Marion County, Indiana Genealogy

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

Description
Marion County is named after "The Swamp Fox" Revolutionary War Brigadier General Francis Marion (1732-1795). It is located in the central area of the state.

County Courthouse
 Marion County Courthouse 200 E. Washington Street Indianapolis, IN 46204 Phone: 317-327-4740 County Website

Marion County Health Department 3838 N. Rural Street Indianapolis, IN, 46205 Health Officer: Virginia Caine, MD Phone Number: 317-221-2000 Fax: 317-221-2307 Email: HealthDept@MarionHealth.org Health Department

CountyClerk has marriage and divorce records. County Recorder has birth, death and land records. Probate Court has probate records. 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

 * Documents of Will, Bible, Land And Cemetery Records, Daughters of the American Revolution, Cornelia Cole Fairbanks at My Heritage ($)
 * Hinkle Family Bible Records at Indiana State Library Digital Collections

Biographies

 * Indiana Biography Index at Indiana State Library


 * Pictorial and Biographical Memoirs of Indianapolis and Marion County, Indiana: Together with Biographies of Many Prominent Men of Other Portions of the State, Both Living and Dead. (Tucson, Arizona: Americana Unlimited, 1974.) Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Nowland, John H. B. Sketches of Prominent Citizens of 1876: with a Few of the Pioneers of the City and County Who Have Passed Away. (1876.) Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library; Internet Archive.

Business, Commerce, and Occupations
Occupational Records
 * Members of Indianapolis Electrotypers and Stereotypers Union (1930) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)

Cemeteries

 * Marion County Cemeteries at Genealogical Society of Marion County
 * Crown Hill Cemetery
 * Index of Pioneer Cemeteries, Perry Township at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
 * Index of Pioneer Cemeteries, Warren Township at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
 * - Vol. 5 page 181 - Williams Creek Cemetery

Census Records

 * Index to Mortality Schedule for Marion County, Indiana (1860) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
 * Index to Defective, Delinquent &amp; Dependent Census for Marion County, Indiana (1880) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
 * Enumeration of Males in Lawrence Township, Marion County, Indiana (1913) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)


 * United States. Names of Persons Enumerated in Marion County, Indiana, at the Fifth Census Eighteen Hundred and Thirty. (Indianapolis: E.J. Hecker, printer and publisher, 1908.) Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.

Church Records
List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * FamilySearch Places

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


 * Indianapolis
 * Indianapolis Dist
 * Indianapolis N.
 * Indianapolis S.

Lutheran aka Evangelical


 * Records of the American Lutheran Church, Indianapolis, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

Court Records

 * 1822-1838 (*); County Court Clerk at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1822-1900 (*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1822-1909 (*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1822-1912 (*); County Court Clerk at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1838-1876 (*); County Court Clerk at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images


 * 1849-1873 (*); Common Pleas Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1853-1872 (*); Court of Common Pleas at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1853-1873 (*); Court of Common Pleas at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1864-1915 (*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images


 * Selected Lists of Jurors in Marion County, Indiana (1800s) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)

Directories

 * Genealogical Society of Marion County
 * Holds several city directories in their library.


 * Indianapolis City Directories 1857, 1861, 1864-1923 at Fold3 ($).
 * The People's Guide : a Business, Political and Religious Directory of Marion Co., Ind. 1874. By Cline & McHaffie. Indianapolis, Indiana : Indianapolis Printing and Publishing House. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library; Also at: Hathitrust, Internet Archive.
 * 1875 Indianapolis, Indiana City Directory, 1875 at MyHeritage — index & images, ($)
 * 1875 Swartz & Tedrowe's Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, City Directory, 1875 at MyHeritage — index & images, ($)
 * 1876 Indianapolis, Indiana, City Directory, 1876 at MyHeritage — index & images, ($)
 * 1878 Indianapolis, Indiana City Directory, 1878 at MyHeritage — index & images, ($)
 * 1879 Indianapolis, Indiana City Directory, 1879 at MyHeritage — index & images, ($)
 * 1880 Indianapolis, Indiana City Directory, 1880 at MyHeritage — index & images, ($)
 * 1881 Indianapolis, Indiana City Directory, 1881 at MyHeritage — index & images, ($)
 * 1887 Indianapolis, Indiana City Directory, 1887 at MyHeritage — index & images, ($)
 * 1888 Indianapolis, Indiana City Directory, 1888 at MyHeritage — index & images, ($)
 * 1891 Indianapolis, Indiana City Directory, 1891 at MyHeritage — index & images, ($)
 * 1892 Indianapolis, Indiana City, Directory, 1892 at MyHeritage — index & images, ($)
 * 1894 R. L. Polk & Co.'s Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, City Directory, 1894 at MyHeritage — index & images, ($)
 * 1896 Indianapolis, Indiana City Directory, 1896 at MyHeritage — index & images, ($)
 * 1896 R. L. Polk & Co.'s Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, City Directory, 1896 at MyHeritage — index & images, ($)
 * 1897 Indianapolis, Indiana City Directory, 1897 at MyHeritage — index & images, ($)
 * 1899 Indianapolis, Indiana City Directory, 1899 at MyHeritage — index & images, ($)
 * 1899 R. L. Polk & Co.'s Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, City Directory, 1899 at MyHeritage — index & images, ($)
 * 1901 Indianapolis, Indiana City Directory, 1901 at MyHeritage — index & images, ($)
 * 1902 Indianapolis, Indiana City Directory, 1902 at MyHeritage — index & images, ($)
 * 1904 Indianapolis, Indiana City Directory, 1904 at MyHeritage — index & images, ($)
 * 1904 R. L. Polk & Co.'s Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, City Directory, 1904 at MyHeritage — index & images, ($)
 * 1906 R. L. Polk & Co.'s Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, City Directory, 1906 at MyHeritage — index & images, ($)
 * 1909 Indianapolis, Indiana City Directory, 1909 at MyHeritage — index & images, ($)
 * 1911 R. L. Polk & Co.'s Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, City Directory, 1911 at MyHeritage — index & images, ($)
 * 1912 R. L. Polk & Co.'s Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, City Directory, 1912 at MyHeritage — index & images, ($)
 * 1913 Indianapolis, Indiana, City Directory, 1913 at MyHeritage — index & images, ($)
 * 1914 Indianapolis, Indiana, City Directory, 1914 at MyHeritage — index & images, ($)
 * 1915 Indianapolis, Indiana City Directory, 1915 at MyHeritage — index & images, ($)
 * 1916 R. L. Polk & Co.'s Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, City Directory, 1916 at MyHeritage — index & images, ($)
 * 1920 Indianapolis, Indiana, City Directory, 1920 at MyHeritage — index & images, ($)
 * 1923 Indianapolis, Indiana, City Directory,1923 at MyHeritage — index & images, ($)

Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups
African American
 * 28th US Colored Troops, Companies A, B, C, E, G, and Addition Recruits for Colored Troops
 * African American Firefighters, at Digital Indy, Indianapolis Public Library.
 * Black History at Digital Indy, Indianapolis Public Library.
 * Jacob Brothers Funeral Home Records, Indianapolis at Allen County Public Library's Genealogy Center.
 * Indianapolis Recorder, 1899-2005 - African-American newspaper; digitized collection at Hoosier State Chronicles.
 * African Americans in Civilian Conservation Corps, Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indianapolis (1938) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)

Funeral Homes

 * Albertson’s Mortuary in Indianapolis.
 * Bell Mortuaries and Crematory in Indianapolis.
 * Brown Funeral Home in Indianapolis.
 * Conkle Funeral Home in Speedway.
 * Cremation Society of Indiana in Indianapolis.
 * Crown Hill Funeral Home and Cemetery in Indianapolis.
 * Dixon Memorial Chapel in Indianapolis.
 * Ellis Mortuary in Indianapolis.
 * Family Funeral Care-Rockville West in Indianapolis.
 * Feeney-Hornak Keystone Mortuary in Indianapolis.
 * Flanner Buchanan Funeral Centers in Indianapolis.
 * Fountain Square Cremation and Funeral Services in Indianapolis.
 * G and G Funeral Home and Crematory in Indianapolis.
 * G.H. Herrmann Funeral Homes in Indianapolis.
 * Grinsteiner Funeral Home and Crematory in Indianapolis.
 * Indiana Funeral Care in Indianapolis.
 * Jacobs Brothers Funeral Home in Indianapolis.
 * Lauck and Veldhof Funeral and Cremation Services in Indianapolis.
 * Lavenia and Summers Home for Funerals in Indianapolis.
 * Legacy Cremation and Funeral Services in Indianapolis.
 * Leppert Mortuaries in Indianapolis.
 * Little and Sons Funeral Home in Indianapolis.
 * Newcomer Cremations, Funerals and Receptions in Indianapolis.
 * Norman F. Chance Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Indianapolis.
 * Oakley-Hammond Funeral Home in Indianapolis.
 * Payne Funeral Home in Indianapolis.
 * Rawls Mortuary in Indianapolis.
 * Serenity Funeral and Cremation Services in Indianapolis.
 * Singleton Community Mortuary and Memorial Center in Indianapolis.
 * Sprowl Funeral and Cremation Care in Indianapolis.
 * Stillinger Family Funeral Home in Indianapolis.
 * Stuart Mortuary, Inc in Indianapolis.
 * Usher Funeral Home in Indianapolis.
 * Williams and Bluitt Funeral Home in Indianapolis.

Local Histories

 * History of Indianapolis and Marion County, Indiana. 1884. By Berry R. Sulgrove. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : L.H. Everts. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Hathitrust, Internet Archive;.


 * History of Clermont at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Historic Indiana Maps at IUPUI University Library


 * Old Antique Atlases & 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
 * Veterans in Marion County, Indiana (1913) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)

Civil War Civil War service men from Marion 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 Marion County.


 * 1st Regiment, Indiana Heavy Artillery, Companies B, L, and M
 * 1st Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company K
 * 3rd Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
 * 4th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company A
 * 5th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry (90th Regiment, Indiana Volunteers), Company M
 * 7th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Companies C, D, G, and H
 * 7th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company I
 * 8th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company H
 * 9th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Companies A, F, H, I, and L
 * 10th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K
 * 11th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies A, B, E, H, K, and Reorganized Companies A, B, E, F, H, and K
 * 12th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company A
 * 13th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies A, H, and Reorganized Companies D, and E
 * 14th Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
 * 16th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Companies F, I, and K
 * 19th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies D, and F
 * 20th Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
 * 26th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies E, and I
 * 30th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company A
 * 35th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company A
 * 40th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company G
 * 47th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company G
 * 52nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies B, K, and Reorganized Company E
 * 70th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies A, E, and F
 * 79th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies A, C, and F
 * 99th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company H
 * 100th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K
 * 104th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, All of Companies A-H
 * 106th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K
 * 107th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, All of Companies A-M
 * 110th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company B
 * 113th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, All of Companies A-I
 * 123rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company E
 * 124th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies C, and D
 * 132nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864), Companies A, B, C, F, and K
 * 148th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies A, C, and G
 * 156th Regiment, Indiana Infantry Company A
 * 28th US Colored Troops, Companies A, B, C, E, G, and Addition Recruits for Colored Troops
 * Wilder Battery, Indiana Light Artillery

World War I
 * 1919 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * Residents of Marion County Who Received Medals in World War I at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
 * Women from Marion County Who Served in World War I at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
 * Residents of Marion County Who Died in World War I at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)

World War II
 * Soldiers From Marion County, Indiana Who Died in World War II (1941-1946) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
 * Indianapolis Water Company Employees Serving in World War II (1940-1945) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)

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 ($)
 * Indiana Farmer Newspaper, 1851-1917 - digitized collection via Purdue University Libraries
 * Indianapolis Recorder, 1899-2005 - African-American newspaper; digitized collection via Purdue University Libraries
 * Hoosier State Chronicles

Probate Records

 * 1798-1999 Indiana Wills and Probate Records 1798-1999 at Ancestry ($)
 * 1822-1832 (*); at FamilySearch Catalog — index and images
 * 1822-1861 (*); Probate Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index and images
 * 1822-1909 (*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index and images
 * 1823-1876 (*); at FamilySearch Catalog — index and images
 * 1823-1882 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index and images
 * 1824-1939 (*); Circuit Court Clerk at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1829-1853 (*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1847-1931 (*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index and images
 * 1853-1871 (*); Circuit Court Clerk at FamilySearch Catalog — index and images
 * 1853-1884 (*); Court of Common Pleas at FamilySearch Catalog — index and images
 * 1871-1902 (*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index and images
 * 1874-1934 (*); Probate Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index and images
 * 1875-1911 (*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index and images
 * 1876-1907 (*); Probate Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index and images
 * Marion County, Indiana, Probate Order Book. By Marion County, Indiana. Indianapolis, Indiana : Marion County Probate Court, 1833. Online at: Vol. B - FamilySearch Digital Library; Vol. C - FamilySearch Digital Library

School Records

 * Students, Graduates, and Teachers of some Marion County Schools (1826, 1834-1853, 1856-1865, 1883, 1886, 1898-1947) 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.

Tax Records

 * Selected Tax Lists of Marion County, Indiana (1840-1850) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
 * Delinquent Taxpayers of Indianapolis, Marion County (1840) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)

Marriage

 * 1780-1992  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; Also at: MyHeritage ($)
 * 1800s-2007 Indiana, United States Marriages at Findmypast $
 * 1800-1925 Indiana, Marriage Index, 1800-1941 at Ancestry $
 * 1802-1892 Indiana Marriages, 1802-1892 at Ancestry $
 * 1811-1959 Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959 at MyHeritage - index and images, ($)
 * 1811-2007 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1925-2012 Web: Marion County, Indiana, Marriage Index, 1925-2012 at Ancestry $

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 $
 * 1939-1956 Records of Jacobs Brothers Funeral Home, Indianapolis (1939-1956) at Indiana Genealogical Society

FamilySearch Centers

 * Brownsburg Indiana FamilySearch Center
 * Indianapolis Indiana FamilySearch Center
 * Wallace Avenue Indiana FamilySearch Center
 * White River Indiana FamilySearch Center
 * Hancock County Public Library - an affiliate library.
 * Indiana State Library Foundation Inc - an affiliate library.
 * Plainfield-Guilford Township Public Library - an affiliate library.
 * Sullivan Munce Cultural Center - an affiliate library.

Societies
Franklin Township Historical Society 6510 S Franklin Rd PO Box 39015 Indianapolis, IN 46239 Email: [mailto:franklintownshiphistory@gmail.com franklintownshiphistory@gmail.com] Facebook Website Genealogical Society of Marion County 9370 E Washington St Indianapolis, IN 46229 Phone: 317-891-4762 Email: [mailto:Info@GenealogyIndy.org Info@GenealogyIndy.org] Facebook Website Irvington Historical Society 5350 University Ave Indianapolis, IN 46219 Phone: 317-602-2962 Email: [mailto:bonathompsonbookstore@gmail.com bonathompsonbookstore@gmail.com] Facebook 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.
 * The Marion County IN GenWeb Project, a member of The INGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project
 * Marion County Genealogy LDS Genealogy (Indiana Genealogy)
 * EveryNameIndex.com for Indiana Free online genealogy indexes for county histories. Select a county.
 * Marion County, Indiana: Family History & Genealogy, Census, Birth, Marriage, Death Vital Records & More at 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.