky Ladewski Papers] Search through digitized papers on Polish residents of South Bend from the collection amassed by genealogist Gertrude T. (Stachowiak) "Lucky" Ladewski. 
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[http://www.macoggis.com/ Michiana Area Council of Governments (MACOG) GIS System] Research your house and neighborhood using this free public source of homeowner information. See an aerial picture of your St. Joseph County or Elkhart County home. 
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[http://www.mphpl.org/newSite/AdultServices/adult_geneaology.html Mishawaka-Penn-Harris Public Library - Heritage Room] See a listing of MPHPL's genealogy and local history resources. Search through the Hannah Lindahl Children's Museum and MPHPL Online Archive, which includes many photographs. 
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[http://www.centerforhistory.org/ Northern Indiana Center for History] Find information on South Bend's Center for History. Read about the people, places, and events that have shaped St. Joseph County history and Northern Indiana. 
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[http://www.nd.edu/~archives Notre Dame University - Archives] Search the collections of Notre Dame's Archives, including Notre Dame records and local manuscript collections. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=126 Obituary Index] This free online database is an index to obituaries that appeared in the ''South Bend Tribune'' for people who died in St. Joseph County from 1913 to the present. 
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[http://www.pgsa.org/ Polish Genealogical Society of America] Search the database of Polish burials in South Bend's Cedar Grove Cemetery and the St. Joseph Polish Cemetery or post research queries about Polish ancestors. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/cemetery.htm St. Joseph County Cemeteries] Find a list of the cemeteries in St. Joseph County, along with directions. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose St. Joseph County GenWeb] See how to obtain vital records in St. Joseph County, find information about your Polish immigrant ancestors, search free local databases, and much more. 
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[http://www.stjosephcountyindiana.com/ St. Joseph County Government] Get contact information for the County Clerk and County Archives, where you can find guardianship, marriage, divorce, and probate records; the County Health Department, where you can get birth and death records; and the County Recorder, where you can locate land records. 
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[http://www.libraryforlife.org/subjectguides/index.php/St._Joseph_Co._Vital_Records St. Joseph County Vital Records] Read a how-to article by SJCPL librarians on how to find vital records for St. Joseph County, Indiana. This article contains links to helpful websites and pointers for researching births, marriages and deaths. 
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[http://www3.saintmarys.edu/library/archives Saint Mary's College - Archives] See how to find photographs, scrapbooks, and manuscripts about Saint Mary's College. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=22 Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970 - Digital] View, navigate, print, and download historic maps of Indiana cities, showing streets and buildings. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library, and from your home computer with a valid St. Joseph County Public Library Card. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=53 Service Notes Index] Search an index to the Service Notes that were printed in the ''South Bend Tribune'' during the World War II, Korean War, and Vietnam War eras. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~insbags/ South Bend Area Genealogical Society (SBAGS)] Browse the home page of the South Bend Area Genealogical Society. Search an online index to St. Joseph County marriages from 1922 to February 1989. View historic and modern photographs of the South Bend and Mishawaka area, along with maps and many other databases and indexes. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=114 South Bend Tribune's Online Archives] Search this online database of ''South Bend Tribune'' articles published since March 1998. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library, and from your home computer with a valid St. Joseph County Public Library card. 
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[http://southlawn.palmerfuneralhomes.com/genealogy.htm Southlawn Cemetery] Search for individual's names and burial plot locations in Southlawn Cemetery in South Bend. 
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[http://www.walkerton.org/history.html Walkerton Area Historical Society] Search for local information on southern St. Joseph County, as well as photographs of the area.
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===Indiana Research===
[http://www.genealogycenter.org/Home.aspx Allen County Public Library - Genealogy Center] Search the catalog of the Allen County Public Library at Fort Wayne, the second-largest genealogy library in the world. Look at their online databases, including vital statistics indexes and cemetery transcriptions for the Allen County area. 
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[http://www.bremen.lib.in.us/historical/bpl_obituaries.asp Bremen Public Library] View historical materials about the community surrounding Bremen, view obituaries from the ''Bremen Enquirer'' prior to 1997, and view [http://www.bremen.lib.in.us/heritage/bremcem.htm cemetery records] from Bremen city cemeteries. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~inelkhar/ecgs.htm Elkhart County Genealogical Society] Find out about the Society and its library, events, and publications. 
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[http://www.elkhartcountyparks.org/properties_locations/rush_memorial_center.htm Elkhart County Historical Society Museum] Find out about the Society and its museum in Bristol, one of the top ten local history museums in Indiana. 
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[http://www.elkhart.lib.in.us/cgi-bin/index4r.pl?&file=local_history2.html Elkhart Public Library's Local History Department] Learn about the local history and genealogy collection at the library, search the Obituary Index to the ''Elkhart Truth'' (1921-present), and access the Local History Index, a topical index to articles in the ''Elkhart Truth.'' 
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[http://www.fulco.lib.in.us/Genealogy/fulcogenealogyfrontpage.htm Fulton County Public Library] Read digitized copies of books compiled by Jean and Wendall Tombough for Fulton County and other counties including: cemetery records for Fulton, Marshall, Miami and Kosciusko Counties; Fulton County obituaries; federal censuses; poor farm records; school enumerations; newspaper excerpts; marriage and death indexes; and will abstracts. 
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[http://www.indgensoc.org/ Indiana Genealogical Society] Find information about the Indiana Genealogical Society. Post and search research queries. 
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[http://www.ingenweb.org/ Indiana GenWeb] Find online information about Indiana genealogy. Search indexes to vital records, see cemetery transcriptions, get research help, and more. Look at information about Indiana as a whole or about particular counties. 
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[http://129.79.145.7/arcims/IHAPI/index.html Indiana Historical Aerial Photo Index] View aerial photos dating from the 1930s to 1980s of Indiana land parcels. Search function is available by street address, township and range, coordinates or by map number, if known. Order copies of the maps for a fee. 
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[http://www.indianahistory.org/ Indiana Historical Society] Find information about the Indiana Historical Society. Search their catalog and collection guides to learn about their vast holdings. 
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[http://www.letrs.indiana.edu/inmh/ Indiana Magazine of History Online Index] Search an index to the [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search~S2?/tIndiana+magazine+of+history./tindiana+magazine+of+history/1%2C2%2C7%2CB/frameset&FF=tindiana+magazine+of+history&1%2C%2C6/indexsort=- ''Indiana Magazine of History''], from 1905 to 2004. Find a reference to an interesting article, then come to [http://www.sjcpl.org/localhistory/ Local & Family History Services] to read it. 
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[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1410397 Indiana Marriages, 1811-1959] View transcriptions of Indiana marriage records for the following counties: Adams, Allen, Bartholomew, Benton, Blackford, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clark, Clay, Daviess, Dearborn, Decatur, De Kalb, Delaware, Dubois, Elkhart, Franklin, Harrison, Henry, Huntington, Marshall, Ohio, Owen, Rush, and Sullivan. All counties in Indiana will eventually be added. These records are made available on [http://www.familysearch.org/ FamilySearch,] from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. 
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[http://www.in.gov/icpr/index.htm Indiana State Archives] View information about their collections. Search the Indiana State Archives' online indexes; including naturalization, land, court, and children's home records. Use their new [http://www.indianadigitalarchives.org/ Indiana State Digital Archives,] which indexes naturalizations, institution records, Civil War records, county records and more. 
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[http://www.in.gov/library/genealogy.htm Indiana State Library - Genealogy Division] Search the ISL's online databases, including indexes to pre-1851 and 1993-2002 Indiana marriage records and nineteenth-century Indianapolis newspapers. Choose reels of microfilmed newspapers from their collection, and borrow them through interlibrary loan here at the St. Joseph County Public Library. 
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[http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/w2w/indiana.htm Indiana Vital Records] Find out how to order Indiana birth, death, marriage and divorce records. 
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[http://fizkid.tripod.com/ Indiana's World War II Dead in the South Pacific] Browse a volunteer-run web site about Indiana's World War II servicemen who died in the South Pacific. The site features photographs of the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines, along with lists of the soldiers and sailors honored there. 
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[http://www.plymouth.lib.in.us/obituary_index.html ''Plymouth Pilot'' Obituary Index] Search for obituaries published in the ''Plymouth Pilot'' newspaper from July 27, 1922 - April 30, 1979. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=22 Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970 - Digital] View, navigate, print, and download historic maps of Indiana cities, showing streets and buildings. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library, and from your home computer with a valid St. Joseph County Public Library Card. 
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[http://208.119.72.68/vine/vine_home.asp VINE - Vital INformation Exchange] Search for your family names in vital records, local history, and other genealogical sources in this state-wide surname index. 
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[http://www.wakarusa.lib.in.us/ Wakarusa Public Library] View digital documents about the Wakarusa area under the tab, "Historical," including obituaries, photos, maps, texts and more. 

===Midwestern Region Research===
[http://www.bcgensoc.com/ Berrien County Genealogical Society] Located just to our north, Berrien County, Michigan is served by the Berrien County Genealogical Society. Learn how to become a member & when meetings are scheduled, purchase Berrien county resources, submit queries, learn about local record repositories and much more at this site. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=123 Chicago Tribune (1858-1985)] Search this database of articles and pages from the ''Chicago Tribune'', going back as far as the 1850s and continuing through 1985. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library, and from your home computer with a valid St. Joseph County Public Library card. 
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Cook County, Illinois Vital Records View digitized [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1462519 birth certificates] from 1878-1922 and [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1463145 marriage records] from 1871-1920 and more. These records are made available on [http://www.familysearch.org FamilySearch,] from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. 
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[http://lincolnnet.net/ijgs/ Illiana Jewish Genealogical Society] Get information on Jewish genealogy in the Illinois-Indiana area, and find out about membership and projects. 
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[http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/archives.html Illinois State Archives] Learn about the holdings of the State Archives, read guides and tips on how to use the collections, search [http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/databases.html online indexes,] including military, land and vital records from all over the state.
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[http://ukcc.uky.edu/vitalrec/ Kentucky Vital Record Indexes] Look up your Kentucky ancestors in vital record indexes. View death indexes from 1911-1992, marriage indexes from 1973-1993, and divorce indexes from 1973-1993. 
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[http://mmm.lib.msu.edu/search/index.cfm Making of Modern Michigan] Search through digital images, diaries, newspaper clippings, indexes and more. Find a Michigan ancestor or town in this digital library project, created by a coalition of Michigan public libraries.
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Michigan Vital Records View digitized birth, marriage and death records from the state of Michigan. View [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1459684 birth registrations] from 1867-1902; [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1452395 marriage records] from 1868-1925; and [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1452402 death registrations] from 1867-1897. These records are made available on [http://www.familysearch.org/ FamilySearch,] from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=51 NewspaperARCHIVE] View online newspapers from across the United States for many time periods. Searchable by personal name, keyword, location, date, and title. The archive includes some newspapers from Anderson, Cambridge City, Chester, Ft. Wayne, Gary, Hammond, Indianapolis, Kokomo, Logansport, Montpelier, and Valparaiso, Indiana; from various Michigan cities, including Benton Harbor, Holland, Saint Joseph, and Traverse City; and from 31 Illinois cities, including Chicago’s suburbs. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library, and from your home computer with a valid St. Joseph County Public Library Card. 
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[http://www.nileslibrary.com/news-events/adult-services-department-news/climb-your-family-tree.html Niles District Library - Local History Room] 
Search the online catalog for books in the Niles Library's Local History Room and learn about other aspects of the collections so you can plan your visit. Search an online obituary index to obituaries from Niles newspaper. Use Footnote.com, a unique and valuable commercial genealogical database available free locally at NDL.
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[http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#c=1307272;p=collectionDetails;t=searchable Ohio Death Records] View digitized death certificates for the state of Ohio from 1908-1953. These records are made available on [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/default.asp FamilySearch,] from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. 
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[http://www.kansasheritage.org/pbp/gen/g_intro.html Potawatomi Genealogy] Find out how to search for Potawatomi ancestors, on this site created by volunteers from the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation in Kansas. Read about the Potawatomi people and language. 
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[http://seekingmichigan.org/ Seeking Michigan] Search for digital photographs, records, books and more related to the history and culture of Michigan. View digitized death certificates from 1897-1920, Civil War Service records, Michigan Polish American collection and much more. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~mivanbur/SWMIObitIndex/SWMIObit.htm Southwest Michigan Obituary Index] Search an index of over 76,000 obituaries for Allegan, Berrien, Cass, Kalamazoo, and Van Buren counties.
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===National Research===
[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=127 American Ancestors, formerly New England Ancestors] Search the New England Historic Genealogical Society's extensive databases of town, church, family Bible, vital, land, tax, and other records pertaining to New England as well as New York, Ireland, England, and eastern Canada. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=42 Ancestry Library Edition] Search databases of vital statistics, passenger lists, military service records, all available United States censuses, and more. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library. 
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[http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ Bureau of Land Management - General Land Office] Search the BLM's database of federal government land records, going back to the 1800s. 
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[http://www.castlegarden.org/ Castle Garden] Search a database of immigration records for people who entered this country through New York City between 1855 and 1892. 
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[http://www.ancestry.com/learn/ContentCenters/contentCenter.aspx?page=trees&sp=forms Charts and Forms] View and print out blank pedigree charts, family group sheets, census forms, research calendars, and source summaries. 
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[http://www.cyndislist.com/ Cyndi's List] Look through a comprehensive, searchable collection of hundreds of thousands of genealogy-related links. 
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[http://www.deathindexes.com/ Death Indexes] Search this directory of online death indexes, obituaries, death records, cemetery records, and more. 
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[http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/ Ellis Island Foundation] Search immigration records for people who entered the country through New York City between 1892 and 1924. 
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[http://www.familysearch.org/ FamilySearch, from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints] Access the Mormon Church's [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp library catalog] to see what microfilm you can have delivered to your nearest Family History Center. Search the 1880 United States Census. Find your ancestors in the International Genealogical Index or Ancestral File. See free digitized records online. Content is updated often, but currently includes Michigan vital records 1867-1925, Ohio deaths 1908-1953, Cook County, Illinois vital records 1871-1922, West Virginia deaths and marriages, 1853-1970, Philadelphia death certificates, 1803-1915, and much more from all over the world. 
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[http://www.lib.byu.edu/fhc/index.php Family History Archives] Read over 60,000 digitized family and local history books owned by the Family History Library, Allen County Public Library, Brigham Young University Library and more. You may search by family name, author, title, keyword, full-text, and also use a browse function to see all the books in the collection. 
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[http://www.findagrave.com/ Find A Grave] Search 62 million worldwide grave records by decedent's name, by the name of the cemetery, or browse by a location to see all cemeteries in a certain location. Read transcriptions of tombstone inscriptions, view pictures of the stones, and sometimes, obituaries at this volunteer-maintained site. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=23 HeritageQuest Online] Search databases covering most available United States censuses, digitized local history and genealogy books, PERSI (the PERiodical Source Index to genealogy magazines), digitized Revolutionary War pension and bounty land records, and Freedman's Bank files. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library, and from your home computer with a valid St. Joseph County Public Library card. 
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[http://www.loc.gov/rr/genealogy/ Library of Congress - Local History & Genealogy] Find tips on genealogy and local history research and locate sources. Get access to the Library of Congress's famous American Memory web site, with more than 5 million digital photographs, diaries, song scores, pamphlets, and other materials. 
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[http://www.linkpendium.com/ Linkpendium] View thousands of links to genealogy websites for the United States, the United Kingdom and surnames. 
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[http://www.archives.gov/research/genealogy/index.html National Archives - Genealogy] Find information on doing genealogical research, locating and ordering records, and more. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=51 NewspaperARCHIVE] View online newspapers from across the United States for many time periods. Searchable by personal name, keyword, location, date, and title. The archive includes some newspapers from Anderson, Cambridge City, Chester, Ft. Wayne, Gary, Hammond, Indianapolis, Kokomo, Logansport, Montpelier, and Valparaiso, Indiana; from various Michigan cities, including Benton Harbor, Holland, Saint Joseph, and Traverse City; and from 31 Illinois cities, including Chicago’s suburbs. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library, and from your home computer with a valid St. Joseph County Public Library card. 
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[http://www.pgsa.org/ Polish Genealogical Society of America] Search the database of Polish burials in South Bend's Cedar Grove Cemetery and the St. Joseph Polish Cemetery or post research queries about Polish ancestors. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/ RootsWeb] Find and share information with other genealogists. Search free databases, including World Connect family trees and vital statistics indexes. Post to message boards or join e-mail lists. View thousands of genealogy-related web pages hosted on the site. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=22 Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970 - Digital] View, navigate, print, and download historic maps of Indiana cities, showing streets and buildings. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library, and from your home computer with a valid St. Joseph County Public Library card. 
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[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1202535 Social Security Death Index (SSDI)] Find individuals in the Social Security Death Index, which runs from 1962 through the present; the free index gives name, date of death, last known address, and social security number. 
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[http://www.usgenweb.org/ USGenWeb] Look at genealogical web sites (with record transcriptions, addresses of libraries/archives, lookups, queries, history, and more) for each state and most counties on this volunteer-run web site. Also view national projects such as the [http://www.usgwtombstones.org/index.html Tombstone Transcription Project.] 
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[http://worldcat.org/ WorldCat] Search this catalog of materials held in more than 7,600 libraries in the United States and the rest of the world, including public, academic, state, and national libraries; archives; and historical societies. 
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===Vital Records, Local===
[http://www.the-burgenland-bunch.org/homepage.htm Burgenland Genealogy] Search through surnames, village names, queries, maps, censuses and much more data on former residents of the Burgenland, a province in Austria, that is home to Germans, Austrians, Hungarians, and Croats. View a [http://www.the-burgenland-bunch.org/BH&R/homelinks/data/in-names.htm list] of Burgenlanders buried in South Bend. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~instjose/immigration/hungarian/Chris_Kovach/hungarian-chris-kovach.htm Hungarian Records - St. Joseph Co.] Search for your St. Joseph County Hungarian ancestors in these abstracts of vital records, church records, immigration records, obituaries, funeral home and cemetery records compiled by genealogist Chris Kovach. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/LadewskiPapers/lucky.htm Lucky Ladewski Papers] Search through digitized family group sheets for Polish residents of St. Joseph County from the collection amassed by genealogist Gertrude T. (Stachowiak) "Lucky" Ladewski. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=126 Obituary Index] This free online database is an index to obituaries that appeared in the ''South Bend Tribune'' for people who died in St. Joseph County or had ties to St. Joseph County from 1913 to the present. 
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[http://www.pgsa.org/ Polish Genealogical Society of America] Search the database of Polish burials in South Bend's Cedar Grove Cemetery and St. Joseph Polish Cemetery. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose St. Joseph County GenWeb] See how to obtain vital records in St. Joseph County and browse free indexes. 
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[http://www.stjosephcountyindiana.com/ St. Joseph County Government] Get contact information for the County Clerk and County Archives, where you can find guardianship, marriage, divorce, and probate records, and the County Health Department, where you can get birth and death records. 
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[http://www.libraryforlife.org/subjectguides/index.php/St._Joseph_Co._Vital_Records St.Joseph County Vital Records] Read a how-to article by SJCPL librarians on how to find vital records for St. Joseph County, Indiana. This article contains links to helpful websites and pointers for researching births, marriages and deaths. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~insbags/ South Bend Area Genealogical Society (SBAGS)] Browse the home page of the South Bend Area Genealogical Society. Search an online index to St. Joseph County marriages from 1922 to February 1988. 
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[http://southlawn.palmerfuneralhomes.com/genealogy.htm Southlawn Cemetery] Search for individual's names and burial plot locations in Southlawn Cemetery in South Bend. 
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===Vital Records, Indiana===
[http://www.ingenweb.org/ Indiana GenWeb] Search indexes to vital records, see cemetery transcriptions, get research help, and more. Look at information about Indiana as a whole or about particular counties. 
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[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1410397 Indiana Marriages, 1811-1959] View transcriptions of Indiana marriage records for the following counties: Adams, Allen, Bartholomew, Benton, Blackford, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clark, Clay, Daviess, Dearborn, Decatur, De Kalb, Delaware, Dubois, Elkhart, Franklin, Harrison, Henry, Huntington, Marshall, Ohio, Owen, Rush, and Sullivan. All counties in Indiana will eventually be added. These records are made available on [http://www.familysearch.org/ FamilySearch,] from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. 
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[http://www.in.gov/library/index.htm Indiana State Library - Genealogy Division] Search the ISL's online databases, including indexes to pre-1851 and 1993-2002 Indiana marriage records and nineteenth-century Indianapolis newspapers. Choose reels of microfilmed newspapers from their collection, and borrow them through interlibrary loan here at the St. Joseph County Public Library. 
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[http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/howto/w2w/indiana.htm Indiana Vital Records] Find out how to order Indiana birth, death, marriage and divorce records. 
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===Vital Records, National===
[http://www.sjcpl.org/subjectguides/index.php/Finding_Birth_Families Adoption Information] Read a how-to article by SJCPL librarians on how to find birth families for adoptees. This article contains links to helpful websites and pointers for researching this important event. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=127 American Ancestors, formerly New England Ancestors] Search the New England Historic Genealogical Society's extensive databases of town, church, family Bible, vital, land, tax, and other records pertaining to New England as well as New York, Ireland, England, and eastern Canada. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=42 Ancestry Library Edition] Search databases of vital statistics, passenger lists, military service records, all available United States censuses, and more. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library. 
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[http://www.deathindexes.com/ Death Indexes] Search this directory of online death indexes, obituaries, death records, cemetery records, and more. 
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[http://www.findagrave.com/ Find A Grave] Search 62 million worldwide grave records by decedent's name, by the name of the cemetery, or browse by a location to see all cemeteries in a certain location. Read transcriptions of tombstone inscriptions, view pictures of the stones, and sometimes, obituaries at this volunteer-maintained site. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/subjectguides/index.php/Foreign_Births Finding Birth Dates for Foreign-Born Relatives] Read a how-to article by SJCPL librarians on how to find birth dates for foreign-born relatives. This article contains links to helpful websites and pointers for tracing your family back to the "old country."
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/ RootsWeb] Find and share information with other genealogists. Search free databases, including World Connect family trees and vital statistics indexes. Post to message boards or join e-mail lists. View thousands of genealogy-related web pages hosted on the site. 
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[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1202535 Social Security Death Index] Find individuals in the Social Security Death Index, which runs from 1962 through the present; the free index gives name, date of death, last known address, and social security number. 
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===Ethnic Research===
[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=42 Ancestry Library Edition] Search databases of vital statistics, passenger lists, military service records, all available United States censuses, and more. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library. 
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[http://bahsc.org/ Belgian American Historical Society of Chicago] Explore this site which documents the history of Belgian immigration to the Midwest, and send a query about Belgian surnames.
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[http://www.the-burgenland-bunch.org/homepage.htm Burgenland Genealogy] Search through surnames, village names, queries, maps, censuses and much more data on former residents of the Burgenland, a province in Austria, that is home to Germans, Austrians, Hungarians, and Croats. View a [http://www.the-burgenland-bunch.org/BH&R/homelinks/data/in-names.htm list] of Burgenlanders buried in South Bend. 
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[Castle Garden] Search a database of immigration records for people who entered this country through New York City between 1855 and 1892. [* January 2012: This website seems to be infected with a computer virus or other problem. Do not use until fixed!] 
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[http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/ Ellis Island Foundation] Search immigration records for people who entered the country through New York City between 1892 and 1924. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/subjectguides/index.php/Foreign_Births Finding Birth Dates for Foreign-Born Relatives] Read a how-to article by SJCPL librarians on how to find birth dates for foreign-born relatives. This article contains links to helpful websites and pointers for tracing your family back to the "old country."
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=23 HeritageQuest Online] Search the Freedman's Bank records, which are bank account applications for former slaves from 1865-1874. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library, and from your home computer with a valid St. Joseph County Public Library Card. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~instjose/immigration/hungarian/Chris_Kovach/hungarian-chris-kovach.htm Hungarian Records - St. Joseph Co.] Search for your St. Joseph County Hungarian ancestors in these abstracts of vital records, church records, immigration records, obituaries, funeral home and cemetery records compiled by genealogist Chris Kovach. 
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[http://lincolnnet.net/ijgs/ Illiana Jewish Genealogical Society] Get information on Jewish genealogy in the Illinois-Indiana area, and find out about membership and projects. 
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[http://www.in.gov/icpr/index.htm Indiana State Archives - Online Indexes] Search the Indiana State Archives' online indexes, including naturalization, land, court, and children's home records. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/LadewskiPapers/lucky.htm Lucky Ladewski Papers] Search through digitized papers on Polish residents of St. Joseph County from the collection amassed by genealogist Gertrude T. (Stachowiak) "Lucky" Ladewski. 
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[http://www.archives.gov/research/genealogy/index.html National Archives - Genealogy] Find information on doing genealogical research, locating and ordering immigration records, and more. 
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[http://www.pgsa.org/ Polish Genealogical Society of America] Search the database of Polish burials in South Bend's Cedar Grove Cemetery or post research queries about Polish ancestors. 
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[http://www.kansasheritage.org/pbp/gen/g_intro.html Potawatomi Genealogy] Find out how to search for Potawatomi ancestors, on this site created by volunteers from the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation in Kansas. Read about the Potawatomi people and language. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose St. Joseph County GenWeb] See how to obtain vital records in St. Joseph County, find information about your immigrant ancestors, and search free local databases. 
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===Land and Property Research===
[http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/gmd:@field(NUMBER+@band(g4094s+pm002020)) 1866 Map of South Bend] Browse a digital version of this early map of South Bend, found on the Library of Congress website, [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html American Memory collection.] 
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[http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/gmd:@field(NUMBER+@band(g4094s+pm002030)) 1874 Map of South Bend] Browse a digital version of this early map of South Bend, found on the Library of Congress website, [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html American Memory collection.] 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=124 1875 St. Joseph County Atlas] Search or browse through SJCPL's digital version of the 1875 Illustrated Historical Atlas of St. Joseph County, Indiana, including plat maps, biographies, and engravings. 
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[http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/gmd:@field(NUMBER+@band(g4094s+pm002040)) 1890 Map of South Bend] Browse a digital version of this early map of South Bend, found on the Library of Congress website, [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html American Memory collection.] 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=55 1936 St. Joseph County Plat Book] Search or browse through SJCPL's digital version of the 1936 Index Map of St. Joseph County, Indiana, which shows all landowners in the unincorporated areas of the county at that time. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=127 American Ancestors, formerly New England Ancestors] Search the New England Historic Genealogical Society's extensive databases of town, church, family Bible, vital, land, tax, and other records pertaining to New England as well as New York, Ireland, England, and eastern Canada. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library. 
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[http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ Bureau of Land Management - General Land Office] Search the BLM's database of federal government land records, going back to the 1800s. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/subjectguides/index.php/House_Research House Research] Read a how-to article by SJCPL librarians on how to research the history of your house. This article contains links to helpful websites and pointers for the research process.
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[http://129.79.145.7/arcims/IHAPI/index.html Indiana Historical Aerial Photo Index] View aerial photos dating from the 1930s to 1980s of Indiana land parcels. Search function is available by street address, township and range, coordinates or by map number, if known. Order copies of the maps for a fee. 
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[http://www.in.gov/icpr/index.htm Indiana State Archives - Online Indexes] Search the Indiana State Archives' online indexes, including naturalization, land, court, and children's home records. 
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[http://www.macoggis.com/ Michiana Area Council of Governments GIS System] Research your house and neighborhood using this free public source of homeowner information. See an aerial picture of your St. Joseph County or Elkhart County home! 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=22 Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970 - Digital] View, navigate, print, and download historic maps of Indiana cities, showing streets and buildings. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library, and from your home computer with a valid St. Joseph County Public Library Card. 
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[http://www.stjosephcountyindiana.com/ St. Joseph County Government] Get contact information for the County Recorder, where you can locate land records. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~insbags/ South Bend Area Genealogical Society (SBAGS)] Browse the home page of the South Bend Area Genealogical Society. View historic and modern photographs of the South Bend and Mishawaka area, along with maps and other databases. 
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===Research Tools===
[http://www.copyright.cornell.edu/public_domain/ Copyright Explanation] If you are thinking of publishing your own family history book, and are wondering whether you can use particular documents, consult this frequently updated information from noted copyright expert Peter Hirtle at Cornell University. 
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[http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/ Perpetual calendar] Need to know what day of the week a particular date fell on? Visit this site, type in the year you are interested in, and see the calendar for that year. 
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[http://babelfish.altavista.com/ Translation] Having trouble reading that old family document in a foreign language? Try Babel Fish to translate Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish into English. But beware: the translation is very literal and basic. 
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==Recommended Local and Family History Websites==

===St. Joseph County Research===
[http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/gmd:@field(NUMBER+@band(g4094s+pm002020)) 1866 Map of South Bend] Browse a digital version of this early map of South Bend, found on the Library of Congress website, [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html American Memory collection.] 
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[http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/gmd:@field(NUMBER+@band(g4094s+pm002030)) 1874 Map of South Bend] Browse a digital version of this early map of South Bend, found on the Library of Congress website, [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html American Memory collection.] 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=124 1875 St. Joseph County Atlas] Search or browse through SJCPL's digital version of the 1875 Illustrated Historical Atlas of St. Joseph County, Indiana, including plat maps, biographies, and engravings. 
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[http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/gmd:@field(NUMBER+@band(g4094s+pm002040)) 1890 Map of South Bend] Browse a digital version of this early map of South Bend, found on the Library of Congress website, [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html American Memory collection.] 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=131 ca. 1910 South Bend YMCA Book] Search or browse through SJCPL's digital version of A Manhood Factory in the Center of South Bend's Greatest Industries, featuring text and illustrations of people, the YMCA, and the community. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=130 1910 South Bend and Mishawaka Elks Convention Book] Search or browse through SJCPL's digital version of Official Souvenir, 9th Annual Convention, Indiana State Association, B.P.O.E., South Bend, Indiana, featuring text and illustrations of people, businesses, and the community. 
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[http://www.archive.org/stream/polksouthbendind00polk#page/n7/mode/2up 1921 South Bend & Mishawaka City Directory] Search or browse through a digital version of Polk's South Bend & Mishawaka City Directory for 1921. Searchable by personal or business name or by reverse lookup by street name and house number. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=125 1936 St. Joseph County Plat Book] Search or browse through SJCPL's digital version of the 1936 Index Map of St. Joseph County, Indiana, which shows all landowners in the unincorporated areas of the county at that time. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/subjectguides/index.php/Finding_Birth_Families Adoption Information] Read a how-to article by SJCPL librarians on how to find birth families for adoptees. This article contains links to helpful websites and pointers for researching this important event. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/subjectguides/index.php/Foreign_Births Finding Birth Dates for Foreign-Born Relatives] Read a how-to article by SJCPL librarians on how to find birth dates for foreign-born relatives. This article contains links to helpful websites and pointers for tracing your family back to the "old country." 
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[http://www.hlcm.org/htlm/archives.html Hannah Lindahl Children's Museum - Archives] Find out about the resources at the Children's Museum, including an online database of Mishawaka school records and online photographs. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=23 HeritageQuest Online - Online books] Read digital versions of the following books: ''Marriage Records St Joseph County [index 1830-1882]''; ''South Bend and the Men Who Have Made It''; ''Historic Background of South Bend and St. Joseph County''; ''History of St. Joseph County Indiana (1880)''; ''Pictorial and Biographical Memoirs of Elkhart and St. Joseph Counties Indiana'' and more. Choose the "Search Books" option from the homepage. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library, and from your home computer with a valid St. Joseph County Public Library card. 
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[http://www.historicnewcarlisle.org/ Historic New Carlisle] Read about the history of New Carlisle, historic preservation activities in the community, and find links to the museum and a list of some of its collections. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/subjectguides/index.php/House_Research House Research] Read a how-to article by SJCPL librarians on how to research the history of your house. This article contains links to helpful websites and pointers for the research process. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~instjose/immigration/hungarian/Chris_Kovach/hungarian-chris-kovach.htm Hungarian Records - St. Joseph Co.] Search for your St. Joseph County Hungarian ancestors in these abstracts of vital records, church records, immigration records, obituaries, funeral home and cemetery records compiled by genealogist Chris Kovach. 
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[http://www.iusb.edu/~libg/archives/index.shtml IUSB Archives] Visit the Archives of Indiana University at South Bend to learn about the history of IUSB, the history of the Torrington Company, local notable James Lewis Casaday and his theater-related collection, and more. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/localhistory/ Local & Family History Services] of the [http://www.sjcpl.org St. Joseph County Public Library] See the historical and genealogical databases we have put online, use subscription databases in the library or from home with a St. Joseph County Public Library card, and see what we have in our collection. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/LadewskiPapers/lucky.htm Lucky Ladewski Papers] Search through digitized papers on Polish residents of South Bend from the collection amassed by genealogist Gertrude T. (Stachowiak) "Lucky" Ladewski. 
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[http://www.macoggis.com/ Michiana Area Council of Governments (MACOG) GIS System] Research your house and neighborhood using this free public source of homeowner information. See an aerial picture of your St. Joseph County or Elkhart County home. 
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[http://www.mphpl.org/newSite/AdultServices/adult_geneaology.html Mishawaka-Penn-Harris Public Library - Heritage Room] See a listing of MPHPL's genealogy and local history resources. Search through the Hannah Lindahl Children's Museum and MPHPL Online Archive, which includes many photographs. 
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[http://www.centerforhistory.org/ Northern Indiana Center for History] Find information on South Bend's Center for History. Read about the people, places, and events that have shaped St. Joseph County history and Northern Indiana. 
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[http://www.nd.edu/~archives Notre Dame University - Archives] Search the collections of Notre Dame's Archives, including Notre Dame records and local manuscript collections. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=126 Obituary Index] This free online database is an index to obituaries that appeared in the ''South Bend Tribune'' for people who died in St. Joseph County from 1913 to the present. 
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[http://www.pgsa.org/ Polish Genealogical Society of America] Search the database of Polish burials in South Bend's Cedar Grove Cemetery and the St. Joseph Polish Cemetery or post research queries about Polish ancestors. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/cemetery.htm St. Joseph County Cemeteries] Find a list of the cemeteries in St. Joseph County, along with directions. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose St. Joseph County GenWeb] See how to obtain vital records in St. Joseph County, find information about your Polish immigrant ancestors, search free local databases, and much more. 
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[http://www.stjosephcountyindiana.com/ St. Joseph County Government] Get contact information for the County Clerk and County Archives, where you can find guardianship, marriage, divorce, and probate records; the County Health Department, where you can get birth and death records; and the County Recorder, where you can locate land records. 
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[http://www.libraryforlife.org/subjectguides/index.php/St._Joseph_Co._Vital_Records St. Joseph County Vital Records] Read a how-to article by SJCPL librarians on how to find vital records for St. Joseph County, Indiana. This article contains links to helpful websites and pointers for researching births, marriages and deaths. 
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[http://www3.saintmarys.edu/library/archives Saint Mary's College - Archives] See how to find photographs, scrapbooks, and manuscripts about Saint Mary's College. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=22 Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970 - Digital] View, navigate, print, and download historic maps of Indiana cities, showing streets and buildings. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library, and from your home computer with a valid St. Joseph County Public Library Card. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=53 Service Notes Index] Search an index to the Service Notes that were printed in the ''South Bend Tribune'' during the World War II, Korean War, and Vietnam War eras. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~insbags/ South Bend Area Genealogical Society (SBAGS)] Browse the home page of the South Bend Area Genealogical Society. Search an online index to St. Joseph County marriages from 1922 to February 1989. View historic and modern photographs of the South Bend and Mishawaka area, along with maps and many other databases and indexes. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=114 South Bend Tribune's Online Archives] Search this online database of ''South Bend Tribune'' articles published since March 1998. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library, and from your home computer with a valid St. Joseph County Public Library card. 
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[http://southlawn.palmerfuneralhomes.com/genealogy.htm Southlawn Cemetery] Search for individual's names and burial plot locations in Southlawn Cemetery in South Bend. 
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[http://www.walkerton.org/history.html Walkerton Area Historical Society] Search for local information on southern St. Joseph County, as well as photographs of the area.
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===Indiana Research===
[http://www.genealogycenter.org/Home.aspx Allen County Public Library - Genealogy Center] Search the catalog of the Allen County Public Library at Fort Wayne, the second-largest genealogy library in the world. Look at their online databases, including vital statistics indexes and cemetery transcriptions for the Allen County area. 
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[http://www.bremen.lib.in.us/historical/bpl_obituaries.asp Bremen Public Library] View historical materials about the community surrounding Bremen, view obituaries from the ''Bremen Enquirer'' prior to 1997, and view [http://www.bremen.lib.in.us/heritage/bremcem.htm cemetery records] from Bremen city cemeteries. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~inelkhar/ecgs.htm Elkhart County Genealogical Society] Find out about the Society and its library, events, and publications. 
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[http://www.elkhartcountyparks.org/properties_locations/rush_memorial_center.htm Elkhart County Historical Society Museum] Find out about the Society and its museum in Bristol, one of the top ten local history museums in Indiana. 
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[http://www.elkhart.lib.in.us/cgi-bin/index4r.pl?&file=local_history2.html Elkhart Public Library's Local History Department] Learn about the local history and genealogy collection at the library, search the Obituary Index to the ''Elkhart Truth'' (1921-present), and access the Local History Index, a topical index to articles in the ''Elkhart Truth.'' 
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[http://www.fulco.lib.in.us/Genealogy/fulcogenealogyfrontpage.htm Fulton County Public Library] Read digitized copies of books compiled by Jean and Wendall Tombough for Fulton County and other counties including: cemetery records for Fulton, Marshall, Miami and Kosciusko Counties; Fulton County obituaries; federal censuses; poor farm records; school enumerations; newspaper excerpts; marriage and death indexes; and will abstracts. 
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[http://www.indgensoc.org/ Indiana Genealogical Society] Find information about the Indiana Genealogical Society. Post and search research queries. 
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[http://www.ingenweb.org/ Indiana GenWeb] Find online information about Indiana genealogy. Search indexes to vital records, see cemetery transcriptions, get research help, and more. Look at information about Indiana as a whole or about particular counties. 
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[http://129.79.145.7/arcims/IHAPI/index.html Indiana Historical Aerial Photo Index] View aerial photos dating from the 1930s to 1980s of Indiana land parcels. Search function is available by street address, township and range, coordinates or by map number, if known. Order copies of the maps for a fee. 
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[http://www.indianahistory.org/ Indiana Historical Society] Find information about the Indiana Historical Society. Search their catalog and collection guides to learn about their vast holdings. 
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[http://www.letrs.indiana.edu/inmh/ Indiana Magazine of History Online Index] Search an index to the [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search~S2?/tIndiana+magazine+of+history./tindiana+magazine+of+history/1%2C2%2C7%2CB/frameset&FF=tindiana+magazine+of+history&1%2C%2C6/indexsort=- ''Indiana Magazine of History''], from 1905 to 2004. Find a reference to an interesting article, then come to [http://www.sjcpl.org/localhistory/ Local & Family History Services] to read it. 
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[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1410397 Indiana Marriages, 1811-1959] View transcriptions of Indiana marriage records for the following counties: Adams, Allen, Bartholomew, Benton, Blackford, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clark, Clay, Daviess, Dearborn, Decatur, De Kalb, Delaware, Dubois, Elkhart, Franklin, Harrison, Henry, Huntington, Marshall, Ohio, Owen, Rush, and Sullivan. All counties in Indiana will eventually be added. These records are made available on [http://www.familysearch.org/ FamilySearch,] from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. 
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[http://www.in.gov/icpr/index.htm Indiana State Archives] View information about their collections. Search the Indiana State Archives' online indexes; including naturalization, land, court, and children's home records. Use their new [http://www.indianadigitalarchives.org/ Indiana State Digital Archives,] which indexes naturalizations, institution records, Civil War records, county records and more. 
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[http://www.in.gov/library/genealogy.htm Indiana State Library - Genealogy Division] Search the ISL's online databases, including indexes to pre-1851 and 1993-2002 Indiana marriage records and nineteenth-century Indianapolis newspapers. Choose reels of microfilmed newspapers from their collection, and borrow them through interlibrary loan here at the St. Joseph County Public Library. 
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[http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/w2w/indiana.htm Indiana Vital Records] Find out how to order Indiana birth, death, marriage and divorce records. 
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[http://fizkid.tripod.com/ Indiana's World War II Dead in the South Pacific] Browse a volunteer-run web site about Indiana's World War II servicemen who died in the South Pacific. The site features photographs of the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines, along with lists of the soldiers and sailors honored there. 
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[http://www.plymouth.lib.in.us/obituary_index.html ''Plymouth Pilot'' Obituary Index] Search for obituaries published in the ''Plymouth Pilot'' newspaper from July 27, 1922 - April 30, 1979. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=22 Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970 - Digital] View, navigate, print, and download historic maps of Indiana cities, showing streets and buildings. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library, and from your home computer with a valid St. Joseph County Public Library Card. 
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[http://208.119.72.68/vine/vine_home.asp VINE - Vital INformation Exchange] Search for your family names in vital records, local history, and other genealogical sources in this state-wide surname index. 
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[http://www.wakarusa.lib.in.us/ Wakarusa Public Library] View digital documents about the Wakarusa area under the tab, "Historical," including obituaries, photos, maps, texts and more. 

===Midwestern Region Research===
[http://www.bcgensoc.com/ Berrien County Genealogical Society] Located just to our north, Berrien County, Michigan is served by the Berrien County Genealogical Society. Learn how to become a member & when meetings are scheduled, purchase Berrien county resources, submit queries, learn about local record repositories and much more at this site. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=123 Chicago Tribune (1858-1985)] Search this database of articles and pages from the ''Chicago Tribune'', going back as far as the 1850s and continuing through 1985. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library, and from your home computer with a valid St. Joseph County Public Library card. 
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Cook County, Illinois Vital Records View digitized [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1462519 birth certificates] from 1878-1922 and [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1463145 marriage records] from 1871-1920 and more. These records are made available on [http://www.familysearch.org FamilySearch,] from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. 
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[http://lincolnnet.net/ijgs/ Illiana Jewish Genealogical Society] Get information on Jewish genealogy in the Illinois-Indiana area, and find out about membership and projects. 
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[http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/archives.html Illinois State Archives] Learn about the holdings of the State Archives, read guides and tips on how to use the collections, search [http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/databases.html online indexes,] including military, land and vital records from all over the state.
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[http://ukcc.uky.edu/vitalrec/ Kentucky Vital Record Indexes] Look up your Kentucky ancestors in vital record indexes. View death indexes from 1911-1992, marriage indexes from 1973-1993, and divorce indexes from 1973-1993. 
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[http://mmm.lib.msu.edu/search/index.cfm Making of Modern Michigan] Search through digital images, diaries, newspaper clippings, indexes and more. Find a Michigan ancestor or town in this digital library project, created by a coalition of Michigan public libraries.
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Michigan Vital Records View digitized birth, marriage and death records from the state of Michigan. View [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1459684 birth registrations] from 1867-1902; [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1452395 marriage records] from 1868-1925; and [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1452402 death registrations] from 1867-1897. These records are made available on [http://www.familysearch.org/ FamilySearch,] from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=51 NewspaperARCHIVE] View online newspapers from across the United States for many time periods. Searchable by personal name, keyword, location, date, and title. The archive includes some newspapers from Anderson, Cambridge City, Chester, Ft. Wayne, Gary, Hammond, Indianapolis, Kokomo, Logansport, Montpelier, and Valparaiso, Indiana; from various Michigan cities, including Benton Harbor, Holland, Saint Joseph, and Traverse City; and from 31 Illinois cities, including Chicago’s suburbs. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library, and from your home computer with a valid St. Joseph County Public Library Card. 
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[http://www.nileslibrary.com/news-events/adult-services-department-news/climb-your-family-tree.html Niles District Library - Local History Room] 
Search the online catalog for books in the Niles Library's Local History Room and learn about other aspects of the collections so you can plan your visit. Search an online obituary index to obituaries from Niles newspaper. Use Footnote.com, a unique and valuable commercial genealogical database available free locally at NDL.
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[http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#c=1307272;p=collectionDetails;t=searchable Ohio Death Records] View digitized death certificates for the state of Ohio from 1908-1953. These records are made available on [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/default.asp FamilySearch,] from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. 
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[http://www.kansasheritage.org/pbp/gen/g_intro.html Potawatomi Genealogy] Find out how to search for Potawatomi ancestors, on this site created by volunteers from the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation in Kansas. Read about the Potawatomi people and language. 
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[http://seekingmichigan.org/ Seeking Michigan] Search for digital photographs, records, books and more related to the history and culture of Michigan. View digitized death certificates from 1897-1920, Civil War Service records, Michigan Polish American collection and much more. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~mivanbur/SWMIObitIndex/SWMIObit.htm Southwest Michigan Obituary Index] Search an index of over 76,000 obituaries for Allegan, Berrien, Cass, Kalamazoo, and Van Buren counties.
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===National Research===
[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=127 American Ancestors, formerly New England Ancestors] Search the New England Historic Genealogical Society's extensive databases of town, church, family Bible, vital, land, tax, and other records pertaining to New England as well as New York, Ireland, England, and eastern Canada. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=42 Ancestry Library Edition] Search databases of vital statistics, passenger lists, military service records, all available United States censuses, and more. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library. 
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[http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ Bureau of Land Management - General Land Office] Search the BLM's database of federal government land records, going back to the 1800s. 
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[http://www.castlegarden.org/ Castle Garden] Search a database of immigration records for people who entered this country through New York City between 1855 and 1892. 
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[http://www.ancestry.com/learn/ContentCenters/contentCenter.aspx?page=trees&sp=forms Charts and Forms] View and print out blank pedigree charts, family group sheets, census forms, research calendars, and source summaries. 
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[http://www.cyndislist.com/ Cyndi's List] Look through a comprehensive, searchable collection of hundreds of thousands of genealogy-related links. 
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[http://www.deathindexes.com/ Death Indexes] Search this directory of online death indexes, obituaries, death records, cemetery records, and more. 
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[http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/ Ellis Island Foundation] Search immigration records for people who entered the country through New York City between 1892 and 1924. 
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[http://www.familysearch.org/ FamilySearch, from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints] Access the Mormon Church's [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp library catalog] to see what microfilm you can have delivered to your nearest Family History Center. Search the 1880 United States Census. Find your ancestors in the International Genealogical Index or Ancestral File. See free digitized records online. Content is updated often, but currently includes Michigan vital records 1867-1925, Ohio deaths 1908-1953, Cook County, Illinois vital records 1871-1922, West Virginia deaths and marriages, 1853-1970, Philadelphia death certificates, 1803-1915, and much more from all over the world. 
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[http://www.lib.byu.edu/fhc/index.php Family History Archives] Read over 60,000 digitized family and local history books owned by the Family History Library, Allen County Public Library, Brigham Young University Library and more. You may search by family name, author, title, keyword, full-text, and also use a browse function to see all the books in the collection. 
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[http://www.findagrave.com/ Find A Grave] Search 62 million worldwide grave records by decedent's name, by the name of the cemetery, or browse by a location to see all cemeteries in a certain location. Read transcriptions of tombstone inscriptions, view pictures of the stones, and sometimes, obituaries at this volunteer-maintained site. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=23 HeritageQuest Online] Search databases covering most available United States censuses, digitized local history and genealogy books, PERSI (the PERiodical Source Index to genealogy magazines), digitized Revolutionary War pension and bounty land records, and Freedman's Bank files. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library, and from your home computer with a valid St. Joseph County Public Library card. 
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[http://www.loc.gov/rr/genealogy/ Library of Congress - Local History & Genealogy] Find tips on genealogy and local history research and locate sources. Get access to the Library of Congress's famous American Memory web site, with more than 5 million digital photographs, diaries, song scores, pamphlets, and other materials. 
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[http://www.linkpendium.com/ Linkpendium] View thousands of links to genealogy websites for the United States, the United Kingdom and surnames. 
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[http://www.archives.gov/research/genealogy/index.html National Archives - Genealogy] Find information on doing genealogical research, locating and ordering records, and more. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=51 NewspaperARCHIVE] View online newspapers from across the United States for many time periods. Searchable by personal name, keyword, location, date, and title. The archive includes some newspapers from Anderson, Cambridge City, Chester, Ft. Wayne, Gary, Hammond, Indianapolis, Kokomo, Logansport, Montpelier, and Valparaiso, Indiana; from various Michigan cities, including Benton Harbor, Holland, Saint Joseph, and Traverse City; and from 31 Illinois cities, including Chicago’s suburbs. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library, and from your home computer with a valid St. Joseph County Public Library card. 
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[http://www.pgsa.org/ Polish Genealogical Society of America] Search the database of Polish burials in South Bend's Cedar Grove Cemetery and the St. Joseph Polish Cemetery or post research queries about Polish ancestors. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/ RootsWeb] Find and share information with other genealogists. Search free databases, including World Connect family trees and vital statistics indexes. Post to message boards or join e-mail lists. View thousands of genealogy-related web pages hosted on the site. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=22 Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970 - Digital] View, navigate, print, and download historic maps of Indiana cities, showing streets and buildings. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library, and from your home computer with a valid St. Joseph County Public Library card. 
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[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1202535 Social Security Death Index (SSDI)] Find individuals in the Social Security Death Index, which runs from 1962 through the present; the free index gives name, date of death, last known address, and social security number. 
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[http://www.usgenweb.org/ USGenWeb] Look at genealogical web sites (with record transcriptions, addresses of libraries/archives, lookups, queries, history, and more) for each state and most counties on this volunteer-run web site. Also view national projects such as the [http://www.usgwtombstones.org/index.html Tombstone Transcription Project.] 
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[http://worldcat.org/ WorldCat] Search this catalog of materials held in more than 7,600 libraries in the United States and the rest of the world, including public, academic, state, and national libraries; archives; and historical societies. 
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===Vital Records, Local===
[http://www.the-burgenland-bunch.org/homepage.htm Burgenland Genealogy] Search through surnames, village names, queries, maps, censuses and much more data on former residents of the Burgenland, a province in Austria, that is home to Germans, Austrians, Hungarians, and Croats. View a [http://www.the-burgenland-bunch.org/BH&R/homelinks/data/in-names.htm list] of Burgenlanders buried in South Bend. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~instjose/immigration/hungarian/Chris_Kovach/hungarian-chris-kovach.htm Hungarian Records - St. Joseph Co.] Search for your St. Joseph County Hungarian ancestors in these abstracts of vital records, church records, immigration records, obituaries, funeral home and cemetery records compiled by genealogist Chris Kovach. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/LadewskiPapers/lucky.htm Lucky Ladewski Papers] Search through digitized family group sheets for Polish residents of St. Joseph County from the collection amassed by genealogist Gertrude T. (Stachowiak) "Lucky" Ladewski. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=126 Obituary Index] This free online database is an index to obituaries that appeared in the ''South Bend Tribune'' for people who died in St. Joseph County or had ties to St. Joseph County from 1913 to the present. 
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[http://www.pgsa.org/ Polish Genealogical Society of America] Search the database of Polish burials in South Bend's Cedar Grove Cemetery and St. Joseph Polish Cemetery. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose St. Joseph County GenWeb] See how to obtain vital records in St. Joseph County and browse free indexes. 
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[http://www.stjosephcountyindiana.com/ St. Joseph County Government] Get contact information for the County Clerk and County Archives, where you can find guardianship, marriage, divorce, and probate records, and the County Health Department, where you can get birth and death records. 
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[http://www.libraryforlife.org/subjectguides/index.php/St._Joseph_Co._Vital_Records St.Joseph County Vital Records] Read a how-to article by SJCPL librarians on how to find vital records for St. Joseph County, Indiana. This article contains links to helpful websites and pointers for researching births, marriages and deaths. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~insbags/ South Bend Area Genealogical Society (SBAGS)] Browse the home page of the South Bend Area Genealogical Society. Search an online index to St. Joseph County marriages from 1922 to February 1988. 
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[http://southlawn.palmerfuneralhomes.com/genealogy.htm Southlawn Cemetery] Search for individual's names and burial plot locations in Southlawn Cemetery in South Bend. 
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===Vital Records, Indiana===
[http://www.ingenweb.org/ Indiana GenWeb] Search indexes to vital records, see cemetery transcriptions, get research help, and more. Look at information about Indiana as a whole or about particular counties. 
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[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1410397 Indiana Marriages, 1811-1959] View transcriptions of Indiana marriage records for the following counties: Adams, Allen, Bartholomew, Benton, Blackford, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clark, Clay, Daviess, Dearborn, Decatur, De Kalb, Delaware, Dubois, Elkhart, Franklin, Harrison, Henry, Huntington, Marshall, Ohio, Owen, Rush, and Sullivan. All counties in Indiana will eventually be added. These records are made available on [http://www.familysearch.org/ FamilySearch,] from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. 
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[http://www.in.gov/library/index.htm Indiana State Library - Genealogy Division] Search the ISL's online databases, including indexes to pre-1851 and 1993-2002 Indiana marriage records and nineteenth-century Indianapolis newspapers. Choose reels of microfilmed newspapers from their collection, and borrow them through interlibrary loan here at the St. Joseph County Public Library. 
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[http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/howto/w2w/indiana.htm Indiana Vital Records] Find out how to order Indiana birth, death, marriage and divorce records. 
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===Vital Records, National===
[http://www.sjcpl.org/subjectguides/index.php/Finding_Birth_Families Adoption Information] Read a how-to article by SJCPL librarians on how to find birth families for adoptees. This article contains links to helpful websites and pointers for researching this important event. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=127 American Ancestors, formerly New England Ancestors] Search the New England Historic Genealogical Society's extensive databases of town, church, family Bible, vital, land, tax, and other records pertaining to New England as well as New York, Ireland, England, and eastern Canada. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=42 Ancestry Library Edition] Search databases of vital statistics, passenger lists, military service records, all available United States censuses, and more. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library. 
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[http://www.deathindexes.com/ Death Indexes] Search this directory of online death indexes, obituaries, death records, cemetery records, and more. 
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[http://www.findagrave.com/ Find A Grave] Search 62 million worldwide grave records by decedent's name, by the name of the cemetery, or browse by a location to see all cemeteries in a certain location. Read transcriptions of tombstone inscriptions, view pictures of the stones, and sometimes, obituaries at this volunteer-maintained site. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/subjectguides/index.php/Foreign_Births Finding Birth Dates for Foreign-Born Relatives] Read a how-to article by SJCPL librarians on how to find birth dates for foreign-born relatives. This article contains links to helpful websites and pointers for tracing your family back to the "old country."
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/ RootsWeb] Find and share information with other genealogists. Search free databases, including World Connect family trees and vital statistics indexes. Post to message boards or join e-mail lists. View thousands of genealogy-related web pages hosted on the site. 
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[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1202535 Social Security Death Index] Find individuals in the Social Security Death Index, which runs from 1962 through the present; the free index gives name, date of death, last known address, and social security number. 
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===Ethnic Research===
[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=42 Ancestry Library Edition] Search databases of vital statistics, passenger lists, military service records, all available United States censuses, and more. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library. 
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[http://bahsc.org/ Belgian American Historical Society of Chicago] Explore this site which documents the history of Belgian immigration to the Midwest, and send a query about Belgian surnames.
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[http://www.the-burgenland-bunch.org/homepage.htm Burgenland Genealogy] Search through surnames, village names, queries, maps, censuses and much more data on former residents of the Burgenland, a province in Austria, that is home to Germans, Austrians, Hungarians, and Croats. View a [http://www.the-burgenland-bunch.org/BH&R/homelinks/data/in-names.htm list] of Burgenlanders buried in South Bend. 
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[http://www.castlegarden.org/ Castle Garden] Search a database of immigration records for people who entered this country through New York City between 1855 and 1892. 
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[http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/ Ellis Island Foundation] Search immigration records for people who entered the country through New York City between 1892 and 1924. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/subjectguides/index.php/Foreign_Births Finding Birth Dates for Foreign-Born Relatives] Read a how-to article by SJCPL librarians on how to find birth dates for foreign-born relatives. This article contains links to helpful websites and pointers for tracing your family back to the "old country."
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=23 HeritageQuest Online] Search the Freedman's Bank records, which are bank account applications for former slaves from 1865-1874. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library, and from your home computer with a valid St. Joseph County Public Library Card. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~instjose/immigration/hungarian/Chris_Kovach/hungarian-chris-kovach.htm Hungarian Records - St. Joseph Co.] Search for your St. Joseph County Hungarian ancestors in these abstracts of vital records, church records, immigration records, obituaries, funeral home and cemetery records compiled by genealogist Chris Kovach. 
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[http://lincolnnet.net/ijgs/ Illiana Jewish Genealogical Society] Get information on Jewish genealogy in the Illinois-Indiana area, and find out about membership and projects. 
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[http://www.in.gov/icpr/index.htm Indiana State Archives - Online Indexes] Search the Indiana State Archives' online indexes, including naturalization, land, court, and children's home records. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/LadewskiPapers/lucky.htm Lucky Ladewski Papers] Search through digitized papers on Polish residents of St. Joseph County from the collection amassed by genealogist Gertrude T. (Stachowiak) "Lucky" Ladewski. 
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[http://www.archives.gov/research/genealogy/index.html National Archives - Genealogy] Find information on doing genealogical research, locating and ordering immigration records, and more. 
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[http://www.pgsa.org/ Polish Genealogical Society of America] Search the database of Polish burials in South Bend's Cedar Grove Cemetery or post research queries about Polish ancestors. 
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[http://www.kansasheritage.org/pbp/gen/g_intro.html Potawatomi Genealogy] Find out how to search for Potawatomi ancestors, on this site created by volunteers from the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation in Kansas. Read about the Potawatomi people and language. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose St. Joseph County GenWeb] See how to obtain vital records in St. Joseph County, find information about your immigrant ancestors, and search free local databases. 
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===Land and Property Research===
[http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/gmd:@field(NUMBER+@band(g4094s+pm002020)) 1866 Map of South Bend] Browse a digital version of this early map of South Bend, found on the Library of Congress website, [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html American Memory collection.] 
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[http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/gmd:@field(NUMBER+@band(g4094s+pm002030)) 1874 Map of South Bend] Browse a digital version of this early map of South Bend, found on the Library of Congress website, [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html American Memory collection.] 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=124 1875 St. Joseph County Atlas] Search or browse through SJCPL's digital version of the 1875 Illustrated Historical Atlas of St. Joseph County, Indiana, including plat maps, biographies, and engravings. 
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[http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/gmd:@field(NUMBER+@band(g4094s+pm002040)) 1890 Map of South Bend] Browse a digital version of this early map of South Bend, found on the Library of Congress website, [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html American Memory collection.] 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=55 1936 St. Joseph County Plat Book] Search or browse through SJCPL's digital version of the 1936 Index Map of St. Joseph County, Indiana, which shows all landowners in the unincorporated areas of the county at that time. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=127 American Ancestors, formerly New England Ancestors] Search the New England Historic Genealogical Society's extensive databases of town, church, family Bible, vital, land, tax, and other records pertaining to New England as well as New York, Ireland, England, and eastern Canada. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library. 
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[http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ Bureau of Land Management - General Land Office] Search the BLM's database of federal government land records, going back to the 1800s. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/subjectguides/index.php/House_Research House Research] Read a how-to article by SJCPL librarians on how to research the history of your house. This article contains links to helpful websites and pointers for the research process.
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[http://129.79.145.7/arcims/IHAPI/index.html Indiana Historical Aerial Photo Index] View aerial photos dating from the 1930s to 1980s of Indiana land parcels. Search function is available by street address, township and range, coordinates or by map number, if known. Order copies of the maps for a fee. 
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[http://www.in.gov/icpr/index.htm Indiana State Archives - Online Indexes] Search the Indiana State Archives' online indexes, including naturalization, land, court, and children's home records. 
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[http://www.macoggis.com/ Michiana Area Council of Governments GIS System] Research your house and neighborhood using this free public source of homeowner information. See an aerial picture of your St. Joseph County or Elkhart County home! 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=22 Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970 - Digital] View, navigate, print, and download historic maps of Indiana cities, showing streets and buildings. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library, and from your home computer with a valid St. Joseph County Public Library Card. 
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[http://www.stjosephcountyindiana.com/ St. Joseph County Government] Get contact information for the County Recorder, where you can locate land records. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~insbags/ South Bend Area Genealogical Society (SBAGS)] Browse the home page of the South Bend Area Genealogical Society. View historic and modern photographs of the South Bend and Mishawaka area, along with maps and other databases. 
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===Research Tools===
[http://www.copyright.cornell.edu/public_domain/ Copyright Explanation] If you are thinking of publishing your own family history book, and are wondering whether you can use particular documents, consult this frequently updated information from noted copyright expert Peter Hirtle at Cornell University. 
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[http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/ Perpetual calendar] Need to know what day of the week a particular date fell on? Visit this site, type in the year you are interested in, and see the calendar for that year. 
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[http://babelfish.altavista.com/ Translation] Having trouble reading that old family document in a foreign language? Try Babel Fish to translate Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish into English. But beware: the translation is very literal and basic. 
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==Recommended Local and Family History Websites==

===St. Joseph County Research===
[http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/gmd:@field(NUMBER+@band(g4094s+pm002020)) 1866 Map of South Bend] Browse a digital version of this early map of South Bend, found on the Library of Congress website, [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html American Memory collection.] 
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[http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/gmd:@field(NUMBER+@band(g4094s+pm002030)) 1874 Map of South Bend] Browse a digital version of this early map of South Bend, found on the Library of Congress website, [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html American Memory collection.] 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=124 1875 St. Joseph County Atlas] Search or browse through SJCPL's digital version of the 1875 Illustrated Historical Atlas of St. Joseph County, Indiana, including plat maps, biographies, and engravings. 
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[http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/gmd:@field(NUMBER+@band(g4094s+pm002040)) 1890 Map of South Bend] Browse a digital version of this early map of South Bend, found on the Library of Congress website, [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html American Memory collection.] 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=131 ca. 1910 South Bend YMCA Book] Search or browse through SJCPL's digital version of A Manhood Factory in the Center of South Bend's Greatest Industries, featuring text and illustrations of people, the YMCA, and the community. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=130 1910 South Bend and Mishawaka Elks Convention Book] Search or browse through SJCPL's digital version of Official Souvenir, 9th Annual Convention, Indiana State Association, B.P.O.E., South Bend, Indiana, featuring text and illustrations of people, businesses, and the community. 
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[http://www.archive.org/stream/polksouthbendind00polk#page/n7/mode/2up 1921 South Bend & Mishawaka City Directory] Search or browse through a digital version of Polk's South Bend & Mishawaka City Directory for 1921. Searchable by personal or business name or by reverse lookup by street name and house number. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=125 1936 St. Joseph County Plat Book] Search or browse through SJCPL's digital version of the 1936 Index Map of St. Joseph County, Indiana, which shows all landowners in the unincorporated areas of the county at that time. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/subjectguides/index.php/Finding_Birth_Families Adoption Information] Read a how-to article by SJCPL librarians on how to find birth families for adoptees. This article contains links to helpful websites and pointers for researching this important event. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/subjectguides/index.php/Foreign_Births Finding Birth Dates for Foreign-Born Relatives] Read a how-to article by SJCPL librarians on how to find birth dates for foreign-born relatives. This article contains links to helpful websites and pointers for tracing your family back to the "old country." 
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[http://www.hlcm.org/htlm/archives.html Hannah Lindahl Children's Museum - Archives] Find out about the resources at the Children's Museum, including an online database of Mishawaka school records and online photographs. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=23 HeritageQuest Online - Online books] Read digital versions of the following books: ''Marriage Records St Joseph County [index 1830-1882]''; ''South Bend and the Men Who Have Made It''; ''Historic Background of South Bend and St. Joseph County''; ''History of St. Joseph County Indiana (1880)''; ''Pictorial and Biographical Memoirs of Elkhart and St. Joseph Counties Indiana'' and more. Choose the "Search Books" option from the homepage. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library, and from your home computer with a valid St. Joseph County Public Library card. 
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[http://www.historicnewcarlisle.org/ Historic New Carlisle] Read about the history of New Carlisle, historic preservation activities in the community, and find links to the museum and a list of some of its collections. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/subjectguides/index.php/House_Research House Research] Read a how-to article by SJCPL librarians on how to research the history of your house. This article contains links to helpful websites and pointers for the research process. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~instjose/immigration/hungarian/Chris_Kovach/hungarian-chris-kovach.htm Hungarian Records - St. Joseph Co.] Search for your St. Joseph County Hungarian ancestors in these abstracts of vital records, church records, immigration records, obituaries, funeral home and cemetery records compiled by genealogist Chris Kovach. 
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[http://www.iusb.edu/~libg/archives/index.shtml IUSB Archives] Visit the Archives of Indiana University at South Bend to learn about the history of IUSB, the history of the Torrington Company, local notable James Lewis Casaday and his theater-related collection, and more. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/localhistory/ Local & Family History Services] of the [http://www.sjcpl.org St. Joseph County Public Library] See the historical and genealogical databases we have put online, use subscription databases in the library or from home with a St. Joseph County Public Library card, and see what we have in our collection. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/LadewskiPapers/lucky.htm Lucky Ladewski Papers] Search through digitized papers on Polish residents of South Bend from the collection amassed by genealogist Gertrude T. (Stachowiak) "Lucky" Ladewski. 
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[http://www.macoggis.com/ Michiana Area Council of Governments (MACOG) GIS System] Research your house and neighborhood using this free public source of homeowner information. See an aerial picture of your St. Joseph County or Elkhart County home. 
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[http://www.mphpl.org/newSite/AdultServices/adult_geneaology.html Mishawaka-Penn-Harris Public Library - Heritage Room] See a listing of MPHPL's genealogy and local history resources. Search through the Hannah Lindahl Children's Museum and MPHPL Online Archive, which includes many photographs. 
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[http://www.centerforhistory.org/ Northern Indiana Center for History] Find information on South Bend's Center for History. Read about the people, places, and events that have shaped St. Joseph County history and Northern Indiana. 
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[http://www.nd.edu/~archives Notre Dame University - Archives] Search the collections of Notre Dame's Archives, including Notre Dame records and local manuscript collections. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=126 Obituary Index] This free online database is an index to obituaries that appeared in the ''South Bend Tribune'' for people who died in St. Joseph County from 1913 to the present. 
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[http://www.pgsa.org/ Polish Genealogical Society of America] Search the database of Polish burials in South Bend's Cedar Grove Cemetery and the St. Joseph Polish Cemetery or post research queries about Polish ancestors. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/cemetery.htm St. Joseph County Cemeteries] Find a list of the cemeteries in St. Joseph County, along with directions. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose St. Joseph County GenWeb] See how to obtain vital records in St. Joseph County, find information about your Polish immigrant ancestors, search free local databases, and much more. 
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[http://www.stjosephcountyindiana.com/ St. Joseph County Government] Get contact information for the County Clerk and County Archives, where you can find guardianship, marriage, divorce, and probate records; the County Health Department, where you can get birth and death records; and the County Recorder, where you can locate land records. 
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[http://www.libraryforlife.org/subjectguides/index.php/St._Joseph_Co._Vital_Records St. Joseph County Vital Records] Read a how-to article by SJCPL librarians on how to find vital records for St. Joseph County, Indiana. This article contains links to helpful websites and pointers for researching births, marriages and deaths. 
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[http://www3.saintmarys.edu/library/archives Saint Mary's College - Archives] See how to find photographs, scrapbooks, and manuscripts about Saint Mary's College. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=22 Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970 - Digital] View, navigate, print, and download historic maps of Indiana cities, showing streets and buildings. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library, and from your home computer with a valid St. Joseph County Public Library Card. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=53 Service Notes Index] Search an index to the Service Notes that were printed in the ''South Bend Tribune'' during the World War II, Korean War, and Vietnam War eras. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~insbags/ South Bend Area Genealogical Society (SBAGS)] Browse the home page of the South Bend Area Genealogical Society. Search an online index to St. Joseph County marriages from 1922 to February 1989. View historic and modern photographs of the South Bend and Mishawaka area, along with maps and many other databases and indexes. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=114 South Bend Tribune's Online Archives] Search this online database of ''South Bend Tribune'' articles published since March 1998. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library, and from your home computer with a valid St. Joseph County Public Library card. 
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[http://southlawn.palmerfuneralhomes.com/genealogy.htm Southlawn Cemetery] Search for individual's names and burial plot locations in Southlawn Cemetery in South Bend. 
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[http://www.walkerton.org/history.html Walkerton Area Historical Society] Search for local information on southern St. Joseph County, as well as photographs of the area.
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===Indiana Research===
[http://www.genealogycenter.org/Home.aspx Allen County Public Library - Genealogy Center] Search the catalog of the Allen County Public Library at Fort Wayne, the second-largest genealogy library in the world. Look at their online databases, including vital statistics indexes and cemetery transcriptions for the Allen County area. 
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[http://www.bremen.lib.in.us/historical/bpl_obituaries.asp Bremen Public Library] View historical materials about the community surrounding Bremen, view obituaries from the ''Bremen Enquirer'' prior to 1997, and view [http://www.bremen.lib.in.us/heritage/bremcem.htm cemetery records] from Bremen city cemeteries. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~inelkhar/ecgs.htm Elkhart County Genealogical Society] Find out about the Society and its library, events, and publications. 
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[http://www.elkhartcountyparks.org/properties_locations/rush_memorial_center.htm Elkhart County Historical Society Museum] Find out about the Society and its museum in Bristol, one of the top ten local history museums in Indiana. 
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[http://www.elkhart.lib.in.us/cgi-bin/index4r.pl?&file=local_history2.html Elkhart Public Library's Local History Department] Learn about the local history and genealogy collection at the library, search the Obituary Index to the ''Elkhart Truth'' (1921-present), and access the Local History Index, a topical index to articles in the ''Elkhart Truth.'' 
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[http://www.fulco.lib.in.us/Genealogy/fulcogenealogyfrontpage.htm Fulton County Public Library] Read digitized copies of books compiled by Jean and Wendall Tombough for Fulton County and other counties including: cemetery records for Fulton, Marshall, Miami and Kosciusko Counties; Fulton County obituaries; federal censuses; poor farm records; school enumerations; newspaper excerpts; marriage and death indexes; and will abstracts. 
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[http://www.indgensoc.org/ Indiana Genealogical Society] Find information about the Indiana Genealogical Society. Post and search research queries. 
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[http://www.ingenweb.org/ Indiana GenWeb] Find online information about Indiana genealogy. Search indexes to vital records, see cemetery transcriptions, get research help, and more. Look at information about Indiana as a whole or about particular counties. 
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[http://129.79.145.7/arcims/IHAPI/index.html Indiana Historical Aerial Photo Index] View aerial photos dating from the 1930s to 1980s of Indiana land parcels. Search function is available by street address, township and range, coordinates or by map number, if known. Order copies of the maps for a fee. 
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[http://www.indianahistory.org/ Indiana Historical Society] Find information about the Indiana Historical Society. Search their catalog and collection guides to learn about their vast holdings. 
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[http://www.letrs.indiana.edu/inmh/ Indiana Magazine of History Online Index] Search an index to the [http://stjos.sjcpl.lib.in.us/search~S2?/tIndiana+magazine+of+history./tindiana+magazine+of+history/1%2C2%2C7%2CB/frameset&FF=tindiana+magazine+of+history&1%2C%2C6/indexsort=- ''Indiana Magazine of History''], from 1905 to 2004. Find a reference to an interesting article, then come to [http://www.sjcpl.org/localhistory/ Local & Family History Services] to read it. 
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[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1410397 Indiana Marriages, 1811-1959] View transcriptions of Indiana marriage records for the following counties: Adams, Allen, Bartholomew, Benton, Blackford, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clark, Clay, Daviess, Dearborn, Decatur, De Kalb, Delaware, Dubois, Elkhart, Franklin, Harrison, Henry, Huntington, Marshall, Ohio, Owen, Rush, and Sullivan. All counties in Indiana will eventually be added. These records are made available on [http://www.familysearch.org/ FamilySearch,] from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. 
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[http://www.in.gov/icpr/index.htm Indiana State Archives] View information about their collections. Search the Indiana State Archives' online indexes; including naturalization, land, court, and children's home records. Use their new [http://www.indianadigitalarchives.org/ Indiana State Digital Archives,] which indexes naturalizations, institution records, Civil War records, county records and more. 
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[http://www.in.gov/library/genealogy.htm Indiana State Library - Genealogy Division] Search the ISL's online databases, including indexes to pre-1851 and 1993-2002 Indiana marriage records and nineteenth-century Indianapolis newspapers. Choose reels of microfilmed newspapers from their collection, and borrow them through interlibrary loan here at the St. Joseph County Public Library. 
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[http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/w2w/indiana.htm Indiana Vital Records] Find out how to order Indiana birth, death, marriage and divorce records. 
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[http://fizkid.tripod.com/ Indiana's World War II Dead in the South Pacific] Browse a volunteer-run web site about Indiana's World War II servicemen who died in the South Pacific. The site features photographs of the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines, along with lists of the soldiers and sailors honored there. 
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[http://www.plymouth.lib.in.us/obituary_index.html ''Plymouth Pilot'' Obituary Index] Search for obituaries published in the ''Plymouth Pilot'' newspaper from July 27, 1922 - April 30, 1979. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=22 Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970 - Digital] View, navigate, print, and download historic maps of Indiana cities, showing streets and buildings. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library, and from your home computer with a valid St. Joseph County Public Library Card. 
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[http://208.119.72.68/vine/vine_home.asp VINE - Vital INformation Exchange] Search for your family names in vital records, local history, and other genealogical sources in this state-wide surname index. 
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[http://www.wakarusa.lib.in.us/ Wakarusa Public Library] View digital documents about the Wakarusa area under the tab, "Historical," including obituaries, photos, maps, texts and more. 

===Midwestern Region Research===
[http://www.bcgensoc.com/ Berrien County Genealogical Society] Located just to our north, Berrien County, Michigan is served by the Berrien County Genealogical Society. Learn how to become a member & when meetings are scheduled, purchase Berrien county resources, submit queries, learn about local record repositories and much more at this site. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=123 Chicago Tribune (1858-1985)] Search this database of articles and pages from the ''Chicago Tribune'', going back as far as the 1850s and continuing through 1985. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library, and from your home computer with a valid St. Joseph County Public Library card. 
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Cook County, Illinois Vital Records View digitized [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1462519 birth certificates] from 1878-1922 and [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1463145 marriage records] from 1871-1920 and more. These records are made available on [http://www.familysearch.org FamilySearch,] from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. 
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[http://lincolnnet.net/ijgs/ Illiana Jewish Genealogical Society] Get information on Jewish genealogy in the Illinois-Indiana area, and find out about membership and projects. 
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[http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/archives.html Illinois State Archives] Learn about the holdings of the State Archives, read guides and tips on how to use the collections, search [http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/databases.html online indexes,] including military, land and vital records from all over the state.
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[http://ukcc.uky.edu/vitalrec/ Kentucky Vital Record Indexes] Look up your Kentucky ancestors in vital record indexes. View death indexes from 1911-1992, marriage indexes from 1973-1993, and divorce indexes from 1973-1993. 
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[http://mmm.lib.msu.edu/search/index.cfm Making of Modern Michigan] Search through digital images, diaries, newspaper clippings, indexes and more. Find a Michigan ancestor or town in this digital library project, created by a coalition of Michigan public libraries.
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Michigan Vital Records View digitized birth, marriage and death records from the state of Michigan. View [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1459684 birth registrations] from 1867-1902; [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1452395 marriage records] from 1868-1925; and [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1452402 death registrations] from 1867-1897. These records are made available on [http://www.familysearch.org/ FamilySearch,] from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=51 NewspaperARCHIVE] View online newspapers from across the United States for many time periods. Searchable by personal name, keyword, location, date, and title. The archive includes some newspapers from Anderson, Cambridge City, Chester, Ft. Wayne, Gary, Hammond, Indianapolis, Kokomo, Logansport, Montpelier, and Valparaiso, Indiana; from various Michigan cities, including Benton Harbor, Holland, Saint Joseph, and Traverse City; and from 31 Illinois cities, including Chicago’s suburbs. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library, and from your home computer with a valid St. Joseph County Public Library Card. 
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[http://www.nileslibrary.com/news-events/adult-services-department-news/climb-your-family-tree.html Niles District Library - Local History Room] 
Search the online catalog for books in the Niles Library's Local History Room and learn about other aspects of the collections so you can plan your visit. Search an online obituary index to obituaries from Niles newspaper. Use Footnote.com, a unique and valuable commercial genealogical database available free locally at NDL.
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[http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#c=1307272;p=collectionDetails;t=searchable Ohio Death Records] View digitized death certificates for the state of Ohio from 1908-1953. These records are made available on [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/default.asp FamilySearch,] from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. 
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[http://www.kansasheritage.org/pbp/gen/g_intro.html Potawatomi Genealogy] Find out how to search for Potawatomi ancestors, on this site created by volunteers from the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation in Kansas. Read about the Potawatomi people and language. 
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[http://seekingmichigan.org/ Seeking Michigan] Search for digital photographs, records, books and more related to the history and culture of Michigan. View digitized death certificates from 1897-1920, Civil War Service records, Michigan Polish American collection and much more. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~mivanbur/SWMIObitIndex/SWMIObit.htm Southwest Michigan Obituary Index] Search an index of over 76,000 obituaries for Allegan, Berrien, Cass, Kalamazoo, and Van Buren counties.
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===National Research===
[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=127 American Ancestors, formerly New England Ancestors] Search the New England Historic Genealogical Society's extensive databases of town, church, family Bible, vital, land, tax, and other records pertaining to New England as well as New York, Ireland, England, and eastern Canada. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=42 Ancestry Library Edition] Search databases of vital statistics, passenger lists, military service records, all available United States censuses, and more. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library. 
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[http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ Bureau of Land Management - General Land Office] Search the BLM's database of federal government land records, going back to the 1800s. 
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[http://www.castlegarden.org/ Castle Garden] Search a database of immigration records for people who entered this country through New York City between 1855 and 1892. 
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[http://www.ancestry.com/learn/ContentCenters/contentCenter.aspx?page=trees&sp=forms Charts and Forms] View and print out blank pedigree charts, family group sheets, census forms, research calendars, and source summaries. 
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[http://www.cyndislist.com/ Cyndi's List] Look through a comprehensive, searchable collection of hundreds of thousands of genealogy-related links. 
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[http://www.deathindexes.com/ Death Indexes] Search this directory of online death indexes, obituaries, death records, cemetery records, and more. 
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[http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/ Ellis Island Foundation] Search immigration records for people who entered the country through New York City between 1892 and 1924. 
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[http://www.familysearch.org/ FamilySearch, from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints] Access the Mormon Church's [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp library catalog] to see what microfilm you can have delivered to your nearest Family History Center. Search the 1880 United States Census. Find your ancestors in the International Genealogical Index or Ancestral File. See free digitized records online. Content is updated often, but currently includes Michigan vital records 1867-1925, Ohio deaths 1908-1953, Cook County, Illinois vital records 1871-1922, West Virginia deaths and marriages, 1853-1970, Philadelphia death certificates, 1803-1915, and much more from all over the world. 
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[http://www.lib.byu.edu/fhc/index.php Family History Archives] Read over 60,000 digitized family and local history books owned by the Family History Library, Allen County Public Library, Brigham Young University Library and more. You may search by family name, author, title, keyword, full-text, and also use a browse function to see all the books in the collection. 
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[http://www.findagrave.com/ Find A Grave] Search 62 million worldwide grave records by decedent's name, by the name of the cemetery, or browse by a location to see all cemeteries in a certain location. Read transcriptions of tombstone inscriptions, view pictures of the stones, and sometimes, obituaries at this volunteer-maintained site. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=23 HeritageQuest Online] Search databases covering most available United States censuses, digitized local history and genealogy books, PERSI (the PERiodical Source Index to genealogy magazines), digitized Revolutionary War pension and bounty land records, and Freedman's Bank files. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library, and from your home computer with a valid St. Joseph County Public Library card. 
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[http://www.loc.gov/rr/genealogy/ Library of Congress - Local History & Genealogy] Find tips on genealogy and local history research and locate sources. Get access to the Library of Congress's famous American Memory web site, with more than 5 million digital photographs, diaries, song scores, pamphlets, and other materials. 
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[http://www.linkpendium.com/ Linkpendium] View thousands of links to genealogy websites for the United States, the United Kingdom and surnames. 
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[http://www.archives.gov/research/genealogy/index.html National Archives - Genealogy] Find information on doing genealogical research, locating and ordering records, and more. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=51 NewspaperARCHIVE] View online newspapers from across the United States for many time periods. Searchable by personal name, keyword, location, date, and title. The archive includes some newspapers from Anderson, Cambridge City, Chester, Ft. Wayne, Gary, Hammond, Indianapolis, Kokomo, Logansport, Montpelier, and Valparaiso, Indiana; from various Michigan cities, including Benton Harbor, Holland, Saint Joseph, and Traverse City; and from 31 Illinois cities, including Chicago’s suburbs. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library, and from your home computer with a valid St. Joseph County Public Library card. 
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[http://www.pgsa.org/ Polish Genealogical Society of America] Search the database of Polish burials in South Bend's Cedar Grove Cemetery and the St. Joseph Polish Cemetery or post research queries about Polish ancestors. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/ RootsWeb] Find and share information with other genealogists. Search free databases, including World Connect family trees and vital statistics indexes. Post to message boards or join e-mail lists. View thousands of genealogy-related web pages hosted on the site. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=22 Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970 - Digital] View, navigate, print, and download historic maps of Indiana cities, showing streets and buildings. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library, and from your home computer with a valid St. Joseph County Public Library card. 
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[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1202535 Social Security Death Index (SSDI)] Find individuals in the Social Security Death Index, which runs from 1962 through the present; the free index gives name, date of death, last known address, and social security number. 
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[http://www.usgenweb.org/ USGenWeb] Look at genealogical web sites (with record transcriptions, addresses of libraries/archives, lookups, queries, history, and more) for each state and most counties on this volunteer-run web site. Also view national projects such as the [http://www.usgwtombstones.org/index.html Tombstone Transcription Project.] 
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[http://worldcat.org/ WorldCat] Search this catalog of materials held in more than 7,600 libraries in the United States and the rest of the world, including public, academic, state, and national libraries; archives; and historical societies. 
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===Vital Records, Local===
[http://www.the-burgenland-bunch.org/homepage.htm Burgenland Genealogy] Search through surnames, village names, queries, maps, censuses and much more data on former residents of the Burgenland, a province in Austria, that is home to Germans, Austrians, Hungarians, and Croats. View a [http://www.the-burgenland-bunch.org/BH&R/homelinks/data/in-names.htm list] of Burgenlanders buried in South Bend. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~instjose/immigration/hungarian/Chris_Kovach/hungarian-chris-kovach.htm Hungarian Records - St. Joseph Co.] Search for your St. Joseph County Hungarian ancestors in these abstracts of vital records, church records, immigration records, obituaries, funeral home and cemetery records compiled by genealogist Chris Kovach. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/LadewskiPapers/lucky.htm Lucky Ladewski Papers] Search through digitized family group sheets for Polish residents of St. Joseph County from the collection amassed by genealogist Gertrude T. (Stachowiak) "Lucky" Ladewski. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=126 Obituary Index] This free online database is an index to obituaries that appeared in the ''South Bend Tribune'' for people who died in St. Joseph County or had ties to St. Joseph County from 1913 to the present. 
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[http://www.pgsa.org/ Polish Genealogical Society of America] Search the database of Polish burials in South Bend's Cedar Grove Cemetery and St. Joseph Polish Cemetery. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose St. Joseph County GenWeb] See how to obtain vital records in St. Joseph County and browse free indexes. 
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[http://www.stjosephcountyindiana.com/ St. Joseph County Government] Get contact information for the County Clerk and County Archives, where you can find guardianship, marriage, divorce, and probate records, and the County Health Department, where you can get birth and death records. 
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[http://www.libraryforlife.org/subjectguides/index.php/St._Joseph_Co._Vital_Records St.Joseph County Vital Records] Read a how-to article by SJCPL librarians on how to find vital records for St. Joseph County, Indiana. This article contains links to helpful websites and pointers for researching births, marriages and deaths. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~insbags/ South Bend Area Genealogical Society (SBAGS)] Browse the home page of the South Bend Area Genealogical Society. Search an online index to St. Joseph County marriages from 1922 to February 1988. 
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[http://southlawn.palmerfuneralhomes.com/genealogy.htm Southlawn Cemetery] Search for individual's names and burial plot locations in Southlawn Cemetery in South Bend. 
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===Vital Records, Indiana===
[http://www.ingenweb.org/ Indiana GenWeb] Search indexes to vital records, see cemetery transcriptions, get research help, and more. Look at information about Indiana as a whole or about particular counties. 
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[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1410397 Indiana Marriages, 1811-1959] View transcriptions of Indiana marriage records for the following counties: Adams, Allen, Bartholomew, Benton, Blackford, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clark, Clay, Daviess, Dearborn, Decatur, De Kalb, Delaware, Dubois, Elkhart, Franklin, Harrison, Henry, Huntington, Marshall, Ohio, Owen, Rush, and Sullivan. All counties in Indiana will eventually be added. These records are made available on [http://www.familysearch.org/ FamilySearch,] from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. 
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[http://www.in.gov/library/index.htm Indiana State Library - Genealogy Division] Search the ISL's online databases, including indexes to pre-1851 and 1993-2002 Indiana marriage records and nineteenth-century Indianapolis newspapers. Choose reels of microfilmed newspapers from their collection, and borrow them through interlibrary loan here at the St. Joseph County Public Library. 
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[http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/howto/w2w/indiana.htm Indiana Vital Records] Find out how to order Indiana birth, death, marriage and divorce records. 
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===Vital Records, National===
[http://www.sjcpl.org/subjectguides/index.php/Finding_Birth_Families Adoption Information] Read a how-to article by SJCPL librarians on how to find birth families for adoptees. This article contains links to helpful websites and pointers for researching this important event. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=127 American Ancestors, formerly New England Ancestors] Search the New England Historic Genealogical Society's extensive databases of town, church, family Bible, vital, land, tax, and other records pertaining to New England as well as New York, Ireland, England, and eastern Canada. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=42 Ancestry Library Edition] Search databases of vital statistics, passenger lists, military service records, all available United States censuses, and more. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library. 
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[http://www.deathindexes.com/ Death Indexes] Search this directory of online death indexes, obituaries, death records, cemetery records, and more. 
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[http://www.findagrave.com/ Find A Grave] Search 62 million worldwide grave records by decedent's name, by the name of the cemetery, or browse by a location to see all cemeteries in a certain location. Read transcriptions of tombstone inscriptions, view pictures of the stones, and sometimes, obituaries at this volunteer-maintained site. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/subjectguides/index.php/Foreign_Births Finding Birth Dates for Foreign-Born Relatives] Read a how-to article by SJCPL librarians on how to find birth dates for foreign-born relatives. This article contains links to helpful websites and pointers for tracing your family back to the "old country."
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/ RootsWeb] Find and share information with other genealogists. Search free databases, including World Connect family trees and vital statistics indexes. Post to message boards or join e-mail lists. View thousands of genealogy-related web pages hosted on the site. 
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[http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ Social Security Death Index] Find individuals in the Social Security Death Index, which runs from 1962 through the present; the free index gives name, date of death, last known address, and social security number. 
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===Ethnic Research===
[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=42 Ancestry Library Edition] Search databases of vital statistics, passenger lists, military service records, all available United States censuses, and more. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library. 
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[http://bahsc.org/ Belgian American Historical Society of Chicago] Explore this site which documents the history of Belgian immigration to the Midwest, and send a query about Belgian surnames.
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[http://www.the-burgenland-bunch.org/homepage.htm Burgenland Genealogy] Search through surnames, village names, queries, maps, censuses and much more data on former residents of the Burgenland, a province in Austria, that is home to Germans, Austrians, Hungarians, and Croats. View a [http://www.the-burgenland-bunch.org/BH&R/homelinks/data/in-names.htm list] of Burgenlanders buried in South Bend. 
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[http://www.castlegarden.org/ Castle Garden] Search a database of immigration records for people who entered this country through New York City between 1855 and 1892. 
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[http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/ Ellis Island Foundation] Search immigration records for people who entered the country through New York City between 1892 and 1924. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/subjectguides/index.php/Foreign_Births Finding Birth Dates for Foreign-Born Relatives] Read a how-to article by SJCPL librarians on how to find birth dates for foreign-born relatives. This article contains links to helpful websites and pointers for tracing your family back to the "old country."
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=23 HeritageQuest Online] Search the Freedman's Bank records, which are bank account applications for former slaves from 1865-1874. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library, and from your home computer with a valid St. Joseph County Public Library Card. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~instjose/immigration/hungarian/Chris_Kovach/hungarian-chris-kovach.htm Hungarian Records - St. Joseph Co.] Search for your St. Joseph County Hungarian ancestors in these abstracts of vital records, church records, immigration records, obituaries, funeral home and cemetery records compiled by genealogist Chris Kovach. 
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[http://lincolnnet.net/ijgs/ Illiana Jewish Genealogical Society] Get information on Jewish genealogy in the Illinois-Indiana area, and find out about membership and projects. 
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[http://www.in.gov/icpr/index.htm Indiana State Archives - Online Indexes] Search the Indiana State Archives' online indexes, including naturalization, land, court, and children's home records. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/LadewskiPapers/lucky.htm Lucky Ladewski Papers] Search through digitized papers on Polish residents of St. Joseph County from the collection amassed by genealogist Gertrude T. (Stachowiak) "Lucky" Ladewski. 
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[http://www.archives.gov/research/genealogy/index.html National Archives - Genealogy] Find information on doing genealogical research, locating and ordering immigration records, and more. 
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[http://www.pgsa.org/ Polish Genealogical Society of America] Search the database of Polish burials in South Bend's Cedar Grove Cemetery or post research queries about Polish ancestors. 
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[http://www.kansasheritage.org/pbp/gen/g_intro.html Potawatomi Genealogy] Find out how to search for Potawatomi ancestors, on this site created by volunteers from the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation in Kansas. Read about the Potawatomi people and language. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose St. Joseph County GenWeb] See how to obtain vital records in St. Joseph County, find information about your immigrant ancestors, and search free local databases. 
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===Land and Property Research===
[http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/gmd:@field(NUMBER+@band(g4094s+pm002020)) 1866 Map of South Bend] Browse a digital version of this early map of South Bend, found on the Library of Congress website, [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html American Memory collection.] 
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[http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/gmd:@field(NUMBER+@band(g4094s+pm002030)) 1874 Map of South Bend] Browse a digital version of this early map of South Bend, found on the Library of Congress website, [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html American Memory collection.] 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=124 1875 St. Joseph County Atlas] Search or browse through SJCPL's digital version of the 1875 Illustrated Historical Atlas of St. Joseph County, Indiana, including plat maps, biographies, and engravings. 
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[http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/gmd:@field(NUMBER+@band(g4094s+pm002040)) 1890 Map of South Bend] Browse a digital version of this early map of South Bend, found on the Library of Congress website, [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html American Memory collection.] 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=55 1936 St. Joseph County Plat Book] Search or browse through SJCPL's digital version of the 1936 Index Map of St. Joseph County, Indiana, which shows all landowners in the unincorporated areas of the county at that time. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=127 American Ancestors, formerly New England Ancestors] Search the New England Historic Genealogical Society's extensive databases of town, church, family Bible, vital, land, tax, and other records pertaining to New England as well as New York, Ireland, England, and eastern Canada. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library. 
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[http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ Bureau of Land Management - General Land Office] Search the BLM's database of federal government land records, going back to the 1800s. 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/subjectguides/index.php/House_Research House Research] Read a how-to article by SJCPL librarians on how to research the history of your house. This article contains links to helpful websites and pointers for the research process.
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[http://129.79.145.7/arcims/IHAPI/index.html Indiana Historical Aerial Photo Index] View aerial photos dating from the 1930s to 1980s of Indiana land parcels. Search function is available by street address, township and range, coordinates or by map number, if known. Order copies of the maps for a fee. 
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[http://www.in.gov/icpr/index.htm Indiana State Archives - Online Indexes] Search the Indiana State Archives' online indexes, including naturalization, land, court, and children's home records. 
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[http://www.macoggis.com/ Michiana Area Council of Governments GIS System] Research your house and neighborhood using this free public source of homeowner information. See an aerial picture of your St. Joseph County or Elkhart County home! 
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[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=22 Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970 - Digital] View, navigate, print, and download historic maps of Indiana cities, showing streets and buildings. Available at all branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library, and from your home computer with a valid St. Joseph County Public Library Card. 
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[http://www.stjosephcountyindiana.com/ St. Joseph County Government] Get contact information for the County Recorder, where you can locate land records. 
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[http://www.rootsweb.com/~insbags/ South Bend Area Genealogical Society (SBAGS)] Browse the home page of the South Bend Area Genealogical Society. View historic and modern photographs of the South Bend and Mishawaka area, along with maps and other databases. 
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===Research Tools===
[http://www.copyright.cornell.edu/public_domain/ Copyright Explanation] If you are thinking of publishing your own family history book, and are wondering whether you can use particular documents, consult this frequently updated information from noted copyright expert Peter Hirtle at Cornell University. 
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[http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/ Perpetual calendar] Need to know what day of the week a particular date fell on? Visit this site, type in the year you are interested in, and see the calendar for that year. 
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[http://babelfish.altavista.com/ Translation] Having trouble reading that old family document in a foreign language? Try Babel Fish to translate Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish into English. But beware: the translation is very literal and basic. 
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Created by: Libby Feil, October 2005 
Revised completely by: [[User:Sara| Sara Allen]], March 2007 
Last updated by: [[User:Sara| Sara Allen]], June 1, 2011 

[[Category:Hobbies]]
[[Category:Genealogy & Local History]]

History Homework

2011-10-01T19:09:59Z

Sara:

{| border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" align="right"
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|bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | '''Newspapers'''

*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=123 Chicago Tribune], 1850-1985     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=118 Indiana Newspapers], 1980s-present     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=51 NewspaperARCHIVE]     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=73 New York Times], 1980-present     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=114 South Bend Tribune], 1998-present     Use with Library card

'''Government Sources'''
*[http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html Library of Congress - American Memory]
*[http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/ National Archives - America's Historical Documents]
*[http:///www.archives.gov/education/ National Archives - Digital Classroom]
*[http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/ National Archives - Online Exhibits]

'''University Sources'''
*[http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/collections/african-american-women.html African-American Women Online Archival Collections]
*[http://digital.lib.csus.edu/curr/ California Underground Railroad Digital Archive]
*[http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/h/dla Digital Activities & Collections]
*[http://docsouth.unc.edu Documenting the American South]
*[http://historymatters.gmu.edu/browse/manypasts/ History Matters - Many Pasts]
*[http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/ Valley of the Shadow]

'''Historical Society Sources'''
*[http://www.studsterkel.org/index.html Studs Terkel - Conversations with America]

|}
== History Homework Help ==
By [[User:Libby the Librarian | Libby Feil]]

"Help! I'm working on a history project and I can't find primary sources!" Never fear, the Library is here! If you are a student or the parent of a student, you can relate to this problem. During the school year we see many students in the Library who are working on history projects and need to find primary sources. Don't despair! There are plenty of places to look. 

[[Image:sbtornado.jpg|left]] The newspaper is a good first stop. We have the South Bend Tribune on microfilm going all the way back to May of 1873, and all the way forward until the present. Stop into [http://www.sjcpl.org/localhistory/ Local & Family History Services] on the second floor of Main Library and ask for help in finding information in the ''South Bend Tribune''. We also have the New York Times on microfilm all the way back to 1851, which is a great source of national and international news. The [http://www.libraryforlife.org/mnf/ Magazines, Newspapers, Fiction Department] also has indexes to the Times, so you can search for your research topic and go directly to the right issue. 

What if you can't make it downtown? You can go to your nearest computer, or right to your home computer if you have one, and look at our newspapers available online. Just go to the [http://www.libraryforlife.org/databases/index.html#news "Newspapers"] section of our website. We have the [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=123 historical Chicago Tribune] from about 1850 to 1985, and the [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=73 New York Times] available online from 1980 through the present, many [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=28 Indiana newspapers] from this same time period, and the [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=114 South Bend Tribune] from about 1998 to the present. To use these databases from home, you just need a valid St. Joseph County Public Library card. 

Another useful newspaper resource is [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=51 NewspaperARCHIVE], which can also be used from home with an SJCPL card. This searchable database contains actual images of articles and pages from a wide variety of American newspapers from all time periods. It also has some issues of English newspapers. This database is an excellent place to look for primary sources from around the country. 

When I worked as a history instructor, I also relied on several government and university web sites that are great sources of primary documents. They are reputable, authoritative web sites. They serve up actual photographs, letters, interviews, documents, and more, so you can look at and print out good quality copies of the original items. 

The biggest site is the [http://www.loc.gov Library of Congress]'s [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html American Memory] project. You can find old advertisements, maps, photographs, sheet music, letters, diaries, and all manner of government documents. It includes material on the Revolutionary War, slavery, the Civil War, the huge immigration to American in the late 1800s and early 1900s, World War II, women's suffrage, the Civil Rights Movement, and so much more. There is a search box you can use to search for a name, place, topic, or even a date! 

[[Image:wwiiposter.gif|left]] The National Archives also provides a wealth of history materials. They have three major sites that are of interest to students, parents, and teachers. First, they have a site that hosts their [http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/ Online Exhibits]. You can view, online, digital copies of the charters of freedom (Declaration of Independence, Constitution, Bill of Rights), documents about the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, photographs and digital copies of artwork from the New Deal, World War II posters, and a mind-blowing variety of other topics. Their [http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/ America's Historical Documents] site showcases some famous and unusual letters (check out [http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/document.html?doc=20&title.raw=Elvis%20Presley%26%238217%3Bs%20Letter%20to%20President%20Richard%20Nixon Elvis's letter to President Nixon]), patents, court cases, and more. The [http://www.archives.gov/education/ Digital Classroom] section has information and help for students--as well as lesson plans and activity ideas for teachers. 

More good websites for material about a variety of regions and times in American history are George Mason University's [http://historymatters.gmu.edu/browse/manypasts/ History Matters - Many Pasts] and the University of Chicago Library's [http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/h/dla Digital Activities & Collections]. The former showcases a wide variety of primary documents. The University of Chicago site has primary documents and historic photographs from around the world, with an emphasis on America and the Midwest. Pay special attention to their [http://ead.lib.uchicago.edu/ Archives and Manuscripts Finding Aids] listing, which does not sound promising but actually includes digitized documents attached to finding aids. A search for Ida B. Wells, for example, turns up a finding aid to the [http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/scrc/findingaids/view.php?eadid=ICU.SPCL.IBWELLS&q=ida%20wells#id287631682 Guide to the Ida B. Wells Papers, 1884-1976]. The guide has links to digital versions of all the papers in the collection. 

Four other sites have primary resources from the slavery and Civil War periods. [http://docsouth.unc.edu Documenting the American South] and [http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/ Valley of the Shadow] both showcase books, diaries, letters, illustrations, other documents--even songs--from this time period. Documenting the American South can be searched by date, and Valley of the Shadow is arranged by time period and then by topic. [http://www.duke.edu Duke University]'s [http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/collections/african-american-women.html African-American Women Online Archival Collections] feature rare memoirs and letters of African American women who lived under and after slavery. The [http://digital.lib.csus.edu/curr/ California Underground Railroad Digital Archive] is a unique resource of primary source documents on slavery in California (yes, there was slavery in California), from California State University at Sacramento. 

The last century is history now too! The famed twentieth-century interviewer Studs Terkel talked with people from all walks of life, and his website [http://www.studsterkel.org/index.html Studs Terkel - Conversations with America] contains interviews with "ordinary" twentieth-century Americans from a variety of backgrounds. The [http://www.chicagohistory.org/ Chicago Historical Society] created this site. 

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[[About Local & Family History Services | Contact and find out more about Local & Family History Services]] 
Created by: [[User:Libby the Librarian | Libby Feil]], October 2006 
Last updated Sept. 27, 2011 

[[Category:Genealogy & Local History]] [[Category:Education]]

History Homework

2011-09-27T22:42:29Z

Sara:

{| border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" align="right"
|-
|bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | '''Newspapers'''

*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=123 Chicago Tribune], 1850-1985     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=116 Chicago Tribune], 1985-present     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=118 Indiana Newspapers], 1980s-present     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=51 NewspaperARCHIVE]     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=73 New York Times], 1980-present     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=114 South Bend Tribune], 1998-present     Use with Library card

'''Government Sources'''
*[http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html Library of Congress - American Memory]
*[http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/ National Archives - America's Historical Documents]
*[http:///www.archives.gov/education/ National Archives - Digital Classroom]
*[http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/ National Archives - Online Exhibits]

'''University Sources'''
*[http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/collections/african-american-women.html African-American Women Online Archival Collections]
*[http://digital.lib.csus.edu/curr/ California Underground Railroad Digital Archive]
*[http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/h/dla Digital Activities & Collections]
*[http://docsouth.unc.edu Documenting the American South]
*[http://historymatters.gmu.edu/browse/manypasts/ History Matters - Many Pasts]
*[http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/ Valley of the Shadow]

'''Historical Society Sources'''
*[http://www.studsterkel.org/index.html Studs Terkel - Conversations with America]

|}
== History Homework Help ==
By [[User:Libby the Librarian | Libby Feil]]

"Help! I'm working on a history project and I can't find primary sources!" Never fear, the Library is here! If you are a student or the parent of a student, you can relate to this problem. During the school year we see many students in the Library who are working on history projects and need to find primary sources. Don't despair! There are plenty of places to look. 

[[Image:sbtornado.jpg|left]] The newspaper is a good first stop. We have the South Bend Tribune on microfilm going all the way back to May of 1873, and all the way forward until the present. Stop into [http://www.sjcpl.org/localhistory/ Local & Family History Services] on the second floor of Main Library and ask for help in finding information in the ''South Bend Tribune''. We also have the New York Times on microfilm all the way back to 1851, which is a great source of national and international news. The [http://www.libraryforlife.org/mnf/ Magazines, Newspapers, Fiction Department] also has indexes to the Times, so you can search for your research topic and go directly to the right issue. 

What if you can't make it downtown? You can go to your nearest computer, or right to your home computer if you have one, and look at the Chicago Tribune online. Just go to the [http://www.libraryforlife.org/databases/index.html#news "Newspapers"] section of our website. We have the [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=123 historical Chicago Tribune] from about 1850 to 1985, and also the more [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=116 current Chicago Tribune] from 1985 to this month. We also have the [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=73 New York Times] available online from 1980 through the present, many [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=28 Indiana newspapers] from this same time period, and the [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=114 South Bend Tribune] from about 1998 to the present. To use these databases from home, you just need a valid St. Joseph County Public Library card. 

Another useful newspaper resource is [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=51 NewspaperARCHIVE], which can also be used from home with an SJCPL card. This searchable database contains actual images of articles and pages from a wide variety of American newspapers from all time periods. It also has some issues of English newspapers. This database is an excellent place to look for primary sources from around the country. 

When I worked as a history instructor, I also relied on several government and university web sites that are great sources of primary documents. They are reputable, authoritative web sites. They serve up actual photographs, letters, interviews, documents, and more, so you can look at and print out good quality copies of the original items. 

The biggest site is the [http://www.loc.gov Library of Congress]'s [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html American Memory] project. You can find old advertisements, maps, photographs, sheet music, letters, diaries, and all manner of government documents. It includes material on the Revolutionary War, slavery, the Civil War, the huge immigration to American in the late 1800s and early 1900s, World War II, women's suffrage, the Civil Rights Movement, and so much more. There is a search box you can use to search for a name, place, topic, or even a date! 

[[Image:wwiiposter.gif|left]] The National Archives also provides a wealth of history materials. They have three major sites that are of interest to students, parents, and teachers. First, they have a site that hosts their [http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/ Online Exhibits]. You can view, online, digital copies of the charters of freedom (Declaration of Independence, Constitution, Bill of Rights), documents about the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, photographs and digital copies of artwork from the New Deal, World War II posters, and a mind-blowing variety of other topics. Their [http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/ America's Historical Documents] site showcases some famous and unusual letters (check out [http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/document.html?doc=20&title.raw=Elvis%20Presley%26%238217%3Bs%20Letter%20to%20President%20Richard%20Nixon Elvis's letter to President Nixon]), patents, court cases, and more. The [http://www.archives.gov/education/ Digital Classroom] section has information and help for students--as well as lesson plans and activity ideas for teachers. 

More good websites for material about a variety of regions and times in American history are George Mason University's [http://historymatters.gmu.edu/browse/manypasts/ History Matters - Many Pasts] and the University of Chicago Library's [http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/h/dla Digital Activities & Collections]. The former showcases a wide variety of primary documents. The University of Chicago site has primary documents and historic photographs from around the world, with an emphasis on America and the Midwest. Pay special attention to their [http://ead.lib.uchicago.edu/ Archives and Manuscripts Finding Aids] listing, which does not sound promising but actually includes digitized documents attached to finding aids. A search for Ida B. Wells, for example, turns up a finding aid to the [http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/scrc/findingaids/view.php?eadid=ICU.SPCL.IBWELLS&q=ida%20wells#id287631682 Guide to the Ida B. Wells Papers, 1884-1976]. The guide has links to digital versions of all the papers in the collection. 

Four other sites have primary resources from the slavery and Civil War periods. [http://docsouth.unc.edu Documenting the American South] and [http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/ Valley of the Shadow] both showcase books, diaries, letters, illustrations, other documents--even songs--from this time period. Documenting the American South can be searched by date, and Valley of the Shadow is arranged by time period and then by topic. [http://www.duke.edu Duke University]'s [http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/collections/african-american-women.html African-American Women Online Archival Collections] feature rare memoirs and letters of African American women who lived under and after slavery. The [http://digital.lib.csus.edu/curr/ California Underground Railroad Digital Archive] is a unique resource of primary source documents on slavery in California (yes, there was slavery in California), from California State University at Sacramento. 

The last century is history now too! The famed twentieth-century interviewer Studs Terkel talked with people from all walks of life, and his website [http://www.studsterkel.org/index.html Studs Terkel - Conversations with America] contains interviews with "ordinary" twentieth-century Americans from a variety of backgrounds. The [http://www.chicagohistory.org/ Chicago Historical Society] created this site. 

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History Homework

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|bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | '''Newspapers'''

*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=123 Chicago Tribune], 1850-1985     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=116 Chicago Tribune], 1985-present     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=118 Indiana Newspapers], 1980s-present     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=51 NewspaperARCHIVE]     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=73 New York Times], 1980-present     Use with Library card
*[http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=114 South Bend Tribune], 1998-present     Use with Library card

'''Government Sources'''
*[http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html Library of Congress - American Memory]
*[http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/ National Archives - America's Historical Documents]
*[http:///www.archives.gov/education/ National Archives - Digital Classroom]
*[http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/ National Archives - Online Exhibits]

'''University Sources'''
*[http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/collections/african-american-women.html African-American Women Online Archival Collections]
*[http://digital.lib.csus.edu/curr/ California Underground Railroad Digital Archive]
*[http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/h/dla Digital Activities & Collections]
*[http://docsouth.unc.edu Documenting the American South]
*[http://historymatters.gmu.edu/browse/manypasts/ History Matters - Many Pasts]
*[http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/ Valley of the Shadow]

'''Historical Society Sources'''
*[http://www.studsterkel.org/index.html Studs Terkel - Conversations with America]

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== History Homework Help ==
By [[User:Libby the Librarian | Libby Feil]]

"Help! I'm working on a history project and I can't find primary sources!" Never fear, the Library is here! If you are a student or the parent of a student, you can relate to this problem. During the school year we see many students in the Library who are working on history projects and need to find primary sources. Don't despair! There are plenty of places to look. 

[[Image:sbtornado.jpg|left]] The newspaper is a good first stop. We have the South Bend Tribune on microfilm going all the way back to May of 1873, and all the way forward until the present. Stop into [http://www.sjcpl.org/localhistory/ Local & Family History Services] on the second floor of Main Library and ask for help in finding information in the ''South Bend Tribune''. We also have the New York Times on microfilm all the way back to 1851, which is a great source of national and international news. The [http://www.libraryforlife.org/mnf/ Magazines, Newspapers, Fiction Department] also has indexes to the Times, so you can search for your research topic and go directly to the right issue. 

What if you can't make it downtown? You can go to your nearest computer, or right to your home computer if you have one, and look at the Chicago Tribune online. Just go to the [http://www.libraryforlife.org/databases/index.html#news "Newspapers"] section of our website. We have the [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=123 historical Chicago Tribune] from about 1850 to 1985, and also the more [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=116 current Chicago Tribune] from 1985 to this month. We also have the [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=73 New York Times] available online from 1980 through the present, many [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=28 Indiana newspapers] from this same time period, and the [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=114 South Bend Tribune] from about 1998 to the present. To use these databases from home, you just need a valid St. Joseph County Public Library card. 

Another useful newspaper resource is [http://www.sjcpl.org/research/ccount/click.php?id=51 NewspaperARCHIVE], which can also be used from home with an SJCPL card. This searchable database contains actual images of articles and pages from a wide variety of American newspapers from all time periods. It also has some issues of English newspapers. This database is an excellent place to look for primary sources from around the country. 

When I worked as a history instructor, I also relied on several government and university web sites that are great sources of primary documents. They are reputable, authoritative web sites. They serve up actual photographs, letters, interviews, documents, and more, so you can look at and print out good quality copies of the original items. 

The biggest site is the [http://www.loc.gov Library of Congress]'s [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html American Memory] project. You can find old advertisements, maps, photographs, sheet music, letters, diaries, and all manner of government documents. It includes material on the Revolutionary War, slavery, the Civil War, the huge immigration to American in the late 1800s and early 1900s, World War II, women's suffrage, the Civil Rights Movement, and so much more. There is a search box you can use to search for a name, place, topic, or even a date! 

[[Image:wwiiposter.gif|left]] The National Archives also provides a wealth of history materials. They have three major sites that are of interest to students, parents, and teachers. First, they have a site that hosts their [http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/ Online Exhibits]. You can view, online, digital copies of the charters of freedom (Declaration of Independence, Constitution, Bill of Rights), documents about the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, photographs and digital copies of artwork from the New Deal, World War II posters, and a mind-blowing variety of other topics. Their [http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/ America's Historical Documents] site showcases some famous and unusual letters (check out [http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/document.html?doc=20&title.raw=Elvis%20Presley%26%238217%3Bs%20Letter%20to%20President%20Richard%20Nixon Elvis's letter to President Nixon]), patents, court cases, and more. The [http://www.archives.gov/education/ Digital Classroom] section has information and help for students--as well as lesson plans and activity ideas for teachers. 

More good websites for material about a variety of regions and times in American history are George Mason University's [http://historymatters.gmu.edu/browse/manypasts/ History Matters - Many Pasts] and the University of Chicago Library's [http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/h/dla Digital Activities & Collections]. The former showcases a wide variety of primary documents. The University of Chicago site has primary documents and historic photographs from around the world, with an emphasis on America and the Midwest. Pay special attention to their [http://ead.lib.uchicago.edu/ Archives and Manuscripts Finding Aids] listing, which does not sound promising but actually includes digitized documents attached to finding aids. A search for Ida B. Wells, for example, turns up a finding aid to the [http://ead.lib.uchicago.edu/rs3.php?eadid=ICU.SPCL.IBWELLS&q=ida+b.+wells Guide to the Ida B. Wells Papers, 1884-1976]. The guide has links to digital versions of all the papers in the collection. 

Four other sites have primary resources from the slavery and Civil War periods. [http://docsouth.unc.edu Documenting the American South] and [http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/ Valley of the Shadow] both showcase books, diaries, letters, illustrations, other documents--even songs--from this time period. Documenting the American South can be searched by date, and Valley of the Shadow is arranged by time period and then by topic. [http://www.duke.edu Duke University]'s [http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/collections/african-american-women.html African-American Women Online Archival Collections] feature rare memoirs and letters of African American women who lived under and after slavery. The [http://digital.lib.csus.edu/curr/ California Underground Railroad Digital Archive] is a unique resource of primary source documents on slavery in California (yes, there was slavery in California), from California State University at Sacramento. 

The last century is history now too! The famed twentieth-century interviewer Studs Terkel talked with people from all walks of life, and his website [http://www.studsterkel.org/index.html Studs Terkel - Conversations with America] contains interviews with "ordinary" twentieth-century Americans from a variety of backgrounds. The [http://www.chicagohistory.org/ Chicago Historical Society] created this site. 

[[Local History | Back to the Local History page]]

 
 

[[About Local & Family History Services | Contact and find out more about Local & Family History Services]] 
Created by: [[User:Libby the Librarian | Libby Feil]], October 2006 
Last updated Sept. 27, 2011 

[[Category:Genealogy & Local History]] [[Category:Education]]