Vigo County, Indiana Genealogy

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Parent County
1818--Vigo County was created 21 January 1818 from Sullivan County. County seat: Terre Haute

Populated Places
Terre Haute

Neighboring Counties

 * Clark County, Illinois
 * Clay
 * Edgar County, Illinois
 * Parke
 * Sullivan
 * Vermilion

Cemeteries
Cemetery Records - a partial index

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Terre Haute

Local Histories

 * H. C. Bradsby, History of Vigo County, Indiana , (Evansville, Indiana : Unigraphic, 1969 ) 977.245 H2 Internet Archive  Web Site  (accessed 23 Mar 2011)


 * Bradsby, H. C. 1969. History of Vigo county, Indiana, with biographical selections. (Evansville, Ind: Unigraphic.)  977.245 H2b FHL US/CAN Book    other libraries  INTERNET ARCHIVE


 * Beckwith, H. W., J. H. Beadle, and S. B. Gookins. 1880. History of Vigo and Parke Counties together with historic notes on the Wabash Valley gleaned from early authors, old maps and manuscripts, private and official correspondence and other authentic though, for the most part, out-of-the-way sources. (Chicago: H.H. Hill &amp; N. Iddings.)  other libraries  Family History Archives


 * History of Vigo County - Linkpendium

Maps

 * Maps and Gazetteers - Linkpendium

Military

 * Fort Harrison on the banks of the Wabash 1812-1912 (Source: Internet Archive)
 * Harrison, Benjamin, Fort, IN Returns from U.S. Military Posts, 1800-1916 (Source: Explore Ancestry.com) ($)
 * Harrison, Fort, IN Returns from U.S. Military Posts, 1800-1916 (Source: Explore Ancestry.com) ($)
 * List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883 Vigo County, Indiana (Source: Internet Archive)
 * Revolutionary War, 1775-1783


 * 1) Revolutionary War Soldiers of Vigo County (Source: Wabash Valley Visions &amp; Voices)


 * World War I (Great War), 1914-1918


 * 1) Men and Women who Died in the Service of the United States and the Allied Nations in the World War 1914-1918 (Source: Genealogy TrailsHistory Group)
 * 2) World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Terre Haute City (Source: Explore Ancestry.com) ($)
 * 3) World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Vigo County (Source: Explore Ancestry.com) ($)


 * World War II, 1941-1945


 * 1) Vigo County, Indiana World War II Casualties, Army and Army Air Corps (Source: AccessGenealogy)

Civil War

Civil War service men from Vigo 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 Vigo County.


 * 1st Regiment, Indiana Heavy Artillery, Company C
 * 1st Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Companies I, and M
 * 3rd Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
 * 6th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Companies B, and M
 * 7th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Companies G, K, and I
 * 8th Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
 * 11th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company D
 * 11th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies C, D, and Reorganized Companies C, D, and K
 * 13th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company K
 * 13th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Companies E, F, G, I, and K
 * 14th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company F
 * 16th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company I
 * 18th Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
 * 20th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company B
 * 22nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company F
 * 31st Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies C, E, and K
 * 32nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company E
 * 35th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company B
 * 40th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company C
 * 43rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company D
 * 52nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company I
 * 59th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company G
 * 84th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company B
 * 85th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies C, E, F, and G
 * 115th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (6 months, 1863-4), Company K
 * 123rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company C
 * 129th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K
 * 133rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864), Companies C, D, E, H, and I
 * 149th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies A, B, C, F, H, and K
 * 28th US Colored Troops, Companies D, G, and Addition Recruits for Colored Troops

Civil War Book

H. C. Bradsby, "War" Chapter 30 in History of Vigo County, Indiana , (Evansville, Indiana : Unigraphic, 1969 ) page 547-560, 977.245 H2 Internet Archive  Web Site (accessed 23 Mar 2011)

Civil War Article

A tribute to Vigo County, Indiana, soldiers

Vital Records
Births

[1882-1920] Works Progress Administration. Index to birth records, Vigo County, 1882-1920. Indianapolis: Indiana State Library, 1983.

Marriages

[1818-1951]  Vigo County Marriage Index Online for the years 1818-1951. Courtesy of the Vigo County Library. Many years include images.

[1818-1850] Lansa, Simona. Marriages, Vigo County, Indiana, 1818-1850. Utica, Kentucky : McDowell Publications, 198-?

[1840-1920] Works Progress Administration.Index to marriage records, Vigo County, 1840-1920. Indianapolis: Indiana State Library, 1983.

[1880-1920] Works Progress Administration.Index to supplemental record, marriage transcript, Vigo County, 1880-1920. Indianapolis: Indiana State Library, 1983.

Deaths

'' [1882-1920]Works Progress Administration. Index to death records, Vigo County, 1882-1920.Indianapolis: Indiana State Library, 1983. ''

[1900-present] Wabash Valley Obituary Index. Obituaries published in Terre Haute newspapers. Online courtesy of the Vigo County Library.

Societies and Libraries
Vigo Co. Public Library has searchable marriage data and obituaries online.

Web Sites

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