Archives and Libraries of Knox County, Indiana
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McGrady-Brockman House - Knox County Public Library
Address
McGrady-Brockman House
502 North 7th St.
Vincennes, IN 47591
Ph: (812) 886-4380
Internet
http://www.kcpl.lib.in.us
Notes
The historical and genealogical collections of Knox county have now been
combined into the Knox County Public Library's McGrady-Brockman House. This
facility is across Hart Street from the Public Library in the former
Brockman Funeral Home at 614 South Seventh Street (use mailing address
above) in Vincennes. This consolidation was completed and the
McGrady-Brockman House was dedicated on 14 April 2002. Genealogical
materials from the Lewis Historical Library, the local DAR Library, and
older, original records of the Knox County Records Library are now housed in
this historic house. Open hours for the McGrady-Brockman House are: Monday,
12-4 PM, 5-9 PM; Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, 8:30 AM-12 PM,
1-5.30 PM; closed Thursday and Sunday.
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Knox County Records Library
Address
819 Broadway St.
Vincennes, IN 47591
Notes
NOW CLOSED to the public. The archive now primarily holds the more
recent county records. Older records have been moved to the new historical
collections of the Knox County Public Library's McGrady-Brockman House.
Records that still exist in the Knox County Records Library that may be of
interest to the researcher may be accessed through the Knox County Public
Library's McGrady-Brockman House.
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Byron R. Lewis Historical Collection Library
Address
LRC-22
1002 N. 1st Street (note: this street is closed in the University)
Vincennes University
Vincennes, Indiana 47591
Ph: (812) 888-4330
Internet
http://www.vinu.edu/lewis.htm
Notes
Now open from 1-4 PM onweekdays The Lewis Regional History Center
primarily contains historical reference materials on Knox County and the
surrounding areas and the states of Illinois and Indiana. Most of the
genealogical materials in the Lewis Library have been moved to the new
historical collections of the Knox County Public Library's McGrady-Brockman
House. Lewis is located in the Main Library building on the Vincennes
University campus on Second Street at the western terminus of College Avenue
(ends in a small parking lot).
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The Old Cathedral Library & Museum
Address
Behind the Old Cathedral (St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church)
205 Church St.
Vincennes, Indiana 47516
Internet
http://www.nps.gov/gero/
Notes
INDIANA's FIRST LIBRARY is primarily a museum that displays part of the 10
to 12 thousand volumes of old and rare books and manuscripts that were
brought to Vincennes by priests and other personalities (some had been owned
by Rev. Jean François Rivet, Rev. John Leo Champomier, Rev. Stephen Theodor
Badin, Francis Vigo, William Seton, and Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, among
others) and the 6-8000 volumes of the first Bishop of the former Diocese of
Vincennes, the Rt. Rev. Simon Gabriel Brute. It is in the Old
Cathedral/George Rogers Clark National Historical Park Complex. The Old
Cathedral Parish (St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church) was the original
church of the French settlers (records date from the year 1749) and the
parish of many Belgian immigrants (parish records are available through the
LDS-FHL or at the Lewis Historical Collections Library - see above).
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Francis Vigo DAR Chapter House
Address
3 West Scott St. (Near the Wm. Henry Harrison Mansion -Grouseland)
Vincennes, Indiana 47591
Notes
The DAR library holdings have now been transferred to the new historical
collections of the Knox County Public Library's McGrady-Brockman House.
Click here for more info about the DAR.
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints
Address
Family History Center
3311 Old Highway 41 North
Vincennes, Indiana 47591
Ph: (812) 882-4022.
Notes
Hours are Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:00 AM-1:00 PM and 4:30 PM-8:30 PM.
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Knox County Health Department
Address
(For Birth & Death Certificates from ca. 1880)
624 Broadway Street
Vincennes, IN 47591-2028
Ph: (812) 882-8080
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