Historic Bremen

If you are researching local history or your family tree, here are links to various free research resources in Marshall county and beyond.

General resources

• Bremen High School graduates spreadsheet (1890-2022)
• Historic Bremen photo & news archives
• Marshall County Historical Society
• Indiana Historical Society
• Indiana Memory – library and museum collections
• “If you grew up in Bremen, Indiana” Facebook group
• Indiana county and township codes (useful for understanding property maps)
• Topographical maps of Bremen (USGS – key is the imprint year)
• Madison School History on Flickr

Genealogy resources

• Bremen Public Library genealogy resources
• FamilySearch record search
  (census, marriage, draft, etc.)
• Findagrave cemetery search
• Civil War:
  • US National Park Service Civil War Soldiers & Sailors database
  • Indiana Civil War Report – 6th to 29th Regiments
  • Indiana Civil War Report – 30th to 59th Regiments
  • Indiana Civil War Report – 60th to 110th Regiments
  • Indiana Civil War Report – 111th to 156 Regiments, Colored Regiments (various), Light Artillery 1st to 26th
  • Indiana Civil War Report – Additions and Corrections
  • Browse 29th Ind Inf, Co K (Bremen, et al.)
  • Browse 20th Ind Inf, Co C (Marshal co.)
• ISTG Immigration ships record search
• HMY resources on immigration and passenger list information
• Genealogy Trails – Marshall county
• RootsWeb – Marshall county
• Indiana Genealogy – Marshall county
• genealogy links from the Bremen Public Library, including Bremen war veterans & cemetery records

Newspaper resources

• Search the Enquirer and other Indiana newspapers
• Hoosier State Chronicles newspaper archive
• Elephind newspaper archive – Bremen, Indiana
• Newspapers.com (Bremen Enquirer, SB Tribune, etc.)

Books

• History of Indiana – Special Edition for Marshall County (1890) – Bremen search
• Twentieth Century History of Marshall County, Indiana (1908) – Bremen search
• History of Hastings, Indiana (c1920) – folk history that explains the draining of marshes, the series of popular crops (onions, hemp, and mint), and daily life in the area before the modern day
• Google Books preview of Bremen and North Central Indiana, full of old photos from the Don Schneider collection and elsewhere