Lake County, Indiana:
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Projects

• 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 (17)

Cemeteries (14)

Census Records and Indexes (24)

Church Records

• Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records, 1826-1945  includes Gary and Merrillville, Indiana     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Swedish American Church Records, 1800-1946  includes Gary and Hobart     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, Records, 1875-1940  includes Gary and Merrillville, Indiana     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1970  includes Gary, Indiana     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• United Methodist Church Records, 1837-1970  includes East Chicago     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• United Methodist Church Records, 1837-1970  includes Gary     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• United Methodist Church Records, 1837-1970  includes Hammond     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Court and Legal Records

• Highland Police Department History 
• Lake County Court Records Directory      (Source: Court Records Free Reference and Directory)
• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Lake County Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)
• Supreme Court Records  appealed from Lake County courts     (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

Directories (14)

Ethnic

• Major Pottawatomie Foot Trails Until 1833      (Source: Internet Archive)

History (196)

Immigration and Naturalization Records

• Index to Lake County Residents who filed _Naturalization Intentions in Cook County, Illinois      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Indiana Naturalization Records and Indexes, 1848-1993  includes Hammond     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Indiana, Federal Naturalization Records  1892-1992     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Introduction and Guides

• Cyndi's List of Indiana locality links      (Source: Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet)
• FamilySearch Wiki Research Guide      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Lake County      (Source: Histopolis Collaborative Genealogy & History)
• Lake County Addresses for Genealogical Research      (Source: Indiana Genealogical Society)
• Lake County Public Records      (Source: Nationwide Environmental Title Research)
• Lake County, Indiana Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy, Inc.)

Land Records

• Abstract of Title  1817-1930     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Abstract of Title  1913-1928     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Lake County Deeds      (Source: USGenWeb Indiana Archives)
• 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 (22)

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)
• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• INLAKE Lake County genealogy

  • INLAKE Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (35)

Military Records and Histories

• History Of Veterans Of Foreign Wars  Edward H. Larsen Post No. 802, Hammond, Indiana     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Lake County Military Data      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Lake County, Indiana     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Soldier's Burial Record  1889-1901     (Source: Internet Archive)

• World War I

  • Fred Schmidt Post 20 History  1935     (Source: Internet Archive)
  • 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)     ($)

Miscellaneous Data

• Classic Buildings of Lake County      (Source: Society of Architectural Historians)
• Indiana, Voter Registers, 1850-1931      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Old Settler Report (1910)  This 95-page book includes death notices, stories of reunions and family celebrations, records of marriages, new buildings, and cemeteries, contains historical and vital record information     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Old Settler Report (1911)  This 27-page book includes death notices, stories of reunions and family celebrations, records of marriages, new buildings, and cemeteries, contains historical and vital record information     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Old Settler Report (1924)  This 63-page book includes death notices, stories of reunions and family celebrations, records of marriages, new buildings, and cemeteries, contains historical and vital record information     (Source: Internet Archive)

Newspaper Records (19)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records (29)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images (16)

School Records and Histories (47)

Search Engines and Searchable Databases

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

Societies (17)

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (829)

Tax Lists

• 1845 North Township Indiana Property Tax Assessments      (Source: Internet Archive)
• Index to supplemental record, Lake County assessments, 1918, Calumet Township, Gary  Viewing restrictions apply     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Index to supplemental record, Lake County assessments, 1918: North Township, East Chicago, Hammond, Hessville, Highland, Munster, Whiting  Viewing restrictions apply     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists  1862-1874     (Source: FamilySearch)

Transportation and Industry (13)

Vital Records (20)

Wiki

• Lake County, Indiana Wiki      (Source: RootsWeb)

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