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== Vital Record Indexes == | == 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, gender, color, date of birth, and the book and page number of the courthouse ledger where the original may be found. The death index gives the name of the deceased, gender, color, age at death, date of death, place of death, and book and page number of the courthouse ledger. | 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, gender, color, date of birth, and the book and page number of the courthouse ledger where the original may be found. The death index gives the name of the deceased, gender, color, age at death, date of death, place of death, and book and page number of the courthouse ledger. | ||
Published marriage record indexes are available for most Indiana counties from the earliest marriages to the early or mid-1900s and sometimes beyond. Many of these were compiled by the Works Progress Administration and cover marriages from county formation to 1920. They are arranged alphabetically by the name of the bride or groom and include name of spouse, color, date of marriage and for marriages after 1905, sometimes date of birth. These indexes reference the book and page number of the marriage ledger in the county courthouse where the original record may be found. For some counties, there is an additional supplemental marriage index that includes information from the longer marriage application form that began to be used toward the end of the 19th century. Besides the indiviidual's name, Information in the supplemental index may include father’s given name, mother’s maiden name, gender, color, age at next birthday, date of marriage, and courthouse book and page number. The spouse's name is not listed in these supplemental indexes. | Published marriage record indexes are available for most Indiana counties from the earliest marriages to the early or mid-1900s and sometimes beyond. Many of these were compiled by the Works Progress Administration and cover marriages from county formation to 1920. They are arranged alphabetically by the name of the bride or groom and include name of spouse, color, date of marriage and for marriages after 1905, sometimes date of birth. These indexes reference the book and page number of the marriage ledger in the county courthouse where the original record may be found. For some counties, there is an additional supplemental marriage index that includes information from the longer marriage application form that began to be used toward the end of the 19th century. Besides the indiviidual's name, Information in the supplemental index may include father’s given name, mother’s maiden name, gender, color, age at next birthday, date of marriage, and courthouse book and page number. The spouse's name is not listed in these supplemental indexes. | ||