Finding Records Online – Indiana

I took a few days off for the Christmas holiday, but now I am back again. We had wonderful weather here even though it was quite warm. It was in the upper 70s to low 80s everyday. It was perfect weather to do yard work and wash the car. Looking out my window right now I have chickadees, warblers and tufted titmice sitting at my bird feeder. 

Today’s blog will be back on my topic of state records. Indiana has a wealth of records online. Many of these records are available through the Indiana State Library. These databases can be found on the Indiana Memory Project website at http://www.in.gov/library. There is a Genealogy section under the Collections site. The Genealogy Collection includes several useful online databases such as Indiana Marriages Database pre-1850, Indiana Marriages Database 1993-2002, Indiana World War II Servicemen, Indianapolis Newspaper Index 1848-1991, Logansport Newspaper Index 1848-1855, Marion County Death Index 1925-1945, New Albany Newspaper Index 1849-1889, Vincennes Newspaper Index 1804-1827, and the Vital Information Exchange Database.  

In addition to the Indiana State Library databases, there are many that focus on specific counties or events. Some of the site I have found include: 

• Court Records (Clinton County) - http://genealogy.fcpl.accs.net/
• Hoosier Heritage Digital Library - http://www.hoosierheritage.net/
• County Histories (Fulton County) – includes marriages, deaths, and other records - http://www.fulco.lib.in.us/genealogy/fulcogenealogyfrontpage.htm
• Obituaries (Dekalb County) - http://obit.gpl.lib.in.us/
• Obituary Index (Elkhart County, Elkhart Truth) (1921-1937 & 1975) - http://www.elkhart.lib.in.us/cgi-bin/index5.pl?&file=obit_db.html
• Obituary Index (Clinton County) - http://www.accs.net/fcpl/obit.htm
• Obituary Index (Madison County) - http://www.alex.lib.in.us/obits2002/
• Obituary Index (Madison County) - http://historical.elwood.lib.in.us/obituaries.asp
• Obituary Index (Madison County, Anderson Daily Bulletin) (1921-1967) - http://www.and.lib.in.us/cemetery/obituary.shtml
• Obituaries (Marshall County, The Bremen Enquirer) (1884-1967) - http://www.bremen.lib.in.us/historical/bpl_obituaries.asp
• Obituary Index (Michigan City, LaPorte County) - http://www.mclib.org/obituary.htm
• Obituary Index (St. Joseph County) (1913-2005) - http://www.sjcpl.org/obits/search_form.php
• Obituary Collection (Vanderburgh County) - http://browning.evpl.org/
• Cemetery Index (Madison County) - http://www.and.lib.in.us/cemetery/cemeterysearch.shtml
• Cemetery Index (Montgomery County) - http://history.cdpl.lib.in.us/montcocem.html
• Cemetery Index (Montgomery County, Masonic Cemetery) - http://history.cdpl.lib.in.us/masonic.html
• Naturalization Records Index (Madison County) (1890-1958) - http://www.and.lib.in.us/cemetery/naturalization.shtml
• Allen County Digital Collections - http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/database/index/acpl_digital_library.html
• Newspapers (Evansville Press) - http://local.evpl.org/
• Military Service Notes (St. Joseph County) WW II, Vietnam, Korea - http://www.sjcpl.org/servicenotes/index.php