Research Tip: Indiana Marriage Resources for "Missing Counties"

By Meredith Thompson

Recently, Ancestry.com added another database for its subscribers - Indiana Marriages, 1810-2001. However, when you look at the explanation/source for their database, you'll see that it is actually the same data that's in FamilySearch's Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007.

The FamilySearch data was compiled from the records in county courthouses and it covers 70 of Indiana's 92 counties. (The years it covers also varies by county.) There are 22 counties that are not covered at all:

Cass, Clinton, Crawford, Grant, Greene, Hancock, Jasper, Johnson, Knox, LaPorte, Madison, Marion, Monroe, Montgomery, Newton, Posey, Ripley, Tippecanoe, Union, Vanderburgh, Warren, and White.

Among the 22 missing counties are two of Indiana's largest population centers - Indianapolis (Marion County) and Evansville (Vanderburgh County).

Here are some marriage resources for these 22 missing counties, including a separate FamilySearch database that is being periodically updated:
 
CASS COUNTY:

• Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992 (FamilySearch - FREE). Covers 1864 through 1942.
• Indiana, Marriage Index, 1800-1941 (Ancestry.com - subscription required). Covers 1829 through 1930.

CLINTON COUNTY:

• Indiana, Marriage Index, 1800-1941 (Ancestry.com - subscription required). Covers 1830 through 1905.

CRAWFORD COUNTY:

• Indiana, Marriage Index, 1800-1941 (Ancestry.com - subscription required). Covers 1818 through 1880.

GRANT COUNTY:

• Grant County Marriage Index (Marion Public Library - FREE). Covers 1837 through 2006.
• Indiana, Marriage Index, 1800-1941 (Ancestry.com - subscription required). Covers 1831 through 1924.

GREENE COUNTY:

• Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992 (FamilySearch - FREE). Covers 1905 through 1918.
• Indiana, Marriage Index, 1800-1941 (Ancestry.com - subscription required). Covers 1821 through 1827 and 1833 through 1850.

HANCOCK COUNTY:

• Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992 (FamilySearch - FREE). Covers 1882 through 1932.
• Indiana, Marriage Index, 1800-1941 (Ancestry.com - subscription required). Covers 1828 through 1920.

JASPER COUNTY:

• Indiana, Marriage Index, 1800-1941 (Ancestry.com - subscription required). Covers 1865 through 1920.
• Jasper County, Indiana Marriages, 1850-1920 (Ancestry.com - subscription required). Covers 1850 through 1920.

JOHNSON COUNTY:

• Indiana, Marriage Index, 1800-1941 (Ancestry.com - subscription required). Covers 1830 through 1845 and 1851 through 1900.

KNOX COUNTY:

• Indiana, Marriage Index, 1800-1941 (Ancestry.com - subscription required). Covers 1807 through 1832 and 1854 through 1920.

LAPORTE COUNTY:

• Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992 (FamilySearch - FREE). Covers 1905 through 1915 and 1917 through 1920.
• Indiana, Marriage Index, 1800-1941 (Ancestry.com - subscription required). Covers 1832 through 1839 and 1850 through 1920.

MADISON COUNTY:

• Madison County Marriage Index (Anderson Public Library - FREE). Covers 1921 through 1951.
• Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992 (FamilySearch - FREE). Covers 1880 through 1923.
• Indiana, Marriage Index, 1800-1941 (Ancestry.com - subscription required)/ Covers 1880 through 1920.

MARION COUNTY:

• Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992 (FamilySearch - FREE.) Covers 1822 through 1857, 1865 through 1869 and 1874 through 1921.
• Indiana, Marriage Index, 1800-1941 (Ancestry.com - subscription required). Covers 1822 through 1836 and 1861 through 1925.
• Web: Marion County, Indiana, Marriage Index, 1925-2012 (Ancestry.com - FREE database). Covers 1925 through 2012.

MONROE COUNTY:

• Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992 (FamilySearch - FREE). Covers 1921 through 1933.
• Indiana, Marriage Index, 1800-1941 (Ancestry.com - subscription required). Covers 1818 through 1835.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY:

• Montgomery County Marriage Index (Crawfordsville District Public Library - FREE). Covers 1823 through 2001.
• Indiana, Marriage Index, 1800-1941 (Ancestry.com - subscription required). Covers 1823 through 1850 and 1860 through 1920.

NEWTON COUNTY:

• Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992 (FamilySearch - FREE). Covers 1860 through 1920 and 1946 through 1951.
• Indiana, Marriage Index, 1800-1941 (Ancestry.com - subscription required). Covers 1860 through 1922.

POSEY COUNTY:

• Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992 (FamilySearch - FREE). Covers 1815 through 1894, 1910 through 1915 and 1918 through 1921.
• Indiana, Marriage Index, 1800-1941 (Ancestry.com - subscription required). Covers 1815 through 1831 and 1846 through 1920.

RIPLEY COUNTY:

• Indiana, Marriage Index, 1800-1941 (Ancestry.com - subscription required). Covers 1818 through 1850.

TIPPECANOE COUNTY:

• Indiana, Marriage Index, 1800-1941 (Ancestry.com - subscription required). Covers 1860 through 1941.

UNION COUNTY:

• Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992 (FamilySearch - FREE). Covers 1931 through 1936.
• Indiana, Marriage Index, 1800-1941 (Ancestry.com - subscription required). Covers 1821 through 1850 and 1860 through 1918.

VANDERBURGH COUNTY:

• Vanderburgh County Marriage Index (Willard Library, Evansville - FREE). Covers 1920 through 1979.
• Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992 (FamilySearch - FREE). Covers 1905 through 1906 and 1907 through 1920.
• Indiana, Marriage Index, 1800-1941 (Ancestry.com - subscription required). Covers 1818 through 1846.

WARREN COUNTY:

• Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992 (FamilySearch - FREE). Covers 1846 through 1941.
• Indiana, Marriage Index, 1800-1941 (Ancestry.com - subscription required). Covers 1830 through 1920.

WHITE COUNTY:

• Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992 (FamilySearch - FREE). Covers 1835 through 1875 and 1911 through 1916.
• Indiana, Marriage Index, 1800-1941 (Ancestry.com - subscription required). Covers 1835 through 1920.

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