Research Resources

The following links provide resources that may assist you in your genealogy and family history research.

Lake County Research Resources

• Government Books of Lake County, Indiana

• Census Data - Lake County, Indiana

• General Land Office Records

• Canal Land Records

• Emerson High School, Class of 1965

• Lake County - US GenWeb (extensive genealogy information)

• Lake County Message/Query Board (hosted by Ancestry.com)

• Lake County Message/Query Board (hosted by Genealogy.com)

• Lake County Historical Museum

• Crown Point History

• Dyer Historical Society

• Gary Historical and Cultural Society

• Griffith Historical Society

• Griffith History

• Hammond City History

• Hammond Historical Society

• Hobart History

• Lowell History

• Marktown Historic District (East Chicago)

• Munster Historical Society

• Whiting-Robertsdale Historical Society

• Post-Tribune (newspaper)

Porter County Research Resources

• Government Books of Porter County, Indiana

• Census Data -  Porter County, Indiana

• General Land Office Records

• Canal Land Records

• Porter County Obituaries Index for Vidette-Messenger/Vidette-Times, 1938-2006

• Porter County Marriage Index, 1921-August 1939

• Porter County - US GenWeb (extensive genealogy information)

• Porter County Message/Query Board (hosted by Ancestry.com)

• Porter County Message/Query Board (hosted by Genealogy.com)

• Historical Society of Ogden Dunes

• Historical Society of Porter County/Porter County Museum

• Duneland Historical Society

• North Porter County History (published by the Chesterton Tribune)

• Portage Community Historical Society

• Westchester Township History Museum

• Chesterton Tribune (newspaper)

Northwest Indiana Research Resources

• Calumet Regional Archives

• Libraries with Genealogy Information in Northwest Indiana and Chicagoland

• Indexed Obituary Sources for Lake and Porter Counties

• Shore Line Interurban Historical Society

• Kankakee Valley Historical Society

• Kankakee River History

• The Northwest Indiana Times (newspaper)

• Save the Dunes Council

General Research Resources

• Indiana Commission on Public Records - State Archives

• Indiana Genealogical Society

• Indiana Historic Architecture

• Indiana Historical Society

• Indiana State Library

• Allen County (Indiana) Public Library - Historical Genealogy

• Great Lakes Shipwreck File: 1679-1999

• Ancestry.com (large number of databases - subscription access)

• Genealogy.com (large number of databases - subscription access)

• Rootsweb.com (large number of databases - free access)

• Social Security Death Index (hosted by Rootsweb.com)

• Society of Indiana Pioneers

• Beginner's Genealogy (NWIGS workshop notes)

• Genealogy of the Net (NWIGS workshop notes)