Find hard copies of these items in the Genealogy Room at Merrillville Branch.
( I ) indicates this item is found in the Indiana Room
Census Soundex for Indiana
1880, 1900 and 1920
Index to Lake County Census (in binders)
1840, 1850, 1860 and 1870 ( I )
Indiana Census on Microfilm
1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930
Indiana Census Indexes (books)
1807, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870 (US Index 1810) ( I )
Microfilm (Connecticut through Vermont)
1790 United States Census
Index to Lake County Census (in binders)
1840, 1850, 1860 and 1870 ( I )
Ancestry® Library Edition -Available only at LCPL locations- View Tutorial
HeritageQuest Online -Available anywhere-
Indiana County Histories w/index in binders
School Enumeration Districts 1830-1950, 1900, 1910 and 1920
WPA Records (County Indexes) All Indiana Counties that were done by WPA (years vary)
Indexes to WPA Records Lake County 1850-1920 Death, Marriage & Birth
(Bound copies in the Indiana Room)
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps
Telephone Directories 1919-1942 Calumet Area
Papers of William Henry Harrison
Bible Records of Lake County / Index to Cemeteries of Lake County
Gary City Directory 1908 - 1923 ; 1925 - 1927 ; 1929 - 1935 ; 1937 - 1952 ; 1955 - 1960
Digitized microfilm is available through FamilySearch
Chicago Tribune 1971 - 2008
Commonwealth Jan 1930 - June 1932
Crown Point Register 1863-1966
East Gary Times 1927-1928
Gary Daily Info 1968 and 1971
Gary Daily News 1908-1901
Gary Daily Tribune 1908-1921
Gary Tribune (weekly)1907-1912
Gary Life / Truth 1927-1928
Gary Morning Journal 1963-1976
Gary Sun 1923-1929
Griffith Journal 1963-1976
Hammond Journal 1959-1962
Hammond Scene 1980-1981
Hammond Times see Times (Hammond)
Highland Journal 1959-1983
Hobart Chronical 2003-2006
Hobart Gazette 1889-2000
Hobart News 1911-1930
Indiana Courier Sept 1914 - Nov 1914
Inland Steelmaker 1969-1997
Lake County Democrat Sept 1909 - Jan 1910
Lake County News 1893-1918
Lake County Star (Crown Point) 1882-current
Lowell Enterprise Dec 1878 - Sept 1879
Lowell Star May 1872 - Dec 1874 ; Jan 1875 - May 1877
Lowell Tribune 1916-current
Merrillville Herald 1970-2000
Munster Journal 1960-1976
New York Times 1851 - 2008
Northern Indianian 1906 - 1909
Northwest Indiana Catholic 1987-1996
Post Tribune (Gary) 1907-present
Region Journal 1955-1958
Rekord (Polish Weekly) Jan - Nov 1929
Southeast Calumet News 1930 - 1932
Sun Journal 1955 -1983
Times (Hammond) 1906-present
Wall Street Journal 1975 - 2003 and 2007-2008
