Brown County, Indiana Genealogy

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Parent County
1836--Brown County was created 4 February 1836 from Monroe, Bartholomew and Jackson Counties. County seat: Nashville 

Record Loss
-- 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

 * Bartholomew
 * Jackson
 * Johnson
 * Monroe
 * Morgan

Societies and Libraries
The Brown County Indiana Historical Society has a website at http://Browncountyhistory.info/ There is a tab for History/Genealogy

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