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A few Indiana cities began keeping vital records in the 1870s. In 1882, the State Board of Health requested each county to register births and deaths. | A few Indiana cities began keeping vital records in the 1870s. In 1882, the State Board of Health requested each county to register births and deaths. | ||
The Work Projects Administration (WPA)Look this term up in the glossary. extracted and compiled the birth, marriage, and death records, usually to 1920. These are arranged first by county, and then alphabetically by surname. The original typescripts are at the Indiana State Library. The Family History Library has microfilms of these records. 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. | The Work Projects Administration (WPA)Look this term up in the glossary. extracted and compiled the birth, marriage, and death records, usually to 1920. These are arranged first by county, and then alphabetically by surname. The original typescripts are at the Indiana State Library. The Family History Library has microfilms of these records. 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> | ||
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=== State Records of Births and Deaths === | === State Records of Births and Deaths === | ||