Marion Public Library

600 South Washington Street
Marion, Indiana 46953-1992
Telephone (765) 668-2900
TDD (765) 668-2907
Fax (765) 668-2911


Indiana History
Genealogy
&
Museum Services
Patron Guidelines Please register. Materials must be used in the room. The library reserves the right to inspect bags and brief cases. Please do not reshelve books.
Photocopies are: 8 1/2 x 11 $0.10 8 1/2 x 14 $0.10 11 x 17 $0.20 Microform copies $0.15 Please ask for assistance. Blank genealogical charts are available for photocopying. Ask at desk. Census microfilms which the library does not have may be rented from a service. Ask at desk. Inquiries about interlibrary loan may be made at the Reference Desk, top floor of the new library. A Marion Public Library card is needed for this service. The library welcomes material and monetary donations. Hours: Monday 9:00 - 5:30 Tuesday 9:00 - 9:00* Wednesday 9:00 - 5:30 Thursday 9:00 - 9:00* Friday 9:00 - 5:30 Saturday 9:00 - 5:00 Sunday 1:00 - 5:00** * Closes 8:00 P.M. during summer ** Closed during summer Parking lot available west of the library.

Grant County Genealogy Materials available at the Marion Public Library - Indiana Room

Death Records: January 1888 - 1937 Birth Records: February 1882 - July 1914 Birth Indexes to Newspapers: 1976 - current year City Directories: 1887 - current year Histories and Atlases: with index Obituary Index to Marion Newspapers: 1867 - 1910; 1967 - current year Cemetery Records/Funeral Home Records Marriage Indexes to Microfilmed Ledgers: 1831 - 1949; indexes to newspapers 1977 - current year Wills: 1893 - 1923 Census Indexes: 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880 & 1900 Naturalization Records: 1856 - 1958 Vertical & Picture Files Family Histories (bound and unbound)Click here for listing. Newspapers on Microfilm: Fairmount News on Microfilm 1888 - 1910 with index (1893 through 1895 are not available) Marion papers from 1867 - 1938 (from Feb. 1938 - current year are available in the new library, top floor. Ask at Reference Desk.) Census Microfilms: 1820, 1830, 1840 (entire state) 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920 (Grant County and surrounding counties.) 1992 issue of IGI on microfiche Computer: LDS Family Search - has ancestral file, IGI for world, Soc. Sec. Death Index, and Military Index (Korea and Vietnam only) Church Records, Quaker Records Bible Records Some Abstracts of Title For a list of new publications in the Indiana Room of the Marion Public Library

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