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Partial List of Microform Records, Genealogy Collection

Microfilms and microfiche are located on the second floor of the Indiana State Library.

Federal Census Records Military Records
Passenger Lists Passports
Mortality Schedules Indian Records
Special Collections on Microfilm State & County Records / Tax Lists
Microfiche

 Federal Census Records:    (return to menu)

1790  CT, ME, MD, MA, NH, NY, NC, PA, RI, SC, VT, VA
1800 CT, DE, DC, ME, MD, MA, NH, NY, NC, PA, RI, SC, VT
1810 CT, DE, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, NH, NY, NC, PA, RI, SC, TN (Rutherford Co.), VT, VA
1820 CT, DE, DC, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MS, NH, NY, NC, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, VT, VA
1830 AL, AR, CT, DE, DC, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MS, MO, NH, NJ, NY, NC, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, VT, VA
1840 AL, AR, CT, DE, DC, FL, GA, IL, IN, IA, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MS, MO, NH, NJ, NY, NC, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, VT, VA, WI
1850 AL, AR, CA, CT, DE, DC, FL, GA, IL, IN, IA, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, OH, OR, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WI
1860 AL, AR, CA, CT, Dakota, DE, DC, FL, GA, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, NE, NH,  NJ, NM, NY, NC, OH, OR, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WA, WI
1870 AL, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, Dakota, DE, DC, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, OH, OR, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI, WY
1880 AL, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, Dakota, DE, DC, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, OH, OR, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI, WY
Soundex AL, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, DA, DE, DC, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, OH, OR, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI, WY
 Descriptions of Census Enumeration Districts, 1830-1880
1890 All destroyed by fire in Wash., DC except fragmentary schedules for:  AL, Perry Co. (Perryville Beat #11 & Severe Beat #8); DC, Q, 13th, 14th, R, Q, Corcoran, 15th, S, R, & Riggs Sts., Johnson Ave., & S St.; GA, Muscogee Co. (Columbus); IL, McDonough Co. (Mound Twp.); MN, Wright Co. (Rockford); NJ, Hudson Co. (Jersey City); NY, Westchester Co. (Eastchester) & Suffolk Co. (Brookhaven Twp.); NC, Gaston Co. (South Point Twp. & River Bend Twp.) & Cleveland Co. (Twp. #2); OH, Hamilton Co. (Cincinnati) & Clinton Co. (Wayne Twp.); SD, Union Co. (Jefferson Twp.); TX, Ellis Co. (J.P. #6, Mountain Peak, & Ovilla Prect.), Hood Co. (Prect. #5), Rusk Co. (#6 & J.P. #7), Trinity Co. (Trinity Town & Prect. #2) & Kaufman Co. (Kaufman).   Indexed
1890 Schedules enumerating Civil War Union veterans and their widows, KY (part)-WY only
1900 Indian Territory, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, MI, MN, MS, MO, NE, NC, OH, OK, OR, SC, TN, VA, WV, WI, WY, and Census                     enumeration district descriptions
Soundex Indian Territory, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, MI, MN, MS, MO, NE, NC, OH, OK, OR, SC, TN, VA, WV, WI, WY
1910 IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, ME, MD, MA, MI, MS, MO, NE, NH, OH, OK, PA, TN, VA, WI, & Census enumeration district descriptions Soundex/Miracode – IL, KS, KY, MI, MS, MO, OH, OK, PA, TN, VA
1920 IL, IN, KS, KY, MI, MN, MO, OH, TN, and Census enumeration district descriptions
Soundex IL, IN, KY, MI, OH, TN
1930 AL, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, DE, DC, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI, WY, Alaska, American Samoa & Guam, Consular Services, Hawaii, Panama Canal & Consular Services, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Census enumeration district descriptions and maps, and Index to Selected City Streets & Enumeration Districts
Soundex AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV
 Enumeration District Maps for the Twelfth through Sixteenth U.S. Censuses, 1900-1940.

Military Records:   (return to menu)

  • General Index to Compiled Military Service Records of Revolutionary War Soldiers.
  • Revolutionary War Bounty Land Warrants Used in the U.S. Military District of Ohio and Related Papers (Acts of 1788, 1803, 1806)
  • Revolutionary War Pension & Bounty Land Warrant Application Files, Selected Records.
  • Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783.
  • Muster Rolls and Payrolls of Militia and Regular Army Organizations in the Battle of Tippecanoe, Nov. 1811.
  • Index to the War of 1812 Pension Application Files.
  • Register of Confederate Soldiers, Sailors, and Citizens Who Died in Federal Prisons and Military Hospitals in the North, 1861-1865.
  • The Negro in the Military Service of the U.S., 1639-1886.
  • Indiana Veterans’ Graves Registration (by county): Adams, Blackford, Brown, Cass, Clark, Clay, Crawford, Daviess, DeKalb, Delaware,   Elkhart, Floyd, Gibson, Grant, Greene, Harrison, Howard, Huntington, Jasper, Jay, Johnson, 
    Knox, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Lake, La Porte, Lawrence, Madison, Marion, Marshall, Martin, St. Joseph, Spencer, Starke, Steuben, Sullivan, Tipton, Vanderburgh, Vermillion, Vigo, Warren, Washington.
  • General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 (primarily Civil War service; no WW I service).
  • World War I Draft Registration Cards (Indiana)
  
 Passenger Lists:    (return to menu)

  • Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, 1847-1897.
  • Quarterly Abstracts of Vessels Arriving at New Orleans, 1820-1875. 
  • Index (Soundex) to City Passenger Lists of Baltimore, 1833-1866.
  • Index (Soundex) to Federal Passenger Lists of Baltimore, 1820-1897. 
  • Index to Passenger Lists...Boston, 1848-1891, 1902-1906.
  • Index to Passenger Lists...New York, 1820-1846, 1897-1902; Index (Soundex)...NY, 1902-1943.
  • Index to Passengers Arriving at...Philadelphia, 1800-1906. 
  • Supplemental Index to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Atlantic & Gulf Coast Ports (Excluding NY), 1820-1874
  • Registers of Vessels Arriving at…New York from Foreign Ports, 1789-1919.

Passports:   (return to menu)

  • Registers and Indexes for Passport Applications, 1810-1906.
  • Index to Passport Applications, 1850-1852, 1860-1880, 1881, 1906-1923.

Mortality Schedules:   (return to menu)

  • AZ
  • 1870, 1880
  • CO
  • 1870, 1880
  • DC
  • 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880
  • GA
  • 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880  
  • IN
  • 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880
  • KY 
  • 1850 (P-Z Cos.), 1860, 1870, 1880
  • LA 
  • 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880  
  • PA
  • 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880
  • TN
  • 1850, 1860,1880


Native American Records:   (return to menu)

  • 1832 Census of Creek Indians Taken by Parsons & Abbott
  • Census Roll, 1835, of the Cherokee Indians East of the Mississippi & Index
  • Enrollment Cards of the Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1914.  
  • Final Roll of Citizens and Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory as approved by the Secretary of Interior on or before March 4, 1907 with Supplement,  September 25, 1914.
  • U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Letters received by the Office 1824-81 (Miami Agency).

  Special Collections on Microfilm   (return to menu)

  • Hinshaw Index to Quaker Meeting Recs. (AZ, CA, CO, IL, IN, IA, KS, MI, MN, MO, NE, NJ, OK, PA, SD,  WI) 
  • Draper Manuscript Collection (Papers, diaries, notes, transcriptions, correspondence, etc. concerning history of the trans-Allegheny West embracing portions of GA & AL, entire Ohio River Valley, part of the upper Mississippi Valley”;  1740’s to the War of 1812; includes original manuscripts of early figures; military papers; muster rolls; maps, land surveys; business recs., etc. A printed guide and calendar volumes are available.)
  • Index to Biographies in Local Histories in the Library of Congress.
  • Index to Family Coats-of-Arms in Printed Books in the New Jersey State Library. 
  • City Directories of the U.S....1861-1881 (50 largest U.S. cities). 
  • Leon S. Hollingsworth (of GA) Genealogical Card File (“consists of some 45,000 index cards on which are recorded data gleaned from various sources”).

State and County Records / Tax Lists (scattered holdings):    (return to menu)

  • Joseph Gavit’s American Deaths & Marriages, 1784-1829 (abstracts of notices in some 65 newspapers covering  NY state, U.S., Canada,  as well as foreign countries).
  • New Englanders in Nova Scotia. 
  • New England Marriages Prior to 1700 by Clarence Almon Torrey.
  • County & Regional Histories of the ‘Old Northwest’ (Research Publications, Inc.) - CA, IL, IN, MI, NY, OH, PA, WI (includes atlases; limited to items published prior to 1900). 
  • CA - State census, 1852; Misc. cemetery recs. 
  • CT - Barbour Collection (numerous vital records of CT); Hale Collection (newspaper marriage & death notices,  headstone inscriptions); Cemeteries, 1673-1911, & Headstone Inscriptions of the Town of Stamford
  • KY - Misc. counties & dates; Several Perrin histories; Death Records, 1911-- 
  • MA - Plymouth Colony recs.; Genealogical Notes of Cape Cod Fams.; MA & ME Direct  Tax Census, 1798. 
  • NJ - Colonial Marriage Bonds, 1711-1797; Tax Ratables, 1778-1822.
  • OH - Misc. & scattered recs. & dates for many counties; Cleveland Public Library Necrology. 
  • File (1850-1970); Tax duplicate, 1812 (indexed); Registers of Blacks in the Miami Valley (Ohio) 1807-1857; Ohio Surname Index (to various histories & other sources).
  • PA - Pennsylvania Newspapers, excerpts of geneal. interest abst. from PA newspapers (1798-1874) in the Hist.  Soc. of PA; U.S. Direct Tax of 1798. 
  • TN - Misc. recs., tax lists, county histories. 
  • TX - Marriages (scattered counties/dates); several county histories.
  • WI - Necrology, 1846-1944 (newspaper obituaries). 
 

Microfiche Collections:    (return to menu)

  • 1860 Indiana Census  Listing    
  • Biographical Dictionary of Early Virginia, 1607-1660. 
  • Boston Transcript genealogical column, 1896-1941 (indexed in the American Genealogical-   Biographical Index)
  • California Death Index, 1940-1969
  • City Directories of the U.S. through 1860 (includes various dates/cities in AL, CA, CT, GA, IL, IN, IA, KY, ME, MA, MI, MO, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, TN, VA, WI).
  • Cross Index to Selected City Streets & Enumeration Districts, 1910 Census. 
  • Genealogy & Local History segments by the Microfilming Corp. of America (includes fiche reprints of genealogies,  genealogy serials, local histories, & primary source materials). 
  • An Index to Marriage Bonds Filed in the North Carolina State Archives, 1741-1868. 
  • KY Vital Statistics Indexes, 1911-1995 (indexes births and deaths, 1911-95; marriages, 1973-95; divorces, 1974-95) 
  • Regimental Histories of the American Civil War (previously unpublished works or materials published before 1915; includes personal & family papers, diaries, biographies, burial recs., etc. Criterion for selection of materials was based on C.E. Dornbusch’s Military Bibliography of the Civil War)Surname & Subj. Index of Minute & Court Order Books of Co. Court, Fairfax Co., VA, 1749-1774. 

Last updated 11 January 2008.