INDIANA ROOM
Explore your family tree, discover local history, and access valuable resources in the Indiana Room!
Our Collection
The Indiana Room has many genealogy resources for Hendricks County, including cemetery records, court records, family histories, land records, church records , and newspapers. We also have resources for various counties in Indiana (particularly Boone, Putnam, Morgan, and Montgomery counties).
Central Normal College Collection
Danville was the home of Central Normal College from 1878-1951 (it existed under the name Canterbury College from 1946-1951). CNC was one of the nation’s early “normal” schools that specialized in training teachers. The Danville Police station sits on the site of the former college and utilizes part of the original campus, Hargrave Hall. The Indiana Room’s CNC collection contains annual catalogs, histories, newspapers, photographs, postcards, and yearbooks, as well as assorted memorabilia.
Other Collections
In addition to Hendricks County resources, we have subscriptions to Ancestry.com, FamilySearch.org, Fold3, Heritage Quest, and ProQuest Newspaper Archive. These subscription databases must be used in the library. We also have records from several states, particularly the ones people came to Indiana from (Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and New England).
Research Requests
Indiana Room staff will answer (limited) genealogy research requests for individuals who are unable to visit our library. Time spent will be 30 – 60 minutes. If additional research is needed, suggestions for further sources will be provided. The search is limited to Hendricks County materials and indexes. Searches of Hendricks County newspapers can be done only if exact dates are provided.
Copies are charged at a rate of $.15 per page for black & white and postage is extra. All requests, save official requests from state and local government, are answered in the order in which they are received.
Scanned documents are emailed with no charge.
Telephone inquiries should be limited to general reference questions or questions that help familiarize you with the Indiana Room collection. Requests sent by fax or e-mail must include a mailing address.
Please send your requests (along with any family group sheets or other information that could help staff) to:
Indiana Room Manager
Danville-Center Township Public Library
101 S. Indiana St.
Danville IN 46122
Microfilm Reader
We have a microfilm reader/printer in the Indiana Room, which can view both 16mm and 35mm microfilm. Copies are $.15 a page.
The Indiana Room is always looking for donations of family group sheets, family histories, photos, and other historic or genealogical materials. We also accept monetary donations, to help in the purchase of materials that would otherwise be impossible.
We also need volunteers to help expand and preserve our collection.