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===Births and Deaths | ===Births and Deaths<ref>''Guide to Public Vital Statistics Records in Indiana''. Indianapolis, Indiana: Indiana Historical Records Survey, 1941. '''''Online at:''''' {{FSDL|606315}},image 7 of 187.</ref>=== | ||
*1882 Law required recording of births and deaths by county officials | *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 | *1891 Law required clerks of incorporated cities and towns to gather, keep the records. Low compliance | ||
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Online Resources[edit | edit source]
- Historic Indiana Statutes at The Advancing Genealogist – Includes links to Indiana territorial and state session laws and compiled statutes found online.
- American Law Sources online - For Indiana
Divorce Records[edit | edit source]
Vital Records[edit | edit source]
Births and Deaths[1][edit | edit source]
- 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[edit | edit source]
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.
The 1788 statute for marriages required:
- banns to be read 15 days before the marriage
- the male to be 17 years old
- the female to be 14
By 1800, marriage licenses were manditory.[2]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Guide to Public Vital Statistics Records in Indiana. Indianapolis, Indiana: Indiana Historical Records Survey, 1941. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library,image 7 of 187.
- ↑ Eichholz, Alice, Red Book: American State, County, and Towns Sources (Provo, UT: Ancestry, 2004), page 199.