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Michigan City Public Library
Michigan City, Indiana
Departments
Reference Department
Indiana Room / Genealogy

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HeritageQuest Online Database: A Resource for Genealogy Data
 is available through your home computer.  
You must have a Michigan City Public Library Card.  
To register, e-mail Reference and give your name & library card number.  We will e-mail the account name & password.

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For a Search of Information, submit a written request along with fees as indicated below:
Click here for Fees & Instructions for Frequently Requested Materials

Microfilm loans

Michigan City Information File

Cemetery Lists

Microfilm (Newspapers)

Census & Soundex

Obituary File

Church Records (on microfilm)

Oral History Tapes

City Directories

Our Heritage

County Histories

Photographs - Slides

Genealogy Links on the Internet 

Portable LaPorte County

Indiana State Prison Death Records 

School Yearbooks

Local Genealogists


~Fees For Frequently Requested Materials~

SUBMIT REQUESTS IN WRITING
MUST INCLUDE A SELF-ADDRESSED STAMPED ENVELOPE WITH ANY REQUEST

MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO MICHIGAN CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY
SEND TO:
Reference Department, Michigan City Public Library
100 E. 4th Street Michigan City, IN  46360

Obituary Search of the Local Paper    (Michigan City News Dispatch)

Surname search in W.P.A. Indexes for La Porte County (birth, marriage and death)
dates indexed range from 1850-1920

$10.00 per surname

Surname search in any one Index 
(birth, marriage, OR death)

$5.00 per surname

Surname search of local cemetery indexes

$5.00 per surname

Non-obituary search of local newspaper

$5.00 for each day of the paper to be searched

Surname Search of the Yearbooks in our Collection  $5.00 for one surname in one yearbook
Click here for list of yearbooks

City Directory Search - Surname or Business search

$5.00 for one surname/business in one directory  
Click here for list of directories

Historic Slide Collection

Michigan City Pamphlet File

Oral History Cassette Collection

For a Search of Genealogy or Local History Information, 
not listed in the "Frequently Requested Materials"
Contact the Reference Department, Michigan City Public Library.
100 E. 4th Street Michigan City, IN  46360

phone: 219-873-3044 ~ fax: 219-873-3068 ~ E-mail: Reference
hours: 9-8 M-Th; 9-6 F & Sat; 1-5 Sun (CST) (September-May)

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