Indiana Vital Records: Difference between revisions

=== City and County Records of 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.  

=== State Records of Births and Deaths  ===

   

  You may order records by telephone if you have a major credit card.  

Fees for obtaining copies of the state’s records are listed on several Internet genealogical web sites and in:  

Delayed registrations of births are found in the Clerk of the Circuit Court’s office. Registrations began in July 1941, and although the law is still in effect, most registrations occurred in the 1940s. They may contain information on births that occurred as early as the 1870s. Certificates for births that were originally not recorded were granted after a petition was filed with the court. These registrations may also contain births of people born outside of the county and even those outside of the U.S. Contact the clerk for copies. The Family History Library has microfilms of delayed birth registrations for more then 60 counties. For example:  

Transcripts of many Indiana vital records, including over 175,000 indexed names, are published in Indiana Source Book: Genealogical Material from the Hoosier Genealogist, cited in the “For Further Reading” section near the end of this outline.  

=== <br>Marriages  ===

Since 1807, these records have been kept by the Clerk of the Circuit Court. While some records have been destroyed, the records generally date from the organization of the county. For copies, write to the clerk in the county where the license was issued.  

Published indexes of Indiana marriages for 1960 and 1954 are available at the Family History Library.  

''Indiana Marriages, Early to 1825: A Research Tool.'' Bountiful, Utah: Precision Indexing, 1991. (Family History Library book 977.2 V22i.) This lists the name of the groom, the bride, marriage date, and county and includes over 26,000 names.  

''Indiana Source Book: Genealogical Material from the Hoosier Genealogist,'' cited in the “For Further Reading” section near the end of this outline. This includes over 175,000 indexed names.  

=== Marriage Index on Internet  ===

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The marriage index was compiled from many sources, including county courthouse records as well as Quaker marriages found in Willard Heiss, ''Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy'': Abstracts of the Records of the Society of Friends in Indiana (see [[Indiana Church Records|Indiana Church Records]]). Since it is an index of records at the Indiana State Library, where not all marriage records are available, the list is not inclusive.  

=== Marriage Indexes on Compact Disc  ===

''Marriage Records, Early–1850''. (Illinois, Indiana) Orem, Utah: Automated Archives, 1992. (Family History Library compact disc #9 part 228) This is not circulated to Family History Centers It was compiled by Liahona Research The records are from about 1800 to 1850 This record includes marriages from 83 counties and is arranged by county and Soundex code It shows names county and marriage dates This disc may include records with different time periods than the disc above.  

=== Coroner’s Records  ===

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.  

=== Divorces  ===

See [[Indiana Divorce Records|Indiana Divorce Records]].  

Birth, marriage, coroner, and death records are listed in the Locality Search of the Family History Library Catalog under:  

     INDIANA- VITAL RECORDS INDIANA, [COUNTY]- VITAL RECORDS

   

You can learn more about the history, contents, and availability of Indiana state and county birth, marriage, and death records in: