Free Online Indiana Digital Archives

The Ancestor Hunt has been cataloging and listing links to free online genealogy collections in over 20 different record categories since 2014. These are available for you to view and use via the Resources tab above.

It occurred to me, however, that there is a massive amount of genealogy and historical material that can help us researchers as we discover who belongs in our family tree, and more importantly, what is their life story. But this genealogical and historical material doesn’t fit nicely into a specific genealogy record category.

As researchers, we should avail ourselves of the types of materials listed below. They definitely will help us in our genealogy and family history research  These online resources are available generally at state libraries and archives, larger public libraries, and college and university digital collections. Hence the creation of these lists of free online digital archives. I hope they prove useful to you in your pursuit

Types of Information Available in Digital Archives

• Scrapbooks
• Diaries
• Family Papers, Biographies, and Other Collections
• Letters
• Oral Histories
• Maps
• Bulletins and Newsletters
• Corporate Collections
• Local Community and County Histories
• Photographs and Postcards
• Rare Books and Manuscripts
• Government Publications and Documents
• and Yes, Genealogy Record Collections and Indexes

The Free Online Digital Archives for the state are listed below, preceded by Archives that are available for the region or the country:

Multistate Archives

• Digital Commons Collections
• Digital Public Library of America
• Library of Congress Digital Collections
• National Archives Online Exhibits
• PastPerfectOnline Collections
• Smithsonian Digital Library

Indiana

• Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
• Ball State University Digital Collections
• Butler University Digital Collections
• DePauw University Digital Collections
• Earlham College Digital Collections
• Franklin College Digital Collections
• Grace College Digital Collections
• Hanover College Digital Collections
• Indiana Digital Archives
• Indiana Historical Society – Digital Image Collections
• Indiana Hosted Digital Collections
• Indiana Memory
• Indiana State Library, Collections
• Indiana State University Digital Collections
• Indiana University/Purdue University at Indianapolis Digital Collections
• Indiana University-Bloomington Digital Collections
• Indiana University-East Digital Collections
• Indiana University-Kokomo Digital Collections
• Indiana University-South Bend Digital Collections
• Indiana University-Southeast Digital Collections
• Marian University Digital Collections
• Purdue University Digital Collections
• Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Digital Collections
• University of Indianapolis Digital Collections
• University of Notre Dame Digital Collections
• University of Saint Francis Digital Collections
• University of Southern Indiana Digital Collections
• Valparaiso University Digital Collections
• Wabash College Digital Collections