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Excellent public library in Columbia City Indiana, which has a large collection of local genealogy resources.
Usage Tips
- Has TWO rooms for genealogy: a broader Indiana room and a more narrowly-focused Whitley County room.
- Indiana room: located to your Left as you enter the library, just past the main desk.
- Whitley room: does not have its own entrance, but is accessed through the Indiana room. Houses the microfilm readers.
- The microfilm reader can save images to a USB drive, if you bring one.
List of Resources
Peabody maintains an excellent online index of local obituaries at their Obituary Finder.
You can do a search of their Whitley County Genealogy sources in the catalog.
The following are some of the resources available in the Indiana Room:
- Obit indexes 1856 -1910, 1983-present
- Microfilm of Columbia City newspaper, 1859-present
- Microfilm of Whitley County census, 1840-1920 except for 1890
- DAR pioneer records
- Whitley County Historical Bulletin, 1958-present
- Whitley County & Columbia City historical vertical file
- Columbia City directories
- Whitley County & Columbia City phone books
- Plat maps
- Cemetery inscription records
- Donated family histories
- Columbia City High School yearbooks, 1909-present
- Whitley County death records, 1882-1920
- Whitley County histories
- Various county histories
- Marriage records, 1838-1860, 1884-1898
- Works of local author Lloyd C. Douglas
- Works of Thomas Marshall, former governor and Vice President
- Information on Little Turtle, local Miami chief
Microfilm
Microfilm Reader Tips
- The microfilm readers are located on the back section of the Indiana Room (the "Whitley County Room").
- Patrons can print articles for 25 cents a page.
- For more information on the readers or finding microfilm, visit the Information Desk.
Microfilm List
The microfilm collection consists of the following:
- City Directories of the United States, Fort Wayne IN: 1861 - 1871
- Columbia City Commercial: January 2, 1879 - January 18, 1905
- Columbia City Commercial Mail: April 4, 1918 - December 31, 1919
- Columbia City Daily Commercial Mail: January 1, 1920 - December 31, 1927
- Columbia City Evening Post: April 2, 1917 - December 31, 1927
- Columbia City News: January 6, 1859 - February 23, 1864
- Columbia City Post: July 6, 1864 - December 1983
- Columbia City Times: January 25, 1890 - January 9, 1891
- Columbia City Weekly Commercial Mail: January 19, 1905 - December 30, 1919
- Post & Mail: January 1984 - Current
- Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps: Columbia City, Churubusco, South Whitley
- Whitley County Republican/Whitley County Commercial: May 11, 1864 - December 2, 1868/January 21, 1869 - December 28, 1870
- Whitley County Commercial: January 12, 1870 - November 6, 1879
- Whitley County Census: 1840 - 1920 (No 1890 Census, all data lost in fire)
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