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The Sullivan Room of the library boasts the largest selection of reference material and community archival material in Boone County. In addition, the 4,000 volumes gracing its shelves are one of the largest collections housed in a privately funded genealogy library in the region. It is an inviting space where one can spend an hour or a day perusing the open stacks, then reading or researching in the Lecture Room across the hall. Research assistance is available from a professional librarian and genealogist and trained volunteers. For inquiries about research requests or other library services, please contact the Library at 317.873.4900 or email Mary Kraeszig.

Family History 101
Saturday May 3, 2008
10:30 AM - 12 NOON
SullivanMunce Cultural Center
Are you interested in learning more about your family history, but unsure about how to begin the process? Mary Kraeszig, MLS, Library Director and Genealogist, will help you plan your research and give you an overview of the sources you can use to document your family history, including vital records (birth, marriage, and death), census records, wills, land records, obituaries, cemetery records, etc. Genealogy software options and online databases will also be discussed. This program is designed for adults and teens age 16 and up; teens ages 13-15 are welcome to attend with a parent.
Cost: $10 for members; $20 for nonmembers.
For more information, call 873-4900

Our collection includes the following:

Eagle Township

Photos and histories of businesses, churches, families, parks, residences, schools, service organizations, transportation

Boone County
185 local family histories
350 family files
60,000 surname file
Birth, death, marriage and cemetery records
Census for 1830 - 1920
Map and plat maps
Newspapers on microfilm (mid 1850's to present)
Wills

Indiana
Bible records
County reference material
Early land records
Quaker records

United States
Lineage organizations - Colonial Clergy, Colonial
      Dames, DAR, Mayflower, SAR, Society
       of Indiana Pioneers
Military records - Colonial period, Revolutionary
      War, War of 1812, Civil War
Quaker records
State reference material highlighting migration
      states from the east coast