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Birth and death records are public records in Indiana, but the interpretation of the term "public records" varies greatly among government officials at the county level, so public access is inconsistent. | Birth and death records are public records in Indiana, but the interpretation of the term "public records" varies greatly among government officials at the county level, so public access is inconsistent. | ||
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'''''Delayed Birth Records''''' | |||
Delayed registrations of births are found in the Clerk of the Circuit Court’s office. Registrations began in July 1941, and although the law is still in effect, most registrations occurred in the 1940s. They may contain information on births that occurred as early as the 1870s. Certificates for births that were originally not recorded were granted after a petition was filed with the court. These registrations may also contain births of people born outside of the county and even those outside of the U.S. Contact the clerk for copies. The Family History Library has microfilms of delayed birth registrations for more then 60 counties. For example: | |||
*''Indiana. Circuit Court (Marshall County). Delayed Birth Records, 1941–1971''. <ref>Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1989. (Family History Library film[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;titleno=571753&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;disp=Delayed+birth+records%2C+1941%2D1971%20%20&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;columns=*,0,0 1651781 items2–4].) </ref> | |||
== Marriage Records == | |||
Marriage records usually date from the formation of each county and are found in the County Clerk's Office in each county. | |||
== Vital Record Indexes == | |||
During the late 1930s and early 1940s, the Indiana Works Progress Administration indexed many counties' birth and death records for the period of 1882 to 1920. These index volumes often are available at public libraries in the counties they cover, as well as at the [http://www.in.gov/library/ Indiana State Library] in Indianapolis and the [http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/ Allen County Public Library] in Fort Wayne. The original typescripts of the WPA indexes are at the Indiana State Library. The birth index provides the name of the child, its father’s name, mother’s maiden name, sex, color, date of birth, book, and page. The death index gives the name of the deceased, sex, color, age at death, date of death, place of death, book, and page.<br> | |||
Published marriage record indexes are available for most Indiana counties from the earliest marriages to the early or mid-1900s and sometimes beyond. [http://208.119.72.68/INMarriages1850/marriages_search.asp Marriages through 1850] is a statewide searchable database on the Indiana State Library's website. | |||
Ancestry.com's Indiana offerings include searchable databases titled ''Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941,'' ''Indiana Deaths, 1882-1920'' and ''Indiana Births, 1880-1920.'' These databases were compiled primarily from the published WPA indexes. Ancestry.com is a subscription database, but many public libraries maintain subscriptions that their patrons may use onsite. | |||
== Vital Record Abstracts & Transcripts == | |||
Transcripts of many Indiana vital records, including more than 175,000 indexed names, are published in Indiana Source Book: Genealogical Material from the Hoosier Genealogist, cited in the “For Further Reading” at the bottom of this article. | |||
=== Adoption Records === | === Adoption Records === | ||