The East Chicago Room has materials to assist you in researching your ancestry and can tell you of other resources available such as Family Genealogy and History Internet Education Directory:
http://www.academic-genealogy.com/

The Indiana Genealogical Society, Inc. and the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The Family Genealogy and History Internet Education Directory is a professional worldwide humanities and social sciences portal, connected directly to thousands of related sub-sets, with billions of primary or secondary database family history and genealogy records. It encompasses all other key worldwide genealogy and surname sites.

Regional Genealogy and Local History Research: Local History and Genealogy Portals to the World. http://www.academic-genealogy.com/regionalgenealogy.htm

Regional genealogy and local history research includes:
areas, countries, directories, ethnic group populations,
organizations, local ancestry and local history studies.

 

History of Mexican Independence

Mexican Independence Day celebrates the events and people that eventually resulted in independence from Spain, the country that had control over the territory of New Spain, as it was also known then. To learn more click on the text -->History of Mexican Independence Day!