Orange County, Indiana Genealogy

United States Indiana  Orange County

County Courthouse
Orange County Courthouse Court St; Paoli, IN 47454 Phone: 812.723.2649 County Health Department has birth records from 1882, death and burial records. County Clerk has marriage, divorce, probate and court records from from 1816. County Recorder has land records from 1816.

Parent County
1815--Orange County was created 26 December 1815 from Washington, Knox and Gibson Counties. County seat: Paoli


 * Crawford
 * Dubois
 * Lawrence
 * Martin
 * Washington

Bible Records

 * Orange County Bible records

Cemeteries

 * Cemeteries for Orange County - Linkpendium


 * Look under Cemeteries for Orange County - USGenWeb

Census

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

Directories

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

Local Histories

 * History of Washington County Indiana: A Re-Production of the Original "History of Lawrence, Orange and Washington Counties" 1884. (Salem, Ind: Washington County Historical Society, 1999.) 977.226 H2Lc FHL   other libraries    INTERNET ARCHIVE


 * History of Orange County - Linkpendium


 * Historical Articles of Orange County - INGenWeb

Maps

 * Maps and Gazetteers - Linkpendium

Military

 * Look under Military Information - USGenWeb

Civil War

Civil War service men from Orange 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 Orange County.


 * 13th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Companies E, and F
 * 24th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies B, and G
 * 38th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies A, and I
 * 47th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company F
 * 49th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company G
 * 59th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company F
 * 66th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies D, and E
 * 86th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Comapny C
 * 93rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies A, D, G, and H
 * 112th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies E, and H
 * 137th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864), Company K
 * 140th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company A
 * 144th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company F
 * 145th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company B
 * 28th US Colored Troops, Companies D, E, F, G, and Addition Recruits for Colored Troops

Civil War Books


 * "Military History Of Orange County" Chapter 7 in History of Washington County Indiana: A Re-Production of the Original "History of Lawrence, Orange and Washington Counties" 1884. (Salem, Ind: Washington County Historical Society, 1999.), (page 508-529, Regiment, Companies), 977.226 H2Lc FHL   other libraries    INTERNET ARCHIVE

School Records

 * Directory of Teachers for Orange County (1936) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Vital Records

 * Look under Vital Records for Orange County - USGenWeb


 * 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.
 * Orange County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Orange County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)