Genealogy Organizations in Indiana
This directory lists all of the genealogical organizations in Indiana known to the Local
History Services office of the Indiana Historical Society. Please send us your additions, corrections, and comments. Use the "Find" or "Search"
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The listing does NOT include historical societies or preservation organizations unless they are known to have
genealogical collections or activities. The contact person listed, if any, is usually the top ranking paid
staff member, although for certain groups it may be a volunteer charged with responsibility for answering
correspondence or other types of queries.
This directory was last updated Wednesday, May 21, 1997
ALLEN
ALLEN COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
PO BOX 12003
FORT WAYNE , IN 46862
BARTHOLOMEW
BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
PO BOX 2455
COLUMBUS , IN 47201
BENTON
BENTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC
404 EAST SIXTH STREET
PO BOX 341
FOWLER , IN 47944
PRESIDENT: Thelma Glaspie
BLACKFORD
BLACKFORD COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM
BOX 264
HARTFORD CITY , IN 47348
PRESIDENT: Sinuard Castelo
BOONE
P H SULLIVAN FOUNDATION
225 W HAWTHORNE STREET
PO BOX 182
ZIONSVILLE , IN 46077
PHONE: 317/873-4900
FAX: 317/873-4047
CONTACT: EDIE KELLAR MAHANEY
PRESIDENT: Paula Endress
BROWN
BROWN COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
PO BOX 1202
NASHVILLE , IN 47448
BROWN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
PO BOX 668
NASHVILLE , IN 47448
PHONE: 812/988-6089
CONTACT: CHUCK KELLY
PRESIDENT: Ed Trapebas
CASS
CASS COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
PO BOX 373
LOGANSPORT , IN 46947
INDIANA CHAPTER, OHIO GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
R 5
LOGANSPORT , IN 46947
CONTACT: PAULINE BABB
CLAY
CLAY COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF INDIANA
PO BOX 56
CENTER POINT , IN 47840
CLAY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC
100 EAST NATIONAL
BRAZIL , IN 47834
PHONE: 812/446-4036
PRESIDENT: Helen Loughmiller
CRAWFORD
CRAWFORD COUNTY HISTORICAL & GENEALOGICAL SOC.
PO BOX 133
LEAVENWORTH , IN 47137
PHONE: 812/739-2358
PRESIDENT: Carl Chanley
DEARBORN
DEARBORN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
COURTHOUSE
WEST HIGH STREET
LAWRENCEBURG , IN 47025
PHONE: 812/537-4075
PRESIDENT: Francis Egner
DEKALB
DEKALB COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
PO BOX 686
AUBURN , IN 46706
PHONE: 219/925-4560
PRESIDENT: Joseph Rugman
DELAWARE
DELAWARE COUNTY HISTORICAL ALLIANCE
PO BOX 1266
MUNCIE , IN 47308
PHONE: 765/282-1550
E-MAIL: dcha@iquest.net
CONTACT: ANGI WEISS
PRESIDENT: Dorothy Danner
DUBOIS
DUBOIS COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
BOX 84
FERDINAND , IN 47532-0084
PHONE:
FAX:
FERDINAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC
BOX 194
FERDINAND , IN 47532
PRESIDENT: Phyllis Johanneman
DUBOIS COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC
737 WEST 8TH STREET
JASPER , IN 47546
PHONE: 812/482-3074
PRESIDENT: Ruth Buecher
ELKHART
PENNSYLVANIA DEITSCH SOCIETY
59549 CR 13 SOUTH
ELKHART , IN 46517-3501
CONTACT: ANNA MAE BAKER
PRESIDENT: Al Albrecht
ELKHART COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
1812 JEANWOOD DRIVE
ELKHART , IN 46514
FLOYD
SOUTHERN INDIANA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
PO BOX 665
NEW ALBANY , IN 47150
FULTON
FULTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC
37 E 375 N
ROCHESTER , IN 46975-8384
PHONE: 219/223-4436
E-MAIL: WWillard@townsquare.net
PRESIDENT: Shirley Willard
GIBSON
GIBSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC
PO BOX 516
PRINCETON , IN 47670
PHONE: 812/385-5834
PRESIDENT: Don Hoke
GRANT
GRANT COUNTY GENEALOGY CLUB
GRANT COUNTY COURTHOUSE
MARION , IN 46952
PRESIDENT: June Shields
GAS CITY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
505 E SOUTH F STREET
PO BOX 192
GAS CITY , IN 46933
PRESIDENT: Helen Loughmiller
HAMILTON
HAMILTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
BOX 397
NOBLESVILLE , IN 46060
PHONE: 317/770-0775
E-MAIL: historicalsociety@noblesville.com
CONTACT: DAVID HEIGHWAY
PRESIDENT: Dottie Young
MARION-ADAMS GENEALOGICAL & HISTORICAL SOCIETY
308 MAIN STREET
SHERIDAN , IN 46069
PRESIDENT: James H. Pickett
HARRISON
HARRISON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
117 WEST BEAVER STREET
CORYDON , IN 47112
HENDRICKS
HENDRICKS COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
C/O BETTY HADLEY
784 S COUNTY RD 225 E
DANVILLE , IN 46122-8577
PRESIDENT: HELEN RAY
HENRY
HENRY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC
606 SOUTH 14TH STREET
NEW CASTLE , IN 47362
PHONE: 765/529-4028
CONTACT: JOAN PAUL
PRESIDENT: Kathryn Rogers
HOWARD
NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
2300 CANTERBURY DR
KOKOMO , IN 46901
HOWARD COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
%KOKOMO PUBLIC LIBRARY
220 N UNION
KOKOMO , IN 46901
JACKSON
JACKSON COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
415 SOUTH WALNUT STREET
BROWNSTOWN , IN 47274
JASPER
JASPER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
479 N VAN RENSSELAER
RENSSELAER , IN 47978
PRESIDENT: LaVerne Meyer
JAY
JAY COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
PO BOX 1086
PORTLAND , IN 47371
JEFFERSON
JEFFERSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
MADISON RAILROAD STATION
615 WEST FIRST STREET
MADISON , IN 47250
PHONE: 812/265-2335
E-MAIL: jchs@seidata.com
CONTACT: JOSEPH D CARR
PRESIDENT: John A. Wurtz
JENNINGS
OUR HERITAGE INC
JENNINGS COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
PO BOX 335
VERNON , IN 47282
PHONE: 812/377-7006
PRESIDENT: Chris Asher
HAYDEN HISTORICAL MUSEUM INC
PO BOX 58
HAYDEN , IN 47245
PHONE: 812/346-8212
CONTACT: PATRICK SULLIVAN
PRESIDENT: Roger D. Ruddick
JOHNSON
JOHNSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
135 N. MAIN ST.
FRANKLIN , IN 46131
PHONE: 317/736-4655
FAX: 317/736-5451
CONTACT: MARY ANN PLUMMER
PRESIDENT: Cary McFarland
KNOX
NORTHWEST TERRITORY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
LEWIS HISTORICAL LIBRARY
VINCENNES UNIVERSITY
VINCENNES , IN 47591
CONTACT: ROBERT R STEVENS
KOSCIUSKO
KOSCIUSKO COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC
KOSCIUSKO COUNTY JAIL MUSEUM
PO BOX 1071
WARSAW , IN 46580-1071
PHONE: 219/269-1078
CONTACT: JEANNIE JONES
PRESIDENT: Douglas L. Mayer
LAKE
THREE CREEKS HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION INC
%LOWELL PUBLIC LIBRARY
1505 COMMERCIAL AVENUE
LOWELL , IN 46356
PHONE:
PRESIDENT: Richard C. Schmal
LAPORTE
LAPORTE COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
904 INDIANA AVE
LAPORTE , IN 46350
LAWRENCE
LAWRENCE COUNTY HIST & GENEALOGICAL SOC
12 COURT HOUSE MUSEUM
BEDFORD , IN 47421
PHONE: 812/475-4141
CONTACT: HELEN BURCHARD
PRESIDENT: John W. Bridges
MADISON
INDIANA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
PO BOX 618
ANDERSON , IN 46015
MADISON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC
PO BOX 523
ANDERSON , IN 46015-0523
PHONE: 765/641-2442
PRESIDENT: Stephen Jackson
ALEXANDRIA MONROE TOWNSHIP GENEALOGY SOCIETY
302 W TYLER ST
ALEXANDRIA , IN 46001
MARION
CROWN HILL HERITAGE SOCIETY
HISTORIC CROWN HILL CEMETERY
700 W 38TH STREET
INDIANAPOLIS , IN 46208
PHONE: 317/925-8231
FAX: 317/925-8240
FAMILY TREE AND CRESTS
6233 CARROLLTON AVENUE
INDIANAPOLIS , IN 46220
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP HISTORICAL SOCIETY
PO BOX 39015
INDIANAPOLIS , IN 46239
PRESIDENT: Leroy Z. Compton
GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF MARION COUNTY
PO BOX 2292
INDIANAPOLIS , IN 46202-2292
PHONE:
FAX:
INDIANA SOCIETY, SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
% WILLIAM C. ROGGIE
5401 CENTRAL AVENUE
INDIANAPOLIS , IN 46220
INDIANA STATE LIBRARY
GENEALOGY DIVISION
140 N SENATE AVENUE
INDIANAPOLIS , IN 46204
AMERICAN LEGION NATL HEADQUARTERS
LIBRARY
700 NORTH PENNSYLVANIA STREET
INDIANAPOLIS , IN 46204
CONTACT: JOSEPH J HOVISH
PALATINES TO AMERICA
716 WALLBRIDGE
INDIANAPOLIS , IN 46241
MARSHALL
TRI-COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
BOX 19
PLYMOUTH , IN 46526
CONTACT: ROBERT KIRKLEY
MARSHALL COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
3383 E EIGHTS RD
BOURBON , IN 46504
MARSHALL COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC
123 N MICHIGAN ST
PLYMOUTH , IN 46563
PHONE: 219/936-2306
E-MAIL: mcmuseum@juno.com
CONTACT: JOANNE STUTZMAN
PRESIDENT: Pete Trone
MARTIN
MARTIN COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
PO BOX 45
SHOALS , IN 47581
MIAMI
MIAMI COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC
51 NORTH BROADWAY
PERU , IN 46970
PHONE: 765/473-9183
CONTACT: CATHERINE POWELL
PRESIDENT: Ray Bakehorn
MIAMI COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
PO BOX 542
PERU , IN 46970
MONROE
INDIANA AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORICAL & GENE. SOC
502 CLOVER TERRACE
BLOOMINGTON , IN 47404-1809
PRESIDENT: Coy D Robbins
MONROE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY/MUSEUM
202 EAST SIXTH STREET
BLOOMINGTON , IN 47408
PHONE: 812/332-2517
E-MAIL: rbaldwin@ansel.intersource.com
CONTACT: MARY M SCHROEDER
PRESIDENT: Ron Baldwin
MONROE COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
OLD LIBRARY
E 6TH STREET & WASHINGTON
BLOOMINGTON , IN 47401
MONTGOMERY
WHO'S YOUR ANCESTOR GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
CRAWFORDSVILLE LIBRARY
222 S WASHINGTON ST
CRAWFORDSVILLE , IN 47933
MONTGOMERY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
212 SOUTH WATER STREET
CRAWFORDSVILLE , IN 47933
PHONE: 765/362-3416
CONTACT: MICHAEL HALL
PRESIDENT: John Hardwick
MORGAN
MORGAN COUNTY HISTORY & GENEALOGY ASSOCIATION
PO BOX 1012
MARTINSVILLE , IN 46151-0012
PHONE: 765/349-1537
E-MAIL: ddrake@speanet.iupui.edu
PRESIDENT: Dale Drake
NEWTON
NEWTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
508 N THIRD STREET
KENTLAND , IN 47951
PHONE: 219/474-5569
PRESIDENT: John Yost
NOBLE
NOBLE COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
109 NORTH YORK STREET
ALBION , IN 46701
OHIO
OHIO COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
212 SOUTH WALNUT
RISING SUN , IN 47040
PHONE: 812/438-2056
E-MAIL: rross@venus.net
PRESIDENT: Wayne Chipman
ORANGE
ORANGE COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
PO BOX 344
PAOLI , IN 47454
PRESIDENT: Wilma Davis
OWEN
OWEN COUNTY HISTORICAL & GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
110 EAST MARKET STREET
SPENCER , IN 47460
PHONE: 812/829-3392
FAX: 812/820-6165
E-MAIL: peterson@ccrtc.com
PRESIDENT: Dixie McClarren
PERRY
PERRY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
538 ELEVENTH STREET
TELL CITY , IN 47586
PIKE
PIKE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC
PO BOX 216
PETERSBURG , IN 47567
PHONE:
PRESIDENT: J.W. Elbert
PORTER
NORTHWEST INDIANA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
154 GRANITE STREET
VALPARAISO , IN 46383
POSEY
POSEY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
PO BOX 171
MT VERNON , IN 47620
PRESIDENT: Wanda L. Griess
PULASKI
PULASKI COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
% CAROLYN CASE, VICE PRESIDENT
RR 4, BOX 121
WINAMAC , IN 46996
PUTNAM
GENEALOGY CLUB OF PUTNAM COUNTY
GREENCASTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY
GREENCASTLE , IN 46135
PUTNAM COUNTY GENEALOGICAL CLUB
ROUTE 1, BOX 28
BAINBRIDGE , IN 46105
PUTNAM COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
PO BOX 801
GREENCASTLE , IN 46135
PHONE: 765/658-4406
FAX: 765/658-4445
E-MAIL: wwwilson@depauw.edu
PRESIDENT: Jinsie Bingham
RANDOLPH
RANDOLPH COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
% MONISA WISENER
RR 3
WINCHESTER , IN 47394
RANDOLPH COUNTY HISTORICAL & GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
RR 3 BOX 61
WINCHESTER , IN 47394
PHONE: 765/584-4323
PRESIDENT: Jennetta Smiley
RIPLEY
RIPLEY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
PO BOX 525
VERSAILLES , IN 47023
PHONE: 812/689-3031
E-MAIL: rchslib@seidata.com
CONTACT: KATHLEEN LANE
PRESIDENT: Scott Smith
TRI-COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
23184 POCKET RD W
BATESVILLE , IN 47006
PHONE:
FAX:
SCOTT
SCOTT COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
PO BOX 245
SCOTTSBURG , IN 47170
PRESIDENT: Lucy Rogers
SCOTT COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
R.R. #2 BOX 169B
LEXINGTON , IN 47138
CONTACT: STEPHANIE MILLER
SHELBY
SHELBY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
52 WEST BROADWAY
SHELBYVILLE , IN 46176
PHONE: 317/392-4634
CONTACT: JUNE BARNETT
PRESIDENT: Norman Barnett
SHELBY COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
GROVER MUSEUM
52 WEST BROADWAY
SHELBYVILLE , IN 46176
CONTACT: JOHN OLIVER
SPENCER
SPENCER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
ROCKPORT-OHIO TWP PUBLIC LIBRARY
210 WALNUT STREET
ROCKPORT , IN 47635-1398
FAX: 812/649-4018
PRESIDENT: Steve Sisley
ST JOSEPH
HISTORIC NEW CARLISLE
PO BOX 107
NEW CARLISLE , IN 46552
PRESIDENT: Marcy Kauffman
ST. JOSEPH
SOUTH BEND AREA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
PO BOX 1222
SOUTH BEND , IN 46624-1222
E-MAIL: bapetersen@hotmail.com
PRESIDENT: Bev Peterson
STARKE
STARKE COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF INDIANA
7720 E TOTO RD
KNOX , IN 46534
PHONE:
FAX:
CONTACT: PEGGY J BRETTIN
SULLIVAN
SULLIVAN COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
PO BOX 3266
SULLIVAN , IN 47882
SULLIVAN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
BOX 326
SULLIVAN , IN 47882
PHONE: 812/268-6253
FAX: 812/268-4836
PRESIDENT: Dola Braner
SWITZERLAND
SWITZERLAND COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
PO BOX 201
VEVAY , IN 47043
PHONE: 812/427-3560
PRESIDENT: Martha Bladen
TIPPECANOE
TIPPECANOE COUNTY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
909 SOUTH STREET
LAFAYETTE , IN 47901
PHONE: 765/742-8411
FAX: 765/742-1851
CONTACT: PHIL KWIATKOWSKI
PRESIDENT: Jim Turley
TIPPECANOE COUNTY AREA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
909 SOUTH STREET
LAFAYETTE , IN 47901
UNION
UNION COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
% MARCELLENE O'TOOLE
PO BOX 9
LIBERTY , IN 47353
PRESIDENT: Gene Parks
VANDERBURGH
TRI-STATE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
% WILLARD LIBRARY
21 FIRST AVENUE
EVANSVILLE , IN 47710
VIGO
WABASH VALLEY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
PO BOX 85
TERRE HAUTE , IN 47808
LOST CREEK LINEAGE
CO VICKI NORTON
1408 N 30TH STREET
TERRE HAUTE , IN 47803
PHONE:
FAX: 812/466-7845
E-MAIL: jshep@abcs.com
CONTACT: VICKI NORTON BROWN
PRESIDENT: VICKI NORTON
EMLINE FAIRBANKS MEMORIAL LIBRARY
222 NO 7TH
TERRE HAUTE , IN 47807
WARREN
WARREN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
PO BOX 176
WILLIAMSPORT , IN 47993
PRESIDENT: Beulah M. Summers
WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC
307 EAST MARKET STREET
SALEM , IN 47167
PHONE: 812/883-6495
PRESIDENT: Willie Harlen
WAYNE
HISTORIC HAGERSTOWN INC
BOX 126
HAGERSTOWN , IN 47346
PHONE: 765/489-4005
CONTACT: JEFF HARRIS
PRESIDENT: Steve St. John
WAYNE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
1150 NORTH A STREET
RICHMOND , IN 47374
PHONE: 765/962-5756
CONTACT: MICHELE L BOTTOROFF
PRESIDENT: J Brandon Griffis
WELLS
BLACKFORD-WELLS GENEALOGY SOCIETY
PO BOX 54
BLUFFTON , IN 46714-0054
PHONE:
FAX:
WELLS COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
PO BOX 143
BLUFFTON , IN 46714
PHONE: 219/824-9956
E-MAIL: pbender@parlorcity.com
PRESIDENT: Barbara Elliott
WHITE
WHITE COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM
101 S BLUFF
MONTICELLO , IN 47960
PHONE: 219/583-3998
CONTACT: CONNIE CASCALES
PRESIDENT: Larry Hartzler
WHITE COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
BOX 149
MONTICELLO , IN 47960
WHITLEY
GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF WHITLEY COUNTY
PO BOX 244
COLUMBIA CITY , IN 46724
PHONE:
FAX:
PRESIDENT: Jeanette Brown
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