Crawford County, Indiana Genealogy

United States Indiana  Crawford County

County Courthouse
Crawford County Courthouse 316 S Court English, IN 47118-0375 Phone: 812.338.2565

County Clerk has marriage records from 1818, divorce, probate and court records from 1860. County Health Department has birth and death records. County Recorder has land records.

Parent County
1818--Crawford County was created 29 January 1818 from Orange,Harrison and Perry Counties. County seat: English 

Neighboring Counties

 * Dubois
 * Harrison
 * Meade County, Kentucky
 * Orange
 * Perry
 * Washington

Cemeteries

 * Crawford County, Indiana: Cemeteries - Linkpendium


 * Cemetery Records -INGenWeb

Census

 * Index to Defective, Dependent &amp; Delinquent Census for Crawford County, Indiana (1880) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)


 * Crawford County, Indiana: Census Records and Indexes - Linkpendium


 * Census Records -INGenWeb

Directories

 * Directory of Businesses in Leavenworth, Crawford County, Indiana (1868) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Local Histories

 * Pleasant, Hazen Hayes. 1926. A history of Crawford County, Indiana. (Greenfield, Ind: Wm. Mitchell Printing Co.) 977.228 H2p FHL US/CAN Book    other libraies   ancestry.com$


 * Biographical and Historical Souvenir for the Counties of Clark, Crawford, Harrison, Floyd, Jefferson, Jennings, Scott and Washington, Indiana. (Evansville, Ind: Unigraphic, 1972.) FHL US/CAN Film 934899 Item 4  other libraries  INTERNET ARCHIVE


 * Crawford County, Indiana: History - Linkpendium

Maps

 * Crawford County, Indiana: Maps and Gazetteers - Linkpendium

Military

 * - see - Military Records and Histories - Linkpendium

Civil War

Civil War service men from Crawford County served in various regiments. Men often joined a regiment or a company (within a regiment)that originated in their county. Listed below are the military units that were formed in or had many men from Crawford County.


 * 1st Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company E
 * 6th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company F
 * 13th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company H
 * 13th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company I
 * 17th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company C
 * 23rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company H
 * 38th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies E, and K
 * 49th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies F, and H (A-K see "Civil War Military Records" below)
 * 51st Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company B
 * 52nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company D
 * 59th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company F
 * 66th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company G
 * 81st Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies A, and H
 * 99th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company E
 * 144th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company D
 * 28th US Colored Troops, Addition Recruits for Colored Troops


 * Crawford Co, Indiana Civil War Soldiers - CensusDiggins.com
 * Civil War Military Records - INGenWeb
 * MILITARY PERSONS (Who served from Crawford Co., IN or are buried in the county.) INGenWeb

Civil War Books


 * "Civil War" Chapter 14 in Pleasant, Hazen Hayes. 1926. A history of Crawford County, Indiana. (Greenfield, Ind: Wm. Mitchell Printing Co.), (page 229-306, Regiment, Companies, Name's, history of Knight of Golden Circle), 977.228 H2p FHL US/CAN Book    other libraies   ancestry.com$

School Records

 * Directory of Teachers (1936) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Vital Records

 * Vital Records -INGenWeb


 * Indiana State Digital Achivesfor Death, E-Publication, Instiution, Military, Misc Historical, Naturalization Records can be searched by person name (accessed 26 May 2011)


 * Indiana Marriages, 1802-1892 - Ancestry.con$


 * Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992 - FamilySearch


 * Indiana Marriage, 1811-1959 - FamilySearch


 * Indiana, Death Index, 1882-1920 - FamilySearch

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

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