Vigo County, Indiana Genealogy

United States Indiana  Vigo County

Guide to Vigo County Indiana genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Historical Facts

 * Parent Counties: Formed 21 January 1818 fromSullivan County.
 * County Seat:  Terre Haute

Neighboring Counties
Sullivan • Clay • Parke • Fountain • Warren • Edgar • Clark

Boundary Changes
For animated maps illustrating Indiana County boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Indiana County Boundary Maps" (1790-1873) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Vigo County, Indiana was organized on the basis of a 21 Jan 1818 legislative act. That act took effect on 1 Feb 1818. Vigo's boundaries were altered as a result of the formation of Putnam County in 1821.

Record Loss
For a list of record loss in Indiana Counties see: Indiana Counties with Burned Courthouses

General

 * Basic Sources for Genealogical Research in Vigo County (pdf) (Vigo County Public Library)

African-Americans

 * Inventories to Collections: African-American (Vigo County Public Library)

Cemeteries

 * Cemetery Search Results [Vigo County] (Find A Grave)
 * Vigo County (Tombstone Transcription Project)
 * Vigo County Cemeteries (ePodunk)
 * Vigo County Cemeteries (U.S. GenWeb Archives)
 * Vigo County Cemeteries (Vigo County Public Library)
 * Vigo County Cemetery Records (Interment.net)
 * Vigo County, Indiana Cemeteries (IN GenWeb)
 * Wilhoit, Virginia, and Nelson Eddy. Cemeteries, Vigo County, Indiana. Owensboro, KY: Cook &amp; McDowell Publications (abt 1980-1982). WorldCat

Specific Cemeteries

 * Bethesda Cemetery, West Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana
 * Roberts Cemetery: Robbins, Coy D. Roberts Cemetery Burials: Lost Creek Settlement, Vigo County, Indiana, 1866-1911. Bloomington, IN: Self-published, 1996. WorldCat

Census Records

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

Church Records

 * First Baptist Church, Terre Haute (GenWeb)
 * Inventories to Collections: Churches (Vigo County Public Library)

Genealogies and Biographies

 * Brown, Mrs. Herbert E. Vigo County, Indiana Family Records. [n.p.], 1966. WorldCat
 * Curtis Gilbert Biography (Vigo County Public Library)
 * Dorrel, Ruth. Vigo County, Indiana Index of Names of Persons and of Firms. Indianapolis: County History Indexing Project, Indiana Historical Society, 1982. WorldCat
 * Farwell, Bonnie. Genealogical and Historical Sketches of Vigo County, Indiana. Terre Haute, IN: Daughters of the American Revolution, 1929. WorldCat
 * Inventories to Collections: Manuscript Collections (Vigo County Public Library)
 * Noah S. Grindle Diary, 1875 (GenWeb)
 * Vigo County, Indiana Biographies Project
 * Vigo County, Indiana Family Records. Terre Haute, IN: Ft. Harrison Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1945. WorldCat
 * Wright, John D. The Terror of Terre Haute: Bud Taylor and the 1920s. Indianapolis: Dog Ear Publishing, 2008. Google Books (limited preview)

Local Histories

 * Beckwith, Hiram Williams. History of Vigo and Parke Counties Together with Historic Notes on the Wabash Valley. Chicago: H.H. Hill and N. Iddings, 1880. FHL US/CAN Film 540238 (item 2) and 934921 (item 3) | WorldCat | (digital copy)
 * Bradsby, Henry C. History of Vigo County, Indiana, with Biographical Selections. Chicago: S.B. Nelson &amp; Co., 1891. Reprint edition, Evansville, IN: Unigraphic, 1969. FHL US/CAN Book 977.245 H2b | WorldCat | Internet Archive (digital copy)
 * History (Linkpendium)
 * Jerse, Dorothy W., and John R. Becker III. Terre Haute &amp; Vigo County in Vintage Postcards (Postcard History series). Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2001. Google Books (limited preview)
 * McCormick, Mike. Terre Haute: Queen City of the Wabash. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2005. Google books (limited preview)
 * Oakey, C.C. Greater Terre Haute and Vigo County, Vol. 2. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co., 1908. Google Books (digital copy)
 * Roznowski, Tom. An American Hometown: Terre Haute, Indiana 1927. Bloomington, IN: Quarry Books, 2009. Google Books (limited preview)

Maps

 * Old Antique Atlases & Maps of Indiana
 * 1914 Vigo County Map (GenWeb)
 * Andreas, A.T. Atlas Map of Vigo County, Indiana. Chicago: A.T. Andreas, 1874. WorldCat
 * Boyd, Gregory A. Family Maps of Vigo County, Indiana. Norman, OK: Arphax Publishing Co., 2006. WorldCat. Available online at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.
 * Libre Map Project (detailed topographical maps)
 * Maps and Gazetteers (Linkpendium)
 * Standard Atlas of Vigo County, Indiana. Terre Haute, IN: Vigo Atlas Map Co., 1907. WorldCat
 * Vigo County, Indiana 1895 (GenWeb)
 * Vigo County, Indiana Townships (North of I-70) (GenWeb)
 * Vigo County, Indiana Townships (South of I-70) (GenWeb)
 * Vigo County Townships Map (GenWeb)

General

 * Fort Harrison Centennial Association. Fort Harrison on the Banks of the Wabash 1812-1912. Terre Haute, IN: Moore-Langen Printing Co. for John Morton Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution, 1912. WorldCat | Google Books (digital copy) | Internet Archive (digital copy)
 * Inventories to Collections: Wars &amp; Military Records (Vigo County Public Library)
 * List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883 Vigo County, Indiana(Internet Archive)
 * Pension Application &amp; Affidavits of Joseph Mitchell (GenWeb)
 * African American Veterans in Vigo County, Indiana (1890) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Revolutionary War

 * Revolutionary War, 1775-1783
 * Revolutionary War Soldiers of Vigo County (Wabash Valley Visions &amp; Voices)

Mexican War

 * Inventories to Collections: Mexican War(Vigo County Public Library)

Civil War
Civil War service men from Vigo 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 Vigo County.


 * 1st Regiment, Indiana Heavy Artillery, Company C
 * 1st Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Companies I, and M
 * 3rd Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
 * 6th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Companies B, and M
 * 7th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Companies G, K, and I
 * 8th Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
 * 11th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company D
 * 11th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies C, D, and Reorganized Companies C, D, and K
 * 13th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company K
 * 13th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Companies E, F, G, I, and K:
 * 14th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company F
 * 16th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company I
 * 18th Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
 * 20th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company B
 * 22nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company F
 * 31st Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies C, E, and K
 * 32nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company E
 * 35th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company B
 * 40th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company C
 * 43rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company D
 * 52nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company I
 * 59th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company G
 * 84th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company B
 * 85th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies C, E, F, and G
 * 115th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (6 months, 1863-4), Company K
 * Enlisted Men, Company K, 115th Regiment (U.S. GenWeb Archives)
 * 123rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company C
 * 129th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K
 * 133rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864), Companies C, D, E, H, and I
 * 149th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies A, B, C, F, H, and K
 * 28th US Colored Troops, Companies D, G, and Addition Recruits for Colored Troops

Civil War Resources:


 * Bradsby, Henry C., History of Vigo County, Indiana with Biographical Selections, Chapter 30: "War." Chicago: S.B. Nelson &amp; Co., 1891. Reprint edition, Evansville, IN: Unigraphic, 1969,pp. 547-560. FHL US/CAN Book 977.245 H2 | Internet Archive (digital copy)
 * Inventories to Collections: Civil War(Vigo County Public Library)
 * Vigo County, Indiana Civil War Sesquicentennial Project (Wabash Valley Visions &amp; Voices)
 * A Tribute to Vigo County, Indiana Soldiers

Spanish-American War

 * Inventories to Collections: Spanish-American War (Vigo County Public Library)

World War I

 * Inventory to Collections: World War I (Vigo County Public Library)
 * Vigo County, Indiana: A Record of Men and Women Who Died in the Service of the United States and the Allied Nations in the World War, 1914-1918 (Genealogy Trails)

World War II

 * Inventory to Collections: World War II (Vigo County Public Library)

Korean War

 * Inventories to Collections: Korean War (Vigo County Public Library)

Vietnam War

 * Inventories to Collections: Vietnam War (Vigo County Public Library)

Miscellaneous

 * Inventories to Collections: Associations, Clubs &amp; Organizations (Vigo County Public Library)
 * Inventories to Collections: Businesses (Vigo County Public Library)
 * Rose Orphans' Home 1884-1949

Naturalization and Citizenship

 * Index to Declarations of Intention. Terre Haute, IN: Wabash Valley Genealogical Society, [1980?]. WorldCat

Newspapers

 * Newspaper Articles (GenWeb)
 * Vigo County, Indiana Obituaries(GenWeb)
 * Vigo County Obituaries Page (GenWeb)
 * Wabash Valley Obituary Index (Vigo County Public Library)

Probate Records

 * Vigo County Wills (GenWeb)

School Records

 * Students of Garfield High School, Terre Haute (1936-1939) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)
 * Teachers of Garfield High School, Terre Haute (1936) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)


 * Inventories to Collections: Colleges and Universities (Vigo County Public Library)
 * Inventories to Collections: Schools (Vigo County Public Library)

Repositories
See also a List of Indiana Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical & Genealogical Societies

County Courthouse
Vigo County Courthouse 333 Wabash Avenue PO Box 8449 Terre Haute, IN 47808 Phone: 812.462.3214

County Clerk has marriage, probate and court records from from 1818 and divorce records from 1825.


 * Vigo County Courthouse (Facebook)
 * Vigo County Courthouse(Wikipedia)

Family History Centers

 * Terre Haute Indiana Family History Center

For additional nearby Family History Centers, search online in the Family History Center directory.

Libraries

 * Terre Haute, Indiana Family History Center
 * Vigo County Historical Museum
 * Vigo County Historical Society
 * Vigo County Public Library (searchable online marriage data and obituaries)
 * Wabash Valley Genealogical Society, Terre Haute

General

 * Vital Records (Linkpendium)

Births

 * [1882-1920] Works Progress Administration. Index to birth records, Vigo County, 1882-1920. Indianapolis: Indiana State Library, 1983.

Marriages

 * [1818-1951] Vigo County Marriage Index: 1818-1951 (images included for many years) (Vigo County Library)


 * [1818-1850] Lansaw, Simona. Marriages, Vigo County, Indiana, 1818-1850. Utica, Kentucky: McDowell Publications, 198-? | WorldCat


 * [1840-1920] Works Progress Administration.Index to marriage records, Vigo County, 1840-1920. Indianapolis: Indiana State Library, 1983.


 * [1880-1920] Works Progress Administration.Index to supplemental record, marriage transcript, Vigo County, 1880-1920. Indianapolis: Indiana State Library, 1983.

Deaths

 * [1882-1920]Works Progress Administration. Index to death records, Vigo County, 1882-1920.Indianapolis: Indiana State Library, 1983.  


 * [1900-present]Wabash Valley Obituary Index. Obituaries published in Terre Haute newspapers. Online courtesy of the Vigo County Library.
 * see also Newspapers &gt; Obituaries

Vigo County, Indiana Web Sites

 * Vigo County, IN History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Indiana Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Indiana Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Vigo County (U.S. GenWeb Archives)
 * Vigo County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Vigo County, Indiana Genealogy Forum (GenForum)
 * Vigo County, Indiana GenWeb (IN GenWeb)
 * Vigo County, Indiana History and Pioneer Genealogy(Indiana County History Preservation Society)
 * Wabash Valley Visions &amp; Voices: A Digital Memory Project
 * Wabash Valley Visions &amp; Voices: A Digital Memory Project

Townships
Vigo County's original townships were Honey Creek, Harrison, Independence, and Wabash. Current townships are as follows:


 * Fayette: ePodunk | Wikipedia
 * Harrison: ePodunk | Wikipedia
 * Honey Creek: ePodunk | Wikipedia
 * Linton: ePodunk | Wikipedia
 * Lost Creek: ePodunk | Wikipedia
 * Nevins: ePodunk | Wikipedia
 * Otter Creek: ePodunk | Wikipedia
 * Pierson: ePodunk | Wikipedia
 * Prairie Creek: ePodunk | Wikipedia
 * Prairieton: ePodunk | Wikipedia
 * Riley: ePodunk | Wikipedia
 * Sugar Creek: ePodunk | Wikipedia

Incorporated

 * Riley: Wikipedia
 * Seelyville: ePodunk | Wikipedia
 * Terre Haute: City-Data.com | CVB | ePodunk | HomeTownLocator | official site | Wikipedia
 * West Terre Haute: City-Data.com | ePodunk | Wikipedia

Unincorporated

 * Allendale
 * Burnett
 * Lewis
 * Libertyville
 * Pimento
 * Prairieton
 * St. Mary's
 * Sandford