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Guide to Pike County Indiana genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

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Pike County, Indiana
Map
Location of Indiana in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	December 21, 1816
County Seat	Petersburg
Courthouse
Address	Pike County Courthouse 801 Main Street Petersburg, IN 47567 Phone: 812.354.6025 Website
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Historical Facts

Populated Places

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• Petersburg
• Spurgeon
• Winslow

Unincorporated
• Otwell
• Stendaz
• Velpen

Townships
• Clay
• Jefferson
• Lockhart
• Logan
• Madison
• Marion
• Monroe
• Patoka
• Washington

Boundary Changes

Neighboring Counties

• Daviess (North)
• Dubois (East)
• Gibson (West)
• Knox (Northwest)
• Warrick (South)

For a map of the 17 Southwest Indiana Counties, Click here, then select the Southwest Region from the Regional Township Maps dropdown box

Parent Counties

Gibson and Perry Counties.

Record Loss

Pike County, Indiana Resources

The Pike County GenWeb site hosts numerous data bases; and a search engine that searches everything on the site except census and query boards. Click here to access this site.

Bible Records

Biographies

Business Records

Cemeteries

There are 166 known cemeteries in Pike County. Click here for a listing of known burials in cemeteries by township. Click on the township in which the cemetery is located for a list of all of the cemeteries in the township, and then click on the cemetery name to see a list of names (alphabetized) and dates of people known to be buried in the cemetery.

The data can also be accessed by clicking here to access the Pike GenWeb main page, typing the name of the individual you are seeking in the search engine box and clicking on Find. [note, this will return links to all pages that contain the name you entered into the search box. You must search through the list to find a cemetery reference, if it exists.]

Maps of 53 of the cemetery location are available; click here. You can also show its relative proximity to communities, libraries, and other cemeteries by clicking of the "Liasrws places near" above the map. Clicking on and individual pin will initiate a pop-up with the distance from the central (initial cemetery) location.

National Cemeteries in Indiana
There are 4 National Cemeteries in Indiana. Click here for links to these.

Census Records

For tips on accessing Pike County, Indiana census records online, see: Indiana Census.

• Index to Defective, Dependent & Delinquent Census for Pike County, Indiana (1880) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Church Records

Court Records

Directories

• Directory of Businesses in Petersburg, Pike County, Indiana (1868) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)
  

Emigration and Immigration

Ethnic and Religious Groups

Gazetteers

Genealogies

Histories

1816--Pike County was created 21 December 1816  and named for Gen Zebulon M. Pike County seat: Petersburg ^[1]

Local Histories

• Anderson, Forrest R. 1942.Historical notes on Dubois & Pike Counties, Indiana. (Ireland, Ind: [s.n.].) FHL US/CAN Film 928078 Item 3 FHL Collectionother librariesFamilySearch Books Onlineancestry.com$
  
• McClellan, Ruth Miley. Pike County History: Bicentennial Edition 1776-1976. Petersburg, Ind: Pike County Historical Society; Evansville, Ind: Printed by Unigraphic, Inc., 1976.
• McClellan, Ruth Miley. Our people of Pike County, Indiana. Evansville, Ind: Unigraphic, 1878. 268 pages +16 p Index. LOC: F532.P6 M32, Dewey Decimal: 977.2/36 (biographies)
• Petersburg Womans Club. A History of Pike County, Ind. Petersburg, IN:typescript, 80 leaves. Copy at Barrett Memorial Library, Petersburg, Indiana. Microfilm at FHL
• Pike County Historical Society. Pike County, Indiana History and Families, 1816-1987. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Pub. Co., c1987, 236 p. FHL
• History of Pike and Dubois counties, Indiana: from the earliest time to the present, with biographical sketches, reminiscences, notes, etc. : together with an extended history of the Northwest, the Indiana Territory, and the state of Indiana. 2000. (La Crosse, Wis: Brookhaven Press. Harvard (18th ed.)) 977.23 H2h FHL US/CAN Book FHL Collectionother library   INTERNET ARCHIVE

Land and Property

Maps

Military Records

War of 1812

Civil War

• African American Veterans in Pike County, Indiana (1890) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Civil War service men from Pike County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies that were specifically formed in Pike County.

• 4th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company F
• 5th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry (90th Regiment, Indiana Volunteers), Company C
• 10th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Companies F, and M
• 13th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company G
• 17th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies C, and F
• 24th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies E, and H
• 42nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company I
• 47th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K
• 58th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies D, E, G, and I
• 65th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company G
• 80th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company H
• 91st Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company F
• 143rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company I
• 146th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K
• 152nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K
• 28th US Colored Troops, Addition Recruits for Colored Troops
• Wilder Battery, Indiana Light Artillery

Civil War Books

• "Military History" Chapter 5 in History of Pike and Dubois counties, Indiana: from the earliest time to the present, with biographical sketches, reminiscences, notes, etc.: together with an extended history of the Northwest, the Indiana Territory, and the state of Indiana. 2000. (La Crosse, Wis: Brookhaven Press. Harvard (18th ed.)) (page 317-324), 977.23 H2h FHL US/CAN Book FHL Collection other libraryINTERNET ARCHIVE

World War I

World War II

Naturalization and Citizenship

Newspapers

Obituaries

Occupations

Periodicals

Public Records

Probate Records

Repositories

Archives

County Courthouse

Pike County Courthouse
801 Main Street
Petersburg, IN 47567
Phone: 812.354.6025

County Clerk has marriage, divorce and court records from 1817
and probate records from early 1800’s.
County health Department has birth and death records.
County Recorder has land records. ^[2]

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Libraries

Museums

Societies

CountyPublic Library
There are three branches of the Pike County Library. The genealogy department is in the Petersburg branch, aka Bartlet Memorial Library, which is located at:
1104 Main Street
Petersburg, IN 47567
Ph 812-354-6257, ex 206
Fax 812-354-6259

Unique Features of the Genealogy Collection

• Curl Collection

Families of Pike County Indiana, an unpublished collection of interviews by a Mrs. Curl with people in the community about their families. Available only on library computers no children given to Mrs Alexander 1900
shirley Sbehme@pikeco.lib.in.us

• Newspaper Index
to family history information in 4 local newspapers 1874-1940?
(the newspapers are on microfilm)
- Pike County Democrat
- Petersburg Press
- Otwell Star
- Press Dispatch

School Records

• Early Schools of Pike County ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Taxation

Vital Records

Original Records are in the county courthouse, in the following offices:

Birth Records

Extracted birth data are on Pike GenWeb, Births

• Indiana State Digital Archives for Death, E-Publication, Institution, Military, Misc Historical, Naturalization Records can be searched by person name (accessed 26 May 2011)
  

Marriage Records

• Indiana Marriages, 1802-1892 - Ancestry.con $
  

• Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992 -FamilySearch
  

• Indiana Marriage, 1811-1959-FamilySearch
  

Death Records

• Indiana, Death Index, 1882-1920 - FamilySearch

Voter Registration

Pike County, Indiana Web Sites

• USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
• Family History Library Catalog
• Pike County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)

Overview of Pike County from Wikipedia, Chamber of Commerce, and ebodunk

Pike County, Indiana References

1. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
2. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Pike County, Indiana 215 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.

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