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Bremen Newspaper Microfilms

The Bremen paper has always been a weekly publication. Our microfilm rolls date from April 17, 1884 to December 2013, with some exceptions due to missing papers. In addition to microfilm, we have print copies from 2003 to current.

Indiana residents can now search and view vintage copies (1885-1964) of The Bremen Enquirer on-line through INSPIRE at no charge. To access these papers follow these instructions. In 2019, this content will become available on the Hoosier State Chronicles site which will make it free to the whole world.

Below is a complete inventory of our microfilm collection. Except where indicated otherwise, all films are of The Bremen Enquirer. The April 17, 1884 issue of The Bremen Banner is labeled “Vol.III, #39”, which indicates that Vol I of the Banner may have been printed in 1882 . We have no issues earlier than April 17, 1884. An article in The October 30, 1886 issue of The Bremen Enquirer referenced The Bremen Gazette of May 19, 1875. We do not have any issues of the Gazette.

A column title “25 Years Ago” was started in the May 30, 1912 paper. During 1916, the column was retitled “24 Years Ago”. In 1917, it ran as “23 Years Ago”. The last few months of 1917, there was no column featuring excerpts from older papers. In 1918, the column was started again as “20 Years Ago”.

Except where indicated, these films have been indexed for deaths and the obituary database entries are completed.

Film NumberDates
4800Apr 17, 1884-December 31, 1885 (Bremen Banner)
(May 7, 1885 is missing)
4801Jan 7, 1886-Oct 17, 1887 (Bremen Banner)
(Nov 18, 1886 and June 9, 1887 are missing)
BE01Nov 21, 1885-Dec 29, 1888
(Jan 7, 1888 is missing)
BE02Jan 5, 1889 – Aug 21, 1891
missing issues
BE03Aug 28, 1891-December 30, 1892
(MISSING 6 MONTHS)
July 21, 1893-Oct 6, 1893
BE04Oct 13, 1893-Nov 22, 1895
MANY missing issues
BE05Nov 29, 1895-Sept 3, 1897
Many issues in this roll had occasional articles cut out.
BE06Sept 10, 1897-Apr 21, 1899
(Jan 6, 1899 is missing)
BE07Apr 28, 1899-Jan 11, 1901
missing issues
BE08Jan 18, 1901-Nov 7, 1902
MANY missing issues
BE09Nov 11, 1902-JUN 16, 1904
BE10JUN 23, 1904-JAN 4, 1906
(May 25, 1905 is missing)
BE11JAN 11, 1906-JUL 11, 1907
(Dec 20, 1906 is missing)
BE12JUL 18, 1907-JAN 21, 1909
missing issues
BE13JAN 28, 1909-JUL 7, 1910
(Mar 25, 1909 and Apr 29, 1909 are missing)
BE14JUL 14, 1910-JAN 4, 1912
(Dec 14, 1911 – missing page 1)
BE15JAN 11, 1912-JUN 26, 1913
BE16JUL 3, 1913-DEC 31, 1914
BE17JAN 7, 1915-JUL 27, 1916
BE18AUG 3, 1916-MAR 7, 1918
(Oct 26, 1916, Mar 8, 1917 and Apr 5, 1917 are missing)
BE19MAR 14, 1918-OCT 2, 1919
BE20OCT 9, 1919-APR 14, 1921
BE21APR 21, 1921-NOV 9, 1922
BE22NOV 16, 1922-MAY 29, 1924
BE23JUN 5, 1924-OCT 29, 1925
(missing June 4, 1925, page 8)
BE24NOV 5, 1925-MAY26, 1927
BE25JUN 2, 1927-DEC 1928
BE26JAN 3, 1929-JUL 24, 1930
BE27JUL 31, 1930-FEB 25, 1932
BE28MAR 3, 1932-SEP 21, 1933
(missing Mar 24, 1932)
BE29SEPT 28, 1933-APR 25, 1935
BE30MAY 2, 1935-NOV 26, 1936
BE31DEC 3, 1936-JUN 30, 1938
BE32JUL 7, 1938-JAN 11, 1940
BE33JAN 18, 1940-JUL 31, 1941
BE34AUG 7, 1941-FEB 11, 1943
BE35FEB 18, 1943-AUG 31, 1944
BE36SEP 7, 1944-FEB 28, 1946
BE37MAR 7, 1946-DEC 26, 1946
(May 23, 1946 missing pages 2-3)
4821JAN 2, 1947-AUG 26, 1948
4822SEP 2, 1948-MAR 30, 1950
4823APR 6, 1950-NOV 29, 1951
(Aug 10, 1950 and Sep 7, 1950 are missing)
4824DEC 6, 1951-JUN 25, 1953
4825JUL 2, 1953-DEC 30, 1954
4826JAN 6, 1955-AUG 30, 1956
Film NumberDates
4827SEP 6, 1956-APR 24, 1958
4828MAY 1, 1958-DEC 31, 1959
4829JAN 7, 1960-SEP 28, 1961
4830OCT 5, 1961-MAY 30, 1963
4831JUN 6, 1963-DEC 31, 1964
4832JAN 7, 1965-AUG 25, 1966
4833SEP 1, 1966-MAR 28, 1968
(Aug. 31, 1967 – missing page 1)
4834APR 4, 1968-OCT 23, 1969
(Oct. 30, 1969 – is missing)
4835NOV 6, 1969-JUL 29, 1971
(missing issues in 1969 and 1970)
4836AUG 5, 1971-DEC 28, 1972
BE73Jan 4, 1973-DEC 31, 1973
(Dec. 6, 1973 – missing at least 2 pages)
BE74JAN 3, 1974-JUN 26, 1975
(Jan. 31, 1974 – is missing)
BE751975 (Roll BE74 also has first 6 months of 1975.
Roll BE74 film appears to have better images.)
BE761976
(includes Bourbon News Mirror, Jan 8, 1976-Apr 8, 1976)
BE771977
BE781978 (missing April 26 – June 7, 1978, 7 issues)
BE791979
BQ79Dec 19, 1979-Dec 26, 1979
BE801980
BE811981
BQ811981 (reversed ?)
BE821982
BE831983
BE841984
BE851985
(May 1, 1985 – missing page 1)
BE861986
BE871987
BE881988
BE891989 (Aug 23, 1989 scanned)
BE901990
BE911991
BE921992
BE931993
BE941994
BE951995
(Sept. 27, 1995 and Oct. 18, 1995 are missing)
BE961996
(Nov. 6, 1996 and Dec. 25, 1996 are missing)
BE971997
BE981998
BE991999
BE20002000
BE20012001
BE20022002
BE20032003
BE20042004
BE20052005
BE20062006
BE20072007
BE20082008
BE20092009
BE20102010 (not yet indexed for obituaries)
 2011 (not yet indexed for obituaries)
 2012 (not yet indexed for obituaries)
 2013 (not yet indexed for obituaries)