New Databases: African-American Civil War Soldiers & Floyd, LaPorte, Lawrence, Miami, and Pulaski Counties

As the weather warms up, flowers are spring up. So are new databases on the Indiana Genealogical Society's website! Here are 11 new resources that might help you find your ancestors:

Free Database:

Indiana Soldiers in 54th Massachusetts Infantry (1863-1865)
More than two dozen soldiers who enlisted from an Indiana town or whose last known residence was Indiana, as listed in an 1891 history. This database includes their age, marital status and occupation at the time they enlisted.

Members-Only Databases:

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Floyd County:
- Students of New Albany High School, Floyd County, Indiana (1928)
800 students in grades 9-12, as listed in the school’s 1928 yearbook, Senior Blotter. This database also includes digital images.

- Teachers of New Albany High School, Floyd County, Indiana (1928)
37 teachers and the subjects they taught, as listed in the school’s 1928 yearbook, Senior Blotter. This database also includes digital images.

LaPorte County:
- Students of LaPorte High School, LaPorte County, Indiana (1943)
1,050 students in grades 9-12, as listed in the school’s 1943 yearbook, El-Pe. This database also includes digital images.

- Teachers of LaPorte High School, LaPorte County, Indiana (1943)
40 teachers, as listed in the school’s 1943 yearbook, El-Pe. This database also includes digital images.

Lawrence County:
- Alumni of Bedford High School, Lawrence County, Indiana (1871-1930)
Browsable list of alumni from the school’s 1931 yearbook, The Pioneer. The listing includes married names for women and employment information. This database was contributed by Ron Darrah.

- Students of Bedford High School, Lawrence County, Indiana (1926)
125 students in grade 12, as listed in the school’s 1926 yearbook, The Pioneer. This database also includes digital images.

Miami County:
- Graduates of Bunker Hill High School, Miami County, Indiana (1886-1963)
Browsable list of graduates, as listed in a pictorial history of the school. This database was contributed by Ron Darrah.

Pulaski County:
--Students of Winamac High School, Pulaski County, Indiana (1916)
90 students in grades 9-12, as listed in the school’s 1916 yearbook, The Totem.

Franklin College:
- Graduates of Franklin College, Franklin (1890-1898)
165 graduates, as listed in the college’s annual catalogs for the 1891-1891 through 1898-1899 school years. This database includes their hometowns and the degrees they received.

Notre Dame:
- Students of University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame (1899-1911)
10,500 students, as listed in the university’s annual catalogs for the 1898-1899 through 1910-1911 school years. This database includes their hometowns, which ranged from South America to Canada and North Dakota.

From Alumni of Bedford High School, Lawrence County, Indiana (1871-1930). "The page from the 1919 Pioneer shown above represents four sons of B.H.S. who, up to the spring of 1919, had given their all for their country. Wounds and disease have since claimed others."