Databases

A genealogy resource containing approximately 4000 databases of census, vital, church, court, emigration/immigration records; birth, marriage, & death records; military records; and voter records. Content ranges from the 13th to the 21st century and provides billions of indexed names. In addition to coverage for the United States and the United Kingdom, there are record collections for Canada, Europe and Australia. Available from Library only.

Fold3 Library Edition is the perfect resource for researching your ancestors' military past. This database provides quick and easy access to over 500 million indexed and digitized military records, including service records, documents, photos, draft cards, and more for those who served.

HeritageQuest Online® offers a collection of more than 4.4 billion resources and records pertaining to local and family histories, research guides, census maps, primary sources, and more. 

Powered by Ancestry®, this amazing collection consists of the following core data sets:

• Census collection contains over 700 million records from the U.S. Federal Census 1790-1940, and national censuses including Argentina, Netherlands, Czech Republic and several other countries.
• Books collection contains over 22,000 family and local histories, compiled genealogies, documentary collections, church records, military records, vital records, city and county histories, and more.
• City Directories with over 1.5 million records from various US city and county directories during 1821-1989.
• Military Records containing over 2 million records from selected state and country military records including the US Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files 1800-1900, US Records of Confederate Prisoners of War 1861-1865, and US Remarried Widows Index to Pension Applications 1887-1942.
• Wills and Probate Records has more than 170 million pages from the largest collection of wills and probate records in the United States, with searchable records included from all 50 states spread over 337 years (1668-2005).
• Freedman’s Bank contains an index and original images of the Freedman's Savings and Trust Company's registers of Signatures of Depositors 1865-1871.
• US Serial Set (subset) contains more than 140,000 private relief actions, memorials, and petitions drawn from the records published "serial" fashion from the US Senate and House of Representatives 1769-1969.
• Maps & Photos includes US Indexed County Land Ownership Maps 1860-1910, US Enumeration District Maps and Descriptions 1940, US Indexed Early Land Ownership and Township Plats 1785-1898, and Library of Congress Photo Collection 1840-2000.

Indiana county histories and atlases database from Archives Unbound spans Indiana history from 1857-1922.

These research guides contain information and resources related to researching birth, death, and marriage records, your house history, military records, and more!

Muncie Public Library has been digitizing Muncie and Delaware County records since the 1990s and provides the Muncie/Delaware County Digital Resource Library for free (no library card required!).  Collections include Delaware County Court Documents, Delaware County Wills, Delaware County Deeds, Obituary Index, Funeral Home Records, and Beech Grove Cemetery Records.

Millions of families around the world use MyHeritage to explore their history. Collaborate with members and join the thousands who reunite with long-lost relatives every single day through our network.

View the Probate Index for Delaware County, Indiana.

Unearth Indiana’s past through local and national news with Indiana’s state newspapers, including The Indianapolis Star, The Lafayette Journal and Courier, and The Star Press (Muncie). The newspapers found within ProQuest Historical Newspapers Indiana State Collection reveal a range of perspectives demonstrating the specific ways communities are impacted by national and global events, and cover local issues, people, events, and industries not found elsewhere.