Genealogical information from 1.2 billion+ records in 3,000+ databases, including U.S. Federal Census since 1790, American Genealogical Biographical Index, and Passenger and Immigration Lists Index.

Photographs, letters, newspaper articles, and limestone industry archives related to Matthews Brothers Stone Company, an Ellettsville (Ind.) limestone quarry operating 1862–1978. Digital collection also includes photos from other limestone companies and artists.

Monroe County newspapers 1869–1932. Searchable by keyword. Part of the Indiana State Library's Digital Historic Newspaper Program.

A finding aid for holdings in the Indiana Room. Includes county history, public records, coroner's reports, oral histories, and vertical file.

The authoritative and popular index of our county's historical and curiously interesting events. A partnership between the Library, Monroe County History Center, and IU Archives.

A digital collection of Smithville's history from 1897 - 1915.

List of those honored by the Alexander Memorial on the courthouse lawn: Monroe County veterans of the Mexican War, Spanish-American War, Civil War, and World War I. Also includes Revolutionary Patriots buried in Monroe County.

Digitized version of the 1922 volume compiled by Forest M. Hall. From the cover: "True tales of deeds with interesting data in the life of Bloomington, Indiana university and Monroe County." Published by Indiana University Press.

The Genealogy Collection at the Indiana State Library has developed over time to become of the largest and most respected collections of family history information in the Midwest. The collection includes over 40,000 printed items (family histories, indexes to records, how-to books, cemetery transcriptions, family history magazines, etc.) as well as microfilmed federal census records, Indiana county records, passenger lists, and military pension information.  The collection includes hundreds of CDs with family history information.  The emphasis of the collection is on Indiana and bordering states, as well as eastern and southern states.

Covers 1895 - 1935 in PDF. See also Monroe County Coroner Inquests 1888 - 1973.

Website of the History Center, located in Bloomington. Documents, photos, artifacts, records, and many other items of local significance held at MCHC indexed here.

List of newspapers on microfilm held in the Indiana Room. Also see The Smithville News, Bloomington News-Letter and Indiana State Library's Hoosier State Chronicles.

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