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

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Union County, Indiana
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Location of Indiana in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	January 5, 1821
County Seat	Liberty
Courthouse
Address	Union County Courthouse 26 W Union Street Liberty, IN 47353 Phone: 765.458.6121 Union County Website
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Historical Facts

Populated Places

Boundary Changes

Neighboring Counties

• Butler County, Ohio
• Fayette
• Franklin
• Preble County, Ohio
• Wayne

Parent County

1821--Union County was created 5 January 1821from Wayne, Franklin and Fayette Counties.
County seat: Liberty ^[1]

Record Loss

February 1903 -- Courthouse burned and many records were damaged.

For further information on researching in burned counties, see the following:

• Burned Counties Research in FamilySearch Wiki
• Michael John Neill, Burned Counties in Family History Circle

Union County, Indiana Resources

Bible Records

Biographies

Business Records

Cemeteries

• Cemeteries of Union County USGenWeb
• Fosdick Funeral Home Records: 1915-1971: Courtesy of the Union County Public Library Website

Census Records

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

• Index to Defective, Dependent & Delinquent Census for Union County ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Church Records

• Members of Dunlapsville Presbyterian Church, Liberty Township (1829-1912) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Court Records

Directories

• Directory of Businesses in Union County (1858, 1868) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)
• Directory of Selected Residents of Union County (1876) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Emigration and Immigration

Ethnic and Religious Groups

Gazetteers

Genealogies

History

Local Histories

• Biographical and Genealogical History of Wayne, Fayette, Union and Franklin Counties, Indiana. (Indianapolis, Ind: Frederic Luther Co, 1980).977.26 H2b977.26 H2b v. 2 FHL US/CAN Book FHL Collectionother libraries  vol. 1 INTERNET ARCHIVE
  

• History of Union County Likpendium

Land and Property

Maps

Maps and GazetteersLinkpendium

Migration

Military Records

War of 1812

Civil War

Civil War service men from Vermillion 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 Vermillion County.

• 3rd Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company F
• 9th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company D
• 15th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company I
• 36th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company G
• 84th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company C
• 105th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies B and D
• 147th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company C
• 148th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies F and F
• 152nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company D

World War I

World War II

Naturalization and Citizenship

Newspapers

Obituaries

Occupations

Periodicals

Probate Records

Repositories

Archives

County Courthouse

Union County Courthouse
26 W Union Street
Liberty, IN 47353
Phone: 765.458.6121

Clerk Circuit Court has marriage, divorce, probate and court records from 1821.
County Health Department has birth records from 1882 and death records from 1907.^[2]

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Libraries

Museums

Societies

School Records

Taxation

Vital Records

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

Birth Records

Marriage Records

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

• Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992-https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1674830 FamilySearch]
  

• Indiana Marriage, 1811-1959-FamilySearch
  

Death Records

• Indiana, Death Index, 1882-1920 - FamilySearch

Voter Registration

Union 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
• Union County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)

Union 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), Union County, Indiana 217 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.

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