Sources checked October 25, 2026. Based on public institutional descriptions and collection catalogs; no staff confirmation or onsite inspection. Confirm access before visiting.
Start with one connection.
Bring a person, a place, approximate years, and one question. A township, congregation, school, or employer may reveal records a surname search misses. The custodian can be outside the county.
STOP 01 / Petersburg / Pike CountyPike County Indiana Genealogy Society
Ask local volunteers where historical records have been preserved.
The society describes the Edith Barrett Memorial History Center and cooperation with the historical society and Petersburg library to preserve local records.
Research details & a question to ask
How to begin
Use the society contact route to confirm its current research arrangements and ask about a specific family, township or publication.
A question you can ask
Where can I consult records for this township and period today?
Keep in mind
The website includes older notices. Current opening hours and any named archival holdings require confirmation before travel.
STOP 02 / Indianapolis / HighbanksIndiana Historical Society: Robert Logan store account books
Follow purchases, payments and neighbors in a rural store ledger.
An IHS article indexes customers for January–March 1850 and identifies microfilm of the Highbanks store books: 1850–1851 on F 0010 and 1853–1854 on reel 356.
Research details & a question to ask
How to begin
Use the article to locate a name, then ask the library for the complete account page and surrounding entries on the relevant film.
A question you can ask
Can I see the dated transaction and any account carried forward?
Keep in mind
The article’s name list covers only three months. Paying another person’s account does not by itself prove kinship.
STOP 03 / Indianapolis / statewideIndiana State Library: Pike County holdings
Turn a county index into a precise request for the underlying record.
Selected holdings include Commissioners Reports, Book A, for 1817–1825 and an index to commissioners’ records for 1818–1839.
Research details & a question to ask
How to begin
Open the county guide, copy the title and call number, then check the catalog or ask the library about format and access before visiting.
A question you can ask
Which original commissioners’ entry follows this name or township reference?
Keep in mind
These are selected library holdings, often indexes or transcripts. A listed date range does not guarantee every event survives or that original images are online.
Leave a trail another researcher can follow.
Save the repository, collection title, dates, volume, page or item identifier, link, and the date you consulted it. Follow an index to the original record when possible. Keep uncertain names and inferred relationships visibly separate from what the source states.
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