FCPL-Genealogy

Welcome to the Frankfort Library Genealogy and Local History Department

Clinton County Archives Project

This project contains a searchable index of Clinton County Court Records. Please click here to access it. These records are now available for photocopying at the Frankfort Community Public Library.

Obituary Database

To search the Frankfort Obituary files we have available, please click here.

Frankfort Yearbooks

We have Frankfort Yearbooks from 1912-Present. To search the yearbooks index we have available, click here.

Genealogy Research Service

The Genealogy and Local History Dept. now offers in-depth research for people that cannot perform on-site research.

The fee is $25.00 and is non-refundable and payable in advance. You must fill out a Request for Research form.
If you have questions, please call 765-654-8746 x137 or email fcplgen@accs.net.

Please make checks payable to the Frankfort Community Public Library and send to:
Attn: Genealogy Dept.
208 W. Clinton St.
Frankfort, IN 46041

Our Genealogy and Local History Department includes an extensive collection of materials:

Frankfort City Directories from 1890 to the present
County Cemetery Indexes
Marriage Indexes from 1830 to 1920
Obituary Indexes from 1870 to 1970 and 1987 to the present
A copy of the first Tract Book plus Grantee/Grantor indexes
Guardianships 1836 to 1866
WPA Births & Deaths for Clinton County 1882 to 1920
Wills 1830 to 1904 – indexed
Clinton County Roots (10 years) by Bohm – indexed
Microfilm Census for Clinton County 1830 to 1920
Statistics and Census Microfilm on surrounding counties and information on Ohio, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland, and Kentucky
Obit Databases.
Frankfort Yearbooks, 1912-Present.

View images/movies of "old" Frankfort
@ Frankfort Place on the web!

Visit Frankfort Place to view photographs of all things Frankfort. Frankfort Place is a project that was started as a way to get images of "old" Frankfort in the public view. The project has grown to include images from people across the country that wish to share their images.

Photographs from Frankfort Library's slide collection are available for viewing at Frankfort Place & are eligible for purchase through the Genealogy Dept. at the library; just look for the Frankfort Library when viewing the images.

Genealogy Workshop

Jana Broglin will present a Genealogy Workshop on Saturday, September 25.

The workshop will be held at the Frankfort Library
in Room 219.

For more information or to register, please fill out the Workshop Application.

Contact Us

f you would like to e-mail the Genealogy and Local History Department, please click here.
If you would like to e-mail Grace, click here.

Family History Classes

Come join us the third Wednesday of each month from 6pm to 8pm for Family History Classes. The cost is $2.00 and you can register in the Genealogy and Local History Department.

Clinton County Genealogical Society

The Clinton County Genealogical Society meets at the Frankfort Community Public Library on the 4th Wednesday of each month in the Ivy Tech meeting room on the Lower Level,
at 6:30 pm.

The Genealogy & Local History Department is located in the Gerald and Toni Gill Area in the Lower Level next to Harry's Coffee Bar Materials

We have a variety of materials about Frankfort and Clinton County that only we carry. To see a listing of the items and the prices, visit our
virtual library shop.

Our Research Policy:

Research fees include a $5.00 charge for the first inquiry, $3.00 for each subsequent inquiry within the same request, and copy costs. Copy costs are $.50 per page for microfilm copies and $.10 per page for regular black and white copies and $.25 per page for regular color copies. In-depth research costs are $25.00 and you must fill out a Request for Research form. Email the Genealogy & Local History Dept. for more information.

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