Carroll County, Indiana Genealogy

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

Description
Carroll County was named for Charles Carroll, of Carrolton, then the only surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence. The county is located in the west-central area of the state.

County Courthouse
 Carroll County Courthouse 101 W Main Street Delphi, IN 46923 Phone: 765-564-4485 County Website

Carroll County Health Department 101 West Main Street, (Courthouse) Delphi, IN, 46923 Health Officer: Jordan Dutter, MD Phone Number: 765-564-3420 Fax: 765-564-6161 Email: healthd@carrollcountyin.gov Health Department

County Clerk has marriage, divorce, probate and court records from 1828. County Health Officer has birth and death and burial records from 1882. County Recorder has land records from 1828 Public Library Delphi has newspapers from 1841. County Historical Society has burial records. Health Department has birth records and death records. Copies may be obtained from the county health department or the Indiana State Division of Vital Records.

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:

Biographies

 * Indiana Biography Index at Indiana State Library

Business, Commerce, and Occupations

 * Directory of Businesses in Carroll County (1858) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)

Census Records

 * Index to Defective, Dependent &amp; Delinquent Census for Carroll County (1880) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
 * Index to Mortality Schedule for Carroll County at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)

Church Records
List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * FamilySearch Places

Court Records

 * 1828-1925 (*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1853-1873 (*); Court of Common Pleas at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images

Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups
African American
 * African American Veterans in Carroll County, Indiana (1890) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)

Funeral Homes

 * Abbott Funeral Home in Delphi.
 * Cree Funeral Home in Camden.
 * Davidson Funeral Home in Delphi.
 * Day and Genda Funeral Home - Reinke Chapel in Flora.
 * Hippensteel Funeral Service and Crematory in Delphi.
 * Shirley and Stout Funeral Home in Burlington.
 * Wheeler Family Funeral Home in Flora.

Land and Property Records
Online Land Indexes and Records
 * Dates Vary United States Wills and Deeds Experimental Search at FamilySearch - incomplete index and images, counties and dates vary

Local Histories

 * Carroll County, Indiana. 1954. By Dora Thomas Mayhill. Knightstown, Indiana : Banner Pub. Co. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library;.
 * History of Carroll County, Indiana. 1973. By John C. Odell. Evansville, Indiana : Unigraphics Inc. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Internet Archive, Ancestry ($); .  Reprint of original published: Indianapolis : B. F. Bowen, 1915.
 * History of Carroll County, Indiana. 1966. By Thomas B. Helm. 1966. Knightstown, Indiana : Eastern Indiana Pub. Co. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Internet Archive; . Reprint of original published: Chicago : Kingman Bros., 1882. Index: FamilySearch Digital Library, Internet Archive.
 * Recollections of the Early Settlement of Carroll County, Indiana. 1872. By James Harvey Stewart. Cincinnati, Ohio : Hitchcock and Walden. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Hathitrust, Internet Archive,  Ancestry ($);.

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Historic Indiana Maps at IUPUI University Library


 * Old Antique Atlases & Maps of Indiana
 * FamilySearch Places: Map of cities and towns in this county - How to Use FS Places

Military Records

 * Military Record Series Index at Indiana Digital Archives
 * Military Index - INGenWeb
 * African American Veterans in Carroll County, Indiana (1890) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)

Civil War Civil War service men from Carroll 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 Carroll County.


 * 2nd Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company K
 * 7th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company E
 * 9th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company A, and Reorganized A
 * 11th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company M
 * 12th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company D
 * 20th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company D
 * 22nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company H
 * 24th Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
 * 30th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized G
 * 46th Regiment, Indiana Infantry&lt; Companies A, C, and F
 * 52nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company F
 * 72nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company A
 * 82nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company A
 * 84th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company B
 * 86th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company B
 * 93rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company B
 * 108th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company B
 * 135th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864), Company K
 * 147th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company G
 * 150th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies A, B, D, E, G, and H
 * 154th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies, D, E, G, H, I, and K

Civil War Books: "Military History" Chapter 10 in Odell, John C.''History of Carroll County, Indiana, Its People, Industries and Institutions. With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families''. (Indianapolis: B.F. Bowen &amp; company, inc, 1916.) page 191-204. 977.294 H2o FS Library US/CAN Book FamilySearch Digital Library; other library

World War I
 * 1919 at FamilySearch- How to Use this Collection

Naturalization and Citizenship

 * Naturalization Record Series (for this county) at Indiana Digital Archives. Search by names.

Newspapers

 * 1800s-1999 U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999 at Ancestry - index ($)
 * Hoosier State Chronicles

Probate Records
Online Probate Indexes and Records
 * 1798-1999 Indiana Wills and Probate Records 1798-1999 at Ancestry ($)
 * 1829-1879 Index of Wills, Carroll County, Indiana, Books 1-3, 1829-1879. By Raber, Nellie M. Lakewood, Ohio : Raber, Nellie M. 1955. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library; Also at: 
 * 1829-1913 (*); Probate and Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index and images
 * 1830-1897 (*); at FamilySearch Catalog — index and images
 * 1830-1897 Wills of Carroll County, Indiana, 1830-1897. By Neff, Ivy Jackson and Meredith Julien Stephenson. Knightstown, Indiana : The Bookmark. 1978. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * 1830-1927 (*); Probate and Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index and images
 * 1835-1923 (*); Court of Common Pleas at FamilySearch Catalog — index and images
 * 1875-1909 (*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index and images
 * Dates Vary United States Wills and Deeds Experimental Search at FamilySearch - incomplete index and images, counties and dates vary

School Records

 * Alumni of Delphi High School (1872-1924) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
 * Students of Delphi Junior High School (1925) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
 * Students of Delphi High School, Carroll County, Indiana (1925) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($) ]
 * Teachers of Delphi High School, Carroll County, Indiana (1925) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)

Social Security Records

 * 1935-2014 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index. Also at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more information.
 * 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 at Ancestry ($) — index, click here for more information.
 * 1936-2007 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index

Marriage

 * 1780-1992  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; Also at: MyHeritage ($)
 * 1800s-2007 Indiana, United States Marriages at Findmypast $
 * 1811-1959 Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959 at MyHeritage - index and images ($)
 * 1811-2007 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1828-1850 Carroll County, Indiana Marriage Records, 1828-1850 Carroll County Marriage Records ebook at the Internet Archive

Death

 * Pre-1882 WEB: Indiana, Deaths, Pre-1882 at Ancestry - index, (Free collection)
 * 1882-1920 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1899-2011 Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011 at Ancestry ($)

FamilySearch Centers

 * Kokomo Indiana FamilySearch Center
 * West Lafayette Indiana FamilySearch Center
 * Kokomo-Howard County Public Library - an affiliate library.
 * Sullivan Munce Cultural Center - an affiliate library.

Museums
Carroll County Historical Museum 700 N Washington St PO Box 277 Delphi, IN 46923 Phone: 765-564-5000 Website

Societies
Carroll Historical Society 700 North Washington PO Box 277 Delphi, IN 46923 Phone: 765-564-5000 Email: [mailto:carrollcountycchs@gmail.com carrollcountycchs@gmail.com] Facebook Website

Websites

 * Indiana Digital Archives Search by name in all records or specific collections
 * Indiana Historical Society Digital Collections Search by county or keyword
 * Indiana Memory Click the map or select a statewide collection
 * List of indexes and databases at Indiana State Library
 * Indiana Genealogical Society Databases Free and Members-only. Select a county
 * EveryNameIndex.com for Indiana Free online genealogy indexes for county histories. Select a county.
 * IN USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Carroll County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * – The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records.