Genealogy at the SullivanMunce Cultural Center

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The Sullivan Room of the library boasts the largest selection of reference material and community archival material in Boone County. In addition, the 4,000 volumes gracing its shelves are one of the largest collections housed in a privately funded genealogy library in the region. It is an inviting space where one can spend an hour or a day perusing the open stacks, then reading or researching in the Lecture Room across the hall. Research assistance is available from a professional librarian and genealogist and trained volunteers. For inquiries about research requests or other library services, please contact the Library at 317.873.4900 or email Mary Kraeszig.

Book Sale - July 19
The Sullivan Library will hold a book sale on Saturday, July 19, 2008, from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Antiquarian and used books include older editions of fiction by Indiana authors, plus some nonfiction and contemporary fiction titles. Local author and historian Joan Lyons will be available from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. to sign copies of her book Rails to Trails: 150 Years of Zionsville, Indiana, History, which will be for sale by the Museum Guild. Copies of the Boone County Interim Report documenting local historic sites and structures (including many photographs) will also be available for purchase. Proceeds from the book sale will be used to support the genealogy library.

Footnote.com Database Debut
The Sullivan Library recently acquired a new public computer, purchased through the generosity of the Sullivan Museum Guild. The SullivanMunce Cultural Center has also purchased an institutional subscription to Footnote.com which may be accessed at this public computer workstation. This database is a treasure trove of historical, genealogical, and military documents digitized from the National Archives. More documents are added every day to this growing database. Some documents are freely downloadable by home users, but most are pay-as-you-go or require a subscription. At the Sullivan Library, you may use the entire database free of charge, download sharp images of documents to your USB flash drive free, or have documents printed for 25 cents per copy. At this time, the Sullivan Library is the only library in Boone County offering access to this database.

Our collection includes the following:

Eagle Township

Photos and histories of businesses, churches, families, parks, residences, schools, service organizations, transportation

Boone County
185 local family histories
350 family files
60,000 surname file
Birth, death, marriage and cemetery records
Census for 1830 - 1920
Map and plat maps
Newspapers on microfilm (mid 1850's to present)
Wills

Indiana
Bible records
County reference material
Early land records
Quaker records

United States
Lineage organizations - Colonial Clergy, Colonial
      Dames, DAR, Mayflower, SAR, Society
       of Indiana Pioneers
Military records - Colonial period, Revolutionary
      War, War of 1812, Civil War
Quaker records
State reference material highlighting migration
      states from the east coast