Indiana, Mortality Schedules - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
Index and images of mortality schedules from Indiana,1860 to 1880. Mortality Schedules were created in conjunction with the US Federal Census and list people who died in the year preceding the census. Mortality schedules were first included in the 1850 census. These include lists of people who died June 1859 to May 1860, June 1869 to May 1870, and June 1879 to May 1880.

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The following information may be found in these records: • 2

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FamilySearch Catalog

 * Census of Indiana mortality, 1850 : original returns of the assistant marshals, third series persons who died during the year ending, 1850
 * Census of Indiana mortality, 1870 : original returns of the assistant marshals, third series persons who died during the year ending, 1870
 * Census of Indiana mortality, 1880 : original returns of the assistant marshals, third series persons who died during the year ending, 1880

FamilySearch Digital Library

 * Indiana Historical Records Survey, Division of Community Service Programs, Work Projects Administration. Guide to public vital statistics records in Indiana Indianapolis, Indiana : Indiana Historical Records Survey, 1941

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