New Monroe County Databases

If you have ancestors in the rolling hills of Monroe County, you'll want to take a look at these four databases we recently added to the IGS website:

Free Database:

- Index to Yearbooks for Smithville Schools, Monroe County, Indiana (1936-1974)
An index of 23,000 students and teachers in grades 1-12 who attended Smithville schools. The yearbooks are in the collection of the Red Men Museum and History Center in Smithville, This database was contributed by Randi Richardson.

Premium Databases:

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- Index to Photographs in Yearbooks of Bloomington High School, Monroe County, Indiana (1912)
An index of the students and teachers whose photos appear in Bloomington High School's 1912 yearbook, The Gothic. This database was contributed by Randi Richardson.

- Landowners in Monroe County, Indiana (1856)
An index of 1,875 people who owned land in Monroe County in 1856, as listed in an 1856 atlas. This database was contributed by Randi Richardson.

- Residents of Monroe County Poor Asylum, Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana (1918-1920)
An index of the people who lived in the Monroe County Poor Asylum from 1918 to 1920, as listed in the asylum's quarterly reports. This database was contributed by Randi Richardson.