Delaware County, Indiana Genealogy

Guide to Delaware County, Indiana ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.

''This article is about an east-central county of Indiana. For other uses, see Delaware (disambiguation)''

Description
Delaware County was named for the Delaware people. The county is located in the east-central area of the state.

County Courthouse
 Delaware County Courthouse 100 W Main Street Muncie, IN 47305 Phone: 765-747-7726 County Courthouse

Delaware County Health Department 125 N. Mulberry St. Muncie, IN, 47305 Health Officer: Donna Wilkins, MD Phone Number: 765-747-7721 Fax: 765-747-7747 Email: dwilkins@co.delaware.in.us Health Department

County Clerk has marriage, divorce, probate and court records from 1827. Health Department has birth records and death records. Copies may be obtained from the county health department or the Indiana State Division of Vital Records.

Populated Places
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

Bible Records

 * Bibles, Diaries and Letters Pertaining to Delaware County, Indiana at INGenWeb
 * Delaware County Bibles at USGenWeb Archives
 * Delaware County Indiana Family Bibles/ Stories at Genealogy Trails
 * Reasoner Family Bible Records at Indiana State Library Digital Collections

Biographies

 * Indiana Biography Index at Indiana State Library

Census Records

 * Index to Mortality Schedule (1860) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
 * Index to Defective, Dependent &amp; Delinquent Census (1880) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)

Church Records
List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * FamilySearch Places

Ward and Branch Records of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints


 * Muncie

Court Records

 * 1828-1929 (*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1852-1921 (*); Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1853-1858 (*); Court of Common Pleas at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * Delaware County, Indiana Wills, 1831 - 1845, The Genealogist (R. Bakehorn) - v. 1, no. 9 (Jan 1972). 1972. By Ray Bakehorn. Delaware County, Indiana : Delaware County, Indiana. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.

Directories

 * 1909-1910 Emerson's Delaware County Rural Route Directory, 1909 - 1910 at MyHeritage — images ($)

Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups
Ethnic and Religious Groups
 * Goodall, Hurley and J. Paul Mitchell. A History of Negroes in Muncie (Delaware County) .- Muncie, Ind.: Ball State University, c1976. - v. 58p. F534.M9 G66
 * 28th US Colored Troops, Addition Recruits for Colored Troops

Funeral Homes

 * Ballard and Sons Funeral Home and Cremation Services in Daleville.
 * Elm Ridge Funeral Home and Memorial Park in Muncie.
 * Faulkner Mortuary in Muncie.
 * Gant Funeral Homes in Yorktown.
 * Garden View Funeral Home in Muncie.
 * Meacham Funeral Service in Albany.
 * Meeks Mortuary and Crematory in Muncie.
 * Parson Mortuary in Muncie.
 * Pitman-Richman Funeral Home in Eaton.

Land and Property Records
Online Land Indexes and Records
 * Dates Vary United States Wills and Deeds Experimental Search at FamilySearch - incomplete index and images, counties and dates vary

Local Histories

 * History of Delaware County, Indiana. 2 volumes. 1924. By Frank D. Haimbaugh. Indianapolis: Historical Pub. Co. Online at: Vol. 1 - FamilySearch Digital Library, Vol. 2 - FamilySearch Digital Library, Vols. 1 & 2 - Hathitrust;.
 * History of Delaware County, Indiana. 1976. By Thomas B. Helm. Evansville, Ind. : Unigraphic. Online at: Rootsweb; . Online search available at: Hathitrust. Reprint. Originally published by Chicago : Kingman Brothers, 1881.
 * A Twentieth Century History of Delaware County, Indiana. 1908. G.W.H. Kemper, editor. Chicago: Lewis Publ. Co. Online at: Vol. 1 -  FamilySearch Digital Library, Internet Archive; Vol. 2 - FamilySearch Digital Library, Internet Archive; Vols. 1 & 2 - Hathitrust;.

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Historic Indiana Maps at IUPUI University Library
 * Old Antique Atlases &amp; Maps of Indiana
 * FamilySearch Places: Map of cities and towns in this county - How to Use FS Places

Military Records

 * Military Record Series Index at Indiana Digital Archives
 * Delaware County, Indiana Military Links Records

Revolutionary War
 * Residents of Delaware County Who Served in the Revolutionary War at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)

War of 1812
 * Residents of Delaware County Who Served in the War of 1812 at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)

Civil War

Civil War service men from Delaware County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies that were specifically formed in Delaware County.


 * 7th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company G
 * 8th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Companies L, and M
 * 8th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company A, and D
 * 9th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company D
 * 9th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Companies G, and L
 * 13th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies E, and F
 * 19th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies E, and L
 * 20th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company E
 * 36th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company B
 * 57th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies E, and F
 * 84th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company B, D, and K
 * 110th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies
 * 111th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies A, D, F, and I
 * 118th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (6 months, 1863-4), Company C
 * 124th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company B
 * 134th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864), Companies A, and G
 * 140th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies C
 * 147th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies B, and E
 * 154th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K
 * 28th US Colored Troops, Addition Recruits for Colored Troops

Civil War Books:
 * "The Civil War of 1861" Chapter 12 in Kemper, G. W. H. 1908. A twentieth-century history of Delaware County, Indiana. (Chicago: Lewis Publ. Co.) (page 347-425, Regiment, Companies, Names), FamilySearch Digital Library-Vol. 1, FamilySearch Digital Library-Vol. 2, 977.265 D3k v. 2 FS Library US/CAN Book, Internet Archive; other libraries

World War I


 * 1919 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection

Naturalization and Citizenship

 * Naturalization Record Series (for this county) at Indiana Digital Archives. Search by names.

Newspapers

 * 1800s-1999 U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999 at Ancestry - index ($)
 * Hoosier State Chronicles

Probate Records
Online Probate Indexes and Records
 * 1798-1999 Indiana Wills and Probate Records 1798-1999 at Ancestry ($)
 * 1827-1860 (*); at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1830-1919 (*); Probate Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index and images
 * 1830-1921 (*); Probate Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index and images
 * 1852-1921 (*); Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index and images
 * Dates Vary United States Wills and Deeds Experimental Search at FamilySearch - incomplete index and images, counties and dates vary

School Records

 * Students of Muncie Central High School, Muncie (1955-1957) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
 * Directory of Teachers (1936) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)

Social Security Records

 * 1935-2014 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index. Also at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more information.
 * 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 at Ancestry ($) — index, click here for more information.
 * 1936-2007 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index

Marriage

 * 1780-1992  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; Also at: MyHeritage ($)
 * 1800s-2007 Indiana, United States Marriages at Findmypast  $
 * 1802-1892 Indiana Marriages, 1802-1892 at Ancestry ($)
 * 1811-1959 Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959 at MyHeritage - index & images ($)
 * 1811-2007 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection

Death

 * Pre-1882 WEB: Indiana, Deaths, Pre-1882 at Ancestry - index, (Free collection)
 * 1750-1993 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1882-1920 at FamilySearch  - How to Use this Collection
 * 1899-2011 Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011 at Ancestry ($)

FamilySearch Centers

 * Anderson Indiana FamilySearch Center
 * Marion Indiana FamilySearch Center
 * Muncie Indiana FamilySearch Center
 * Anderson Indiana Public Library - an affiliate library.
 * Kokomo-Howard County Public Library - an affiliate library.

Societies
Delaware County Historical Society 120 East Washington Street PO Box 1266 Muncie, IN 47305-1734 Phone: 765-282-1550 Email: [mailto:contact@delawarecountyhistory.org contact@delawarecountyhistory.org] Facebook Website Yorktown Indiana Historical Alliance 9132 W Smith Street PO Box 356 Yorktown, IN 47396 Email: [mailto:TimeDetectives@yorktownhistory.com TimeDetectives@yorktownhistory.com] Facebook Website

Websites

 * Indiana Digital Archives Search by name in all records or specific collections
 * Indiana Historical Society Digital Collections Search by county or keyword
 * Indiana Memory Click the map or select a statewide collection
 * List of indexes and databases at Indiana State Library
 * Indiana Genealogical Society Databases Free and Members-only. Select a county
 * EveryNameIndex.com for Indiana Free online genealogy indexes for county histories. Select a county.
 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Delaware County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * – The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records.