Genealogy Resources

INTERNET RESOURCES

LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS

Elkhart County Gen ealogical Society, P.O. Box 1031, Elkhart, IN, 46515-1031
Goshen Historical Society, 124 S. Main St., Goshen, IN, 46526

NONFICTION BOOKS

AARP genealogy online tech to connect. Matthew L. Helm, April Leigh Helm. Large Type 929.1 HEL
Ancestors on the frontier. Justin Replogle. Ind. Coll. 929.2 REP
Centennial farms of Indiana. Ind. Coll. 630.9 CEN
The complete book of heraldry: an international history of heraldry and its contemporary uses. Stephen Slater. 929.6 SLA
The complete idiot’s guide to genealogy. Christine Rose and Kay Germain Ingalls. 929.1 ROS
Crash course in genealogy. David R. Dowell. 929.1 DOW
DNA USA: a genetic portrait of America. Bryan Sykes. 599.935 SYK
Dutch genealogical research. Charles M. Franklin. 929.1 FRA
Faces of America: how 12 extraordinary people discovered their pasts. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. 920 GAT
Family history 101: a beginner’s guide to finding your ancestors. Marcia D. Yannizze Melnyk. 929.1 MEL
Family photo detective: learn how to find genealogy clues in old photos and solve family photo mysteries. Maureen A. Taylor. 929.1 TAY
The Family Tree cemetery field guide: how to find, record, & preserve your ancestors’ graves. Joy Neighbors. 929.1079 NEI
The Family Tree guidebook to Europe: your essential guide to trace your genealogy in Europe. Allison Dolan. 929.1072 DOL
The family tree problem solver: tried-and-true tactics for tracing elusive ancestors. Marsha Hoffman Rising. 929.1 RIS
Finding Indiana ancestors: a guide to historical research. Ind. Coll. 929.107 FIN
Finding Oprah’s roots: finding your own. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. 929.2 GAT
Finding our families: a first-of-its-kind book for donor-conceived people and their families. Wendy Kramer, Naomi Cahn. 362.829 KRA
Finding your roots: the official companion to the PBS series. Henry Louis Gates Jr. 929.1072 GAT
The genealogist’s companion and sourcebook. Emily Anne Croom. 929.1 CRO
The genealogist’s question & answer book. Marcia Yannizze Melnyk. 929.1 MEL
Genealogy. George G. Morgan. 929.1 MOR
Genealogy for dummies. Matthew L. Helm, April Leigh Helm. 929.1 HEL
The genealogy handbook: the complete guide to tracing your family tree. Ellen Galford. 929.1 GAL
Help me to find my people: the African American search for family lost in slavery. Heather Andrea Williams. 306.362 WIL
How to archive family keepsakes: learn how to preserve family photos, memorabilia & genealogy records. Denise May Levenick. 929.1 MAY
In search of our roots: how 19 extraordinary African Americans reclaimed their past. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. 929.2 GAT
In search of your British & Irish roots: a complete guide to tracing your English, Welsh, Scottish & Irish ancestors. Angus Baxter. 929.1 BAX
In search of your European roots: a complete guide to tracing your ancestors in every country in Europe. Angus Baxter. 929.1 BAX
In search of your German roots: a complete guide to tracing your ancestors in the Germanic areas of Europe. Angus Baxter. 929.1 BAX
Kinship: it’s all relative. Jackie Smith Arnold. 306.83 ARN
Mayflower increasings. Susan E. Roser. 929.3 ROS
The organized family historian: how to file, manage, and protect your genealogical research and heirlooms. Ann Carter Fleming. 929.1 FLE
Pennsylvania genealogical research. George K. Schweitzer. 929.1 SCH
Scottish clans & tartans. Neil Grant. 929.2 GRA
Shaking the family tree: blue bloods, black sheep, and other obsessions of an accidental genealogist. Buzzy Jackson. 929.1072 JAC
Social networking for genealogists. Drew Smith. 929.1 SMI
Trace your roots with DNA: using genetic tests to explore your family tree. Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak and Ann Turner. 929.1 SMO
Tracing your family history: the complete guide to locating your ancestors and finding out where you came from. Lise Hull. 929.1 HUL
Tracing your family history through the census: a guide for family historians. Emma Jolly. 929.1072 JOL
Tracing your Irish ancestors: the complete guide. John Grenham. 929.1 GRE
Tracing your Irish family history. Anthony Adolph. 929.1 ADO
Tracing your poor ancestors: a guide for family historians. Stuart A. Raymond. 929.1 RAY
Unpuzzling your past: the best-selling basic guide to genealogy. Emily Anne Croom. 929.1 CRO
Who do you think you are?: the essential guide to tracing your family history. Megan Smolenyak. 929.1 SMO
Who’s your Hoosier ancestor?: genealogy for beginners. Mona Robinson. Ind. Coll. 929.1 ROB
Writing the family narrative. Lawrence P. Gouldrup. 808.066 GOU
Your guide to cemetery research. Sharon DeBartolo Carmack. 929.5 CAR

CHILDREN’S BOOKS

Seven brave women. Betsy Hearne. Pic HEA
Who’s who in my family? Loreen Leedy. E 306.85 LEE

FICTION

Always time to die. Elizabeth Lowell. Fic LOW
Aunt Dimity and the village witch. Nancy Atherton. Mystery ATH
The ballad of Laurel Springs. Janet Beard. Fic BEA
Blood atonement. Dan Waddell. Mystery WAD
The blood detective. Dan Waddell. Mystery WAD
Death on the family tree: a family tree mystery. Patricia Sprinkle. Mystery SPR
An elegant woman. Martha McPhee. Fic MACP
Family tree. Barbara Delinsky. Fic DEL
House of dreams. Brenda Joyce. Fic JOY, Large Type Fic JOY
Legacy. Danielle Steel. Fic STE, CD Fic STE
Lies. Enrique de Hériz. Fic HER
Lineage most lethal. S. C. Perkins. Mystery PER
Mrs. Sinclair’s suitcase. Louise Walters. Fic WAL
Person or persons unknown. Anthea Fraser. Mystery FRA

PERIODICALS

Cripe Family Newsletter.
Elkhart County Indiana searcher: quarterly of Elkhart County Genealogical Society, Elkhart County, Indiana.
Hochstetler-Hostetler-Hochstedler Family Newsletter.
The Hoosier genealogist.
Michiana searcher: quarterly of Elkhart, Indiana Genealogical Society.
National Genealogical Society quarterly.
NGS newsmagazine.
The Studebaker family.
Yoder Newsletter.

DVDS

African American lives. DVD 929.1
Roots. DVD Drama R
Roots, the next generations. DVD Drama R

RESEARCH DATABASES

Ancestry Library: Genealogical database with extensive coverage of the U.S. and the U.K., including census, vital, church, court, and immigration records, as well as record collections from Canada and other areas. Available only on GPL computers.
HeritageQuest Online: Genealogical database of over 25,000 family and local histories, the entire U.S. Federal Census, PERSI™, and more. Available on home computers with your GPL card number.

REFERENCE BOOKS

Amish and Amish Mennonite genealogies. Ind. Coll. R 929.2 GIN
Cyndi’s list: a comprehensive list of 70,000 genealogy sites on the Internet. R 929.3 HOW
DAR patriot index. Ind. Coll. R 929.3 DAR
Directory of family associations. R 929.1 BEN
The family tree resource book for genealogists. R 929.1 FAM
Genealogical & local history books in print. R 929.3 HOF
The genealogist’s address book. R 929.1 BEN
German-American names. George F. Jones. R 929.4 JON
Heads of families at the first census of the United States taken in the year 1790. Ind. Coll. R 929.3 UNI
Land & property research in the United States. R 929.107 HON
Passenger and immigration lists bibliography, 1538-1900: being a guide to published lists of arrivals in the United States and Canada. Ind. Coll. R 929.3 FIL
Pioneer families of the Midwest. Ind. Coll. R 929.2 WAL
The source: a guidebook of American genealogy. R 929.1 SOU

LOCAL REFERENCE BOOKS

Amish directory of the Nappanee, Kokomo & Milroy communities. Ind. Coll. R 929.3 MIL
Burial transit permits: July 1950-January 1984, Elkhart City, Indiana and August 1950-December 1982 Elkhart County, Indiana. Ind. Coll. R 929.5 BUR
Cemeteries of Elkhart County, Indiana. Ind. Coll. R 929.5 CEM
Elkhart County, Indiana index of names of persons and of firms. Ind. Coll. R 920.077 ELK
Elkhart County, Indiana marriage records, 1830-1849. Ind. Coll. R 929.3 SLE
Elkhart County, Indiana, marriage records, 25 December 1910-29 December 1920. Ind. Coll. R 929.3 PAR
Elkhart County, Indiana, will records, 1845-1881. Ind. Coll. R 929.3 SLE
Family maps of Elkhart County, Indiana: with homesteads, roads, waterways, towns, cemeteries, railroads, and more. Ind. Coll. R 929.3 BOY
Grace Lawn Cemetery, Elkhart, Elkhart County, Indiana. Ind. Coll. R 929.5 JOH
Grace Lutheran Church, Elkhart, Elkhart County, Indiana, 1873-1948. Ind. Coll. R 929.3 JOH
Index to death records: Elkhart County, Indiana: 1882-1920 inclusive. Ind. Coll. R 929.3 IND
Index to Elkhart County, Indiana delayed birth records filed 1941-1963. Ind. Coll. R 929.3 PAR
Index to names in the Historical directory, Elkhart County, Indiana, 1892 from the Plat book of Elkhart County, Indiana. Ind. Coll. R 977.281 JOH
An index to naturalization records in pre-1907 order books of Indiana county courts. Ind. Coll. R 929.3 IND
Index to the records of the Dale White Funeral Home, Elkhart, IN, 1929-1993. Ind. Coll. R 929.3 SKW
Index to the records of the Stemm-Lawson-Peterson (January 1954-March 2002) Funeral Home, Elkhart, Elkhart County, Indiana. Ind. Coll. R 929.3 SKW
Index to the records of the Stemm-Lawson-Peterson (1978-2002) and Carlyse Wagner (1944-1960) Funeral Homes, Bristol, Indiana: includes the records to the Herbert Wise LeRoque-Frost and Werker Funeral Homes. Ind. Coll. R 929.3 SKW
Index to the records of the Wally [i.e. Walley]-Mills-Zimmerman Funeral Home, Elkhart, Indiana: April 1912-October 1988. Ind. Coll. R 929.3 SKW
Index to the records of the Walley-Mills-Zimmerman Funeral Home, Elkhart, Indiana. vol. III, October 20, 1999-December 31, 2005. Ind. Coll. R 929.3 SKW
Index to the records of the Waterman-Westbrook-Clouse Funeral Home, Elkhart, Indiana: 1940-2005, includes maiden name index. Ind. Coll. R 929.3 SKW
Indiana Amish directory: Elkhart, LaGrange, and Noble counties. Ind. Coll. R 929.3 MIL
Indiana Civil War veterans: transcription of the death rolls of the Department of Indiana, Grand Army of the Republic, 1882-1948. Ind. Coll. R 973.76 NOR
Indiana 1830 index census. Ind. Coll. R 929.3 JAC
Indiana genealogical directory. Ind. Coll. R 929.3 IND
Marriage records, Elkhart County, Indiana, 1830-1867. Ind. Coll. R 929.3 JOH
Marriage records, Elkhart county, Indiana, 1867-1889. Ind. Coll. R 929.3 KEI
Nappanee Amish directory: including the Rochester, Kokomo and Milroy communities. Ind. Coll. R 929.3 BOR
Oakridge Cemetery, Goshen, Elkhart County, Indiana. Ind. Coll. R 929.5 KEI
Prairie Street Cemetery, Elkhart, Elkhart County, Indiana. Ind. Coll. 929.5 JOH
Rice Cemetery, Elkhart, Elkhart County, Indiana. Ind. Coll. R 929.5 KEI
Sources on Elkhart County History at the Elkhart County Historical Museum, Bristol, Indiana. Ind. Coll. R 929.3 SOU
Violett Cemetery, Goshen, Elkhart County, Indiana. Ind. Coll. R 929.5 KEI
West Goshen Cemetery, Goshen, Elkhart County, Indiana. Ind. Coll. R 929.5 KEI

REFERENCE BOOKS ON SPECIFIC FAMILIES

Ancestors and descendants of Thomas Bays Nelson and Frances Miller. Ind. Coll. R 929.2 MAR
Anna’s family. Christine Cross Finland. Ind. Coll. R 929.2 FIN
Bean-Powers ancestry: also including families named Carter, Clark, Dingfelder, Jones, Lindsay, Newell, Olds, Sisson, Stickney, Swank, Taylor, Tilton, etc. Ind. Coll. R 929.2 BEA
The Berkey book. Ind. Coll. R 929.2 BER
Book of the Wilders (revised): a further contribution to the history of that branch of the Wilders who immigrated to Massachusetts about 1638 by enlargement, extension and correction of Book of the Wilders: a contribution to the history of the Wilders from 1497, in England, to the emigration of Martha, a widow and her family to Massachusetts Bay in 1638, and so, through her family, down to 1875; with a genealogical table showing, as far as may be, their relationships and connections. Ind. Coll. R 929.2 WIL
Bostock line. Ind. Coll. R 929.2 BOS
Briner family history: a genealogy of George Michael Breiner and Anna Catharina Loy, married 1756/7 in Pennsylvania. Ind. Coll. R 929.2 MYE
The Chamberlain-Hascall, Grosh-Ritchie families in direct line, 1598-1991: a journey of new beginnings. Ind. Coll. R 929.2 BEN
Colver family, 1635-1985. Ind. Coll. R 929.2 SMI
Descendants of Abraham Risser and Barbara Schowalter. Ind. Coll. R 929.2 SEL
The descendants of Benedict Miller, 1828-1906 and Rachel Mast, 1827-1906. Ind. Coll. R 929.2 HEE
Descendants of Benjamin B. Miller and Susanna Hochstetler, Mary E. Miller, Mary Knepp, 1847-2003. Ind. Coll. R 929.2 MIL
Descendants of Frederick Swartzendruber 1825-1895 and Sarah Yoder 1829-1867. Ind. Coll. R 929.2 GLI
The descendants of Joseph Moore & Patience Dean, ca. 1780-1850. Ind. Coll. R 929.2 RAR
The descendants of William Salisbury (1622-1675). Ind. Coll. R 929.2 ARC
The Ernsberger family: a history of dates and other interesting facts. Ind. Coll. R 929.2 MOR
The Ezekiel Price family. Ind. Coll. R 929.2 ARC
Family history of Samantha Frame. Ind. Coll. R 929.2 RIC
Family record of Daniel J. Schmucker and his descendants, 1987. Ind. Coll. R 929.2 BOR
The family record of Samuel B. and Lydia (Weirich) Miller. Ind. Coll. R 929.2 HOC
Five generations of the Cripe family in America: … Jacob Cripe (c1745-c1805): progress report. Ind. Coll. R 929.2 KEI
Ganger family genealogy. Ind. Coll. R 929.2 GAN
Genealogy of the Loucks family, beginning with Peter Loucks and Anna Barkey of Harrison Twp-Elk-hart Co-IN and their 12 children to all their known and traceable descendants to date. Ind. Coll. R 929.2 LOU
The Gump family in America, 1732-1983: Johann Georg Gumpp, 1709-1792, Rosina Mack Gumpp, 1705-1769, and allied families: Barndollar, Herchelroth, Martin, May, Stucki-Stuckey, Weller, Williams, Williard, and others. Ind. Coll. R 929.2 GUM
A history and genealogy of David Y. Miller: 1809-1898. Ind. Coll. R 929.2 MIL
Hoover family history. Ind. Coll. R 929.2 HOO
Jacob Isaac Rohrer family: a genealogical work. Ind. Coll. R 929.2 FER
Jonathan and Katie (Miller) Eash family record, 1855-1981. Ind. Coll. R 929.2 HOS
Jonathan P. Smucker, ancestors and descendants. Ind. Coll. R 929.2 SMU
The Kaser family: a history of dates and other interesting facts. Ind. Coll. R 929.2 MOR
King family history. Ind. Coll. R 929.2 HAR
Larimer family. Ind. Coll. R 929.2 WOR
A memorial history of Peter Bitsche: and a complete family register of his lineal descendants and those related to him by intermarriage, from the year 1767 to 1892 chronologically arranged. Ind. Coll. R 929.2 PEA
The Oppenheim family history, 1750-1995. Ind. Coll. R 929.2 OPP
Our ancestors: the descendents of Menno Simon and Mary Alice (Plank) Kenaga. Ind. Coll. R 929.2 MOT
Our Young family. Ind. Coll. R 929.2 YOU
The Pepper tree that grows. Bruce William Pepper. Ind. Coll. R 929.2 PEP
The Phend family: some ancestors and descendants of Jacob and Louisa Fisher Phend. Ind. Coll. R 929.2 WIS
Pippenger and Pittenger families: a genealogical history of the descendants of William Pippenger of New Jersey and allied families. Ind. Coll. R 929.2 PIP
Prough genealogy: descendants of Johann Casper Prough. Ind. Coll. R 929.2 PRO
The Smeltzer story and genealogy. Ind. Coll. R 929.2 SME
The story of a family, Argus & Myrtle Whitehead. Ind. Coll. R 929.2 EBE
A story of the family Tomlinson/Tomlonson: the story our daughter asked us to write. Ind. Coll. R 929.2 TOM
Wagemann family: genealogy and history. Ind. Coll. R 929.2 WAG
Wogoman. Ind. Coll. R 929.2 MOR
Work family history. Ind. Coll. R 929.2 WOR
The Wortingers of America: the descendants of John and Mary Ann Wortinger (1769-1984). Ind. Coll. R 929.2 WOR