Plainfield genealogy group to discuss digitizing and preserving records

The Family History Hounds genealogy group will meet on Thursday, October 6 from 1 to 3 pm at the Plainfield-Guilford Township Public Library. The meeting will be held upstairs in the library's meeting rooms. Steve Smith from the Danville library will give a presentation on digitizing and preserving your family records and how to share that information online.

If you are interested in the group, or have questions, please contact Plainfield library's Indiana Room - e-mail askindiana@plainfieldlibrary.net or phone (317) 839-6602 extension 2114.

New URL for Hendricks County Government Archives Website

The address for the Archives section of the Hendricks County Government's website, which contains many digitized records, has changed - it can now be accessed at


http://hcapps.co.hendricks.in.us/Archive/ArchiveHome.asp

NOTE: The address for the Hendricks County Government's website remains the same - it is still www.co.hendricks.in.us. You can also reach the Archives section by going to this website and then clicking on the "Archives" tab at the upper right.

Hendricks County Histories Digitized

Digital versions of various books about Hendricks County history, including several county histories and directories, are available online for free.

--The People’s Guide (Cline & McHaffie, 1874)
http://www.co.hendricks.in.us/Archive/SectionMenus/Miscellaneoushistoricalindex.asp OR
http://books.google.com/books?id=YkbWAAAAMAAJ

--Atlas of Hendricks County, Indiana (J.H. Beers & Co., 1878)
http://www.co.hendricks.in.us/Archive/SectionMenus/HistoricalMapsIndex_1878.asp

--History of Hendricks County (Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co., 1885)
http://archive.org/details/historyofhendric02inte OR
http://books.google.com/books?id=qUbWAAAAMAAJ

--A Portrait and Biographical Record of Boone, Clinton and Hendricks Counties, Ind. (Chicago: A.W. Bowen & Co., 1895)
http://archive.org/details/portraitbiographbch00chic

--Industrial Souvenir of Hendricks County (1904)
http://www.co.hendricks.in.us/Archive/SectionMenus/Miscellaneoushistoricalindex.asp

--Standard Atlas of Hendricks County (Chicago: George A. Ogle & Co., 1904)
http://archive.org/details/standardatlasofh00geoa OR
http://www.co.hendricks.in.us/Archive/SectionMenus/HistoricalMapsIndex_1904.asp

--History of Hendricks County (Indianapolis: B.F. Bowen & Co., 1914)
http://archive.org/details/historyofhendric00hadl

--Prairie Farmer’s Directory of Reliable Farmers and Breeders, Hendricks County (1920)
http://www.co.hendricks.in.us/Archive/SectionMenus/Miscellaneoushistoricalindex.asp

Hendricks County Censuses Digitized

Digital versions of the Hendricks County censuses for 1830 through 1930 are available online for free at Internet Archive, thanks to their partnership with the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne. The library digitized their collection of census microfilm from the National Archives.

--Hendricks County 1830 census: http://archive.org/details/populationsc18300030unit

--Hendricks County 1840 census: http://archive.org/details/populationsc18400087unit

--Hendricks County 1850 census: http://archive.org/details/7thcensus0150unit

--Hendricks County 1860 census: http://archive.org/details/populationschedu265unit

--Hendricks County 1870 census: http://archive.org/details/populationschedu0322unit

--Hendricks County 1880 census: http://archive.org/details/10thcensus0283unit

--Hendricks County 1900 census: http://archive.org/details/12thcensusofpopu376unit

--Hendricks County 1910 census: http://archive.org/details/13thcensus1910po354unit

--Hendricks County 1920 census: http://archive.org/details/14thcensusofpopu436unit

--Hendricks County 1930 census: http://archive.org/details/indianacensus00reel591