| Sunday (domingo) | Closed (cerrado) |
| Monday (lunes) | 10:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m. |
| Tuesday (martes) | 10:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m. |
| Wednesday (miércoles) | 10:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m. |
| Thursday (jueves) | 10:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. |
| Friday (viernes) | 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. |
| Saturday (sábado) | 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. |
Phone: 574-282 - 4621
E-mail: local.history@sjcpl.org
AIM & Yahoo: askSJCPLlh
MSN: askSJCPLlh@hotmail.com
More about Local & Family History Services
A detailed description of our collection (pdf)
- Atlases and maps (pdf)
- Cemetery and funeral home records
- Censuses and census indexes
- Church records and histories
- City directories
- Databases
- Estate and will indexes and abstracts
- How-to guides and reference books
- Family histories
- Fort Wayne-South Bend Diocese Catholic Church Records on Microfilm (pdf)
- Immigration records and passenger lists
- Local Authors
- Military records and indexes
- Naturalization records indexes
- Newspapers, local and national
- Obituaries
- Periodicals and magazines
- St. Joseph County Church Records on Microfilm (pdf)
- Vital statistics (births, marriages, deaths) records and indexes
- Yearbooks (pdf)
Interested in using the St. Joseph County Public Library’s genealogy databases? Now, even if you live outside of Indiana, you can obtain an SJCPL fee card that will give you access to many of our databases. Download the form to see details about databases and other resources you can use with your SJCPL card.
By paying an amount equal to what the average person pays in property taxes to SJCPL each year, you put yourself on the same footing as a St. Joseph County resident and receive a single non-resident fee card that may only be used by the cardholder. The fee for 2009 is $73.
In the past, SJCPL has only offered fee cards to people who came into one of our branches. For the first time, under the auspices of Local & Family History Services, anyone in the United States can obtain one by mail. Just fill out the attached form and follow the instructions on it, and you will receive your fee card in the mail.
Download the Mail-Order Non-Resident Fee Card Registration Form (pdf)
- Ancestry Library Edition
- HeritageQuest Online
- Obituary Index
- Service Notes Index
- South Bend Tribune Online Archives
If you'd like to receive notice of upcoming programs and events, please join our mailing list by e-mailing Libby Feil at l.feil@sjcpl.org.
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How-to Articles
- Finding Living People
- Genealogy/Family History
- History Homework Help
- Local History
- St. Joseph County Vital Records
- Collection Guides (pdf)
- Index to Historic Homes Found in Newspaper Clipping Files
- Map Case Maps in Local & Family History
- Native American Genealogy Guide
- Selected Indiana County Genealogy Resources
- St. Joseph County Church Records on Microfilm
We are happy to help long-distance or homebound patrons with look-ups of items such as obituaries, marriage licenses, and newspaper articles.
For more information, please download the Obituary and Local History Search form or contact us at 574-282 - 4621 or local.history@sjcpl.org.
Thank you for your interest!
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