Evansville Information (Current & Historical)

area history websites

• Browning Genealogical Database: Summarizes information from obituaries in Evansville newspapers on people from Vanderburgh County and surrounding southwestern Indiana from early 1900's to present. Data on each deceased person usually includes age, date of death, survivors, funeral information, cemetery, occupation, and activities.
• Local History Database: Contains newspaper clippings on local information from the Evansville Press archives; Charles Browning's People of Evansville in World War II (about 40,000 cards), and his People Study (about 537,000 cards) including material from some Evansville high school yearbooks.
• The Evansville Electronic Books Database contains the full text of public domain books from the Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library Indiana Collection related to Evansville. Titles are available in both PDF and GIF formats. This database continues to be under development as more titles are scanned and added.
• Willard Library has several historical databases online, including an index to 1920-1979 marriage license information in Vanderburgh County Clerk's office, people in Vanderburgh County from mid-nineteenth century to 1990s, companies in Vanderburgh County from mid-nineteenth century to 1990s, images of postcards showing local scenes, and images from the Historic Photo Collection.
• Reitz Home: A Victorian house museum with extensive information on the Reitz family and Victorian times in Evansville.
• Evansville Boneyard: An online journal of opinions, history, adventures and ideas, published monthly by John Baburnich.
• American Local History Network: A collection of historical essays and databases about Vanderburgh County by Christopher D Myers
• The County History Preservation Society has a page on Vanderburgh County.
• Vanderburgh County History and Genealogy Research Guide
• Evansville Cemeteries: a list of local cemeteries and contact information
• Oak Hill and Locust Hill Cemeteries Database
• Angel Mounds State Historic Site: history of prehistoric Native American village, events at park, links to other area archaeological sites.
• Evansville Museum of Arts and Science: current exhibits, permanent Virtual Museum exhibit of Evansville Shipyard.
• Movie Theaters Past, Evansville, Indiana by Terry W. Hughes and John Story: history, photos, and maps of local movie theaters.
• Got Mesker? by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency: history of 2 Mesker companies in Evansville and St. Louis, catalogs and photos of Mesker building facades and architectural components.
• Vanderburgh County Historical Society: research projects on local history including digital copy of Evansville Shipyard, 1943-1944, Evansville Civil War sites.
• USS LST Ship Memorial: history of USS LST 325, voyage back to US from Greece, tour information also here.
• Vanderburgh County Assessor: find property records accessed by owner's name, address, or map location, also images from original plat archive.
• Historic Southern Indiana by University of Southern Indiana: Southern Indiana historic sites, links, information, history of place names.
• University of Southern Indiana Special Collections and University Archives: list of types of regional history in archives collection, online images from photos collection. Entire photo collection can be searched in library catalog by searching Keywords and using the Search Limits button to choose Location=Special Collections and Item Type=Visual Materials.
• Tri-State Genealogical Society: selected articles from genealogical magazine, Tri-State Packet.
• HistoricEvansville.com: provides information on Evansville landmarks including a timeline of important events, location, architect, history, photos, comments, and related links. Search by map location or general category.