Boone County, Indiana Genealogy

Guide to Boone County, Indiana ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Description
Boone County was named in honor of Daniel Boone. It is located in the central area of the state.

County Courthouse
 Boone County Courthouse 212 Courthouse Square Lebanon, IN 46052-2150 Phone: 765-482-3510 County Website

Boone County Health Department 116 West Washington Street, Suite B202 Lebanon, IN, 46052 Health Officer: Herschell Servies Jr, MD Phone Number: 765-482-3942 Fax: 765-483-4450 Email: lyounts@co.boone.in.us Health Department

County Clerk has marriage records from 1831, divorce, probate and court records from 1830. County Health Department has birth and death records. County recorder has land records. Health Department has birth records and death records filed. Copies may be obtained from the county health department or the Indiana State Division of Vital Records.

Biographies

 * Indiana Biography Index at Indiana State Library

Census Records

 * Settlers of Boone County (1823-4) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
 * Index to Mortality Schedule (1860, 1870, 1880) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
 * Index to Defective, Dependent & Delinquent Census (1880) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
 * Index to Census of Males for Boone County (1907) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)

Church Records

 * Boone County Church Histories at INGenWeb
 * Early Members of Baptist Churches in Boone County, Indiana at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)

Directories

 * Directory of Businesses in Boone County, Indiana (1868) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
 * Directory of Zionsville, Boone County, Indiana (1937, 1940, 1961) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
 * Boone County City directories at Lebanon Public Library Digitized Publications Archive


 * Works Progress Administration (WPA) Index of Names of Persons and Firms: Boone County, Indiana (in various local histories and legal documents) at Lebanon Public Library

Land and Property Records

 * Boone County Land Records &amp; Maps - Boone County Genealogy (INGenWeb)
 * Boone County Land Records (Linkpendium)

Local Histories

 * Early Life and Times in Boone County, Indiana. 1887. By Samuel Harden, Spahr. Indianapolis : Carlon & Hollenbeck. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Hathitrust, Internet Archive, Google Books, Ancestry ($); . Index to Biographies in "Early Life and Times of Boone County, Indiana." (1887) Indiana Genealogical Society($)
 * History of Boone County, Indiana. 2 Vols. 1914. By Leander Mead Crist. 1914. Indianapolis, Ind : A.W. Bowen. Online at: Vol. 1 - FamilySearch Digital Library, Vol. 2 - FamilySearch Digital Library, Vol. 1 - Internet Archive, Vol. 2 - Internet Archive;.
 * The People's Guide ... of Boone Co., Ind. 1874. Indianapolis : Indianapolis Printing and Publishing House. Online at: Internet Archive, Ancestry ($).

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Historic Indiana Maps at IUPUI University Library


 * Old Antique Atlases &amp; Maps of Indiana
 * Historic Indiana Atlases for Boone County at University Library (IUPUI)

Military Records

 * Military Record Series Index at Indiana Digital Archives
 * Boone County Military - Boone County Genealogy (INGenWeb)
 * Boone County Pensioners from Mexican and Civil Wars - Boone County Soldiers' Pension Rolls—1890-1894
 * Military Records and Histories - Linkpendium
 * Boone County Veterans at State Soldiers Home, Lafayette, Indiana (1906) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)

Civil War Civil War service men from Boone County served in various regiments. Men often joined a regiment or a company (within a regiment)that originated in their county. Listed below are the military units that were formed in or had many men from Boone County.


 * 4th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company I
 * 9th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company F
 * 10th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company I, and Reorganized A, F, and I
 * 11th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company H
 * 11th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company K
 * 12th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company A
 * 16th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized C
 * 17th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company B
 * 17th Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
 * 20th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company C
 * 30th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company D
 * 38th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company H
 * 40th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies F, and K
 * 72nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company D
 * 85th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K
 * 86th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies A, and F
 * 101st Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company A
 * 102nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, All of Companies A-K
 * 116th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (6 months, 1863-4), Companies B, and G
 * 135th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864), Companies B, C, E, and H
 * 139th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864), Company A
 * 150th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies B, C, E, and K
 * 154th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies B, G, and H
 * 156th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies A, and B
 * 28th US Colored Troops, Addition Recruits for Colored Troops
 * Wilder Battery, Indiana Light Artillery

Boone County men in The Civil War:
 * "Military History", Chapter 8 in Crist, L. M., History of Boone County, Indiana: With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Old Families. Indianapolis, Ind: A.W. Bowen, 2008. FamilySearch Digital Book;.
 * Civil War Soldiers, Officers &amp; Regiment - Boone County Genealogy (INGenWeb)

Civil War Books:
 * "Military History", Chapter 8 in Crist, L. M. History of Boone County, Indiana: With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Old Families. Indianapolis, Ind: A.W. Bowen, 2008. Pages 175-211. Name, Regiment, Company listed. FHL US/CAN Film 934898 Items 3-4 ; FamilySearch Digital Book.
 * Boone County Biographies of Civil War Veterans - Genealogy Trails History Group

World War I
 * 1919 at FamilySearch- How to Use this Collection

Naturalization and Citizenship

 * Naturalization Record Series (for this county) at Indiana Digital Archives. Search by names.

Newspapers

 * 1940-1999 - Online Index from Lebanon Public Library- The index to the Newspapers are divided by the first letter of the bride's or groom's surname.
 * Selected Extracts from Newspapers in Boone County, Indiana (1885-1907) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
 * Hoosier State Chronicles

Probate Records

 * 1798-1999 Indiana Wills and Probate Records 1798-1999 at Ancestry $

School Records

 * Boone County Teachers: 1883-1885 Lebanon Public Library.
 * Students of Lebanon High School, Boone County, Indiana (1915) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
 * Teachers of Lebanon High School, Boone County, Indiana (1915) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
 * Directory of Teachers for Boone County (1936) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)

Social Security Records

 * 1935-2014 at FamilySearch - How to use this collection; index. Also at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more information.
 * 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 at Ancestry ($) — index, click here for more information.

Tax Records

 * 1856-1880 - Delinquent Tax Record 1856-1880 - Lebanon Public Library
 * 1870-1873 - Online Index of Personal and Real Estate Sale Notices from 1870–73 - Lebanon Public Library

Marriage

 * 1800s-2007 Indiana, United States Marriages at FindMyPast  $
 * 1811-2007 at FamilySearch- How to Use this Collection
 * 1870-1873  Bride and Groom Online Indices of Marriage Notices from 1870–73 - Lebanon Public Library
 * 1930-1936 Boone County Marriage Index, Books 22 and 23, 1930-1936   at FamilySearch. Batch
 * Boone County Marriages, Boone County Genealogy (INGenWeb)

Death

 * 1750-1993 - at FamilySearch- How to Use this Collection
 * 1882-1920 Boone County Death Index (WPA) (INGenWeb)
 * 1882-1920 at FamilySearch - Index only - How to Use this Collection
 * 1899-2011 Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011 at Ancestry $; index and images

Divorce

 * 1830-1879 Boone County Divorce Records Divorces of Boone County, IN 1830-1879 - Lebanon Public Library
 * 1870  Boone County Divorce Notices Online Index of Divorce Notices appearing in 1870 - Lebanon Public Library

Family History Centers
Brownsburg Indiana Family History Center 9710 W 56th St Brownsburg IN 46112 317-852-5688 E-mail:IN_Brownsburg@familyhistorymail.org Website

Libraries
Lebanon Public Library Heritage Center 104 East Washington Street Lebanon, IN 46052 Phone: 765-482-3460 Website

Thornton Public Library 124 N Market Street Thorntown, IN 46071 Phone: 765-436-7348 Email:[mailto:info@thorntownpl.org info@thorntownpl.org] Website

Museums
Sullivan Museum and Genealogy Library 225 West Hawthorne Street Zionsville, IN 46077 Phone: 317-873-4900 Website

Societies

 * Boone County Genealogical Society PO Box 495 404 West Main Stree Lebanon, IN 46052 Phone: 765-483-9414 Email:[mailto:info@bcgsin.org info@bcgsin.org] Facebook Website
 * Boone County Historical Society PO Box 141 Cragun House: 404 W. Main St. Lebanon, IN 46052 Phone 765-483-9414 Email:[mailto:cragunhouse@mymetronet.net cragunhouse@mymetronet.net] Facebook Website
 * Jackson Township Historical Society PO Box 297 41 W. Main St. Jamestown, IN 46147-0297 Phone 317-379-8434 Email:[mailto:jths@countyhistory.com jths@countyhistory.com]
 * Sugar Creek Historical Society C/O Thorntown Public Library 124 N. Market St. Thorntown, IN 46071-0023 Phone 765-436-7348 Email:[mailto:info@thorntownpl.org info@thorntownpl.org]
 * Zionsville Historical Society C/O Lynne Manning, President 8810 Stonewick Way Zionsville, IN 46077-1637 Phone: 317-873-2547 Email:[mailto:zionsvillehistoricalsociety@hotmail.com zionsvillehistoricalsociety@hotmail.com] Facebook

Websites

 * Indiana Digital Archives Search by name in all records or specific collections
 * Indiana Historical Society Digital Collections Search by county or keyword
 * Indiana Memory Click the map or select a statewide collection
 * List of indexes and databases at Indiana State Library
 * Indiana Genealogical Society Databases Free and Members-only. Select a county
 * EveryNameIndex.com for Indiana Free online genealogy indexes for county histories. Select a count.
 * Boone County Genealogy. Part of USGenWeb and INGenWeb projects.
 * Boone County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Boone County, Indiana History, Records, Facts and Genealogy - Randon Acts of Kindess
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