Our Website of the Week is the Plainfield Public Library's Local History and Genealogy Collection! The Plainfield Library provides a treasure trove of digitized genealogy resources that you can browse right at home!
Here you can find many great, unique resources for researching ancestors from Plainfield, and Will & Kendall Counties, including:
- Tornado History of Plainfield, including maps and photos from the infamous 1990 tornado
- Digitized photograph collections from local families
- Digitized scrapbooks from local residents that include newspaper clippings, funeral cards, wedding announcements, and much more!
- A digital Local History collection that includes a searchable name database, maps and atlases, school yearbooks, telephone directories, and local histories
Plus, you can learn about additional genealogy resources available in person at the Plainfield Library, including microfilm, maps, cemetery indexes, and much more!
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