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

Description
The county was named for James Monroe, fifth President of the United States, who was serving at the time the county was organized. The County Seat is Bloomington and was founded 1818. It is located in the Central area of the state.

County Courthouse
 Monroe County Courthouse] 301 N. College Avenue PO Box 547 Bloomington, IN 47402-0547 Phone: 812-349-2600 Website County Website Monroe County Courthouse 301 N. College Avenue; PO Box 547 Bloomington, IN 47402-0547 Phone: 812-349-2600 County clerk has marriage, divorce and court records from 1818, probate records from 1831. County Health Department has birth, death and burial records from 1882. County Recorder has land records.

As of a date earlier than August 2012, many of the offices and the records related to the offices in the courthouse are temporarily housed in the Showers Building while the courthouse is under construction.The Clerk's Office is permanently located in the Justice Building at Seventh and College.

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:

Biographies

 * Indiana Biography Index at Indiana State Library

Cemeteries

 * Cemetery records often reveal birth, marriage, death, relationship, military, and religious information.
 * See Indiana Cemeteries for more information.
 * Monroe County Cemeteries -INGenWeb

Census Records

 * Index to Mortality Schedule for Monroe County (1860) at free#Monroe Indiana Genealogical Society $
 * Index to Defective, Dependent &amp; Delinquent Census for Monroe County (1880) at free#Monroe Indiana Genealogical Society $
 * Index to Census of Males for Clear Creek Township, Monroe County (1919) at free#Monroe Indiana Genealogical Society $

Court Records

 * Index to Court Records for Monroe County (1818-1875) at free#Monroe Indiana Genealogical Society

Land and Property Records

 * Earliest Landowners in Monroe County (Indiana Genealogical Society)
 * Several online indices for land records in the 1800s are available online at Monroe County History Center.

Local Histories

 * Blanchard, Charles. Counties of Morgan, Monroe, and Brown, Indiana. Historical and Biographical. (Chicago: F.A. Battey Co, 1884.) 977.2 H2b FHL US/CAN Book, Other Libraries, INTERNET ARCHIVE
 * Monroe County History - USGenWeb
 * Monroe County, Indiana, Family Heritage Book, published by the Monroe County Historical Society in 1987. Contains an every-name index.
 * Monroe County, Indiana, Family Heritage Book, published by the Monroe County History Center in 2007. Contains an every-name index. Material does not overlap with the book by the same name published in 1987.
 * Index to History of Harrodsburg (1964) at free#Monroe Indiana Genealogical Society
 * Index to History of Stinesville (1955) at free#Monroe Indiana Genealogical Society

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Historic Indiana Atlases at IUPUI University Library
 * Historic Indiana Maps at IUPUI University Library


 * Old Antique Atlases &amp; Maps of Indiana

Military Records

 * Military Record Series Index at Indiana Digital Archives.

War of 1812
 * Hopkins, T. M. Reminiscences of Col. John Ketcham of Monroe County, Indiana (Salt Lake City, Utah 1989)

Mexican-American War
 * Monroe County in the Mexican-American War, INGenWeb

Civil War Civil War service men from Monroe 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 Monroe County.


 * 9th Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
 * 10th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company I
 * 14th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K
 * 18th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company H
 * 22nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company I
 * 31st Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company G
 * 38th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company G
 * 50th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company D
 * 52nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company E
 * 54th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company A
 * 67th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company B
 * 82nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies D, and F
 * 93rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company F
 * 97th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company C
 * 110th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company D
 * 112th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company A
 * 117th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (6 months, 1863-4), Company I
 * 133rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864), Company K
 * 137th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864), Company K
 * 145th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies A, D, and E
 * 28th US Colored Troops, Addition Recruits for Colored Troop

Civil War Books


 * "Military History" in Blanchard, Charles. Counties of Morgan, Monroe, and Brown, Indiana. Historical and Biographical. (Chicago: F.A. Battey Co, 1884.) page 413-451, 977.2 H2b FHL US/CAN Book, Other Libraries, Internet Archive

Civil War Databases
 * Index to Civil War Soldiers' Discharge Papers, Indiana Genealogical Society )
 * Index to Draft Enrollment List for Monroe County, Indiana (1862),Indiana Genealogical Society )

Pension Files
 * William M. Alexander Civil War Pension File, INGenWeb
 * List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883 Monroe County, Indiana, Internet Archive
 * African American Veterans in Monroe County, Indiana (1890), Indiana Genealogical Society (members only database)

World War I
 * Gold Star Honor Roll A Record of Indiana Men and Women who Died in World War I - 1914-1918, Genealogy Trails History Group
 * 1802-1892 Indiana, Compiled Marriages, 1802-1892 at Ancestry.com ($)
 * Index to World War I Soldiers' Discharge Papers, Indiana Genealogical Society )<br
 * 1919 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection

World War II
 * Monroe County, Indiana World War II Casualties, Army and Army Air Corps, AccessGenealogy )

Newspapers

 * The Genealogy Library at Monroe County History Center at Sixth and Washington in Bloomington has a clipping file containing more than 73,000 clippings from newspapers mostly between 1880 and 1930. These clippings are not available online and overlap only minimally with the clippings archived at Rootsweb listed next.
 * Many thousands of newspaper clippings, some as early as 1824, are also available in the INMONROE Rootsweb list archive. Select Advanced tab. Enter INMONROE in the "List" query box for clipping index.
 * The Monroe County Public Library at Bloomington has an online obituary index. Choose "Obituary Index" within the box on the left labeled INDIANA ROOM at . Most of the obits come from a single newspaper.Consequently, if the obit you seek is not found in the index, try one of the other local newspapers from the same date. The index dates from 1824 through the current month.

Probate Records

 * 1798-1999 Indiana Wills and Probate Records 1798-1999 at Ancestry $
 * Index to Will Records for Monroe County (1818-1904) at free#Monroe Indiana Genealogical Society $

School Records

 * Students and Teachers of Bloomington High School (1913) - Indiana Genealogical Society - $
 * Index of Alumni of Smithfield Schools (1913-1939) - Indiana Genealogical Society - $
 * Index to Yearbook of Smithville High School - Indiana Genealogical Society - $

Tax Records

 * Index to Tax Duplicates for Monroe County (1842) at free#Monroe Indiana Genealogical Society

Marriage

 * 1800s-2007 Indiana, United States Marriages at FindMyPast  $
 * 1780-1992  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1802-1892 Indiana, Compiled Marriages, 1802-1892 at Ancestry.com ($)
 * 1811-2007 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection

Death

 * 1750-1993 - at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1882-2016 Monroe County History Center
 * 1882-1920 at FamilySearch  - How to Use this Collection
 * 1899-2011 Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011 at Ancestry - ($) and images
 * 1927-1930 Deaths in the Bloomington Weekly Star - Indiana Genealogical Society
 * INGenWeb, Monroe County Deaths

Family History Centers

 * Bloomington Indiana Family History Center

Societies
Monroe County Genealogical Society E 6th St. & Washington Bloomington, IN 47401

Monroe County Historical Society 202 East Sixth St. Bloomington, IN 47408 Telephone Number: 812-332-2517 Website

Websites

 * Indiana Digital Archives Search by name in all records or specific collections
 * Indiana Historical Society Digital Collections Extensive - keyword searches suggested
 * 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. Scroll the list.
 * Every Name Index.com Online indexes for county histories. Select a county
 * INGenWeb. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county.
 * Monroe County History Center has a number of databases and area photographs that contain a wealth of information.
 * – 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.