Wednesday, March 8, 2017

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:
CLINTON COUNTY:
CRAWFORD COUNTY:
GRANT COUNTY:
GREENE COUNTY:
HANCOCK COUNTY:
JASPER COUNTY:
JOHNSON COUNTY:
KNOX COUNTY:
LAPORTE COUNTY:
MADISON COUNTY:
MARION COUNTY:
MONROE COUNTY:
MONTGOMERY COUNTY:
NEWTON COUNTY:
POSEY COUNTY:
RIPLEY COUNTY:
TIPPECANOE COUNTY:
UNION COUNTY:
VANDERBURGH COUNTY:
WARREN COUNTY:
WHITE COUNTY:
[This article originally appeared in Indiana News, IGS's FREE monthly email newsletter. Click here to subscribe and have articles like this delivered straight to your inbox!]

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