Internet Archive Materials
Visit the JCPL Internet Archive Collection of Community eTexts [1]. (Remove the topic filter to view our whole collection.)
JCPL Internet Archive - Jasper County IN Veterans Cemetery Database [2]
Photographic record of tombstones of all veterans buried in Jasper County, Indiana. Created by Kyle Eenigenburg as an Eagle Scout Project in 2017 and donated to the Jasper County Public Library.
JCPL Internet Archive - Rensselaer Central High Schools Yearbooks [3]
JCPL Internet Archive - Other School Yearbooks [4] archive.
Reference books about Jasper County history and Genealogy
All books and items listed below are reference materials. They may only be used in the library unless approved by the Jasper County Library Board. The following is a sample of the collection held by the library.
You are welcome to browse or do extensive research. Limited search requests by telephone or mail are done for persons unable to come into the library. You can also reach our genealogy specialists by using our contact page [5] and in the category option selecting which part of the county (north or central) your inquiries are based.
Many of these books are now available as downloadable ebooks!
Go Directly to Your Area of Interest by Clicking one of the Following:
| General Sources | Indiana History | Indiana War History | Census Records | Jasper County History |
| Jasper County War History | City History | Special Interest | General Milroy Collection | CD-ROMs |
JCPL eBooks |
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| 929.2 DEM | DeMotte, Mildred Ione and DeMotte, Louis Bernard | DeMotte and Allied Families 1665-1977 [6] - Family Genealogy |
| R 977.2 ARN | Beulah Arnott | Sketches of Jasper County [7] |
| R 977.29 ARN | Beulah Arnott | Gone & Almost Forgotten [8] |
| R977.2977 HIS | Jasper-Newton Counties Genealogical Society | History of Jasper County, Indiana 1985 [9] - Anecdotal history of Jasper County |
| R 977.772977 WHE | The Wheatfield Historical Society | Wheatfield Centennial 1883-1983 [10] |
| The DeMotte Merchants' Association | The Big Fire [11] | |
| R 977.204 DEM | Donald and Evelyn Roorda | DeMotte Centennial Booklet [12] |
| R 977.2977 HOW | Howard Clark, Compiled by Beulah Arnott | Howard "Lefty" Clark - The Gossiper [13] |
| R 977.2977 ACC | W.J. Wright | W.J. Wright Account Books 1855-1879 [14] |
General Sources |
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| R016.929 GEN Genealogy / 2 vols. | Genealogical and local history books in print | |
| R347.73 BEN Genealogy | Bentley, Elizabeth Petty. | County courthouse book. |
| R929 ABR Genealogy / 4 vols. | Virkus, Frederick Adams. | The abridged compendium of American genealogy: the standard genealogical encyclopedia of the first families of America. |
| R929.3 ENC Genealogy / 7 vols. | Hinshaw, William Wade | Encyclopedia of American Quaker genealogy |
| R929.3 PAS Genealogy / 3 vols. | Filby, P. William | Passenger and immigration lists index |
| R929.42 SUR Genealogy | American Council of Learned Societies Devoted to Humanistic Studies | Surnames in the United States census of 1790: an analysis of national origins of the population. |
| R929.772 FIN Genealogy | Finnell, Merlin. | Ancestors in the Upper Wabash Valley. |
Indiana History |
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| R917.7204 IND Genealogy | Taylor, Robert M. | Indiana: a new historical guide. |
| R929.3 IND Genealogy vols. 1-3, 5 | Heiss, Willard C. | Indiana source book |
| R977.2 COC Genealogy | Cockrum, William Monroe. | Pioneer history of Indiana: including stories, incidents, and customs of the early settlers. |
| R977.2 DUN Genealogy | Dunn, Jacob Piatt. | Indiana and Indianans. [15] |
| R977.2 MOR Genealogy / 4 vols. | Morrison, Olin Dee. | Indiana, "Hoosier State": a history: economic, social, political. |
| R977.2 THO Genealogy | Thompson, Maurice. | Stories of Indiana. [16] |
| R977.2 TRO Genealogy | Troyer, Byron L. | Yesterday's Indiana. |
| Magazine | Traces (1989 to present) | |
| R977.2 IND Genealogy | Cottman, George S. | The Indiana Magazine of History (1905 to present). |
| 977.2 ESA [17] (Circulating) | Esarey, Logan | History of Indiana [18] |
Indiana War History |
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| R973.7 SOL Genealogy / 2 vols. | Merrill, Catharine | The soldier of Indiana in the War for the Union [19]. |
| R977.2 GOL Genealogy | Oliver, John Williams | Gold star honor roll: Indiana World War [1] Records, 1914-1918. [20] |
| R977.2 REC Genealogy | Indiana Adjutant General's Office, 1899 | Record of Indiana volunteers in the Spanish-American War, 1898-1899 [21]. |
| R977.2 SCR Genealogy | Scribner, Theo. T. | Indiana's Roll of Honor. - Vol 2 [22] |
| R977.2 SHA Genealogy | Shaw, James Birney. | History of the Tenth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry [23]. |
| R977.2 STE Genealogy | Stevenson, David. | Indiana's Roll of Honor. - Vol 1 [24] |
Census Records |
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| R977.2 CEN Genealogy | Indiana Historical Society. | Census of Indiana Territory for 1807. |
| R977.2 EIG Genealogy | 1820 Federal census for Indiana. | |
| R977.2 IND Genealogy | Alig, Leona. | Index, 1830 federal population census for Indiana. |
| Genealogy Vertical File | Jasper County Census Index: 1840, 1850, 1870. | |
| R977.2 IND Genealogy | Indiana State Library. | Index, 1840 Federal population census, Indiana. |
| Microfilm | Jasper County Census | 1810, 1820, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920. |
| Tipton-Wabash | 1880. | |
| Duplin-Lincoln County, NC | 1810. | |
| Vertical File | 1860 | |
Jasper County History |
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| R977.2071 HIS Genealogy | Jasper County Teachers Association. | The history of Indiana's Jasper County Schools by Townships. |
| R977.297 COU Genealogy | Counties of Warren, Benton, Jasper, and Newton, Indiana [25]. | |
| R977.2977 CEM Genealogy | Paulus, Margaret Babcock | Cemetery records, Jasper County, Indiana : Vol. 3. |
| R977.2977 LAN Genealogy | Lane, Joyce I. | Weston Cemetery Records |
| R977.2977 CHU Genealogy | Paulus, Margaret Babcock | Church records, Presbyterian Church of Rensselaer, Indiana. |
| R977.2977 FAM Genealogy | Paulus, Margaret Babcock | Family Bible records, Jasper County, Indiana : vol. 1, Pts. 1 and 2. |
| R977.2977 HIS Genealogy | Jasper-Newton Counties Genealogical Society. | History of Jasper County, Indiana. |
| R977.2977 IND Genealogy | Banet, Charles Henry | Index to death records, Jasper County, 1921-1977 inclusive. |
| R977.2977 IND Genealogy | Index to death records, Jasper County, 1882-1920 inclusive. | |
| R977.2977 IND Genealogy | Johnson, Elizabeth Dunn. | Index to Jasper County [Indiana] marriage records 1958-1981. |
| R977.2977 IND Genealogy | Lewis, Shirley Sands. | Index to Jasper County [Indiana] marriage records 1920-1957. |
| R977.2977 IND Genealogy | Index to marriage records, Jasper County, 1865-1920 inclusive. | |
| R977.2977 IND Genealogy | Index to birth records, Jasper County, 1882-1920 inclusive. | |
| R977.2977 IND Genealogy | Index to birth records, Jasper County, 1921-1977 inclusive. | |
| R977.2977 IND Genealogy | Jasper County Marriage Records Supplement 1981-1999. | |
| R977.2977 LAN Genealogy | Lane, Joyce I. | Funeral home records of Rensselaer: in and surrounding areas, November 1917-May 15, 1990. |
| R977.2977 LAN Genealogy | Lane, Joyce I. | Additions to funeral home records of Rensselaer, Indiana, 1889-1991. |
| R977.2977 LAN Genealogy | Lane, Joyce I. | Supplement to Jasper County funeral home records, 1994-1998. |
| R977.2977 LAN Genealogy | Lane, Joyce I. | Funeral home records of DeMotte, Indiana area. |
| R977.2977 LIS Genealogy | List of newspapers, Jasper County, Indiana, in the Public Library of Rensselaer, Indiana : Vol. 5 (1853-1956). | |
| R977.2977 TRA Genealogy | Jasper County (Ind.) | Tract book of land entries through 1845, Jasper County, Indiana. |
| R977.2977 TRA Genealogy | Paulus, Margaret Babcock | Tract book 1838-1870, Jasper County, Indiana. |
Jasper County War History |
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| R977.2977 BRI Genealogy | Brief history of Jasper County work during the World War (I, 1914-1918). | |
| R977.2977 DIS Genealogy | Paulus, Margaret Babcock | Discharge papers of Civil War soldiers, Jasper County, Indiana : vol. 6, 1865-1905. |
| R977.2977 SER Genealogy | Service record book of men and women of Rensselaer, Indiana and community. | |
| R977.2977 SOL Genealogy | Soldiers buried in Jasper County, Indiana : rev. list. | |
| R977.2977 WOR Genealogy / 5 v. | World War, Indiana War history records, military service record, Jasper County. | |
City History |
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| R371.8976 CHA Genealogy | Chaos : Rensselaer High School Yearbook (1911- present, some years missing). | |
| R977.2 ARN Genealogy | Arnott, Beulah. | Sketches of Jasper County. |
| R977.2977 REM Genealogy | Remington Centennial : One hundred years of progress, 1860-1960. | |
| R977.2977 ROO Genealogy | Roorda, Evelyn Kelly. | DeMotte History, 1800-1979. |
| R977.2977 THI Genealogy | Thirty years of growth, one hundred years of tradition. (DeMotte History) | |
| R977.2977 WHE Genealogy | Wheatfield Historical Society. | Wheatfield Centennial : 1883-1983. [10] |
| R977.772 MAR Genealogy | Marlin, Anna. | Fair Oaks, Indiana, 1887-1987. |
Special Interest |
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Kankakee Valley |
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| R977.2 NIC | Nichols, Fay Folsom. | The Kankakee. |
| R977.29 BAR | Bartlett, Charles H. | Tales of Kankakee Land [26]. |
| R977.29 BAT | Bat, Bill. | Hoosier hunting grounds of the Beaver Lake Trail. |
| R977 BUR Genealogy | Burroughs, Burt E. | Tales of an old "border town" and along the Kankakee |
| R977.29 REE | Reed, Earl H. | Tales of a vanishing river [27]. |
| R977.29 WER Genealogy | Werich, J. Lorenzo. | Pioneer hunters of the Kankakee [28]. |
Railroads |
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| R388.42 HIL Genealogy | Hilton, George Woodman. | Monon route. |
| R977.2 HAR Genealogy | Hargrave, Frank F. | A pioneer Indiana railroad. |
General Robert H. Milroy Collection |
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| R929.2 | Letters of R. H. Milroy | |
| v. 1 Family letters | ||
| v. 2 Diary, 1865 | ||
| v. 3 Court of Inquiry | ||
| Temp [29] | v. 4 Supplementary materials | |
| Vertical File | Family letters | |
| Hand bills | ||
| Invoice for supplies | ||
| Maps | ||
| Military materials | ||
| Photographs | ||
Rensselaer Newspapers on Microfilm |
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| Jasper Banner | 1853-58 | |
| Rensselaer Gazette | 1858-60 | |
| Rensselaer Union | 1868-79 | |
| Rensselaer Republican | 1883-96 | |
| Rensselaer Semi-Weekly | 1897-1909 | |
| Evening Republican | 1910-37 | |
| Rensselaer Republican | 1938-present | |
CD-ROMs |
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| World Family Tree Maker Volumes 1-52 | ||
| Social Security Death Master Index | ||
| U.S. Marriage Record Index 1691-1850 | ||
| Mortality Index, United States, 1850-1880 | ||
| Military Records: Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865 | ||
| United States Census Bundle, 1607-1880 | ||