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La Porte County Historical Society 
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Genealogical / Historical Resources VETERAN GRAVE REGISTRATIONS: Card file of information about all veterans buried in the county. Each card contains individual veteran records, including family and military service information as available, and name of the cemetery where buried. FAMILY HISTORIES: bound and manuscript: Donated family history files may contain obituaries, family group sheets, photographs, and legal documents. Some of the collection is in file folders, and some is in book form and shelved in the research area. This collection is expanding with current donations.
DIRECTORIES: Earliest La Porte city directory is 1859, and collection is considerable through current years for La Porte and the county. A few in collection for Michigan City. Earliest telephone directory is for the year 1930. PHOTOGRAPHS: Extensive collection of photographs of historical and genealogical interest such as buildings, schools, school groups, churches, houses, industries, individuals, retail stores, and much more. Most have been identified. Copies available for nominal fee. NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS: Private collection donated to the Society is topically arranged covering a broad spectrum of categories including agriculture, archaeology, biography, cemeteries, chronology, commerce, inventions, lakes, libraries, music, newspapers, schools, social clubs and lodges, townships, veterans, weather, and others. This collection enhances the Society's files which include these and other topics. LA PORTE COUNTY CENSUS INDICES: 1840, 1850 abstraction in book form, 1860, 1870 and 1880. LA PORTE COUNTY MARRIAGE RECORD INDICES: 1832-1850 (DAR), LA PORTE COUNTY BIRTH & DEATH RECORD INDICES: 1882-1920 (WPA), Michigan City 1882-1920 (WPA) HISTORIES:
History of the Lake and Calumet Region of Indiana, Counties of Lake, Porter, and La Porte, Vol.1 & 11, Cannon, etc. History of La Porte County, 1880, Chas. C. Chapman 20th Century History and Biographical Record of La Porte County, 1904, Rev. E. D. Daniels Pictorial & Biographical Record of La Porte, Porter, Lake & Starke Counties, 1894, Goodspeed La Porte County, Indiana and Its Townships, Towns, and Cities, 1872, Packard La Porte, Indiana: First 100 Years, 1832-1932, Centennial Edition The Portable La Porte County, CETA Michigan City Illustrated, 1900, Evening News Michigan City's First 100 Years, Munger The Life of a Town, Michigan City, Indiana, Nicewarner History of Michigan City, Oglesbee & Hale La Porte Today, 1904, La Porte Prtg. Co. La Porte Now and Then, 1832-1982, Sesquicentennial Edition Michigan City: First 100 Years, 1833-1983, Michigan City News-Dispatch Inventory of the County Archives, 1939, WPA Centennial and sesquicentennial books of La Porte County towns villages and townships of Stillwell, Wanatah, Westville, Lincoln Twp., La Porte, La Crosse, Hanna, Noble Town. and Union Twp. SCHOOL RECORDS: Photographs of schools and school groups, historical data, graduation announcements, teacher license and contract ledgers, county school yearbooks, complete collection of La Porte High School yearbooks (El-Pe), abstractions of enumerations (1840s), La Porte High School Alumnus Directory 1869-1947, small collection of Michigan City High School yearbooks (Elstonian). OBITUARY FILE: Mostly from La Porte Herald-Argus mid-1930s to current. Indices 1989 through current. Michigan City News-Dispatch indices 1992 through current. DAR LINEAGE BOOKS: Nos. 10-125, indices to volumes 1-120. INFORMATION FILES: Topical files on such subjects as banks, houses & buildings, business & industry, doctors and hospitals, lakes, politics, riverboat casino, schools, theater, transportation, etc. CEMETERY INFORMATION: Maps of locations, Pioneer Cemetery Assn., records of burials in La Porte County cemeteries, history. MAPS / ATLASES / PLAT BOOKS:
1889 City of La Porte Reproduction Map Atlases of La Porte County 1874 (indexed), 1892, 1907 and 1921 Plat books, 1862 (indexed), 1935, 1949, 1951, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1988. Sanbom Fire Insurance maps (La Porte 1889 & 1901--Michigan City 1884) maps of trails, railroad, post offices, first survey of county, mills and cemeteries. First Book of Intentions (1854-1856), Intentions (1856-1858), Intentions (1858-1870), Intentions (1870-1876), Intentions (1876-1884), Intentions (1884-1894), Intentions (1894-1906), Intentions (1908-1910), First Book of Second Papers (1854-1858), Second Papers (1888-1903) SURNAME INDEX FILE: Card file of family names being researched, including all names contained in applications of the La Porte County (IN) Genealogical Society's project "First Families of La Porte County." This file continues to grow as researchers include their names of interest and the First Family membership increases. LA PORTE COUNTY MISCELLANEOUS (all indexed):
Our Heritage; Souvenir of Police & Fire Departments of Michigan City, Indiana Roll Call Book of Westville School La Porte Fire Department History Impressions of La Porte, Indiana, 1893 The City of Maples Leaves from the City of Maples La Porte County Churches Old Mills of La Porte County Did You Know? Pictorial La Porte: Homecoming 1929 La Porte, Indiana, and Its Lakes Northern Indiana--La Porte and Vicinity Cruise of the (Michigan City) Zoo Board Washington Park (La Porte) Political History of La Porte Michigan City Fire Department Lake Shore Outlook Pioneer La Porte County Old Settlers, 1869-1894.
Grand Army of Republic records "List of Hero Dead of La Porte County, Indiana" Gold Star Honor Roll, 1914-1918 WWII "In Service." Photograph clippings (from La Porte Herald-Argus) indexed
RUMELY AND ALLIS-CHALMERS ARCHIVE A collection of thousands of original factory drawings for individual parts that went into the manufacture of Rumely products, especially threshing machines. Three file cabinets of other drawings, factory brochures, parts catalogs, factory photographs, employee publications, etc. for both Rumely and Allis-Chalmers. Click here or the photograph below for more information.
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