Indiana Genealogy Site

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Hello and welcome to a journey into Indiana's wild and wonderful past! My name is Diane Siniard and I will be your guide through this wonderous journey into finding information on your ancestors. So sit back grab a cup of coffee or tea and lets explore Indiana together!

Indiana History
Let's stop here to visit Indiana's past and learn a little about her history!

State Symbols State Capital: Indianapolis, Indiana State Motto: "The Crossroads of America" State Song: "On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away" State Flower: Peony State Bird: Cardinal State Tree: Tulip tree State Gemstone: Garnet Nickname: Hoosier State

Here is a spot where you can search for any information that we have. A great place to start if you are just ready to dive into our pages!

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U. S. Town/County Database (Locations)

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County Listings
This is where you can find all of Indiana's great counties to explore where your ancestors lived and go into a greater in depth journey. Have fun!

Want to Volunteer?
Don't you want to join me on this fantastic journey of helping others find their ancestors? If so this is the perfect page to go to find out how!

Maps
Maps, this is the greatest tool of all, you can trace the steps your ancestors took on their journeys to find that "perfect" spot to call home!

Census Records
Ah, the census records, most people thought that the census enumerators were tax collectors so they hid from them. Journey into our census records to find out why...

Counties & Couty Seats
Here you can find those elusive county seats and when they were established

Timeline
These timelines will show you various points in Indiana's history, take the tour and see what you can learn from this journey into the past

Chronological History of Indiana

State Wide Information
These page has lots and lots of books for you to read and/or download on a lot of Indiana's past on a lot of subjects. Take a look see and get lost in one of them!

Governors
Oh the governors, what would we do without them? This list even has the territory governors!

Executions
I just had to include the executions. This list goes back to 1814!

Executions
This list is almost like the other it covers the time span of 1900-2007

List of battles fought in Indiana
Now this list isn't complete but Indiana sure enough liked to fight to protect her territory! Take a peek and see!

Anthony Wayne Flag
Now this is a great story to read about this flag! It is also called the Greenville Treaty Flag

The Treaty of Greenville 1795
This is the treaty the Indians signed with the US in an agreement to keep peace in Greenville. This ties in with the story of the flag above.

Listing of FREE online newspapers in Indiana
Yes, you read that right! a listing of FREE online newspapers for you to use in your researches! Happy Hunting!

List of the oldest courthouses in the United States
Take a journey with me to find out where the oldest courthouse in the US is....do you know?

National Archives and Records Administration
The National Archives, holds almost all of the records in the US. I always suggest start looking for records in the county first, much cheaper!

National Archives and Records Administration
This is where you can get Military records, again start in the county, although here you can get copies of the records if you are next of kin free as well as their medals!

Helpful Links
Here are some extremely helpful links for you to use in your research! If you know of some I might have missed, drop me a line and send them to me so I can get them added.

Famous Hoosiers
Ah, the famous ones, whatwould we do with out them? Well, no books no sports, no Sunday races for staters, be kind of a boring life wouldn't it? We shall definitely keep our famous Hossiers!

Lost Souls Genealogy Project

Indiana State Mailing List

Time to visit the neighbors and Special Projects as well as the Mother Project!

Lost Souls Genealogy Project

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Indiana Site last updated--Wednesday September 14, 2011 13:05 EST

Links last updated-- Sunday, 26-September-2010 00:11 EST
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