Ripley County, Indiana Genealogy

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Parent County
1816--Ripley County was created 27 December 1816 from Dearborn and Jefferson Counties. County seat: Versailles

Neighboring Counties

 * Dearborn
 * Decatur
 * Franklin
 * Jefferson
 * Jennings
 * Ohio
 * Switzerland

Probate
Probate records are court records created after an individual’s death that relate to a court’s decisions regarding the distribution of the estate to the heirs or creditors and the care of any dependents. You may find the names of married daughters or other relatives and their residences; or information about the adoption or guardianship of minor children and dependents. Probate records do not always give an exact date of death, but the death usually occurred within four months of probate. These documents are important to family history researchers, because they usually exist for time periods before civil birth and death records were kept.

The Circuit Court has responsibility for the probate records of Ripley County.

The following Ripley County probate records have been indexed and transcribed:
 * The University of Mary Washington has indexed and transcribed probate inventories for Dearborn, Franklin, and Ripley counties.

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Family History Library Catalog
 * Ripley County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)