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==Vital Records== | ==Vital Records== | ||
===Births and Deaths=== | |||
*1882 Law required recording of births and deaths by county officials | |||
*1891 Law required clerks of incorporated cities and towns to gather, keep the records. Low compliance | |||
*1907 State of Indiana passed a law requiring all counties to register their births and deaths with the Indiana State Board of Health | |||
===Marriages=== | ===Marriages=== | ||
Marriages can exist as early as 1788, when the first law regulating marriages was passed by statutes of the Northwest Territory, which included what is now Indiana. | Marriages can exist as early as 1788, when the first law regulating marriages was passed by statutes of the Northwest Territory, which included what is now Indiana. | ||