Lafayette Genealogy (in Tippecanoe County, IN)

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Lafayette Birth Records

1907-1940 Indiana Birth Certificates Ancestry online

Indiana, Birth Records, 1907-present Indiana State Department of Health

Lafayette Cemetery Records

Baker Cemetery Billion Graves online

Beneath these stones : the story of the Confederate prisoners in Lafayette, Indiana FamilySearch Library

Booher Cemetery Find a Grave online

Booher Cemetery Interment online

Concord Cemetery Billion Graves online

Confederate deaths, Lafayette, Indiana FamilySearch Library

County Farm Cemetery Find a Grave online

Davis-Higman Cemetery Find a Grave online

Elston, Indiana, cemetery records : (Sickler Cemetery) near Lafayette, Indiana WorldCat

Elston, Indiana, cemetery records : (Sickler Cemetery) near Lafayette, Indiana WorldCat

Fink Cemetery Billion Graves online

Fink Cemetery Find a Grave online

Granville Cemetery Billion Graves online

Greenbush Cemetery Find a Grave online

Greenbush Cemetery Billion Graves online

Greenbush Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Hillcrest Cemetery Billion Graves online

Isley Cemetery Find a Grave online

Jewish Cemetery of Greater Lafayette Find a Grave online

K of P - I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Lafayette Township, Madison County, Indiana WorldCat

Kenny Cemetery Billion Graves online

Lafayette 1st Burial Ground Find a Grave online

Lafayette-West Lafayette, Indiana, newspaper index : marriages and deaths 1902-1952 WorldCat

Meadow View Cemetery Find a Grave online

North Union Cemetery Billion Graves online

ONeall Cemetery Find a Grave online

Owen County, Indiana, cemetery records : Lafayette Township WorldCat

Pioneer Cemetery Find a Grave online

Rest Haven Memorial Park Find a Grave online

Resthaven Memorial Park Billion Graves online

Saint Boniface Cemetery Find a Grave online

Saint Boniface Cemetery Billion Graves online

Saint Mary Cemetery Billion Graves online

Saint Marys Cemetery Find a Grave online

Sicler Cemetery Billion Graves online

Spring Grove Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Spring Vale Cemetery Billion Graves online

Spring Vale Cemetery Find a Grave online

Tippecanoe County Poor Farm Cemetery #2 Find a Grave online

Wheelers Grove Cemetery Find a Grave online

Wildcat Cemetery Find a Grave online

Lafayette Census Records

Federal Census of 1940, Lafayette in Tippecanoe County, Indiana LDS Genealogy online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage online

United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search online

Lafayette Church Records

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A copy of the register of St. John's Episcopal Church, Lafayette, Indiana, from June 1837 to June 1898 FamilySearch Library

Brown Street United Methodist Church (Lafayette, Ind.) records Archive Grid

Christ United Methodist Church (Lafayette, Ind.) records Archive Grid

Church records, 1825-1861 (Methodist Episcopal Church (Lafayette, Indiana)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1828-1914 (First Presbyterian Church (Lafayette, Indiana)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1837-1914 (Second Presbyterian Church (Lafayette, Indiana)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1852-1951 (St. James Lutheran Church (Lafayette, Indiana)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1863-1957 (Catholic Church. St. Boniface (Lafayette, Indiana)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1884-1988 (Catholic Church. St. Ann (Lafayette, Indiana)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1896-1947 (Catholic Church. St. Lawrence (Lafayette, Indiana)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1900-1940 (St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church (Lafayette, Indiana)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1929-1985 (Society of Friends. Lafayette Monthly Meeting (Lafayette, Indiana)) FamilySearch Library

Copy of the Register of the John's Episcopal Church, Lafayette, Indiana from June, 1837 to June, 1898 WorldCat

First church register, 1837-1928 (St. John's Episcopal Church (Lafayette, Indiana)) FamilySearch Library

History of St. John's Church LDS Genealogy online

History of St. John's Church Internet Archive online

History of St. John's Episcopal Church, Lafayette, Indiana, 1837-1887 FamilySearch Library

Hope Chapel Church records, 1944-1954, Lafayette, Ind. Archive Grid

Lafayette Bethany Presbyterian Church records, 1953, Lafayette, Ind. Archive Grid

Lafayette Central Presbyterian Church records, 1928-1953, Lafayette, Ind. Archive Grid

Minutes thirty-fifth annual convention Chicago Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1905 LDS Genealogy online

Minutes thirty-fifth annual convention Chicago Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1905 Internet Archive online

Parish record, 1904-1955 (English Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity (Lafayette, Indiana)) FamilySearch Library

Parish records, 1857-1942 (Catholic Church. St. Mary's Parish (Lafayette, Indiana)) FamilySearch Library

Records, 1899-1926 (microform), Spring Grove Presbyterian Church (Lafayette, Ind.). Archive Grid

Lafayette City Directories (93)


Lafayette Death Records

1899-2011 Indiana Death Certificates Ancestry online

County asylum deaths, 1872-1945, Tippecanoe County, Indiana FamilySearch Library

Indiana Deaths, 1882-1920 Ancestry online

Indiana, Death Records, 1900-present Indiana State Department of Health

Lafayette-West Lafayette, Indiana, newspaper index : marriages and deaths 1902-1952 WorldCat

Lafayette Histories and Genealogies

A Historical Sketch of Lafayette, Indiana, 1872 (included in U.S. County and Regional Histories and Atlases collection) Ancestry online

Articles of association, by-laws and official roster of the Lincoln Club of Lafayette, Indiana, July, 1897 Genealogy Gophers online

Biographical sketches, Tippecanoe County, Indiana FamilySearch Library

Lafayette and Tippecanoe county, Indiana history, cemeteries, and genealogy FamilySearch Library

The Centennial book : official program of the ceremonies and the pageant in celebration of the centennial of Lafayette and Tippecanoe County, Indiana FamilySearch Library

Lafayette Immigration Records

Alien registrations and naturalizations in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, 1826-1906 FamilySearch Library

Alien reports and declarations, 1826-1907 FamilySearch Library

Index to naturalization, 1833-1955; alien record, 1888-1905 FamilySearch Library

Indiana, Federal Naturalization Records, 1892-1992 Ancestry online

Lafayette Land Records

Deed records, 1828-1866; deed index, 1826-1970 FamilySearch Library

Lafayette Map Records

Bird's eye view map of the city of Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co., Indiana 1868. Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, 1907 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, 1915 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, 1915-1951 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, February 1899 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, July 1885 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, June 1892 Library of Congress online

Lafayette Marriage Records

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1810-2001 Indiana Marriages Ancestry online

Index to marriage record, Tippecanoe County, 1850-1941, vol. 5, pt. 2 Genealogy Gophers online

Indiana Marriage Index, 1800-1941 Ancestry online

Indiana Marriages Through 1850 Indiana State Library online

Indiana, Marriage Index, 1806-1861 Ancestry online

Indiana, Marriages, 1780-1992 MyHeritage online

Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959 MyHeritage online

Lafayette-West Lafayette, Indiana, newspaper index : marriages and deaths 1902-1952 WorldCat

Marriage records, 1826-1941 FamilySearch Library

Lafayette Military Records

Beneath these stones : the story of the Confederate prisoners in Lafayette, Indiana FamilySearch Library

Confederate deaths, Lafayette, Indiana FamilySearch Library

Indiana State Soldiers' Home, Lafayette LDS Genealogy online

Indiana State Soldiers' Home, Lafayette Internet Archive online

Selected Burials of Veterans At Indiana State Soldiers' Home (1896-1996) Indiana Genealogical Society online

Veterans Admitted to Indiana State Soldiers Home (1896) Indiana Genealogical Society online

Veterans At Indiana State Soldiers Home (1902, 1906) Indiana Genealogical Society online

Veterans Who Died At Indiana State Soldiers Home (1901-1917) Indiana Genealogical Society online

Lafayette Miscellaneous Records

Annual report of the Indiana State Soldiers' Home, 1900-1921 Internet Archive online

Report of Lafayette Home Hospital (1919) Indiana Genealogical Society online

Lafayette Newspapers and Obituaries

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Daily Lafayette Courier, 1850-1850 Newspaper Archive online

Journal and Courier 1920-2023 Newspapers.com online

Lafayette Argus, 1858-1860 Newspaper Archive online

Lafayette Courier, 1847-1850 Newspaper Archive online

Lafayette Daily Courier 12/29/1855 to 12/30/1876 Genealogy Bank online

Lafayette Daily Journal 09/03/1853 to 11/20/1876 Genealogy Bank online

Lafayette Daily Journal, 1855-1868 Newspaper Archive online

Lafayette Journal and Courier Newspaper Index, 1902-1952 : Lafayette-West Lafayette, Ind. FamilySearch Library

Lafayette Sunday Record, 1915-1915 Newspaper Archive online

Lafayette Times, 1920-1921 Newspaper Archive online

Lafayette Tippecanoe County Democrat, 1915-1923 Newspaper Archive online

Lafayette Wabash Atlas, 1849-1850 Newspaper Archive online

Lafayette our Herald, 1881-1885 Newspaper Archive online

Lafayette-West Lafayette, Indiana, newspaper index : marriages and deaths 1902-1952 WorldCat

Old Lafayette, 1811-1876 : Based Upon Historical Columns from the Pages of the Journal and Courier FamilySearch Library

The Lafayette Argus (Lafayette, Tippecanoe County; 27 May 1858 - 29 November 1860) Hoosier State Chronicles online

The Lafayette Daily Argus (Lafayette, Tippecanoe County) Hoosier State Chronicles online

The Lafayette Daily Courier (Lafayette, Tippecanoe County) Hoosier State Chronicles online

Wabash Scratches (Lafayette, Tippecanoe County) Hoosier State Chronicles online

Offline Newspapers for Lafayette

According to the US Newspaper Directory, the following newspapers were printed, so there may be paper or microfilm copies available. For more information on how to locate offline newspapers, see our article on Locating Offline Newspapers.

Call. (Lafayette, Ind.) 1902-1905

Comet. (Lafayette, Ind.) 1885-1886

Commercial Intelligencer. (Lafayette, Ind.) 1837-1838

Daily Lafayette Courier. (Lafayette, Ind.) 1849-1851

Evening Call. (Lafayette, Ind.) 1885-1896

Family Museum. (Lafayette, Ind.) 1844-1840s

Friday Lafayette Leader. (Lafayette, Ind.) 1949-1952

Home Journal, and the Lafayette Weekly Call. (Lafayette, Ind.) 1902-1903

Home Journal. (Lafayette, Ind.) 1879-1902

Home Journal. (Lafayette, Ind.) 1903-1905

Indiana Eagle. (Lafayette, Ind.) 1838-1844

Indiana State Commercial. (Lafayette, Ind.) 1866-1867

Indiana Trade Gazette. (Lafayette, Ind.) 1869-1870

Indiana Union. (Lafayette, Ind.) 1868-1869

Journal & Free-Press. (Lafayette, Ind.) 1846-1847

Journal and Courier. (Lafayette, Ind. ;) 1972-Current

Journal and Free-Press. (Lafayette, Ind.) 1855-1859

Lafayette American. (Lafayette, Ind.) 1854-1856

Lafayette Argus. (Lafayette, Ind.) 1857-1861

Lafayette Courier. (Lafayette, Ind.) 1845-1853

Lafayette Courier. (Lafayette, Ind.) 1916-1919

Lafayette Daily Courier. (Lafayette, Ind.) 1851-1916

Lafayette Daily Dispatch. (Lafayette, Ind.) 1869-1885

Lafayette Daily Journal. (Lafayette, Ind.) 1849-1889

Lafayette Democrat-Leader. (Lafayette, Ind.) 1929-1935

Lafayette Dispatch. (Lafayette, Ind.) 1872-1885

Lafayette Evening Call. (Lafayette, Ind.) 1896-1902

Lafayette Free Press. (Lafayette, Ia. [I.E. Ind.]) 1840-1841

Lafayette Free-Press, and Commercial Advertiser. (Lafayette, Ind.) 1830s-1840s

Lafayette Free-Press. (Lafayette, Ind.) 1829-1830s

Lafayette Home Advocate. (Lafayette, Ind.) 1865-1867

Lafayette Journal and Courier. (Lafayette, Ind.) 1920-1972

Lafayette Journal. (Lafayette, Ind.) 1914-1919

Lafayette Leader. (Lafayette, Ind.) 1935-1949

Lafayette Leader. (Lafayette, Ind.) 1952-Current

Lafayette Morning Journal. (Lafayette, Ind.) 1896-1914

Lafayette Sunday Leader. (Lafayette, Ind.) 1880s-1929

Lafayette Sunday Times. (Lafayette, Ind.) 1880s-1914

Lafayette Weekly Bee. (Lafayette, Ind.) 1872-1875

Lafayette Weekly Call. (Lafayette, Ind.) 1885-1902

Lafayette Weekly Commercial Advertiser. (Lafayette, Ind.) 1864-1866

Lafayette Weekly Courier. (Lafayette, Ind.) 1853-1918

Lafayette Weekly Gazette. (Lafayette, Ind.) 1854-1855

Lafayette Weekly Journal. (Lafayette, Ind.) 1849-1855

Lafayette Weekly Journal. (Lafayette, Ind.) 1859-1885

Morning Journal. (Lafayette, Ind.) 1889-1896

Our Herald. (Lafayette, Ind.) 1881-1885

Port-Folio. (Lafayette, Ind.) 1852-1854

Public Opinion. (Lafayette, Ind.) 1871-1873

Star City. (Lafayette, Ind.) 1851-1840s

Sunday Leader. (Lafayette, Ind.) 1883-1880s

Sunday Morning Leader. (Lafayette, Ind.) 1874-1883

Times. (Lafayette, Ind.) 1920-1921

Tippecanoe American. (Lafayette, Ind.) 1855-1840s

Tippecanoe County Democrat. (Lafayette, Ind.) 1908-1920

Tippecanoe County Democrat. (Lafayette, Ind.) 1922-1929

Tippecanoe Journal and Lafayette Free-Press. (Lafayette, Ind.) 1847-1849

Tippecanoe Journal, and Lafayette Free Press. (Lafayette, Ind.) 1841-1843

Tippecanoe Journal. (Lafayette, Ind.) 1843-1846

Tri-Weekly Journal. (Lafayette, Ind.) 1845-1846

Wabash Atlas. (Lafayette, Ind.) 1848-1850

Wabash Mercury. (Lafayette, Ind.) 1833-1837

Wabash Scratches. (Lafayette, Ind.) 1847-1840s

Wabash Standard. (Lafayette, Ind.) 1843-1845

Weekly Journal. (Lafayette, Ind.) 1890-1904

Weekly Tickler. (La Fayette, Ind.) 1864-1865

Western Granger and Agriculturist. (Lafayette, Ind.) 1874-1870s

Western Granger and Home Journal. (Lafayette, Ind.) 1875-1879

Lafayette Probate Records

1798-1999 Indiana Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Lafayette School Records

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Central Catholic High School - Lance Yearbook (Lafayette, IN), 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1980 E Yearbook online

Central Catholic High School yearbook, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1978, 1980 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Central Catholic High School yearbook, 1959, 1960, 1963, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1978 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Central Catholic High School yearbook, 1959, 1960, 1963, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1978, 1980 Classmates online

East Tipp High School yearbook, 1962 Classmates online

East Tipp High School yearbook, 1962 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

East Tipp High School yearbook, 1962 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Heritage Christian School yearbook, 1967 Classmates online

Heritage Christian School yearbook, 1967 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Heritage Christian School yearbook, 1967 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Jefferson High School - Nautilus Yearbook (Lafayette, IN), 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1978 E Yearbook online

Jefferson High School yearbook, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Jefferson High School yearbook, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Jefferson High School yearbook, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003 Classmates online

McCutcheon High School yearbook, 1976, 1977, 1978 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

McCutcheon High School yearbook, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1995, 1996, 1998 Classmates online

McCutcheon High School yearbooks, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1995, 1996, 1998 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Purdue University Veterinary yearbook, 1983 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Purdue University directory : 1929-1930 FamilySearch Library

Register of the alumni, 1875-1915 (Purdue University) Genealogy Gophers online

Saint Boniface Middle School yearbook, 1986 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Saint Francis High School yearbook, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1957 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Selected Alumni of Jefferson High School (1928) Indiana Genealogical Society online

Shadeland High School yearbook, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954 Classmates online

Shadeland High School yearbook, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Shadeland High School yearbook, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Shadeland Junior High School yearbook, 1948 Classmates online

Shadeland Junior High School yearbook, 1948 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Shadeland Junior High School yearbook, 1948 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Southwestern High School - Lair Yearbook (Lafayette, IN), 1958 E Yearbook online

Southwestern High School yearbook, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972 Classmates online

Southwestern High School yearbook, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Southwestern High School yearbook, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

St Francis High School - Echo Yearbook (Lafayette, IN), 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1957 E Yearbook online

St. Francis High School yearbook, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1957 Classmates online

St. Francis High School yearbook, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1957 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Students of Jefferson High School (1928) Indiana Genealogical Society online

Sunnyside Junior High School yearbooks, 1956, 1957 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Sunnyside Middle School - Highlights Yearbook (Lafayette, IN), 1956, 1957 E Yearbook online

Sunnyside Middle School yearbooks, 1956, 1957 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Teachers of Jefferson High School (1928) Indiana Genealogical Society online

Wainwright High School yearbook, 1967, 1974, 1975 Classmates online

Wainwright High School yearbook, 1967, 1974, 1975 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Wainwright High School yearbooks, 1967, 1974, 1975 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Lafayette Tax Records

Report of Lafayette City Government (1910) Indiana Genealogical Society online

Tax record, 1843-1876 FamilySearch Library



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