Local History
BOONE COUNTY VERTICAL FILE INVENTORY
Inventory of all items in the Boone County Vertical Files. Entries include keywords for items whose subjects are not evident from the title; however, this inventory is not a comprehensive index.
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Lebanon city directories
The library has Lebanon city directories dating back to the 1890s.
Years Available
- 1893
- 1900 – 1901
- 1905
- 1908
- 1910
- 1916
- 1920
- 1922
- 1924
- 1926
- 1930
- 1936
- 1939
- 1942
- 1946
- 1949
- 1953
- 1956
- 1959
- 1961
- 1963
- 1966
- 1968
- 1971 – 1972
- 1974
- 1976
- 1978
- 1980
- 1982
- 1984
- 1986
- 1988
- 1990
- 1992
- 1994
- 1998
- 2004
Government Records
Inventory of Boone County Records at the Library
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The Indiana State Archives also houses many records from Boone County and its communities.
BOONE COUNTY VITAL RECORDS, INDEXES
- Boone County Birth 1882 – 1920
- Boone County Marriage Licenses 1831 – 1844
- Boone County Marriage Applications 1882 – 1920 (includes names of parents)
- Boone County Marriage Records 1842 – 1920
- Boone County Mortality 1850 – 1880
- Boone County Death 1882 – 1920
- Boone County Death Records 1921 – 1930
Other Local History Resources Available in the Heritage Center
- Boone Your County Magazine
Complete set with index (by Dixie Taylor, 2019) - Businesses of Boone County
- Cemetery Records
- Census Records on Microfilm 1820-1930
- Church Directories and Records
- Farmers and Breeders 1920
- Newspapers–Original
- Indexes to Various Legal Records
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- Affidavits
- Divorces 1830-1879
- Naturalizations 1855-1902
- Tract Book
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Newspaper Commemorative Issues
The following issues were anniversary/commemorative editions and contain a variety of articles on Boone County history. Original and microfilm copies available at the library.
- Pioneer – March 28, 1895
- Patriot – August 10, 1898
- Reporter – November 19, 1931
- Reporter – September 30, 1941
- Reporter – June 29, 1951
- Reporter – October 28, 1966
- Reporter – July 4, 1976
- Reporter – June 12, 1980
- Reporter – July 2, 1980
- Reporter – June 25, 1982
- Reporter – September 27, 1991
- Reporter – December 31, 1999