Local & Family History Services
Hours
| Sunday (domingo) | Closed (cerrado) |
| Monday (lunes) | 9:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m. |
| Tuesday (martes) | 9:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m. |
| Wednesday (miércoles) | 9:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m. |
| Thursday (jueves) | 12:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. |
| Friday (viernes) | 9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. |
| Saturday (sábado) | 9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. |
Contact Us
Phone: 574-282 - 4621
E-mail: local.history@sjcpl.org
AIM & Yahoo: askSJCPLlh
MSN: askSJCPLlh@hotmail.com
More about Local & Family History Services
A detailed description of our collection (pdf)
The South Bend Area Genealogical Society (SBAGS) donates $500 to the St. Joseph County Public Library’s Leighton Award campaign. Library Director Don Napoli and Library Board President Mel Holmes accept the check from SBAGS President Bill Minish and Treasurer Irv Morse. Local & Family History Services Manager Libby Feil works with Bill and Irv in their capacity as SJCPL volunteers in her department.
- Ancestry Library Edition
- HeritageQuest Online
- Obituary Index
- Service Notes Index
- South Bend Tribune Online Archives
If you'd like to receive notice of upcoming programs and events, please join our mailing list by e-mailing Libby Feil at l.feil@sjcpl.org.
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How-to Articles
- Finding Living People
- Genealogy/Family History
- History Homework Help
- Local History
- St. Joseph County Vital Records
- Collection Guides (pdf)
- African American Genealogy Resource Guide
- Index to Historic Homes Found in Newspaper Clipping Files
- Local History Books from Arcadia Publishing
- Map Case Maps in Local & Family History
- St. Joseph County Church Records on Microfilm
Online Exhibits
) Our Collection
- Atlases and maps (pdf)
- Cemetery and funeral home records
- Censuses and census indexes
- Church records and histories
- City directories
- Databases
- Estate and will indexes and abstracts
- How-to guides and reference books
- Family histories
- Fort Wayne-South Bend Diocese Catholic Church Records on Microfilm (pdf)
- Immigration records and passenger lists
- Local Authors
- Military records and indexes
- Naturalization records indexes
- Newspapers, local and national
- Obituaries
- Periodicals and magazines
- St. Joseph County Church Records on Microfilm (pdf)
- Vital statistics (births, marriages, deaths) records and indexes
- Yearbooks (pdf)
We'll search for you!
We are happy to help long-distance or homebound patrons with look-ups of items such as obituaries, marriage licenses, and newspaper articles.
For more information, please download the Obituary and Local History Search form or contact us at 574-282 - 4621 or local.history@sjcpl.org.
Thank you for your interest!
