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Perry County Public Library
Tell City, Indiana
Explore this community history collection to discover the people, places, organizations, and events of Tell City.
1861 to 2019Dates represented
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205,756Archive pages
Historical pages reported for this collection.
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Discover the people, places, and stories of Tell City, Indiana.
Discover another side of Tell City, Indiana through newspapers preserved in the Perry County Public Library's digital archive. Its seventy-five titles include material from 1861 to 2019.
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Explore titles such as “150th Anniversary Pictorial History” and “Troy High School Yearbook”, shared by Perry County Public Library.
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Newspaper pages connect individual accounts with a wider story, preserving how events were reported and presented to the readers of the day.
The reporting of earlier years offers a way to explore how events were understood as they happened and how local experiences became part of the historical record. A family story, a classroom project or curiosity about a familiar place can lead to a closer look at the community and the lives of earlier generations. Explore the archive online for free, without a subscription.
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Titles in this collection
Browse seventy-five titles and 205,756 digitized pages, with material from 1861 to 2019. Through a partnership with Advantage Archives, Perry County Public Library shares these sources from the past. Some years or items may be missing between the dates shown.
Bring a person, place or date you recognize, and browse the titles below for a first clue in the story you want to follow.
150th Anniversary Pictorial History
524 pages in 2019
A Bristow History 125 Years
344 pages in 1988
Atlas By Townships
42 pages in 1861
Baptisms
426 pages in 1901
Baptisms 1895 to 1918
382 pages in 1918
Baptisms 1903
80 pages in 1903
Eckerty Telephone Directory
96 pages in 1912
First and Early Families of Perry County
832 pages in 2017
History of Troy Indiana
528 pages in 2019
Jackson of Perry
756 pages in 1941
Living History of Perry County, Indiana
1,616 pages in 2019
Marriages
172 pages in 1901
Marriages 1904
70 pages in 1904
Memories of Rome Indiana
1,068 pages in 2019
Perry County Then and Now
588 pages in 2019
Siberia Telephone Directory
48 pages in 1939
St. Augustine Baptisms
336 pages in 1901
St. Augustine Baptisms 1837 to 1918
252 pages in 1918
St. Augustine Baptisms 1881 to 1899
262 pages in 1899
St. Augustine Baptisms 1900 to 1948
574 pages in 1948
St. Augustine Church Records 1937 to 1904
256 pages in 1904
St. Augustine Deaths 1872 to 1882
34 pages in 1882
St. Augustine Deaths 1896 to 1923
96 pages in 1923
St. Johns Baptisms 1909 to 1968
188 pages in 1968
St. Johns Church Records 1874 to 1902
220 pages in 1902
St. Johns Communion, Confirmations 1878 to 1880
14 pages in 1880
St. Johns Membership 1875 to 1895
166 pages in 1895
St. Joseph Church records 1892 to 1968
330 pages in 1968
St. Josephs Baptisms 1874 to 1921
422 pages in 1921
St. Josephs Church Records 1874-1900
256 pages in 1900
St. Josephs Marriages 1906 to 1949
552 pages in 1949
St. Jospehs Marriages 1874 to 1906
294 pages in 1906
St. Malachy Baprisms and Marriages 1870 to 1917
224 pages in 1917
St. Malachy Baptisms and Marriages 1867 to 1891
116 pages in 1891
St. Malachy Church records 1918 to 1966
514 pages in 1966
St. Malachy Communion and Deaths 1874 to 1900
220 pages in 1900
St. Marks Baptisms
318 pages in 1901
St. Marks Church Records
150 pages in 1901
St. Martin Baptisms 1869 to 1903
172 pages in 1903
St. Martin Deaths 1884 to 1921
102 pages in 1921
St. Martin Marriages 1884 to 1922
84 pages in 1922
St. Marys Baptisms
468 pages in 1901
St. Marys Church Records 1837 to 1861
40 pages in 1861
St. Marys Church records 1837 to 1918
216 pages in 1918
St. Marys Church Records 1840 to 1904
212 pages in 1904
St. Marys Marriages
178 pages in 1901
St. Meinrad Cemetary Records
450 pages from 1985 to 1986
St. Meinrad Deaths 1883 to 1963
358 pages in 1963
St. Meinrad Marriages 1883 to 1990
570 pages in 1990
St. Michael Baptisms
200 pages in 1901
St. Michael Baptisms 1854 to 1887
290 pages in 1887
St. Michael Church Records 1892 to 1928
72 pages in 1928
St. Michaels Baptisms 1887 to 1935
488 pages in 1935
St. Michaels Confirmations 1872 to 1877
144 pages in 1877
St. Patrick Baptisms 1854 to 1887
202 pages in 1877
St. Patrick Baptisms 1859 to 1887
172 pages in 1887
St. Patrick Baptisms 1887 to 1935
604 pages in 1935
St. Patrick Deaths 1866 to 1916
124 pages in 1916
St. Patrick Marriages 1854 to 1901
116 pages in 1901
St. Patricks Deaths 1866 to 1923
234 pages in 1923
St. Patricks Marriages 1854 to 1901
120 pages in 1901
St. Paul Baptisms 1887 to 1934
418 pages in 1934
St. Paul Baptisms and Marriages 1860 to 1877
208 pages in 1877
St. Paul Church Enlistment Records
12 pages in 1920
St. Paul Confirmations and Communion 1897 to 1949
200 pages in 1949
St. Paul Deaths 1877 to 1976
1,972 pages in 1976
St. Paul Marriages 1878 to 1929
244 pages in 1929
St. Peters Church Records
550 pages in 1901
Tall Tales From Tattletown
1,516 pages in 2019
Tell City News
80,714 pages from 1977 to 1992
Tell City Telephone Directory
9,626 pages from 1943 to 1991
The Cannelton News
328 pages in 1977
The Perry County News
89,746 pages from 1992 to 2011
Thomas Green Alvey and His Descendants
600 pages in 1982
Troy High School Yearbook
640 pages from 1946 to 1959
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About the Library
About Perry County Public Library
The Perry County Public Library has a long-standing tradition of serving the residents of Perry County. With a mission to provide educational, informational, and recreational materials to all members of the community, the library continues to play a vital role in promoting lifelong learning. Through its various branches, the library offers access to books, magazines, digital resources, and special programs that cater to both children and adults.
Library History
The History Of Perry County Public Library
The library system in Perry County has evolved over the years, merging services to better serve its patrons. In 2012, the Tell City-Perry County Public Library merged with the Cannelton Library District, expanding its reach and services. Today, the Perry County Public Library offers state-of-the-art facilities, including computer labs, meeting rooms, and dedicated spaces for children and genealogy research.
Local History
Did You Know?
Did you know that the Perry County Public Library is part of the Indiana State Library consortium of Evergreen Indiana? This allows patrons to access books and materials from more than 100 libraries across Indiana, enhancing the library’s ability to serve the community.
More ways to explore and share local history
Research Guidance
Follow a report into its setting
The history of Tell City includes individual lives as well as events remembered by the wider community. In the digital archive shared by the Perry County Public Library, begin with a name, place or date connected with the story you want to explore. When using historical newspapers, try alternate spellings and nearby dates, then read the surrounding page to place a local story in its time. Compare later reporting or another available title to explore different perspectives rather than treating one account as the whole story. Read the headline and neighboring articles as well as the matching lines. The surrounding page can show whether a report is local news, an editorial, or another kind of account; compare its details with later coverage where available.
Take a place or institution mentioned in a report as a new search lead. Check the issue date and read nearby articles to see how the setting is described. Preserve historical names and boundaries as written, and compare another dated reference before connecting the place to a present-day location.
Record which title, date, page, or item supports a useful lead. Mark unanswered questions before connecting it to a family or community story. A similar name can point you toward another source, but it is not proof of identity.
Community Partnership
Keeping local history a community resource
This community archive is made possible by the collaboration of the Perry County Public Library, its community, and Advantage Archives. Together, these partnerships preserve local sources and give people a way to explore, learn from, and share the history around them.
Advantage Archives covers ongoing archive hosting, storage, development, and maintenance. The institution and its community do not pay a subscription, seat license, annual support contract, or other recurring archive-service charge. Local history remains a community resource, not a subscription to maintain.
Would you like to see more of your community's history preserved and accessible? Start a conversation with your library, newspaper publisher, historical or genealogical society, museum, or school about the materials they would like to share and a possible partnership with Advantage Archives.
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Stories, research tips, and archive news
Read All About It connects archive research with the people and institutions preserving local history. Explore partner and community stories, project updates, research ideas, and perspectives on digitization, education, and working with primary sources. Use the articles as a starting point for your next question or a new way to share a discovery.
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