Indiana Bible Records

Online Resources and Website
Listed below are resources for Bible records specific to Indiana. To find more resources, go to the United States Bible Records page.

Databases

 * Family Bible Index - Indiana at yanceyfamilygenealogy.org - images
 * Family Bible Records at The Genealogy Center at the Allen County Public Library
 * Family Bible records of Johnson County, Indiana at webtrees Indiana McCaslins
 * Vanderburgh County, Indiana Bible records, biography, and family history at Ancestry ($)

Transcriptions, Indexes, and Images

 * Bible Records of Orange County, Indiana at InGenWeb - images
 * Family Bible Records at Plainfield-Guilford Township Public Library - images
 * Family Records at Indiana Historical Society - index and transcriptions
 * Index of Bible Records at Shelby County INGenWeb Project - index and images
 * Indiana Biographies/Bibles at I Dream of Genealogy - transcriptions
 * Indiana State Library Bible Records at Indiana State Library Digital Collections - images
 * La Porte County Family Records at INGenWeb - transcriptions and images
 * Vanderburgh County, Indiana Bible records, biography, and family history at Ancestry ($) – transcriptions

Other places to look for Bible Record Collections

 * Family records: Check home sources by reaching out to older members of the family asking if they know of any Family Bibles and who might have it in their possession.
 * FamilySearch Catalog: Using the keyword search, type in the surname you are looking for and the word "Bible."
 * Card Catalog at Ancestry ($)
 * Periodical Source Index (PERSI): Many periodicals publish family data from Bible records. Periodical Source Index (PERSI) is an index to many of these periodicals. Learn how to use Periodical Source Index (PERSI).

Why Search for Family Bibles
Many families have traditionally recorded births, marriages, and deaths in a family bible, family record book, or book of remembrance. A bible was often given by relatives to a bride as a wedding gift, where she recorded information about her immediate family and close relatives. Relationships were seldom stated but were often implied. Names of parents, children, and their spouses, including maiden names, were frequently given along with dates of birth, marriage, and death. Sometimes the age of a person was given at the time of death. Many families kept bible records from the 1700s (and sometimes earlier) to more recent times, although few have survived. Family bibles that are no longer in the possession of the family may be at a historical or genealogical society. They are sometimes transcribed and published in genealogical periodicals or other databases

Bible records can be used as a substitute in providing birth, marriage, and date information when vital record information was not recorded.