Visiting the Local History & Genealogy Center

The Local History & Genealogy Center is located in downtown Muncie at 210 South Jefferson Street (next to the Carnegie branch). Our friendly and knowledgeable staff is available to assist you with your historical and genealogical research Monday thru Friday 9:00am-6:00pm and Saturdays from 9:00am-1:00pm. There are plenty of free parking spaces next to our branch. Lockers are provided at no charge; we prefer that you store your bags, backpacks and brief cases in them. Food and drinks are not allowed in the Center but there is a cafe in the Carnegie Branch right next to us. We charge 10 cents for photocopies from books and magazines, printouts from the computer and for copies from microfilm. We  keep a small amount of change at the Center. Unfortunately, we cannot accept large bills for small fees.

The LHG Center has a comprehensive collection of print, non print and electronic resources related to Muncie and Delaware County. We also have materials from other Indiana counties and surrounding states. Popular sources at the LHG Center include newspapers, school yearbooks, vital record indexes, family files, court documents and the subscription database, AncestryLibrary.com.  Our one of a kind obituary index is also very popular. The Digital Resource Library includes several online databases of Muncie/Delaware County documents important to local historians and genealogists.  If you have any questions,  please call us at 765-747-8208 or e-mail us at lhgresearch@munpl.org. We look forward to meeting you!