Bigham, Darrel E. We Ask Only a Fair Trial: A History of the Black Community of Evansville, Indiana. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 1987. Call # F534.E9B58 1987. This scholarly monograph does not contain genealogical source material or family histories; however, many individuals are mentioned in the text and are indexed. At the very least, this work should be of interest to anyone with roots in Evansville for the historical context it establishes.
-----.“Negro Registers.” Hoosier Genealogist 17:2 (June 1977). Call # F525.A2H7 (2nd floor open shelf). Registers of free blacks in 1853 in Bartholomew, Franklin and Jennings Counties.
Robbins, Coy D. African Heritage in Morgan County, Indiana. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana African American Historical and Genealogical Society, 1991. Call # fF532.M8R63 1991.
-----. Forgotten Hoosiers: African Heritage in Orange County. Bowie. Md.: Heritage Books, 1994. Call # F532.O63R63.
-----. “Freedom Papers Found in Orange County, Indiana.” JAAHGS 7:3 (Fall 1986). Call # CS1.A37 (2nd floor open shelf).
-----. Indiana Negro Registers. Bowie, Md.: Heritage Books, 1994. Call # fE185.93.I4I53 1994. Registers from Bartholomew, Floyd, Franklin, Gibson, Harrison, Hendricks, Jackson, Jefferson, Jennings, Knox, Martin, Ohio, Orange, Switzerland, and Washington Counties.
-----. “Negro Register Orange County, Indiana (1853-1861).” JAAHGS 7:2 (Summer 1986). Call # CS1.A37 (2nd floor open shelf).
-----. “Orange County, Indiana Black Americans in World War I.” JAAHGS 8:2 (Summer 1987). Call # CS1.A37 (2nd floor open shelf).
Reclaiming African Heritage at Salem, Indiana. Bowie, Md.: Heritage Books, 1995. Call # fF534.S24R63.
Spears, Jean E. Admission Record, Indianapolis Asylum of Friendless Colored Children, 1871-1900. Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society, 1978. Call # fHV883.I53S64.
Thornbrough, Emma Lou. The Negro in Indiana. A Study of a Minority. Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Bureau, 1957. Call # F895.435 (volume 37). Not specifically genealogical in its orientation; however, it is well indexed and contains much information on individuals. Also useful for its treatment of migration.
Witcher, Curt B. “Allen County, Indiana, Black American in World War I.” JAAHGS 8:3 (Fall 1987). Call # CS1.A37 (2nd floor open shelf).