The South Bend Area Genealogical Society in Mishawaka, Indiana promotes genealogy and family history and has online collections as well as member-only collections. Membership is $20/year and includes a quarterly newsletter, Spring conference/Genealogy Fair, annual dinner meeting, 10% discount on SBAGS publications, and member-only collections:
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- Close to 500 Immigrant Family Trees
- Informational Database for 12,270 local Catholic Marriages
- Informational Database for 9,500 Posen Catholic Marriages
- Index of 1,091 Polish Businessmen of Chicago
- South Bend Masonic Directory for 1955
- South Bend and Mishawaka Photographers, 1863- 1921
- and more!
Birth, Marriage, & Death Records
Adoptions
Adoptions Index, Saint Joseph County, Indiana*
Adoptions – Superior Court Index (1908 – 1927), Saint Joseph County, Indiana*
Orphans
Mishawaka Orphan’s Home Photo Album Index (1926 – 1940)
Birth Records
Time and Place of Birth Records Index, Saint Joseph County, Indiana*
Mishawaka Enterprise Vital Statistics Index 1982 – 2003
Gloria Dei Lutheran Swedish Church Records Index
Saint Joseph County, Indiana Church Records Index
Marriage & Divorce Records
Divorce Records Index (1832 – December 30, 1995), Saint Joseph County, Indiana*
Mishawaka Enterprise Vital Statistics Index 1982 – 2003
Gloria Dei Lutheran Swedish Church Records Index
Saint Joseph County, Indiana Church Records Index
Death Records
Burial Permits Index (1910 – 1929), Saint Joseph County, Indiana*
Mishawaka Enterprise Vital Statistics Index 1982 – 2003
Gloria Dei Lutheran Swedish Church Records Index
Saint Joseph County, Indiana Church Records Index
Cemeteries
Cemetery Inscriptions Index, Saint Joseph County, Indiana
Cemetery Locations in Saint Joseph County, Indiana
The Graves Registration Project
Wills & Estates
Wills Index (1830 – 1989), Saint Joseph County, Indiana*
Estate Record Index for Saint Joseph County, Indiana (1832 – 1986)*
Residence Records
Census
Federal Census Records Combined Index (1870, 1880, 1910), Saint Joseph County, Indiana
Immigration/Emigration/Migration
Early Immigration Records Index, Saint Joseph County, Indiana
Immigrants to the Midwest – Updated – Now contains 60,534 Individual Reports
Maps
Naturalization Records
Naturalization Index (1856 – 1954)*
Pension Records
Pensioner’s Index (1860 – 1890)*
Daily Life Records
African American & Slavery
African American Index (1879 – 1915), South Bend and Mishawaka, Indiana
Business, Employees, Industry, Licenses
Firearm Permits Index (1929 – 1943), Saint Joseph County, Indiana*
Works Progress Administration Index (1933 – 1941), Saint Joseph County, Indiana
Church Records
Gloria Dei Lutheran Swedish Church Records Index
Saint Joseph County, Indiana Church Records Index
Genealogy
Jeanne Denham Collection of Michiana History and Genealogical Material Index
Libraries, Museums, & Archives
St. Joseph County Public Library
Local & Family History Services
St. Joseph County Public Library
Online Databases with full text articles and information.
Mishawaka-Penn-Harris Public Library
Local and Family History
The History Museum (Formerly Center for History)
Studebaker National Museum (1997 Quarterly Article)
University of Notre Dame – Hesburgh Library
Medical
Dentist License Records Index (1892 – 1975), Saint Joseph County, Indiana*
Doctor and Midwife License Records Index (1892 – 1975), Saint Joseph County, Indiana*
Coroner’s Records Index (1879 – 1960), Saint Joseph County, Indiana*
Names & Surnames
Name Change Index for Saint Joseph County, Indiana (1873 – 1987)*
South Bend Times Name Index (1881 – 1917)
Newspapers
Wakarusa Tribune (1892 – 2020), Elkhart County, Indiana
Walkerton News (1886 – 1929), Saint Joseph County, Indiana
Photographs
South Bend Area Photographs and Postcards
Prisons & Prisoners
Prisoner Record Index for Saint Joseph County, Indiana (1893 – 1896)
Yearbooks
Military Records
Service Notes Index 1950 to 2000
Records in the Italicized Indices *available from the St. Joseph County Archives & Records
Download a copy of the St Joseph County Archives & Records Document Request Form
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