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Projects

• Gary, Lake Co., IN history in text and photos 
• Lake County INGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Lake County, Indiana      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

Adjacent counties

• Cook County, IL  to the west
• Jasper County, IN  to the southeast
• Kankakee County, IL  to the southwest
• Newton County, IN  to the south
• Porter County, IN  to the east
• Will County, IL  to the west

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence (12)

Cemeteries (11)

Census Records and Indexes (16)

Court and Legal Records

• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Lake County Lawyers     (Source: Google Book Search)
• Supreme Court Records  appealed from Lake County courts     (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

Directories

• City Directories: Southern Midwest, 1882-1898  includes Hammond City     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• City Directories: Southern Midwest, 1882-1898  includes Shelby     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• Gary City Directories      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Hammond City Directories      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Hammond Directory  1891-92     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Whiting City Directories      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

History (81)

Immigration and Naturalization Records

• Index to Lake County Residents who filed _Naturalization Intentions in Cook County, Illinois      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

Introduction and Guides (10)

Land Records

• Land Patent Search      (Source: Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office)
• Laporte-Winamac Land Office Entries, 1833-1855  Indiana State Archives
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Lake County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Libraries, Museums, Archives (16)

Lookups

• Lake County Books      (Source: Books-We-Own)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• GenForum Message Boards      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• InNWIGS  Official NorthWest Indiana Genealogy Society Mailing List     (Source: Yahoo! Groups)
• Lake County Genealogy Queries      (Source: CousinConnect.com)
• Lake County, IN Club      (Source: GenCircles)
• lakecountyindianacafe  Lake County Indiana Cafe - For those seeking roots in Lake County, Indiana     (Source: Yahoo! Groups)
• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• CALUMET-STEEL-L For anyone with a genealogical interest in steelworkers in the Calumet Region that ranges from South Chicago, Illinois, to Gary, Indiana, and the surrounding area of the Illinois and Indiana shores of Lake Michigan

  • CALUMET-STEEL-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • CALUMET-STEEL-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • CALUMET-STEEL-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

• INLAKE-L Lake County genealogy

  • INLAKE-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • INLAKE-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • INLAKE-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (16)

Military Records and Histories

• Lake County Military Data      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Lake County, Indiana     (Source: Internet Archive)

• World War I

  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  East Chicago City     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Gary City     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Lake County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

• World War II

  • Lake County, Indiana  World War II Casualties, Army and Army Air Corps     (Source: AccessGenealogy)

Miscellaneous Data

• Indiana Roots Genealogy Search Engine 
• Lake County Records      (Source: Find County Records)
• Migrations through Lake County      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)

Newspaper Records

• Hammond Times (Hammond, Indiana)  1931-1963     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Lake County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Lake County Newspapers      (Source: Indiana State Library)
• Search Indiana Harbour Historical Newspapers  Free search     (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• Times, Hammond  1968-69     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records (14)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images (13)

School Records and Histories (15)

Search Engines and Searchable Databases

• Laporte-Winamac Land Office Entries, 1833-1855  Indiana State Archives

Societies

• Dyer Historical Society 
• The Gary Historical & Cultural Society 
• Griffith Historical Society 
• Hammond Historical Society 
• Hobart Historical Society 
• Munster Historical Society 
• Northwest Indiana Genealogical Society 
• The Whiting-Robertsdale Historical Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (808)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Lake County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Extant Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• Indiana Historic Light Station Information & Photography 
• Lake County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• Lake County, Indiana      (Source: Historic Bridges of Michigan and Elsewhere)
• Patents  Lake County, Indiana     (Source: Google Patents)
• U. S. Steel Gary Works  Photograph Collection, 1906-1971

• CALUMET-STEEL-L For anyone with a genealogical interest in steelworkers in the Calumet Region that ranges from South Chicago, Illinois, to Gary, Indiana, and the surrounding area of the Illinois and Indiana shores of Lake Michigan

  • CALUMET-STEEL-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • CALUMET-STEEL-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • CALUMET-STEEL-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

Vital Records (15)

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