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== Substitute Vital Records == | == Substitute Vital Records == | ||
'''''Birth Record Substitutes''''' | |||
[http://webcat.acpl.lib.in.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/X/SIRSI/O/123?query_type=&user_id=webserver&password=&library=ALL&srchfield1=GENERAL%5ESUBJECT%5EGENERAL%5E%5Ewords+anywhere+&searchdata1=ocm41474108 ''Pre-1882 Indiana Births from Secondary Sources''] Vols. I and II (Fort Wayne, Ind.: Heritage Pathways, Inc. 1999). Each volume includes approximately 10,0000 entries for births that took place in Indiana prior to the advent of civil birth records. This data was taken from a variety of sources, including family Bible records, Civil War pension files, private family files and genealogical periodicals. | [http://webcat.acpl.lib.in.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/X/SIRSI/O/123?query_type=&user_id=webserver&password=&library=ALL&srchfield1=GENERAL%5ESUBJECT%5EGENERAL%5E%5Ewords+anywhere+&searchdata1=ocm41474108 ''Pre-1882 Indiana Births from Secondary Sources''] Vols. I and II (Fort Wayne, Ind.: Heritage Pathways, Inc. 1999). Each volume includes approximately 10,0000 entries for births that took place in Indiana prior to the advent of civil birth records. This data was taken from a variety of sources, including family Bible records, Civil War pension files, private family files and genealogical periodicals. | ||
'''''Death Record Substitutes''''' | |||
As an alternative source of death information before the advent of civil death records, or as a supplement to death records, coroner's records may be useful. The Coroner’s Office was established in 1788 during the Northwest Territory period and continued under Indiana’s 1816 and 1851 Constitutions. The coroner investigated deaths whose causes were unknown or resulted from violence, and determined the cause of death. Coroner inquests were published in the local newspaper. Before 1879, few coroner’s records survived. Beginning in 1879, the coroner was required to file a report with the Clerk of the Circuit Court. Many of these records survive. | |||
Other possible sources of substitute vital records include: | Other possible sources of substitute vital records include: | ||