Monroe County

• About Monroe County - history and maps

• Map - Monroe County township and range grid system

• Map - Monroe County township names and 1888 schools

• Map - explanation of the federal township and range grid system

• Biographies - - a book fashioned after the traditional county histories which were popular in the late 1800's

• Monroe County Public Library Indiana Room - a facility housing an impressive collection of Monroe County history and Genealogy

• Indiana University Archives

• Indiana University Department of History "has earned its distinguished stature by building a program that has emphasized the international dimension of historical scholarship . . .."

• Alliance of Bloomington Museums

• Farmer House Museum - featuring the Mary Ellen Farmer bequest, a residential museum of Bloomington in the late 19th through early 20th century

• IU Mathers Museum of World Culture

• IU Art Museum

• Wylie House Museum - Built by Andrew Wylie, Indiana University's First President, in 1835, the Wylie House Museum is one of Bloomington's oldest structures and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places

• InGenWeb

• Monroe County RootsWeb List Server Archive

• Raintree County - devoted to Bloomington's Ross Lockridge Jr. and his award-winning 1948 novel of that name

• University High School Alumni

• Monroe County Historic Preservation - for the practice of protecting and preserving sites, structures, and districts

• Monroe County Government Offices

• HoosierNet - links to the Internet resources of Monroe County

• Bloomington Web Guide

Counties Surrounding Monroe

• Bedford Public Library Genealogy

• Brown County Genealogical Society

• Clay County Historical Society

• Clay County INGenWeb

• Greene County INGenWeb

• Lawrence County Historical & Genealogical Society

• Morgan County History & Genealogy Association

• Morgan County Public Library Genealogy Assistant

• Owen County Genealogical Society

• Sweet Owen [County] & Surrounding Areas

Indiana

• Allen County Public Library - one of the foremost genealogy libraries in the U.S.

• The Genealogy Spot

• Indiana On-Line Birth & Death Certificates - All birth certificates for records in the hands of the state can be obtained online or by fax. Death certificates are available only by fax.

• Indiana Cities and Towns - An index of all Indiana villages, cities, towns, townships, counties and post offices.

• Indiana Commission on Public Records

• Indiana Genealogy Society

• Indiana Genealogist - Indiana Genealogy Society quarterly journal

• Hoosier Genealogist - Indiana Historical Society quarterly journal

• Indiana Historical Society

• Indiana State Library

• Granduncle Mark's Genealogy Parlor - presents a number of Monroe County families' genealogies

• 27th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment

• 49th Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Co F

• Civil War Lookup (National Park System)

• Indiana Daughters of the American Revolution

• Indiana Sons of the American Revolution

• Indiana Pioneer Cemeteries Restoration Project

• Society of Indiana Pioneers

U.S. & Other

• Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet - probably the single best starting point for genealogists

• Ancestry.com - one of the best genealogy resources on-line

• HeritageQuest - available free with Monroe County Public Library card

• LDS FamilyHistory.com

• 100 Most Common U.S. Surnames

• National Genealogical Society

• National Archives

• National Veteran's Gravesite Locator

• Social Security Death Index (Ancestry.com)

• U.S. Vital Records Information

• U.S. GenWeb

• Ellis Island Immigration List Search

• Ethnic Genealogy Resources

• Filson Historical Society (Ohio Valley)

• Genealogy for Kids (USGenWeb site)

• Genealogy Forms & Templates

• Library of Congress

• Lilly Library at Indiana University - veritable museum of books, manuscripts, and artifacts relating to books

• Illinois Marriage Index 1763-1900

• Kentucky Vital Records Index

• Middlesex England Parish Records

• Ohio River Valley Families - a large, readily accessible database of settler families within fifty miles of the Ohio River along its length. There are several connections to Monroe County descendants including the Rogers Family

• Photo Dating Tips for Genealogists

• PreservationDirectory.com - links to local history/preservation activities, nation wide

• RootsWeb's Soundex Converter

• Julian Livingston's MicroHistory Investigations

• Genealogy Dictionary

• A Barrel of Genealogy Links

• Ye Olde Genealogie Shoppe

Many of the links and annotations listed here were the work of Julian Livingston