The Indiana Genealogical Society welcomes your participation in these ongoing projects:
Marriage Indexing Project |
Once A Hoosier... |
...Always A Hoosier |
Cemetery Project |
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The Indiana Genealogical Society and the Genealogical Society of Utah (representing the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) are working together to create a statewide marriage index that begins with each county's earliest records and goes up to 1957. When finished, the index will be put online as a free searchable database, accessible to all.
Indexers work from home and at their own pace. Once they are signed up with the project, they can login to the indexing site (www.familysearchindexing.org) with their username and password, and download a batch of marriage records, which take just 30-45 minutes to index. If you have...
...you can help!Visit the Indiana Marriage Indexing Project page to sign up, or if you would like to see some screenshots of the indexing software. |
Volumes I and II of "Once A Hoosier..." are available for purchase at Shop IGS. The Indiana Genealogical Society is currently compiling Volume III of its "Once a Hoosier..." Project. Once A Hoosier records the migrations of people who:
If your ancestor meets all these criteria, we'd love to hear more about them. To contribute, simply fill out the "Once A Hoosier" submission form (PDF format). You may include a photo of the subject (electronic or a good photocopy). Contact the "Once A Hoosier..." Project: |
The Indiana Genealogical Society is now accepting submissions for its "...Always A Hoosier" Project. Always A Hoosier is a companion to Once A Hoosier and records information on people who:
If your ancestor meets these criteria, we'd love to hear more about them. Some corroborating evidence of their Indiana burial is required--examples of such evidence include: a photo of their tombstone; an obituary that states their place of burial; an interment record; or a published index of the cemetery. To contribute, simply fill out the "Always A Hoosier" submission form (PDF format) You may include a photo of your ancestor (electronic or a good photocopy). Contact the "Always A Hoosier" Project: |
The first three volumes of the Cemetery Project (containing 23, 30 and 22 counties, respectively) are available for purchase at Shop IGS. The Indiana Genealogical Society's Cemetery Survey Project aims to compile and publish driving directions to all the cemeteries in Indiana. Purpose: Since cemeteries can be the earliest "vital records" of a state, they are extremely important to the genealogical researcher. Many times it is difficult for the researcher to locate the cemetery of their ancestor even when they know where they lived and sometimes even the name of the cemetery. The purpose of this project is to provide informed access to the locations of all Indiana cemeteries, public and private. Another purpose or side benefit of this survey is to bring to the attention of the caretakers and public officials the need for preservation of the cemeteries under their care and supervision. It is not the purpose of this survey to disrupt the operation of any existing cemetery or to cause inconvenience to any private individual or group. Scope: The project will entail the identification of all cemeteries, past and present, in the State of Indiana. Information on cemeteries is obtained in a variety of ways: submissions by people in the counties, checking the file cabinets and books at the Indiana State Library or local libraries, checking topographic maps and county maps, checking county and genealogical and cemetery web sites. This project is to identify where a cemetery or burial ground is, or was, located. It will not include listings of who is buried in each cemetery. End Products: The Department of Natural Resources will create a computerized database of the locations of all Indiana cemeteries. IGS will publish a book listing driving directions to all Indiana cemeteries. Information on where one can find published records for that cemetery will be included when that information is known. For actual transcriptions of cemeteries, check with a genealogical society, historical society, or public library in your county of interest. These addresses can point you to a site which may have cemeteries listed:
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