HISTORICAL & GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH
The BROWN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ARCHIVES COLLECTION is open and available for researchers on Tuesdays and Fridays from 11:00-4:00 pm, as well as other times by appointment. Local history and genealogy volunteers are available during this time to assist you in your research.
The Archives are located on the 2nd floor of the
Brown County History Center
90 E. Gould Street, Nashville, IN 47448
(Just across from the Pioneer Village)
Contact us at 812-988-2899 on Tuesdays & Fridays. At other times leave a message.
E-mail research requests to: rhonda.bchs@gmail.com
Donations for research assistance are suggested and used to help defray the costs of document preservation materials.
ARCHIVE ASSETS:
Brown County Democrat Obituaries 1921-2004
Probate Court records 1836-1945
Criminal and Civil Court records 1836-1945
School Registers 1907-1954
Genealogies - Surname File
Grover Brown 8th grade letters
Oral Histories and Transcripts
Photo Collection
Property Tax Records 1848-1974
Personal Collections & Historical Collections
Historic Buildings files
Full Genealogical Library
Some of our Genealogical Publications are available in our Gift Shop and by ordering.
Obituaries, Marriages, Divorces, Cemeteries, Funeral Home Records, History & Families, and Probate Records. Call for availability at 812-988-2899. Our Gift Shop now takes credit cards.
Old Newspapers
The Archives is pleased to announce a NEW addition for our researchers. We have partnered with the Indiana State Library to have our oldest newspapers digitized. You can now view these old newspapers dating from 1856 to 1918. I'm sorry to say we do not have a complete collection, but you may view the issues that we do have on the State Library's website Hoosier State Chronicles at:
https://newspapers.library.in.gov/
Reeve Family Studies
The Ken and Helen Reeve Family Studies of early Brown County, Indiana families were compiled over a period of many years by the Genealogical Committee of the Brown County Historical Society.
The 265 Family Studies themselves are available in the reference section of the Brown County Public Library. Reprints of individual Family Studies are available for purchase through a cooperative agreement between the Brown County Public Library and the Brown County Genealogical Society. You can contact them through their Facebook page at: Brown-County-Genealogical-Society.
Reeve's Family Study Index
This index was prepared by John W. Hamblen Ph. D. in 1998.
The file is a 1.8 MB download in Adobe 7 format and runs 685 pages.
| bc_family_study_index.pdf |
RESEARCH REQUESTS:
The Archives of The Brown County Historical Society is open for your research every Tuesday and Friday from 10:00 - 4:00 pm and by appointment.
Please call at: 812-988-2899 on Tuesdays and Fridays to speak to a researcher.
At other times please send us an e-mail with detailed information on what you are looking for.
Please email: rhonda.bchs@gmail.com
For those who wish to do their own research: Copies 25 cents a page plus donations are suggested to help maintain the archives, $10 for individual, or $15 for commercial clients per visit is suggested.
For those unable to do their own research: We will spend two hours, free of charge, to determine what sources may exist, and completing simple searches when the following are supplied in the contact form at the bottom of this page:
1. Name, address & email
2. Concise statement (50 words or less) of your immediate requirement and
ultimate objective.
3. If your research is genealogical, you will be asked to supply a pedigree chart from your starting point to your Brown County relative, to aid in identifying the correct lineage you are seeking.
If we find any documents in our Archive that you would want then there will be a copy fee of 25 cents per page plus postage. Should your research require longer than the free period, we ask for a $10 per hour donation. We can also recommend several qualified, paid local researchers.
Please call at: 812-988-2899 on Tuesdays and Fridays to speak to a researcher.
At other times please send us an e-mail with detailed information on what you are looking for.
Please email: rhonda.bchs@gmail.com
For those who wish to do their own research: Copies 25 cents a page plus donations are suggested to help maintain the archives, $10 for individual, or $15 for commercial clients per visit is suggested.
For those unable to do their own research: We will spend two hours, free of charge, to determine what sources may exist, and completing simple searches when the following are supplied in the contact form at the bottom of this page:
1. Name, address & email
2. Concise statement (50 words or less) of your immediate requirement and
ultimate objective.
3. If your research is genealogical, you will be asked to supply a pedigree chart from your starting point to your Brown County relative, to aid in identifying the correct lineage you are seeking.
If we find any documents in our Archive that you would want then there will be a copy fee of 25 cents per page plus postage. Should your research require longer than the free period, we ask for a $10 per hour donation. We can also recommend several qualified, paid local researchers.
