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==Description of Collections== | ==Description of Collections== | ||
* '''Atlases/Landowner Plat Books''' for Dearborn County (1860, 1875, 1899 atlases; several plat books 1940s to present day). Early atlases of Hamilton County, OH, Ohio and Switzerland Counties, IN and Campbell and Boone Counties, KY. | * '''Atlases/Landowner Plat Books''' for Dearborn County (1860, 1875, 1899 atlases; several plat books 1940s to present day). Early atlases of Hamilton County, OH, Ohio and Switzerland Counties, IN and Campbell and Boone Counties, KY. | ||
| − | * '''Church and Cemetery Records''' for Dearborn County, Indiana. | + | * '''Birth/Baptism Records''' incomplete; Health Department has 1882 to present day. |
| − | * '''Family History Files and Genealogies''' published and donated | + | * '''Business and City Directories''' (phone books and precursors to them from 1846 to present; some years missing). |
| + | * '''Cemetery Records''' Also check FindAGrave at https://www.findagrave.com/ | ||
| + | * '''Church and Church Cemetery Records''' for Dearborn County, Indiana. | ||
| + | * '''Dearborn County Cemetery Locations''' link to the Dearborn County Surveyor's Office. Click the "Cemetery" box on the left drop-down menu. Click on the township location. | ||
| + | * '''Dearborn County Fair Programs''' containing business advertisements are at the Lawrenceburg location. | ||
| + | * '''Divorce''' (incomplete) | ||
| + | * '''Family History Files and Genealogies''' published books and donated files. (''please see the Lawrenceburg Public Library District website for a list'' and check the catalog for publications.) | ||
| + | * '''Funeral Home Records''' | ||
* '''High School Yearbooks''' for Lawrenceburg from 1914 to present (some years missing). | * '''High School Yearbooks''' for Lawrenceburg from 1914 to present (some years missing). | ||
* '''Histories''' - Church histories, city, township, and county histories for areas surrounding Dearborn County. Eastern states histories and biographies. ''Please see the Lawrenceburg Public Library District website for catalog listing.'' | * '''Histories''' - Church histories, city, township, and county histories for areas surrounding Dearborn County. Eastern states histories and biographies. ''Please see the Lawrenceburg Public Library District website for catalog listing.'' | ||
* '''Directories''' and Telephone Books of Lawrenceburg and Aurora beginning in 1859. | * '''Directories''' and Telephone Books of Lawrenceburg and Aurora beginning in 1859. | ||
| + | * '''Lawrenceburg Mayor Biographies''' | ||
* '''Local historical files''', including businesses, churches, homes, schools, events, and floods. | * '''Local historical files''', including businesses, churches, homes, schools, events, and floods. | ||
* '''Marriage Records''' - Indexes | * '''Marriage Records''' - Indexes | ||
* '''Military''' including Revolutionary War soldiers buried in Dearborn County, Civil War Regimental Histories, Pictorial History of World War II. | * '''Military''' including Revolutionary War soldiers buried in Dearborn County, Civil War Regimental Histories, Pictorial History of World War II. | ||
| − | * '''Naturalization Records''' Indexes | + | * '''Naturalization Records''' Indexes 1838-1905. |
| − | * '''Newspapers''' on microfilm, | + | * '''Newspapers''' on microfilm, 1830s to 2017. 2011 to 2017 digitized Register and Press in the Genealogy and Family History room only. |
| − | * '''Obituaries''' online and hard copies. | + | * '''Obituaries''' online and hard copies, available at the library or offsite with a library card. |
| − | * '''Periodicals''', including Indiana Historical Society and Family Tree Magazine. | + | * '''Periodicals''', including Indiana Historical Society publications and Family Tree Magazine. |
| + | * '''Probate Index''' | ||
| + | * '''Sanborn Insurance Maps''' for the town of Lawrenceburg, 1881-1922. | ||
* '''Vital records''' for Hamilton County, OH and Boone County, KY, including marriage, death, cemetery, and church records, local histories and biographies. | * '''Vital records''' for Hamilton County, OH and Boone County, KY, including marriage, death, cemetery, and church records, local histories and biographies. | ||
| + | * '''Yearbooks for East Central High School, North Dearborn, Bright and Guilford''' are at the North Dearborn Branch. | ||
| + | * '''Yearbooks for Lawrenceburg High School''' beginning in 1914 (some years missing) are at the main Lawrenceburg Library. | ||
| + | * '''Yearbooks for Lawrenceburg City School''' 1963-1964 and 1967-1968 are at the Lawrenceburg Library. | ||
| + | * '''Yearbooks for Lawrenceburg Junior High School and Central Jr. High School''' 1966-1967 and 1968-1969 are at the Lawrenceburg Library | ||
==Services== | ==Services== | ||
Revision as of 08:48, 15 August 2019
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History[edit | edit source]A Brief History of Dearborn County By Chris McHenry Hundreds of years before white settlers approached Dearborn County, a mysterious group of Native Americans lived in a hilltop fortress covering about 12 acres of land. Early explorers sailed past on the Ohio River, including Celeron, a French Canadian who reportedly buried a lead plate claiming the land for France near the mouth of the Miami River. George Rogers Clark and explorers from Virginia and Pennsylvania passed by on their way up or down the Ohio River, but none made permanent settlements. Less than ten years after the end of the Revolutionary War, new settlers began taking up land in Dearborn. The Federal Government did not begin land sales until after 1800. Among the first settlers were at least 50 to 75 veterans of the Revolutionary War. In 1802 Army Captain Samuel Colville Vance bought the land on which Lawrenceburg now stands and founded a town. At that point, Lawrenceburg was part of Hamilton County, Ohio. Settlers first built homes near the river, gradually working their way up the Whitewater, Tanners Creek, Hogan Creek and Laughery. Six hundred and sixteen men over 21 were counted in 1807, but a few years later, families began fleeing to Kentucky when Indians joined with the British in the War of 1812. With the arrival of the 1830s and 1840s came several waves of German immigrants. Catholic immigrants tended to settle in the northeastern part of the county, while Lutherans gravitated toward the southwestern part of the area. By 1830, opposition to slavery was increasing and anti-slavery societies were being formed. One of the earliest in Indiana was at East Fork Methodist Church, founded, and mostly attended, by hardy English immigrants. Because of its location right across the Ohio River from Kentucky, Dearborn County was a logical place for escaping slaves on their way to Canada. In 1862, young men of Dearborn County rushed to volunteer. So many of them in fact, that one whole company led by Aurora Mayor Frederick Slater, arrived in Indianapolis after the quota for that call had been filled. Not one to waste manpower, governor Morton sent them to help fill out the Kentucky ranks, and served throughout the Civil War as part of the 11th Kentucky Regiment. Dearborn County men, both black and white, fought in every major battle of the war, including those along the rivers. In the 1830's, the Whitewater Canal had been built, opening up the interior of Indiana to the possibility of shipping to Lawrenceburg and the Ohio River. Its usefulness was short lived. Spring floods washed out the banks over and over and eventually the Canal, and almost the State of Indiana, went bust. In the 1850's, two railroads were built through Dearborn County. One went from Lawrenceburg northwest through Guilford to Indianapolis, and the other came west from Cincinnati, through Aurora, and through Milan and on to St. Louis. Dearborn County's young men marched off to battle in the Spanish-American War and again in World War I. When the survivors came marching home again, they found a booming economy. For the complete article, please refer to https://www.lpld.lib.in.us/briefhistory Tips for Your Visit[edit | edit source]
Additional Repositories[edit | edit source]Lawrenceburg Public Library is conveniently located near the following repositories:
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