Genealogy Resources at TCPL

POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

• Residents of Tippecanoe County are expected to come to TCPL and do their own research. When questions involve extensive research, please contact the Alameda McCullough Library. Research by mail is provided for a fee.
• Non-residents may submit requests by mail. We appreciate receiving payment and a self-addressed stamped envelope at the time of the initial request. Responses are returned by regular mail, or via e-mail if possible. Our street address is: Reference Department, Tippecanoe County Public Library, 627 South Street, Lafayette, IN 47901.
• Newspaper searches for births, marriages, and deaths require full names and exact dates (day, month, year). Time will be saved if you check with the Alameda McCullough Library for full names and exact dates before you contact us.
• Fees: Our standard fee is $10.00 per name searched. Checks should be made payable to the Tippecanoe County Public Library. If over 5 pages are found, extra copying fees may be charged. There is no guarantee of a date of completion, but we strive to answer each letter within two weeks.
• Interlibrary Loan: We do not lend microfilm reels of newspapers or census records. The Indiana State Library will do such loans. Arrangements for Interlibrary Loans with the State Library should be made through the individual's local library.
• Local History and Census Research: In general, unless the research involves the use of our microfilmed newspapers, we refer local history questions to the Alameda McCullough Library.

ER DATABASES

• HeritageQuest Online - Resource for census data, family records, and local histories.
• Ancestry Library Edition - Available for use in the Library on the ER terminals.
• Family Tree Maker CD-Roms - Over 50 CD-Roms of marriage indexes, military records, immigration records, etc. See a librarian for access to these CD-Roms for in-house use only.

NEWSPAPER INDEXES

• 1824 - 1999 Headline History of Tippecanoe County by Robert C. Kriebel
  REF IND 977.295 K92 1998.
• 1999 - present Lafayette Journal and Courier Index
• 1995 - 1999 Local Newspaper Indexing Project
• 5/5/95 - 4/7/00 Lafayette Leader Index (ask a librarian how to access this database)
• 4/11/94 - 4/02/01 Lafayette Business Digest Index (ask a librarian how to access this database)

BIRTH INDEXES

• 1882 - 1941 Index to Birth Records for Tippecanoe County, Indiana.
  GENEALOGY 929.3772 S632B
• 1902 - 1952 Lafayette Journal and Courier Index to Births, Deaths, and Marriages
  GENEALOGY 929.3 J86R
• 1995 - 1999 Local Newspaper Indexing Project

MARRIAGE INDEXES

• ??? - 1825 Indiana marriages, early to 1825 : a research tool
  GENEALOGY 929.3772 I39D
• 1850 - 1941 Index to Marriage Records for Tippecanoe County, IN
  GENEALOGY 929.3772 S632M
• 1902 - 1952 Journal and Courier Index to Birth, Death, and Marriage Records
  GENEALOGY 929.3 J86R
• ??? - 1850 Database to an Index of Indiana Marriages Through 1850
  (IN State Library)
• 1995 - 1999 Local Newspaper Indexing Project

DEATH/OBITUARY INDEXES

• 1882 - 1920 Index to Death Records for Tippecanoe County
  GENEALOGY 929.3772 S632D
• 1902 - 1952 Lafayette Journal and Courier Index to Births, Deaths, and Marriages
  GENEALOGY 929.3 J86R
• 1950 - 1969 (Missing 1954-1957), 1991 - 2002 Obituary Index from the Lafayette Journal and Courier
  GENEALOGY 929.3772 O12
• 1995 - 1999 Local Newspaper Indexing Project

CEMETERY INDEXES

• Barcus, Conarroe (Conroe), Concord, Coby & Stingley, Farmers Institute, Fink, Hickory Grove, Kenny, O'Neall, Pinhook, Greenbush (1848 - 1860), Sickler, Spencer, Spring Grove, West Point, Wildcat, Jackson Township index, Union Township index, Wayne Township index, Wea Township index.

CENSUS RECORDS

• Indiana Census on microfilm
  1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, (no 1890), 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930
• Soundex to Indiana census
  1880, 1900, 1920
• Indexes to census (book form)
  Indiana: 1807, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850
  Tippecanoe County: 1860, 1870

CITY/COUNTY DIRECTORIES for LAFAYETTE and TIPPECANOE COUNTY

• 1858 - present
  (Missing 1868, 1870, 1890, 1892, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925, 1934, 1936, 1938, 1940, 1942, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1956)

HIGH SCHOOL YEARBOOKS (some issues missing)

• Central Catholic 1958 - 2001
• Jefferson High 1913 - 2003
• McCutcheon High 1981 - 2002
• Southwestern High 1960 - 1968 (+1957)
• West Lafayette High 1920 - 1996
• Harrison High 1985 - 2003

PURDUE UNIVERSITY YEARBOOKS

• Debris 1893 - 2003

COUNTY HISTORIES

• TCPL has a number of Indiana County Histories in book form, and most County Histories on Microfilm. They are located with the rest of the microfilm at the rear of the library.

GENERAL

• Tippecanoe County, IN Index of Persons and Firms
  GENEALOGY 929.3772 T595
• Military Service Records - Union Soldiers, Indiana
  A microfilmed list of Indiana Union Soldiers from the Civil War, listing names and which Company the soldier belonged to.
• Muster rolls and payrolls of Militia and Regular Army Organizations in the Battle of Tippecanoe. (November 1811)
  On microfilm.

NOTES

• Other than the microfilm most of the sources above are located in the Swezey Room of Indiana History.
• You can also try our Genealogy Internet Links.
• For more information about our genealogy resources, please contact the Reference Department at (765) 429-0113, or Ask a Librarian.