Marion County, Indiana Genealogy

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

Historical Facts

 * Parent Counties: Formed 31 December 1821 from the Delaware New Purchase
 * County Seat:  Indianapolis

Description
The county is named after "The Swamp Fox" Revolutionary War Brigadier General Francis Marion(c1732-1795). The County Seat is Indianapolis and was founded 1822. It is located in the Central area of the state.

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:

Neighboring Counties
Boone •  Hamilton  •  Hancock  •  Shelby  •  Johnson  •  Morgan  •  Hendricks

Boundary Changes
For animated maps illustrating Indiana County boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Indiana County Boundary Maps" (1790-1873) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Record Loss
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Cemeteries
Marion County Cemeteries - www.genealogyindy.org(Genealogical Society of Marion County)
 * Cemeteries for Marion County - Linkpendium
 * Crown Hill Cemetery
 * Latter-day Saint Cemetery Records
 * 1) Vol. 21 page 73 - Old Battleground Cemetery
 * 2) Vol. 21 page 84 - Huffman Cemetery, Washington Township
 * Index of Pioneer Cemeteries, Perry Township (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)
 * Index of Pioneer Cemeteries, Warren Township (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Census Records

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

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 ($).

Directories
Genealogical Society of Marion County holds several city directories in their library. www.genealogyindy.org

Fold3.com ($) has Indianapolis City Directories 1857, 1861, 1864-1923 (3 yrs. missing) available online.

Funeral Homes

 * Obituaries and Funeral Home Records - Linkpendium


 * Jacobs Brothers Funeral Home (digitized records)

Local Histories

 * History of Marion CountyLinkpendium


 * SULGROVE, B. R. (1884). History of Indianapolis and Marion County, Indiana. (Philadelphia, L.H. Everts Co.) FHL US/CAN Film 934914 Item 1 other librariesINTERNET ARCHIVE


 * The People's Guide, a Business, Political and Religious Directory of Marion Co., Ind., Together with a Collection of Very Important Documents and Statistics Connected with Our Moral, Political and Scientific History. 1873.other librariesINTERNET ARCHIVE


 * 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.) other librariesGoogle books


 * 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.) otherlibraries Google books


 * 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.) INTERNET ARCHIVE
 * History of Clermont ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Maps

 * Old Antique Atlases & Maps of Indiana
 * Family Maps of (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.
 * Maps and Gazetteers-Linkpendium

Military Records

 * Military Record and Histories-Linkpendium
 * Veterans in Marion County, Indiana (1913) ($, 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 — index and images
 * Residents of Marion County Who Received Medals in World War I ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)
 * Women from Marion County Who Served in World War I ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)
 * Residents of Marion County Who Died in World War I ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)

World War II

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

Newspapers

 * Indiana Farmer Newspaper, 1851-1917 - digitized collection via Purdue University Libraries
 * Indianapolis Recorder, 1899-2005 - African-American newspaper; digitized collection via Purdue University Libraries

Occupational Records

 * Members of Indianapolis Electrotypers and Stereotypers Union (1930) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Probate Records
Online Records
 * 1798 – 1999 Indiana Wills and Probate Records 1798-1999 at Ancestry.com — index and images $

School Records

 * Graduates of Arsenal Technical High School, Indianapolis (1915-1925) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)
 * Graduates of Ben Davis High School (1898-1938) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)
 * Graduates of Castleton High School (1897-1941) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)
 * Graduates of Oaklandon High School (1895-1941) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)
 * Graduates of Southport/Perry Township High School (1934-1937) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)
 * Graduates of High Schools in Franklin Township (1890-1942) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)
 * Students and Teachers in Indianapolis Public Schools Board Minutes (1907-1913) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)
 * Students in Grade 1-8 of Indianapolis Public Schools (1890) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)
 * Teachers of Indianapolis Public Schools (1883, 1886) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)
 * Alumni of Indianapolis Public School #30 (1927-1947) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)
 * Students of Marion County Seminary (1834-1853) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)
 * Students and Teachers of Perry Township High School, Southport (1936) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)
 * Students and Teachers of Pike Township Consolidated School (1947) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)
 * Students of Sabbath School Union Society (1826) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)
 * Students of Shortridge High School, Indianapolis (1890) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)
 * Students of Warren Township (1856-1865) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)
 * Students at Indiana School for the Deaf, Indianapolis (1845-1851, 1857, 1858) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)
 * Students at Indiana School for the Blind, Indianapolis (1846-1851) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)
 * Selected Teachers of Marion County, Indiana (1874) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Other Records

 * Selected Lists of Jurors in Marion County, Indiana (1800s) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)
 * AfricanAmericans in Civilian Conservation Corps, Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indianapolis (1938) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)
 * Indiana Civilians in Training Course at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indianapolis (1925) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)

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

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

Family History Centers

 * White River Indiana Family History Center

For additional nearby Family History Centers, search online in the family history center directory.

Societies
www.genealogyIndy.org Genealogical Society of Marion County. Established in 1995 GSMC focuses on Marion County genealogical records.

Taxation

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

Vital Records

 * Indiana State Digital Archives

Marriage Records

 * 1800s-2007 - Indiana, United States Marriages at FindMyPast — index $


 * 1780-1992 - FamilySearch


 * 1800-1925 Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941 Ancestry. ($)  Name index; year range = 1822-1836, 1861-1925, for Marion County


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


 * 1811-2007 at FamilySearch — index and images


 * 1925-2006 A searchable database of Marion County Marriages, 1925-2006 is available at the Marion County Circuit Court's website.

Death Records

 * 1882-1920 at FamilySearch Historical Records - Index only
 * 1899-2011 Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011 at Ancestry - ($), index and images
 * 1939-1956 - Records of Jacobs Brothers Funeral Home, Indianapolis (1939-1956) (free, Indiana Genealogical Society)
 * Indiana State Digital Archives

Websites

 * Marion County, IN History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Indiana Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Indiana Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * The Marion County IN GenWeb Project, a member of The INGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project
 * Marion County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Marion County Genealogy (Indiana Genealogy)
 * Marion County Genealogy (Indiana Genealogy)