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By state law, births were recorded in Indiana beginning in 1882, with each county's health department responsible for keeping their own birth records. The [http://www.in.gov/isdh/20444.htm Indiana State Department of Health's Vital Records Division] has copies of each county's birth records from October 1907 to present. | By state law, births were recorded in Indiana beginning in 1882, with each county's health department responsible for keeping their own birth records. The [http://www.in.gov/isdh/20444.htm Indiana State Department of Health's Vital Records Division] has copies of each county's birth records from October 1907 to present. | ||
The [http://www.co.hendricks.in.us/ | The [http://www.co.hendricks.in.us/department/index.php?structureid=16 Hendricks County Health Department] is located in the basement (the south entrance) of the Hendricks County Government Center in Danville. The Hendricks County Government Center is on South Washington Street, 3 blocks south of the courthouse square. | ||
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was a federal program during the Great Depression to employ white-collar workers. In the 1930's the WPA began a project to index the records in county courthouses. WPA workers created indexes to birth, marriage and death records for about 2/3 of the counties in Indiana before the program was stopped in 1939. Most of these WPA indexes used 1920 as their end year, for privacy reasons. | The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was a federal program during the Great Depression to employ white-collar workers. In the 1930's the WPA began a project to index the records in county courthouses. WPA workers created indexes to birth, marriage and death records for about 2/3 of the counties in Indiana before the program was stopped in 1939. Most of these WPA indexes used 1920 as their end year, for privacy reasons. | ||