Genealogy



The Carthage Public Library offers the following genealogical resources:
  • Carthage newspapers on microfilm from 1866 to 2005
  • Jasper County Census 1850 - 1930
  • Obituary file 1980 - present
  • Park Cemetery Records
  • Colleen Belk's Jasper County Cemetery Tombstone Inscriptions
  • City Directories 1888 - present (missing some early years)
  • Carthage Senior High School Yearbooks 1913 - present (missing some years)
  • Knell Mortuary Records 1884 - 1940
  • Ulmer Funeral Home Records 1916 - 1952
  • Some Jasper County Marriage and Probate Records
  • Some DAR Lineage Books
  • Various published Jasper County Histories
  • Jasper County Plat Books 1875 and 1895
  • Sanborn Maps 1888 - 1936
  • Local History File


The following links also contain valuable information: