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==Online Records==

*[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/49217/ '''1750-1784''' - French and British Land Grants In The Post Vincennes (Indiana) District] available at Ancestry.com. Index and images (from book). ($)

==Resources==

*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/165329?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''A History of the City of Vincennes, Indiana from 1702-1901''] by Henry Sullivan Cauthorn. (Vincennes: M.C. Cauthorn, 1902, film 0934909).

*[https://archive.org/details/historyofindiana00indill/page/n10 ''A History of Indiana: From Its Earliest Exploration by the Europeans the Close of the Territorial Government, in 1816; Comprehending a History of the Discovery Settlement and Civil and Military Affairs of the Territory of the U.S. Northwest of the River Ohio and a General View of the Progress of Public Affairs in Indiana from 1816-1856''] by John Brown Dillon. (Indianapolis: Bingham and Doughty, 1859, fiche 6051127).

*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/490460?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''The Colonial history of Vincennes: Under the French, British, and American Governments, from its First Settlement down to the Territorial Administration of General William Henry Harrison''] by John Law. (1858, reprint, Fort Way: Allen County Public Library, 1987).

*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2833941 ''Historical Sketch of Old Vincennes, Founded in 1732: Its Institutions and Churches, Embracing Collateral Incidents, and Biographical Sketches of Many Persons and Events Connected Therewith''] by Hubbard Madison Smith. (1902, reprint, Vincennes: Vincennes Historical and Antiquarian Society, n.d., fiche 601939).

*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/246177?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Preliminary Checklist of Archives and Manuscripts in Indiana Repositories''] by Donald E. Thompson. (Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society, 1980).

===Civil Records and Sources===

*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/270021?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Census of Indiana Territory for 1807'']. (Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society, 1980, film 1033927).

*[https://archive.org/details/cihm_33707/page/n4 ''Documents Relating to the French Settlements on the Wabash''] by Jacob Piatt Dunn. (Indianapolis: Bowen-Merrill, 1894, film 1320754).

===Ecclesiastical Records===

The first Catholic parish in Indiana was Saint Francis Xavier in 1734, established by Jesuit missionaries. The Diocese of Vincennes covered both Indiana and Illinois.<ref>Christina K. Schaefer, ''Genealogical encyclopedia of the colonial Americas : a complete digest of the records of all the countries of the Western Hemisphere'' (Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Company, c1998), 583. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39622039 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|822639|item|disp=FHL book 929.11812 D26 1998}}</ref>

*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/473063?availability=Family%20History%20Library Parish registers, 1780-1960] of Catholic Church. St. Francis Xavier (Vincennes, Indiana), film 1433361-1433365. Digital images (most are indexed).

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