Dearborn County, Indiana Genealogy

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Parent County
1803--Dearborn County was created 7 March 1803 from Clark County. County seat: Lawrenceburg 

Record Loss
March 1826 -- Courthouse burned and many records were damaged.

For further information on researching in burned counties, see the following:


 * Burned Counties Research in FamilySearch Wiki
 * Michael John Neill, Burned Counties in Family History Circle

Neighboring Counties

 * Boone County, Kentucky
 * Butler County, Ohio
 * Franklin
 * Hamilton County, Ohio
 * Ohio
 * Ripley
 * Switzerland

Cemeteries
Dearborn Cemetery Locator gives the names alphabetically, the Indiana State Library book call number, and if there is a Website, the URL. You can search a particular county by clicking on the button "New Search" and typing in the county name.

Local Histories
A short history of Dearborn County is located here.

Probate
Probate records are court records created after an individual’s death that relate to a court’s decisions regarding the distribution of the estate to the heirs or creditors and the care of any dependents. You may find the names of married daughters or other relatives and their residences; or information about the adoption or guardianship of minor children and dependents. Probate records do not always give an exact date of death, but the death usually occurred within four months of probate. These documents are important to family history researchers, because they usually exist for time periods before civil birth and death records were kept.

The Circuit Court has responsibility for the probate records of Dearborn County.

The following Dearborn County probate records have been indexed and transcribed:


 * The University of Mary Washington has indexed and transcribed probate inventories for Dearborn, Franklin, and Ripley counties.

Societies and Libraries
The Dearborn Public Library has a genealogy section with a resident genealogist available to do one hour free research of their records. The Web site lists what records are available for searching.

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Family History Library Catalog