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Indexes to Research Library Resources
History Center Catalog (Search the library’s collection. Does not include county records.)
African American Surname Index for “Among Colored People” (c. 1855- 1940)
Archival Collection Finding Aids
Church Index c. 1818-1900
Election Book Index 1890-2022
Lake Monroe Oral History Project
Land Records
- Deed Records Index (c. 1811-January 1926)
- Land Patent (Vincennes Sales) Index (c. 1801-1877)
Marriage Records
Probate Index (c. 1818-1960)
Rosehill and White Oak Cemetery Index 1818-2018
Maps:
1818 Bloomington Town Plat
1856 Monroe County Plat (Free Digital Download)
1895 Monroe County Plat: NW Quarter, SW Quarter, NE Quarter, SE Quarter
1920 Monroe County Plat: Bean Blossom, Benton, Bloomington, Clear Creek, Indian Creek, Perry, Polk, Richland, Salt Ceek, Van Buren, Washington
1932 Monroe County Plat: Bean Blossom, Benton, Bloomington, Clear Creek, Indian Creek, Perry, Polk, Richland, Salt Creek, Van Buren, Washington
Digital Editions of Monroe County Works:
Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana: Historical and Biographical
1884
Charles, Blanchard, Editor
via HathiTrust
History of Lawrence and Monroe counties, Indiana: their people, industries, and institutions
1914
B.F. Bowen
via Internet Archive
Links We Like:
Monroe County Public Library Catalog
Monroe County Public Library Obituary Index