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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.
 



 

Contact Us

If 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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