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HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH

The Archive of The Brown County Historical Society is open for your research every Tuesday morning from 9 a.m. until noon.  The following assets are available:  

Bailey Room

Reeve Room

 
B C Democrat obituaries 1921-1999 Probate Court records 1836-1945
B C Democrat originals 1923-present Criminal and Civil Court records 1836-1945
High School registers1907-1954 Index to Reeve’s B C Family Studies
Biographical info by surname Marriage records 1882-1967
Grover Brown 8thgrade letters Oral Histories and Transcripts
Photo Collection
Property Tax Records 1848-1974

 

Reeve Family Studies

The Ken and Helen Reeve Family Studies of early Brown County, Indiana families were compiled over a period of many years by the Genealogical Committee of the Brown County Historical Society. 

This index was prepared by John W. Hamblen Ph. D. in 1998.

The file is a 1.8 MB download in Adobe 7 format and runs 685 pages.
Download Here

 

For those who wish to do their own research, the Society Archive is open Tuesdays from 9 a. m. until Noon.  A donation of $5 for individual, or $15 for commercial clients per visit is suggested.  Appointments may be made to open the Archive at other times for a donation of $10 per hour.

For those unable to do their own research,  we will spend one hour on a research request when the following items are supplied:

1.      Name _______________________   E-Mail__________________________
         Address__________________________________________
                      __________________________________________

2.      Concise statement (50 words or less) of your immediate requirement and 
         ultimate objective.

3.      If your research is genealogical, supply a pedigree chart from your starting
         point to your Brown County relative.      

 

Should your research require longer than the free period, we can recommend several qualified, paid researchers. 

 

Contact the Brown County Historical Society :
 (812) 988-6089 or  Archivist@BrownCountyHistory.Info

 

Need a map?  Here is a section map of Brown County.

 

The Society also publishes several books that deal with local history and genealogy.  Please see our Publications Page for additional information.

 

 A Brown County Album contains a few images from our photo archive.
(All images are shown in reduced resolution from the originals.)