Database available at the Covington and Veedersburg Libraries only.
Answers await everyone—whether professional or hobbyist, expert or novice, genealogist, or historian—inside the more than 4,000 available databases. Here, you can unlock the story of you with sources like censuses, vital records, immigration records, family histories, military records, court and legal documents, directories, photos, maps, and more.
U.S. collections deliver hundreds of millions of names from sources such as federal and U.S. censuses; birth, death, and marriage records including the Social Security Death Index; and U.S. border crossing and trans-ocean ship records.
Canadian collections provide nearly 60 million records from the Census of Canada; and key vital records, such as the Drouin Collection (1621-1967), which includes nearly 30 million baptism, marriage, and burial records from Quebec.
U.K. collections offer censuses for England, Wales, Isle of Man, Channel Islands, and Scotland, with nearly 200 million records; Births and Baptisms (1834-1906), Marriage Licenses (1521-1869), Deaths and Burials (1834-1934), and Poor Law Records (1840-1938) in London; and more.
Other international collections continue to grow with more than 46 million records from German census, vital records, emigration indexes, ship lists, phone directories, and more; Chinese surnames in the large and growing Jiapu Collection of Chinese lineage books; Jewish family history records from Eastern Europe and Russia; and more.
Military collections deliver over 150 million records containing information often not found elsewhere; and includes records from the colonial to the Vietnam era.
Multimedia collections deliver millions of files ranging from family and gravestone photos to postcards and newsreels.
Covington-Veedersburg Public Library
Genealogy and Local History Department
Sharon Roberts serves as our Genealogy and Local History Assistant. Sharon is available Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11 am to 3 pm to assist patrons who are doing genealogy or local history research at the Covington Public Library. She is an active member of the Fountain County Genealogy Society. Sharon has extensive experience in mapping many of the cemeteries in Fountain County. She is currently working to preserve and organize the Fountain County historical documents in our library collection. Our Genealogy and Local History Assistant
Items Available at the Covington Public Library:
Cemeteries Records
Collected Indiana and Local History
Collected Obituaries
Fountain County Death Records Index 1882-1920
Fountain County Marriage Records Index 1848-1920
Fountain County Activities in the World War April 6, 1917 - Nov. 11, 1918
Fountain County Court Records Index - 2 volumes
Fountain County Indentured Servant Records 1847-1884
Fountain County Index of Names and Firms 1826-1976
Miscellaneous Family History Books
Newspaper Microfiche
Physicians & Dentists 1828-1962 Troy Township Fountain County
Prairie Farmer's Directory of Farmers & Breeders - Fountain County
United States of America Land Grants - Fountain County
Covington Public Library
Veedersburg Public Library
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HeritageQuest provides online and film products including census records, for genealogy and family history research.
This essential collection of unique material is for both genealogical and historical researchers, with coverage dating back to the late 1700s. Use HeritageQuest to find your ancestors, trace their paths across America, and learn what life was like in the areas where they settled.
HeritageQuest Online combines digital, searchable images of U.S. federal census records with the digitized version of the popular UMI Genealogy & Local History collection and other valuable content.
Genealogy Databases
Normal School 1876-1900
Covington High School 1901-1910
Help us find missing Covington High School Yearbooks
Normal School/CHS burning
May 30, 1912
