Batesville Memorial Public Library
131 North Walnut Street :: Batesville, IN 47006
Hours
Sunday (October - April) :: 1:00 - 5:00 pm
Monday - Thursday :: 9:00 am - 9:00 pm
Friday :: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Saturday :: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Genealogy and Indiana History
The
Batesville Memorial Public Library has a growing number of resources to
help those interested in tracing their family history. Located in the
library's Mary Stewart Center for Entrepreneurship room, the Genealogy
collection contains some materials that may be checked out. These are
generally the "how-to" books to get you started. Other materials in the
collection that are for research within the library include locally
prepared and published materials such as church cemetery records, census
records, family histories and biographies.
If
you require assistance, ask for Denean Williams, our Genealogy
and Local History Specialist at the library on Monday afternoons from
12:00 till 5:00, or Tuesday or Thursday from 4:00 till 9:00 pm, or
E-mail her at
genealogy@ebatesville.com. You may also contact Denean by mail
(Batesville Memorial Public Library, 131 N. Walnut St., Batesville,
IN 47006) or by calling (812-934-4706) or faxing
(812-934-6288). At other times, or other days of the week, the
library staff is able to let you into the room, but may not have
the expertise to answer your questions.
Genealogy Basics - This online course,
available free to BMPL card holders, will help
you understand the research process, ways to organize your information
and the use of forms to make sense of your data. You will learn how to
develop a strategy to accomplish your research objectives and evaluate
the results by recording new information, and sharing that information
with others. If you are a newcomer to this hobby or just want to make a
small family tree, this course will get you off to a good start. You
will explore many Internet sites where you can search for family names.
The course explains in simple terms where to look, who to contact, and
how to use the genealogical research tools of the computer and the
Internet to further your research.
The library's
Guide to Genealogy Resources is available in a PDF file.
A History of Immigration to the Batesville Area by
David S. Dreyer (donated by Eppie Litmer of the United Arab Emerates)
The BMPL's Indiana and Local History collections contain over 800 books,
pamphlets, and audiotape sets with state and local information. Indiana
authors are featured, along with historical, legal and reference
materials.
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The library has available on
microfilm the Franklin County Federal census records from 1820
through 1920, and the Ripley County Federal census records from
1870 through 1920. We also have the following records on microfilm for
Ripley County: Births, Death Certificates, Naturalizations,
Declarations of Intent, Probate Order Books A & B, Wills, and Contagious
Diseases records. Some records from other nearby Indiana counties, such
as Dearborn and Decatur, are included.
The Tri-County Genealogical Society meets at the library on the second Wednesday evening of each month. Check the library's Meeting and Program Calendar for the date and time.
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