Local History

Explore and stay informed on local, national and international topics, people and events. Features a wide variety of credible, vetted news sources from around the world to around the corner, including The Times, Gary Post Tribune, and the Merrillville Post Tribune.

Comprehensive coverage of the African American experience from the early 18th century to the present day. Sourced from more than 19,000 American and global news sources, including over 400 current and historical Black publications.

Current news plus a 39 year archive of the Chicago Sun Times. Full text coverage from 1986 through today, including full color pages for current issues.

Convenient access to U.S. military records, including the stories, photos, and personal documents of the men and women who served.

Explore your family history with the premier collection of U.S. obituaries and death notices for in-depth genealogical research from 1824 to today.

Provides several searchable sources, including the U.S. Census, Freedman's Bank, and land grants from the Revolutionary War.

LCPL is in the process of digitizing our local high school yearbook collection. The collection includes yearbooks from all high schools in our library district.

Digitized versions of Indiana's historic newspapers, operated by the Indiana State Library.

Free to Indiana residents: a searchable database of databases. Find hundreds of further resources for your research!

Learn about the society's collections, exhibits and publications. Check out the site's Today in Indiana History feature, read online copies of Hoosier Genealogist or surf the Hoosier Heritage links.

Browse through the indexes to many of the most popular State Archives collections.

Contains searchable databases indexing Indiana cemeteries and Indiana marriages through 1850.

Our very own catalog contains several encyclopedias, newspapers, journals, and magazines!

Browse through global and local newspaper articles dating back to 1607. Search by first and last name, dates, or regions.

Now you can quickly and easily search local obituaries when tracing your family history! Our brand new obituary search engine lets you search by name, partial name, maiden name, date, city, and age. Once you've found the obituary, we'll be happy to pull a copy for your records. (Please note: Indexing for 1987 - 1989 is incomplete. If you need an obituary from those years, please use ourﾠAsk a Librarian form).

Search more than 30 years of Indiana history with the Post-Tribune Collection. Full text coverage from November 1986 through today, including full color pages for current issues.

Every article of the Chicago Tribune's archive is available in this database

Catch up on current news or check out more than 30 years of local history in our archive of The Times. Full text coverage from 1990 through today, including full color pages for current issues.