Indiana Room

Histories

• Family Histories
  Histories for some Evansville families, such as Bauers, Inglehart, Espenschied, Garvin, Dresser and McGary are in the Indiana Collection. Information on other prominent families can be obtained from county histories, genealogy periodicals and the Indiana Source Book.
  
  
• Indiana County Histories
  Some Evansville area county histories are available; search the online catalog using an "advanced keyword search" and entering the name of the county and the word "history," with an "and":
  
  EXAMPLE : posey county and history
  
  If available, resources owned by the library will be listed. Most resources will be in Reference or in the Indiana Room. These sources may provide birth, death, marriage, military, & other biographical information.