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Genealogy

Discover your roots at the Library! The Monticello-Union Township Public Library provides resources, materials, microfilm, and services to support your interests in researching your family's history. In the each of the categories, we have listed all the materials available for you to review at the library. These materials are not available to leave the library, but you can copy and print from the items. The microfilm machine is available to use and we have provided a listing of the films in our cabinet. Please visit the circulation desk before using the microfilm machine. The Library offers the Ancestry Library Edition database for researching your family history and lists other digital resources to access from home.

One-on-one researching can be requested through the circulation desk or you can access the Ancestry Library Edition on any computer within the library only. It cannot be accessed from home. To set up a one-on-one, please visit the circulation desk or call 574-583-2665 or email

Genealogy Resources

Cemetery Records and Historical Books

Cemetery Records

*All records are for reference only and cannot be checked out or taken out of the library*
  • White County Cemetery Master Index Vol 1 (A-G)
  • White County Cemetery Master Index Vol 1 (G-O)
  • White County Cemetery Master Index Vol 1 (O-Z)
  • 1840 & 1850 Census - White County Indiana
  • 1883 White County Index - Counties Of White And Pulaski, Indiana 1883
  • White County Death Records 1882 - 1898
  • Riverview Cemetery Index - White County Indiana Vol. 1
  • Riverview Cemetery Index - White County Indiana Vol. 2
  • Riverview Cemetery Index - White County Indiana Vol. 3
  • White County Death Records WPA 1882 - 1920
  • Cemetery Records White County Indiana Vol.1 - Cass/Jackson & Lincoln Township
  • Cemetery Records White County Indiana Vol.2 - Monon Township, White County Indiana
  • Cemetery Records White County Indiana Vol.3 - Prarie/Big Creek Township
  • Cemetery Records White County Indiana Vol.4 - Honey Creek, Princeton & West Point Township
  • Cemetery Records White County Indiana Vol.5 - Liberty & Union Township
  • Cemetery Records White County Indiana Vol.6 - Davis/Winegarder/Old Dutch Zion
  • Monticello Herald - Birtch, Death, & Marriage Listings 1870 - 1875, 1886 - 1890, 1891 - 1895
  • Brookston I.O.O.F. Cemetery - Records Of Brookston, White County, Indiana From The Early 1800s To 2005
  • Greenbush Cemetery, Lafayette Indiana, Tippecanoe County

Historical Books

*All Historical Books are for reference only and cannot be checked out or taken out of the library*
  • Biographical History of Tippecanoe, White, Jasper, Newton, Benton, Warren, and Pulaski counties, Indiana Vol. 1 (1899)
  • Biographical History of Tippecanoe, White, Jasper, Newton, Benton, Warren, and Pulaski counties, Indiana Vol. 2 (1899)
  • Family Maps of White County, Indiana Deluxe Edition with Homesteads, Roads, Waterways, Towns, Cemeteries, Railroads, and More (2010)
  • Counties of White and Pulaski, Indiana. Biographical and Historical, Illustrated (1883) *several copies are available including a bicentennial edition
  • A standard history of white county, Indiana vol.1, illustrated (1915)
  • A standard history of white county, Indiana vol.2, illustrated (1915)
  • Images of America: Monticello (2007)
  • White County, Indiana index of persons and firms (1983)
  • White County Interim Report, Indiana Historic Sites and Structures Inventory (1994)
Microfilm
Here is an inventory of the microfilm available at the library.  There is a microfilm machine provided for you to browse the film and either print or download the copy.  Fees apply for copies made.

Census Records

  • 1840 Census Wells, White and Whitley Counties
  • 1900 Census Wells, White and Whitley
  • 1920 Census (Federal) Indiana Wells & White County

Local Newspapers

  • Prairie Chieftain Newspaper
    • September 17, 1850 – December 23, 1854 Prairie Chieftain
  • White County Democrat Newspaper
    • March 1858--Mar.1862 White County Democrat
    • 1890—1955 White County Democrat
  • Monticello Spectator Newspaper
    • March 12, 1859 – January 17, 1862 Monticello Spectator
  • Monticello Herald Newspaper
    • July 7, 1870 – December 21, 1916 Monticello Herald
    • 1918 Monticello Herald
    • January 1922-July 13, 1939 Monticello Herald
  • Idaville Observer Newspaper
    • June 9, 1886 – September 26, 1888 Idaville Observer
    • 1904-1912 Idaville Observer
  • Monon News Newspaper
    • 1902—1920 Monon News
  • The Reynolds Newspaper
    • 1913 The Reynolds Journal
  • The Burnettsville Times Newspaper
    • November 1913-December 1943 The Burnettsville Times
  • The Monticello Evening Journal
    • February 26, 1913 – August 26, 1929 Monticello Evening Journal
    • Jul. 18, 1921--March 10, 1922 Monticello Evening Journal
    • August 17, 1929 – December 31, 1938 Monticello Evening Journal
  • White County Times Newspaper
    • 1956-March 1966 White County Times
  • Monticello Herald Journal
    • July 1939 – June 1951 Monticello Herald Journal
    • July 1957 – April 1962 Monticello Herald Journal
    • May 1962 – April 1972 Monticello Herald Journal
    • May 1972-April 1979 Monticello Herald Journal
    • May 1979-December 1989 Monticello Herald Journal
    • January 1990 - December 2002 Monticello Herald Journal
    • 2003 - 2017 Monticello Herald Journal
  • Delphi Sun
    • July 1991 - December 1991 Delphi Sun

U.S. Armed Services Records

  • Index to compiled service records of volunteer union soldiers who served in organizations from the state of Indiana A-Z
  • Compiled service records of soldiers who served in the American Army during the Revolutionary War A-Z
  • Muster Rolls and payrolls of militia and regular army organizations in the Battle of Tippecanoe, Nov. 1811
  • 9th district Indiana Militia Enrollment Records Civil War includes counties: Fulton, Lake, LaPorte, Miami, Benton, Cass, Porter, Jasper, Pulaski, Stark, Marshall, St. Joseph, Marshall, and White

Works Progress Administration

  • W.P.A. Wells and White County

Online Research

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Resource for census data, records on birth, marriage and death.  Access is only available at the library.



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Online newspaper archive providing access to searchable news articles for genealogy information. The Indiana State Library database, Inspire, provides access to Indiana newspapers through their subscription on Newspapers.com.

The Monticello Public Library has digitized our newspapers from the 1870s to 1960s and are available for access and research within the library by following this link.


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A free genealogy resource for discovering records about your ancestors.  The library is an affiliate center for FamilySearch.



To learn about all of the genealogy resources available.  Click here and select 'Genealogy' from the filter category dropdown menu.
School Yearbooks

Roosevelt High School

1942, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1961, 1962

Roosevelt Middle School

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Twin Lakes High School

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