Indiana, United States Genealogy

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Among the major tribes that lived in what is now Indiana were the 'Delaware, Kickapoo, Miami, Mound Builders, Piankashaw, Potawatomi, Shawnee, and Wea'. After 1794, treaties were made that opened up large areas of land for settlement. At the Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811, the Indians were defeated, and white settlements then proceeded at an increased rate. By the 1840s, most of the Indians had moved westward to other lands, either voluntarily or by force. Read more...

Did You Know?

 * In the 1859 time frame, a train arrived in Hamilton County carrying orphans from the New York area to the western rural area. This train dropped off 27 orphans that day in Hamilton County, Indiana. Those 27 orphans were part of the 200,000 children from New York and Boston area that were sent west between 1853 and 1930. A large number of these children ended up in Indiana. Read more...
 * The United Brethren Historical Center, housed by the Huntingdon University, maintains an obituary, wedding and biography file. The obituary file can be searched online. The Center offers research services.
 * The Allen County Public Library, located in Fort Wayne, Indiana, has the largest public genealogy collection in the United States. There is a two-part video tour of the Genealogy Center in the library on YouTube:


 * 1) Allen County Library Genealogy Center video tour, part 1
 * 2) Allen County Library Genealogy Center video tour, part 2