Indiana, United States Genealogy


 * This article is about the mid-western state of the United States. For other uses, see Indiana (disambiguation).

United States &gt; Indiana

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Welcome to Indiana, The Hoosier State

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Vital Records
Indiana law required the recording of births and deaths beginning in 1882. Few civil birth and death records predate this time period. In fact, early compliance with the law varied and many births and deaths that occured in Indiana between 1882 and 1900 were not recorded. Most birth and death record ledgers are in the courthouse or another government facility in the county in which the event took place. A second copy of birth and death records was filed with the Indiana State Department of Health in Indianapolis beginning in 1900 for deaths and October 1907 for births.

Vital Records Department

Indiana State Department of Health

2 North Meridian Street, Indianapolis, IN 46204

317-233-1325

Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:15 a.m.-4:45 p.m. EDST

Application for Search & Certified Copy of Birth Record (State Level)

Application for Search & Certified Copy of Death Record (State Level)

Marriage records usually date from the formation of each county and are found in the County Clerk's Office.

Vital Record Indexes

During the late 1930s and early 1940s, the Indiana Works Progress Administration indexed many counties' birth and death records for the period of 1882 to 1920. These index volumes often are available at public libraries in the counties they cover, as well as at the Indiana State Library in Indianapolis and the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne. Published marriage record indexes are available for most Indiana counties from the earliest marriages to the early or mid-1900s and sometimes beyond. Marriages through 1850 is a statewide searchable database on the Indiana State Library's website.

Ancestry.com's Indiana offerings include searchable databases titled Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941, Indiana Deaths, 1882-1920 and Indiana Births, 1880-1920. These databases were compiled primarily from the published WPA indexes. Ancestry.com is a subscription database, but many public libraries maintain subscriptions that their patrons may use onsite.

Featured Content
Among the major tribes that lived in what is now Indiana were the Delaware, Kickapoo, Miami, Mound Builders, Piankashaw, Potawatomi, Shawnee, and Wea. After 1794, treaties were made that opened up large areas of land for settlement. At the Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811, the Indians were defeated, and white settlements then proceeded at an increased rate. By the 1840s, most of the Indians had moved westward to other lands, either voluntarily or by force. Read more about this subject in the Indiana Native Races article.

Counties
Extinct or Renamed Counties: | Richardville |

Research Tools

 * Find which county a town is in, what town a cemetery is in, even where a postoffice or building is by using the United States Geographical Survey's Geographical Names Information System.
 * David Rumsey Map Collection is a large online collection of rare, old, antique historical atlases, globes, maps, charts plus other cartographic treasures.
 * The Indiana GenWeb Project has a wealth of information and is a part of the larger USGenWeb Project. The USGenWeb Project provides internet information on every county in every state in the United States.

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