Indiana, United States Genealogy

United States Indiana 

Guide to Indiana ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Indiana Information
Indiana became the twenty-second state admitted to the United States in 1819. Alabama was created form Indiana Territory and is located in the southeast region of the United States.

Indiana Clickable Map
Many genealogy records are kept on the county level in the United States. Click on a county below to go to the county Wiki article listing more information.

Counties
Extinct or Renamed Counties: Baine | Baker | Benton | Cabela | Cotaco | Decatur | Hancock | Jones | Sanford

FamilySearch Resources
Below are FamilySearch resources that can assist you in resourcing your family.
 * Facebook Communities - Facebook groups discussing genealogy research
 * Learning Center - Online genealogy courses
 * Historical Records - databases and record images on FamilySearch
 * Family History Center locator map

Additional Resources

 * Cyndi's List - Alabama genealogy sites on the internet
 * Alabama Genealogy Trails - collection of transcribed data for the state of Alabama
 * Access Genealogy – Genealogy guide for Alabama
 * Ancestorhunt.com - resources for Alabama genealogy research
 * Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness - Guide to Ancestry and Family Tree Records for Alabama
 * Alabama Research Outline – Original Family History Library research outline; contains many out of date links

Counties
Extinct or Renamed Counties: Richardville

Major Repositories
Indiana State Archives· Indiana State Library· Indiana Genealogical Society· Indiana Historical Society· Anderson Public Library· Lake County Public Library Merrillville Branch· Northern Indiana Historical Society and Center for History· St. Joseph County Public Library· Vigo County Public Library· Vincennes University Lewis Historical Library· Willard Library· Allen County Public Library· National Archives Great Lakes Region (Chicago)· Newberry Library

Migration Routes
Lake Michigan· Kankakee River· Ohio River· Tippecanoe River· Wabash River · White River· Louisville and Portland Canal· Wabash and Erie Canal· Buffalo Trace· Detroit-Chicago Road· Kellog Trail· Lafayette Road· Michigan Road· National Road · Cumberland Road· Old Chicago Road· Vincennes-Indianapolis-Detroit Road

Research Tools
Wiki articles describing online collections are found at:


 * Indiana Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Indiana Genealogy - Guide to Ancestry and Family Tree Records information on ordering vital records, city and government links, history and facts of counties, printable genealogy forms, list of archives and societies, terminology of genealogical terms, and lookup volunteers
 * Rotating Formation Indiana County Boundary Maps and Atlases
 * Indiana Births and Christenings (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * Indiana Marriages (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * Indiana County Marriage Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * Indiana, Death Index (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * Find which county a town is in, what town a cemetery is in, even where a postoffice or building is by using the United States Geographical Survey's Geographical Names Information System.
 * Indiana Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * David Rumsey Map Collection is a large online collection of rare, old, antique historical atlases, globes, maps, charts plus other cartographic treasures.
 * The Indiana GenWeb Project has a wealth of information and is a part of the larger USGenWeb Project. The USGenWeb Project provides internet information on every county in every state in the United States.
 * The Indiana Memory Collection is made possible through the collaborative efforts of academic libraries, public libraries, historical societies, museums, and archives to create and share their digital collections reflecting Indiana's cultural heritage.
 * The United States Vessel Enrollments for the Great Lakes region. The transcriptions are from a project that involved an attempt to transcribe all steamboat enrollments for Great Lakes ports prior to 1861, all vessels for Detroit and Cleveland up to 1861, and Buffalo up to 1841 are included in the file. The set includes 5741 enrolments in which just under 2000 individual vessels are named, over 6000 people were identified.
 * Indiana Genealogy extensive directory of Indiana genealogy records

Featured Content
Among the major tribes that lived in what is now Indiana were the Delaware, Kickapoo, Miami, Mound Builders, Piankashaw, Potawatomi, Shawnee, and Wea. After 1794, treaties were made that opened up large areas of land for settlement. At the Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811, the Indians were defeated, and white settlements then proceeded at an increased rate. By the 1840s, most of the Indians had moved westward to other lands, either voluntarily or by force. Read more about this subject in the Indiana Native Races article.