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GENEALOGY AND LOCAL HISTORY

The mission of the P.H. Sullivan Museum and Genealogy Library is to increase the appreciation, awareness and understanding of the history and culture of Boone County and Indiana. To accomplish this mission the library works to collect, preserve and make available genealogical resources to aid those who are exploring their roots in Boone County and beyond.

Our library currently holds approximately 5000 volumes, as well as microfilm, microfiche and computer files to aid you in your genealogy research. It is one of the largest collections housed in a privately funded genealogy library in the region.

For inquiries about research requests or other library services, please see the section on Research Policies & Fees near the end of this page.

Highlights of our collection include:

Computer Database Subscriptions

Footnote.com
Some documents on Footnote.com 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. You can download sharp images of documents to your USB flash drive at no cost, or have documents printed for $.25 per copy.

Boone County Resources

Atlases and Maps
Cemetery Records
City Directories
Census Records (1830-1920)
Family Records: 200+ Family Histories, 350+ Family Files
Newspapers on Microfilm (Lebanon and Zionsville)
Obituary and News-Item Files (over 60,000 records)
Phonebooks
Photos and histories of businesses, churches, families, parks, residences, schools, and service organizations (with a focus on Eagle Township)
School Yearbooks
WPA Indexes: Birth Records (1882-1920), Death Records (1882-1920), Marriage Records (1844-1920)

Indiana

Bible records
County Histories and Reference Materials
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
Federal census databases from 1850-1900 (except 1890)

Genealogy Library Research Policies and Fees:

Reference assistance is available at the SullivanMunce Cultural Center on Tuesdays and Thursdays. If you are planning on visiting the SullivanMunce Cultural Center genealogy library and would like reference assistance, we suggest that you call ahead to make an appointment, as library staff hours may vary.

Patrons who visit the genealogy library in person, can make photocopies for $.25 per page and microfilm copies for $.50 per page.

Digital scans of may be obtained at the charge of $5.00 per scan.

Due to their fragile nature, we may be unable to photocopy or scan some of the items in our collection. This will allow us to preserve these fragile items to the best of our ability for researchers in the future.

Reference requests may also be made via letter, telephone, or e-mail. Our mailing address and phone number and be found here.

The following fees will apply to reference requests made via letter, telephone, or email:

Obituary Searches:

Microfilm copies of Zionsville and Lebanon newspapers can be searched for obituaries.

If the exact date of death is provided, we charge $1.00 per search, plus photocopy fees (see below). If the exact date of death is not known, the request will be considered a research request and research fees will apply (see below).

We ask that you limit your obituary requests to 10 per month.

Photocopies:

1-10 copies     $3.00

11-20 copies     $5.00

21-30 copies     $10.00

$5.00 for each additional 10 copies

Digital Scans:
$5.00 per scan

Research Fees:

For requests requiring extensive research, which we define as research that requires searching multiple sources and/or requires more than 15 minutes to complete, there is a $15.00 fee (plus any copy charges). Research time will be limited to one hour.

For all fees, you will be invoiced for the amount owed once the research is complete.

Publications

Two books of local interest are available for purchase from the SullivanMunce Cultural Center:

Rails to Trails: 150 Years of Zionsville, Indiana History by local author and historian Joan Praed Lyons

Boone County Interim Report of Historic Sites and Structures

For more information on how to purchase these books, click here.

Genealogy and Local History Links

For helpful links, click here.