Marion County, Indiana Genealogy
Guide to Marion County, Indiana ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.
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County Information[edit | edit source]
Description[edit | edit source]
Marion County is named after "The Swamp Fox" Revolutionary War Brigadier General Francis Marion (1732-1795).[1] It is located in the central area of the state.[2]
County Courthouse[edit | edit source]
Marion County Courthouse
200 E. Washington Street
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Phone: 317-327-4740
County Website
Marion County Health Department
3838 N. Rural Street
Indianapolis, IN, 46205
Health Officer: Virginia Caine, MD
Phone Number: 317-221-2000
Fax: 317-221-2307
Email: HealthDept@MarionHealth.org
Health Department
CountyClerk has marriage and divorce records.
County Recorder has birth, death and land records.
Probate Court has probate records.[3]
Health Department has birth records and death records.
Copies may be obtained from the county health department or the Indiana State Division of Vital Records.
Marion County, Indiana Record Dates[edit | edit source]
Information for this chart was taken from various sources, often containing conflicting dates. This information should be taken as a guide and should be verified by contacting the county and/or the state government agency.
| Birth* | Marriage | Death* | Court | Land | Probate | Census |
| 1882 | 1822 | 1882 | 1822 | 1822 | 1822 | 1807 |
Record Loss[edit | edit source]
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There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county. |
Boundary Changes[edit | edit source]
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Populated Places[edit | edit source]
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:[7]
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History Timeline[edit | edit source]
Resources[edit | edit source]
Bible Records[edit | edit source]
Biographies[edit | edit source]
- Pictorial and Biographical Memoirs of Indianapolis and Marion County, Indiana: Together with Biographies of Many Prominent Men of Other Portions of the State, Both Living and Dead. (Tucson, Arizona: Americana Unlimited, 1974.) Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library; Google books
- Nowland, John H. B. Sketches of Prominent Citizens of 1876: with a Few of the Pioneers of the City and County Who Have Passed Away. (1876.) Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library; Internet Archive
Business, Commerce, and Occupations[edit | edit source]
Occupational Records
- Members of Indianapolis Electrotypers and Stereotypers Union (1930) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
Cemeteries[edit | edit source]
- Marion County Cemeteries at Genealogical Society of Marion County
- Crown Hill Cemetery
- Index of Pioneer Cemeteries, Perry Township at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
- Index of Pioneer Cemeteries, Warren Township at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
- United States, Cemetery Abstracts, 1949-1969- Vol. 5 page 181 - Williams Creek Cemetery
Census Records[edit | edit source]
For tips on accessing Marion County census records online, see: Indiana Census.
| Historical populations | ||
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| Census | Pop. | %± |
| 1830 | 7,192 | — |
| 1840 | 16,080 | 123.6% |
| 1850 | 24,103 | 49.9% |
| 1860 | 39,855 | 65.4% |
| 1870 | 71,939 | 80.5% |
| 1880 | 102,782 | 42.9% |
| 1890 | 141,156 | 37.3% |
| 1900 | 197,227 | 39.7% |
| 1910 | 263,661 | 33.7% |
| 1920 | 348,061 | 32.0% |
| 1930 | 422,666 | 21.4% |
| 1940 | 460,926 | 9.1% |
| 1950 | 551,777 | 19.7% |
| 1960 | 697,567 | 26.4% |
| 1970 | 792,299 | 13.6% |
| 1980 | 765,233 | −3.4% |
| 1990 | 797,159 | 4.2% |
| 2000 | 860,454 | 7.9% |
| 2010 | 903,393 | 5.0% |
| Source: "Wikipedia.org". | ||
- Index to Mortality Schedule for Marion County, Indiana (1860) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
- Index to Defective, Delinquent & Dependent Census for Marion County, Indiana (1880) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
- Enumeration of Males in Lawrence Township, Marion County, Indiana (1913) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
- United States. Names of Persons Enumerated in Marion County, Indiana, at the Fifth Census Eighteen Hundred and Thirty. (Indianapolis: E.J. Hecker, printer and publisher, 1908.) Online at:FamilySearch Digital Library;Google books
Church Records[edit | edit source]
Most church records are held by individual churches. For contact information, check a phone directory, such as SearchBug or Dex Knows. Some denominations are gathering their records into a central repository. For more information about these major repositories, see Indiana Church Records.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Ward and Branch Records of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Indianapolis
- Indianapolis Dist
- Indianapolis N.
- Indianapolis S.
Lutheran
aka Evangelical
- Records of the American Lutheran Church, Indianapolis, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).
Court Records[edit | edit source]
Directories[edit | edit source]
- Genealogical Society of Marion County holds several city directories in their library. website
- Indianapolis City Directories 1857, 1861, 1864-1923 at Fold3 ($)
Emigration and Immigration[edit | edit source]
Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups[edit | edit source]
African American
- 28th US Colored Troops , Companies A, B, C, E, G, and Addition Recruits for Colored Troops
- African American Firefighters, at Digital Indy, Indianapolis Public Library.
- Black History at Digital Indy, Indianapolis Public Library.
- Jacob Brothers Funeral Home Records, Indianapolis at Allen County Public Library's Genealogy Center.
- Indianapolis Recorder, 1899-2005 - African-American newspaper; digitized collection at Hoosier State Chronicles.
- African Americans in Civilian Conservation Corps, Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indianapolis (1938) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
Funeral Homes[edit | edit source]
Genealogies[edit | edit source]
Guardianship[edit | edit source]
Land and Property Records[edit | edit source]
Land and property records can place an ancestor in a particular location, provide economic information, and reveal family relationships. Land records include: deeds, abstracts and indexes, mortgages, leases, grants and land patents. See Indiana Land and Property for additional information about early Indiana land grants and patents.
After land was transferred from the government to private ownership, subsequent transactions were recorded at the Marion County courthouse, where records are currently housed.
Local Histories[edit | edit source]
Local histories are available for Marion County. County histories may include biographies; church, school and government histories; and military information. For more information about local histories, see Indiana Local Histories.
- History of Indianapolis and Marion County, Indiana. 1884. By Berry R. Sulgrove. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : L.H. Everts. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Hathitrust, Internet Archive; At various libraries (WorldCat).
- The People's Guide : a Business, Political and Religious Directory of Marion Co., Ind. 1874. By Cline & McHaffie. Indianapolis, Indiana : Indianapolis Printing and Publishing House. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Hathitrust, Internet Archive.
Maps and Gazetteers[edit | edit source]
for more resources
Migration[edit | edit source]
Military Records[edit | edit source]
- Military Record Series Index at Indiana Digital Archives
- Veterans in Marion County, Indiana (1913) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
Civil War
Civil War service men from Marion 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 Marion County.
- 1st Regiment, Indiana Heavy Artillery, Companies B, L, and M
- 1st Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company K
- 3rd Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
- 4th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company A
- 5th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry (90th Regiment, Indiana Volunteers), Company M
- 7th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Companies C, D, G, and H
- 7th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company I
- 8th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company H
- 9th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Companies A, F, H, I, and L
- 10th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K
- 11th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies A, B, E, H, K , and Reorganized Companies A, B, E, F, H, and K
- 12th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company A
- 13th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies A, H, and Reorganized Companies D, and E
- 14th Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
- 16th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Companies F, I, and K
- 19th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies D, and F
- 20th Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
- 26th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies E, and I
- 30th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company A
- 35th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company A
- 40th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company G
- 47th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company G
- 52nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies B, K, and Reorganized Company E
- 70th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies A, E, and F
- 79th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies A, C, and F
- 99th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company H
- 100th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K
- 104th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, All of Companies A-H
- 106th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K
- 107th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, All of Companies A-M
- 110th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company B
- 113th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, All of Companies A-I
- 123rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company E
- 124th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies C, and D
- 132nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864), Companies A, B, C, F, and K
- 148th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies A, C, and G
- 156th Regiment, Indiana Infantry Company A
- 28th US Colored Troops, Companies A, B, C, E, G, and Addition Recruits for Colored Troops
- Wilder Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
World War I
- 1919 Indiana, World War I, Enrollment Cards, 1919 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
- Residents of Marion County Who Received Medals in World War I at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
- Women from Marion County Who Served in World War I at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
- Residents of Marion County Who Died in World War I at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
World War II
- Soldiers From Marion County, Indiana Who Died in World War II (1941-1946) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
- Indianapolis Water Company Employees Serving in World War II (1940-1945) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
Naturalization and Citizenship[edit | edit source]
- Naturalization Record Series (for this county) at Indiana Digital Archives. Search by names.
Newspapers[edit | edit source]
Indiana newspapers may contain genealogical value including obituaries, births, marriages, deaths, anniversaries, family gatherings, family travel, achievements, business notices, engagement information, and probate court proceedings.
For more Indiana newspaper information see the wiki page Indiana Newspapers.
- 1800s-1999 U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999 at Ancestry - index ($)
- Indiana Farmer Newspaper, 1851-1917 - digitized collection via Purdue University Libraries
- Indianapolis Recorder, 1899-2005 - African-American newspaper; digitized collection via Purdue University Libraries
- Hoosier State Chronicles
Obituaries[edit | edit source]
Other Records[edit | edit source]
Periodicals[edit | edit source]
Probate Records[edit | edit source]
In most counties in Indiana, probate records have been kept by the county clerk of the circuit court. They include wills, fee books, claim registers, legacy records, inheritance records, probate ticklers, and dockets. The records are available at the Marion County courthouse. For more information, see Indiana Probate Records.
- 1798-1999 Indiana Wills and Probate Records 1798-1999 at Ancestry $
School Records[edit | edit source]
- Students, Graduates, and Teachers of some Marion County Schools (1826, 1834-1853, 1856-1865, 1883, 1886, 1898-1947) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
Social Security Records[edit | edit source]
- 1935-2014 United States Social Security Death Index at FamilySearch - How to use this collection; index. Also at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more information.
- 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 at Ancestry ($) — index, click here for more information.
Tax Records[edit | edit source]
Indiana tax records complement land records and can be used in place of censuses or to supplement the years between censuses. Because only persons who owned taxable property were listed, many residents were not included in tax lists. There may also be gaps of several years in the tax records of some counties. For more information see the wiki page Indiana Taxation.
- Selected Tax Lists of Marion County, Indiana (1840-1850) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
- Delinquent Taxpayers of Indianapolis, Marion County (1840) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
Vital Records[edit | edit source]
Vital records consist of birth, death, marriage and divorce records. Indiana law in 1882 required registration of births and deaths in counties. The Indiana Department of Health has birth records filed after October 1907 and death records filed after January 1900 for deaths. Copies may be obtained from the county health department or the Indiana State Division of Vital Records.
Birth[edit | edit source]
Marriage[edit | edit source]
- 1780-1992 Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
- 1800s-2007 Indiana, United States Marriages at FindMyPast $
- 1800-1925 Indiana, Marriage Index, 1800-1941 at Ancestry $
- 1802-1892 Indiana Marriages, 1802-1892 at Ancestry $
- 1811-2007 Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
- 1925-2012 Web: Marion County, Indiana, Marriage Index, 1925-2012 at Ancestry $
Death[edit | edit source]
- 1750-1993 - Indiana Deaths and Burials, 1750-1993 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
- 1882-1920 Indiana, Death Index, 1882-1920 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
- 1899-2011 Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011 at Ancestry $
- 1939-1956 Records of Jacobs Brothers Funeral Home, Indianapolis (1939-1956) at Indiana Genealogical Society
Divorce[edit | edit source]
Research Facilities[edit | edit source]
Archives[edit | edit source]
Listed below are archives in Marion County. For state-wide archival repositories, see Indiana Archives and Libraries.
Family History Centers[edit | edit source]
Family History Center and Affiliate Library Locator map - search for local Family History Centers or Affiliate Libraries
- Family History Centers provide one-on-one assistance, free access to center-only databases, and to premium genealogical websites.
- FamilySearch Affiliate Libraries have access to most center-only databases, but may not always have full services normally provided by a family history center.
Local Centers and Affiliate Libraries
- Indianapolis Indiana Family History Center
- Wallace Avenue Indiana Family History Center
- White River Indiana Family History Center
Libraries[edit | edit source]
Listed below are libraries in Marion County. For state-wide genealogical societies, see Indiana Archives and Libraries.
Museums[edit | edit source]
Societies[edit | edit source]
Listed below are societies in Marion County. For state-wide genealogical societies, see Indiana Societies.
- Genealogical Society of Marion County
9370 E. Washington St
Indianapolis, IN 46229
Phone: 317-891-4762
Email: Info@GenealogyIndy.org
Website - Franklin Township Historical Society
PO Box 39015
6510 S Franklin Rd
Indianapolis, IN 46239
Email:franklintownshiphistory@gmail.com
Facebook
Website - Irvington Historical Society
5350 University Avenue
Indianapolis, IN 46219
Phone 317-602-2962
Email:bonathompsonbookstore@gmail.com
Facebook
Website
Websites[edit | edit source]
- Indiana Digital Archives Search by name in all records or specific collections
- Indiana Historical Society Digital Collections Extensive - keyword searches suggested
- Indiana Memory Click the map or select a statewide collection
- List of indexes and databases at Indiana State Library
- Indiana Genealogical Society Databases Free and Members-only. Scroll the list.
- The Marion County IN GenWeb Project, a member of The INGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project
- Marion County Genealogy LDS Genealogy (Indiana Genealogy)
- EveryNameIndex.com for Indiana Free online genealogy indexes for county histories. Select a county.
- Marion County, Indiana: Family History & Genealogy, Census, Birth, Marriage, Death Vital Records & More at Linkpendium
- FamilySearch Catalog – The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection. Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records.
Research Guides[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Francis Marion" Wikipedia.
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Marion County," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marion_County,_Indiana 3/29/2017.
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Indiana.At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Indiana.At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Indiana.At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Marion County, Indiana" in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marion_County,_Indiana (accessed 10 May 2012).
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Marion County, Indiana," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marion_County,_Indiana, accessed 24 December 2019.
