Brown County, Indiana Genealogy

United StatesIndiana Brown County

County Courthouse
Brown County Courthouse Main St and Van Buren Street Nashville, IN 47448 Phone: 812.988.5510

Some records lost in 1873 fire County Health Department has birth and death records from 1882. County Clerk has marriage and probate and court records from 1836 divorce records from 1850, court ordered birth records from 1942. County Recorder has land records from 1874.

Parent County
1836--Brown County was created 4 February 1836 from Monroe, Bartholomew and Jackson Counties. County seat: Nashville

Record Loss
Courthouse burned and many records were damaged.

For further information on researching in burned counties, see the following:


 * Burned Counties Research in FamilySearch Wiki
 * Michael John Neill, Burned Counties in Family History Circle

Neighboring Counties

 * Bartholomew
 * Jackson
 * Johnson
 * Monroe
 * Morgan

Census

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

Cemeteries

 * Cemeteries of Browm County - INGenWeb

Directories

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

Local Histories

 * Counties of Morgan, Monroe, and Brown, Indiana. Historical and Biographical


 * Brown County, Indiana:History - Linkpendium

Maps

 * Brown County, Indiana: Maps and Gazetteers - Linkpendium

Military
Civil War

Civil War service men from Brown 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 Brown County.


 * 22nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company B
 * 82nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies D, and H
 * 120th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies I, and K
 * 145th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K

Civil War Books


 * Indiana Genealogical Society. Indiana Veterans Enrollment List. 1890 Brown County. [Indiana]: (Indiana Genealogical Society, 2006.) CD-ROM no. 4168 Computer US/CAN Desktop    other library


 * "Military History" in Blanchard, Charles. Counties of Morgan, Monroe, and Brown, Indiana. Historical and Biographical. (Chicago: F.A. Battey &amp; Co, 1884.) page 703-713, 977.2 H2b FHL US/CAN Book   other library    INTERNET ARCHIVE

Taxation

 * Tax List of Brown County, Indiana (1848, 1858, 1864, 1875, 1890) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Vital Records

 * Brown County, Indiana Obituary and Death Notice Collection Free from GenealogyBuff.com. Obits and death notices from Various Funeral Homes in the Hamblen, Nashville, and Helmsburg areas.


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

Societies and Libraries

 * Brown County Indiana Historical Society There is a tab for Historical Archives
 * Brown County Genealogical Society Facebook Page
 * Brown County Genealogical Society Website
 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Brown County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Brown County, Indiana History, Records, Facts and Genealogy - N2genealogy
 * Brown County, Indiana History, Records, Facts and Genealogy - N2genealogy

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers