Marion County, Indiana Genealogy

United States

Indiana

Marion County

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

Indiana Online Genealogy Records

County Facts County seat: Indianapolis Organized: December 31, 1821 Parent County(s): Delaware New Purchase Neighboring Counties Boone • Hamilton • Hancock • Shelby • Johnson • Morgan • Hendricks See County Maps Courthouse Location Map

County Information

Description

Marion County is named after "The Swamp Fox" Revolutionary War Brigadier General Francis Marion (1732-1795). It is located in the central area of the state.

County Courthouse

Marion County Courthouse
200 E. Washington Street
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Phone: 317-327-4740
County Website

Marion County Health Department
3838 N. Rural Street
Indianapolis, IN, 46205
Health Officer: Virginia Caine, MD
Phone Number: 317-221-2000
Fax: 317-221-2307
Email: HealthDept@MarionHealth.org
Health Department

CountyClerk has marriage and divorce records.
County Recorder has birth, death and land records.
Probate Court has probate records.
Health Department has birth records and death records.
Copies may be obtained from the county health department or the Indiana State Division of Vital Records.

Marion County, Indiana Record Dates

Information for this chart was taken from various sources, often containing conflicting dates. This information should be taken as a guide and should be verified by contacting the county and/or the state government agency.

Known Beginning Dates for Government County Records
Birth*	Marriage	Death*	Court	Land	Probate	Census
1882	1822	1882	1822	1822	1822	1807
*Statewide registration for births in 1907 and deaths in Oct 1899. General compliance by 1917.

Record Loss

There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Boundary Changes

Parent Counties: Formed 31 December 1821 from the Delaware New Purchase County Seat: Indianapolis Indiana Individual County Chronologies - Newberry Library list of all boundary changes by county Indiana Historical Borders - Map at Newberry Library Atlas of Historical County Boundaries; Also at: mapofus.org - animated maps illustrating Indiana county boundary changes

Populated Places

For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

Cities
Beech Grove Indianapolis	Lawrence	Southport
Towns
Clermont Crows Nest Cumberland Homecroft	Meridian Hills North Crows Nest Rocky Ripple Speedway	Spring Hill Warren Park Williams Creek Wynnedale
Townships
Center Decatur Franklin	Lawrence Perry Pike	Warren Washington Wayne

Resources

Bible Records

• Documents of Will, Bible, Land And Cemetery Records, Daughters of the American Revolution, Cornelia Cole Fairbanks at My Heritage ($)
• Hinkle Family Bible Records at Indiana State Library Digital Collections

Biographies

• Indiana Biography Index at Indiana State Library

• Pictorial and Biographical Memoirs of Indianapolis and Marion County, Indiana: Together with Biographies of Many Prominent Men of Other Portions of the State, Both Living and Dead. (Tucson, Arizona: Americana Unlimited, 1974.) Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
  
• Nowland, John H. B. Sketches of Prominent Citizens of 1876: with a Few of the Pioneers of the City and County Who Have Passed Away. (1876.) Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library; Internet Archive.

Business, Commerce, and Occupations

Occupational Records

• Members of Indianapolis Electrotypers and Stereotypers Union (1930) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)

Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Marion County, Indiana online and in print
Tombstone Transcriptions Online	BillionGraves Find a Grave Indiana Interment INGenWeb RecordAGrave Index USINGenWeb Archives USGW Tombstone Project
Tombstone Transcriptions in Print (Often more complete)	FamilySearch Library WorldCat
List of Cemeteries in the County	FamilySearch Places Find a Grave
See Indiana Cemeteries for more information.

• Marion County Cemeteries at Genealogical Society of Marion County
• Crown Hill Cemetery
• Index of Pioneer Cemeteries, Perry Township at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
• Index of Pioneer Cemeteries, Warren Township at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
• United States, Cemetery Abstracts, 1949-1969- Vol. 5 page 181 - Williams Creek Cemetery

Census Records

For tips on accessing Marion County census records online, see: Indiana Census.

Historical populations
Census	Pop.	%±
1830	7,192	—
1840	16,080	123.6%
1850	24,103	49.9%
1860	39,855	65.4%
1870	71,939	80.5%
1880	102,782	42.9%
1890	141,156	37.3%
1900	197,227	39.7%
1910	263,661	33.7%
1920	348,061	32.0%
1930	422,666	21.4%
1940	460,926	9.1%
1950	551,777	19.7%
1960	697,567	26.4%
1970	792,299	13.6%
1980	765,233	−3.4%
1990	797,159	4.2%
2000	860,454	7.9%
2010	903,393	5.0%
Source: "Wikipedia.org".

• Index to Mortality Schedule for Marion County, Indiana (1860) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
• Index to Defective, Delinquent & Dependent Census for Marion County, Indiana (1880) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
• Enumeration of Males in Lawrence Township, Marion County, Indiana (1913) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)

• United States. Names of Persons Enumerated in Marion County, Indiana, at the Fifth Census Eighteen Hundred and Thirty. (Indianapolis: E.J. Hecker, printer and publisher, 1908.) Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
  

Church Records

Most church records are held by individual churches. For contact information, check a phone directory, such as SearchBug or Dex Knows. Some denominations are gathering their records into a central repository. For more information about these major repositories, see Indiana Church Records.
List of Churches and Church Parishes

• FamilySearch Places
  

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Ward and Branch Records of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

• Indianapolis
• Indianapolis Dist
• Indianapolis N.
• Indianapolis S.

Lutheran
aka Evangelical

• Records of the American Lutheran Church, Indianapolis, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

Court Records

• 1818-1954 Indiana Court Cases at MyHeritage — index ($)
• 1822-1838 Circuit Court Entry Dockets, 1822-1838(*); County Court Clerk at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
• 1822-1900 Circuit Court Complete Record, 1822-1900(*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
• 1822-1909 Circuit Court Order Book, 1822-1909(*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
• 1822-1912 Judgement Docket, 1822-1912(*); County Court Clerk at FamilySearch Catalog — images
• 1838-1876 Issue Docket, 1838-1876(*); County Court Clerk at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images

• 1849-1873 Common Pleas Court Order Book, 1849-1873, Marion County, Indiana(*); Common Pleas Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
• 1853-1872 Judgement Docket, 1853-1872(*); Court of Common Pleas at FamilySearch Catalog — images
• 1853-1873 Issue Docket, 1853-1873(*); Court of Common Pleas at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
• 1864-1915 Circuit Court Entry Docket, 1864-1915(*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images

• Selected Lists of Jurors in Marion County, Indiana (1800s) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)

Directories

• 1875 Indianapolis, Indiana City Directory, 1875 at MyHeritage — index & images ($)
• 1875 Swartz & Tedrowe's Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, City Directory, 1875 at MyHeritage — index & images ($)
• 1876 Indianapolis, Indiana, City Directory, 1876 at MyHeritage — index & images ($)
• 1878 Indianapolis, Indiana City Directory, 1878 at MyHeritage — index & images ($)
• 1879 Indianapolis, Indiana City Directory, 1879 at MyHeritage — index & images ($)
• 1880 Indianapolis, Indiana City Directory, 1880 at MyHeritage — index & images ($)
• 1881 Indianapolis, Indiana City Directory, 1881 at MyHeritage — index & images ($)
• 1887 Indianapolis, Indiana City Directory, 1887 at MyHeritage — index & images ($)
• 1888 Indianapolis, Indiana City Directory, 1888 at MyHeritage — index & images ($)
• 1891 Indianapolis, Indiana City Directory, 1891 at MyHeritage — index & images ($)
• 1892 Indianapolis, Indiana City, Directory, 1892 at MyHeritage — index & images ($)
• 1894 R. L. Polk & Co.'s Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, City Directory, 1894 at MyHeritage — index & images ($)
• 1896 Indianapolis, Indiana City Directory, 1896 at MyHeritage — index & images ($)
• 1896 R. L. Polk & Co.'s Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, City Directory, 1896 at MyHeritage — index & images ($)
• 1897 Indianapolis, Indiana City Directory, 1897 at MyHeritage — index & images ($)
• 1899 Indianapolis, Indiana City Directory, 1899 at MyHeritage — index & images ($)
• 1899 R. L. Polk & Co.'s Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, City Directory, 1899 at MyHeritage — index & images ($)
• 1901 Indianapolis, Indiana City Directory, 1901 at MyHeritage — index & images ($)
• 1902 Indianapolis, Indiana City Directory, 1902 at MyHeritage — index & images ($)
• 1904 Indianapolis, Indiana City Directory, 1904 at MyHeritage — index & images ($)
• 1904 R. L. Polk & Co.'s Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, City Directory, 1904 at MyHeritage — index & images ($)
• 1906 R. L. Polk & Co.'s Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, City Directory, 1906 at MyHeritage — index & images ($)
• 1909 Indianapolis, Indiana City Directory, 1909 at MyHeritage — index & images ($)
• 1911 R. L. Polk & Co.'s Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, City Directory, 1911 at MyHeritage — index & images ($)
• 1912 R. L. Polk & Co.'s Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, City Directory, 1912 at MyHeritage — index & images ($)
• 1913 Indianapolis, Indiana, City Directory, 1913 at MyHeritage — index & images ($)
• 1914 Indianapolis, Indiana, City Directory, 1914 at MyHeritage — index & images ($)
• 1915 Indianapolis, Indiana City Directory, 1915 at MyHeritage — index & images ($)
• 1916 R. L. Polk & Co.'s Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, City Directory, 1916 at MyHeritage — index & images ($)
• 1920 Indianapolis, Indiana, City Directory, 1920 at MyHeritage — index & images ($)
• 1923 Indianapolis, Indiana, City Directory,1923 at MyHeritage — index & images ($)
• 1970-2024 United States, Residence Database, 1970-2024 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index, coverage may vary

• Genealogical Society of Marion County

Holds several city directories in their library.

• Indianapolis City Directories 1857, 1861, 1864-1923 at Fold3 ($).
• The People's Guide : a Business, Political and Religious Directory of Marion Co., Ind. 1874. By Cline & McHaffie. Indianapolis, Indiana : Indianapolis Printing and Publishing House. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library; Also at: Hathitrust, Internet Archive.

Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups

African American

• 28th US Colored Troops , Companies A, B, C, E, G, and Addition Recruits for Colored Troops
• African American Firefighters, at Digital Indy, Indianapolis Public Library.
• Black History at Digital Indy, Indianapolis Public Library.
• Jacob Brothers Funeral Home Records, Indianapolis at Allen County Public Library's Genealogy Center.
• Indianapolis Recorder, 1899-2005 - African-American newspaper; digitized collection at Hoosier State Chronicles.
• African Americans in Civilian Conservation Corps, Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indianapolis (1938) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)

Funeral Homes

• Albertson’s Mortuary in Indianapolis.
• Bell Mortuaries and Crematory in Indianapolis.
• Brown Funeral Home in Indianapolis.
• Conkle Funeral Home in Speedway.
• Cremation Society of Indiana in Indianapolis.
• Crown Hill Funeral Home and Cemetery in Indianapolis.
• Dixon Memorial Chapel in Indianapolis.
• Ellis Mortuary in Indianapolis.
• Family Funeral Care-Rockville West in Indianapolis.
• Feeney-Hornak Keystone Mortuary in Indianapolis.
• Flanner Buchanan Funeral Centers in Indianapolis.
• Fountain Square Cremation and Funeral Services in Indianapolis.
• G and G Funeral Home and Crematory in Indianapolis.
• G.H. Herrmann Funeral Homes in Indianapolis.
• Grinsteiner Funeral Home and Crematory in Indianapolis.
• Indiana Funeral Care in Indianapolis.
• Jacobs Brothers Funeral Home in Indianapolis.
• Lauck and Veldhof Funeral and Cremation Services in Indianapolis.
• Lavenia and Summers Home for Funerals in Indianapolis.
• Legacy Cremation and Funeral Services in Indianapolis.
• Leppert Mortuaries in Indianapolis.
• Little and Sons Funeral Home in Indianapolis.
• Newcomer Cremations, Funerals and Receptions in Indianapolis.
• Norman F. Chance Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Indianapolis.
• Oakley-Hammond Funeral Home in Indianapolis.
• Payne Funeral Home in Indianapolis.
• Rawls Mortuary in Indianapolis.
• Serenity Funeral and Cremation Services in Indianapolis.
• Singleton Community Mortuary and Memorial Center in Indianapolis.
• Sprowl Funeral and Cremation Care in Indianapolis.
• Stillinger Family Funeral Home in Indianapolis.
• Stuart Mortuary, Inc in Indianapolis.
• Usher Funeral Home in Indianapolis.
• Williams and Bluitt Funeral Home in Indianapolis.

Land and Property Records

Land and property records can place an ancestor in a particular location, provide economic information, and reveal family relationships. Land records include: deeds, abstracts and indexes, mortgages, leases, grants and land patents. See Indiana Land and Property for additional information about early Indiana land grants and patents.

After land was transferred from the government to private ownership, subsequent transactions were recorded at the Marion County courthouse, where records are currently housed.

Online Land Indexes and Records

• Full-Text Search - Land Records at FamilySearch - index & images; dates, records, and places vary; How to Search

Local Histories

Local histories are available for Marion County. County histories may include biographies; church, school and government histories; and military information. For more information about local histories, see Indiana Local Histories.

• History of Indianapolis and Marion County, Indiana. 1884. By Berry R. Sulgrove. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : L.H. Everts. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Hathitrust, Internet Archive; At various libraries (WorldCat).

• History of Clermont at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)

Maps and Gazetteers

• Historic Indiana Maps at IUPUI University Library

Click a neighboring county
for more resources

• Old Antique Atlases & Maps of Indiana
• FamilySearch Places: Map of cities and towns in this county - How to Use FS Places

Military Records

• Military Record Series Index at Indiana Digital Archives
• Veterans in Marion County, Indiana (1913) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)

Civil War
Civil War service men from Marion 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 Marion County.

• 1st Regiment, Indiana Heavy Artillery, Companies B, L, and M
• 1st Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company K
• 3rd Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
• 4th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company A
• 5th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry (90th Regiment, Indiana Volunteers), Company M
• 7th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Companies C, D, G, and H
• 7th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company I
• 8th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company H
• 9th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Companies A, F, H, I, and L
• 10th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K
• 11th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies A, B, E, H, K , and Reorganized Companies A, B, E, F, H, and K
• 12th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company A
• 13th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies A, H, and Reorganized Companies D, and E
• 14th Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
• 16th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Companies F, I, and K
• 19th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies D, and F
• 20th Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
• 26th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies E, and I
• 30th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company A
• 35th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company A
• 40th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company G
• 47th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company G
• 52nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies B, K, and Reorganized Company E
• 70th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies A, E, and F
• 79th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies A, C, and F
• 99th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company H
• 100th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K
• 104th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, All of Companies A-H
• 106th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K
• 107th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, All of Companies A-M
• 110th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company B
• 113th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, All of Companies A-I
• 123rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company E
• 124th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies C, and D
• 132nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864), Companies A, B, C, F, and K
• 148th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies A, C, and G
• 156th Regiment, Indiana Infantry Company A
• 28th US Colored Troops, Companies A, B, C, E, G, and Addition Recruits for Colored Troops
• Wilder Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
  

World War I

• 1919 Indiana, World War I, Enrollment Cards, 1919 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
• Residents of Marion County Who Received Medals in World War I at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
• Women from Marion County Who Served in World War I at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
• Residents of Marion County Who Died in World War I at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)

World War II

• Soldiers From Marion County, Indiana Who Died in World War II (1941-1946) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
• Indianapolis Water Company Employees Serving in World War II (1940-1945) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)

Naturalization and Citizenship

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

Newspapers

Indiana newspapers may contain genealogical value including obituaries, births, marriages, deaths, anniversaries, family gatherings, family travel, achievements, business notices, engagement information, and probate court proceedings.

For more Indiana newspaper information see the wiki page Indiana Newspapers.

• 1800s-Current Indiana, U.S., Newspapers.com™ Stories and Events Index, 1800's-Current at Ancestry — index & images ($)
• 1800s-1999 U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999 at Ancestry - index ($)
• 1878-Onward Indiana, Marion County Obituaries and Death Notices at MyHeritage — index & images ($)
• Indiana Farmer Newspaper, 1851-1917 - digitized collection via Purdue University Libraries
• Indianapolis Recorder, 1899-2005 - African-American newspaper; digitized collection via Purdue University Libraries
• Hoosier State Chronicles

Obituaries

• 1878-Onward Indiana, Marion County Obituaries and Death Notices at MyHeritage — index & images ($)

Probate Records

In most counties in Indiana, probate records have been kept by the county clerk of the circuit court. They include wills, fee books, claim registers, legacy records, inheritance records, probate ticklers, and dockets. The records are available at the Marion County courthouse. For more information, see Indiana Probate Records.

Online Probate Indexes and Records

• 1798-1999 Indiana Wills and Probate Records 1798-1999 at Ancestry ($)
• 1822-1832 Records, Probate Book A, 1822-1832 : Record of the Probate Court and the Court for the Settlement of Intestate Estates in the County of Marion, Indiana(*); at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
• 1822-1861 Order Book, 1822-1861(*); Probate Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
• 1822-1909 Circuit Court Execution Docket, 1822-1909(*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
• 1823-1876 First Wills of Marion County, Indiana, 1823-1876(*); at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
• 1823-1882 Estate Index, 1823-1882(*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
• 1824-1939 Record of Wills, 1824-1939(*); Circuit Court Clerk at FamilySearch Catalog — images
• 1829-1853 Probate Court Complete Record, 1829-1853(*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
• 1847-1931 Circuit Court Guardian Docket, 1847-1931(*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
• 1853-1871 Common Pleas Court, Complete Record, 1853-1871(*); Circuit Court Clerk at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
• 1853-1884 Common Pleas Court Appearance Docket, 1853-1884(*); Court of Common Pleas at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
• 1871-1902 General Index of Appearance Dockets; General Entry, Claim and Allowance Docket of Estates, 1871-1902(*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
• 1874-1934 General Entry Claim and Allowance Docket, 1874-1934(*); Probate Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
• 1875-1911 Inventory Record, 1875-1911(*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
• 1876-1907 Administrator's Reports, 1876-1907(*); Probate Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
• Marion County, Indiana, Probate Order Book. By Marion County, Indiana. Indianapolis, Indiana : Marion County Probate Court, 1833. Online at: Vol. B - FamilySearch Digital Library; Vol. C - FamilySearch Digital Library
• Full-Text Search - Wills and Probate Records at FamilySearch - index & images; dates, records, and places vary; How to Search

School Records

• Students, Graduates, and Teachers of some Marion County Schools (1826, 1834-1853, 1856-1865, 1883, 1886, 1898-1947) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)

Social Security Records

• 1935-2014 United States Social Security Death Index 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.
• 1936-2007 United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index

Tax Records

Indiana tax records complement land records and can be used in place of censuses or to supplement the years between censuses. Because only persons who owned taxable property were listed, many residents were not included in tax lists. There may also be gaps of several years in the tax records of some counties. For more information see the wiki page Indiana Taxation.

• Selected Tax Lists of Marion County, Indiana (1840-1850) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
• Delinquent Taxpayers of Indianapolis, Marion County (1840) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)

Vital Records

Vital records consist of birth, death, marriage and divorce records. Indiana law in 1882 required registration of births and deaths in counties. The Indiana Department of Health has birth records filed after October 1907 and death records filed after January 1900 for deaths. Copies may be obtained from the county health department or the Indiana State Division of Vital Records.

Marriage

• 1780-1992 Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; Also at: MyHeritage ($)
• 1800s-2007 Indiana, United States Marriages at Findmypast $
• 1800-1925 Indiana, Marriage Index, 1800-1941 at Ancestry $
• 1802-1892 Indiana Marriages, 1802-1892 at Ancestry $
• 1811-1959 Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959 at MyHeritage - index & images ($)
• 1811-2007 Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
• 1925-2012 Web: Marion County, Indiana, Marriage Index, 1925-2012 at Ancestry $

Death

• Pre-1882 WEB: Indiana, Deaths, Pre-1882 at Ancestry - index, (Free collection)
• 1750-1993 Indiana Deaths and Burials, 1750-1993 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
  
• 1863-1950 Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, U.S., Death Records, 1863-1950 at Ancestry — index & images ($)
• 1882-1920 Indiana, Death Index, 1882-1920 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
  
• 1899-2011 Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011 at Ancestry $
• 1939-1956 Records of Jacobs Brothers Funeral Home, Indianapolis (1939-1956) at Indiana Genealogical Society

Research Facilities

Archives

Listed below are archives in Marion County. For state-wide archival repositories, see Indiana Archives and Libraries.

FamilySearch Centers

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• FamilySearch Affiliate Libraries have access to most center-only databases, but may not always have full services normally provided by a FamilySearch center.
  

Local Centers and Affiliate Libraries

• Brownsburg Indiana FamilySearch Center
• Fishers Indiana FamilySearch Center
• Indianapolis Indiana FamilySearch Center
• Wallace Avenue Indiana FamilySearch Center
• White River Indiana FamilySearch Center
• Hancock County Public Library - an affiliate library.
• Indiana State Library Foundation Inc - an affiliate library.
• Plainfield-Guilford Township Public Library - an affiliate library.
• Sullivan Munce Cultural Center - an affiliate library.

Libraries

Listed below are libraries in Marion County. For state-wide genealogical societies, see Indiana Archives and Libraries.

Societies

Listed below are societies in Marion County. For state-wide genealogical societies, see Indiana Societies.

Franklin Township Historical Society
6510 S Franklin Rd
PO Box 39015
Indianapolis, IN 46239
Email: franklintownshiphistory@gmail.com
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Website

Genealogical Society of Marion County
9370 E Washington St
Indianapolis, IN 46229
Phone: 317-891-4762
Email: Info@GenealogyIndy.org
Facebook
Website

Irvington Historical Society
5350 University Ave
Indianapolis, IN 46219
Phone: 317-602-2962
Email: bonathompsonbookstore@gmail.com
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Website

Websites

• Indiana Digital Archives Search by name in all records or specific collections
• Indiana Historical Society Digital Collections Extensive - keyword searches suggested
• 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. Scroll the list.
• The Marion County IN GenWeb Project, a member of The INGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project
• Marion County Genealogy LDS Genealogy (Indiana Genealogy)
• Marion County, Indiana: Family History & Genealogy, Census, Birth, Marriage, Death Vital Records & More at Linkpendium
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