Lafayette Genealogy (in Tippecanoe County, IN)
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Lafayette Birth Records
1907-1940 Indiana Birth Certificates Ancestry 
Indiana, Birth Records, 1907-present Indiana State Department of Health
Lafayette Cemetery Records
Baker Cemetery Billion Graves
Beneath these stones : the story of the Confederate prisoners in Lafayette, Indiana FamilySearch Library
Booher Cemetery Find a Grave
Booher Cemetery Interment
Concord Cemetery Billion Graves
Confederate deaths, Lafayette, Indiana FamilySearch Library
County Farm Cemetery Find a Grave
Davis-Higman Cemetery Find a Grave
Elston, Indiana, cemetery records : (Sickler Cemetery) near Lafayette, Indiana WorldCat
Elston, Indiana, cemetery records : (Sickler Cemetery) near Lafayette, Indiana WorldCat
Fink Cemetery Billion Graves
Fink Cemetery Find a Grave
Granville Cemetery Billion Graves
Greenbush Cemetery Find a Grave
Greenbush Cemetery Billion Graves
Greenbush Cemetery US Gen Web Archives
Hillcrest Cemetery Billion Graves
Isley Cemetery Find a Grave
Jewish Cemetery of Greater Lafayette Find a Grave
K of P - I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Lafayette Township, Madison County, Indiana WorldCat
Kenny Cemetery Billion Graves
Lafayette 1st Burial Ground Find a Grave
Lafayette-West Lafayette, Indiana, newspaper index : marriages and deaths 1902-1952 WorldCat
Meadow View Cemetery Find a Grave
North Union Cemetery Billion Graves
ONeall Cemetery Find a Grave
Owen County, Indiana, cemetery records : Lafayette Township WorldCat
Pioneer Cemetery Find a Grave
Rest Haven Memorial Park Find a Grave
Resthaven Memorial Park Billion Graves
Saint Boniface Cemetery Find a Grave
Saint Boniface Cemetery Billion Graves
Saint Mary Cemetery Billion Graves
Saint Marys Cemetery Find a Grave
Sicler Cemetery Billion Graves
Spring Grove Cemetery US Gen Web Archives
Spring Vale Cemetery Billion Graves
Spring Vale Cemetery Find a Grave
Tippecanoe County Poor Farm Cemetery #2 Find a Grave
Wheelers Grove Cemetery Find a Grave
Wildcat Cemetery Find a Grave
Lafayette Census Records
Federal Census of 1940, Lafayette in Tippecanoe County, Indiana LDS Genealogy
U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry
U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage
United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search
Lafayette Church Records
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
First church register, 1837-1928 (St. John's Episcopal Church (Lafayette, Indiana)) FamilySearch Library
History of St. John's Church LDS Genealogy
History of St. John's Church Internet Archive
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
Minutes thirty-fifth annual convention Chicago Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1905 Internet Archive
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
County asylum deaths, 1872-1945, Tippecanoe County, Indiana FamilySearch Library
Indiana Deaths, 1882-1920 Ancestry
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
Articles of association, by-laws and official roster of the Lincoln Club of Lafayette, Indiana, July, 1897 Genealogy Gophers
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
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
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, 1907 Library of Congress
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, 1915 Library of Congress
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, 1915-1951 Library of Congress
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, February 1899 Library of Congress
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, July 1885 Library of Congress
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, June 1892 Library of Congress
Lafayette Marriage Records
1810-2001 Indiana Marriages Ancestry
Index to marriage record, Tippecanoe County, 1850-1941, vol. 5, pt. 2 Genealogy Gophers
Indiana Marriage Index, 1800-1941 Ancestry
Indiana Marriages Through 1850 Indiana State Library
Indiana, Marriage Index, 1806-1861 Ancestry
Indiana, Marriages, 1780-1992 MyHeritage
Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959 MyHeritage
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
Indiana State Soldiers' Home, Lafayette Internet Archive
Selected Burials of Veterans At Indiana State Soldiers' Home (1896-1996) Indiana Genealogical Society
Veterans Admitted to Indiana State Soldiers Home (1896) Indiana Genealogical Society
Veterans At Indiana State Soldiers Home (1902, 1906) Indiana Genealogical Society
Veterans Who Died At Indiana State Soldiers Home (1901-1917) Indiana Genealogical Society
Lafayette Miscellaneous Records
Annual report of the Indiana State Soldiers' Home, 1900-1921 Internet Archive
Report of Lafayette Home Hospital (1919) Indiana Genealogical Society
Lafayette Newspapers and Obituaries
Daily Lafayette Courier, 1850-1850 Newspaper Archive
Journal and Courier 1920-2023 Newspapers.com
Lafayette Argus, 1858-1860 Newspaper Archive
Lafayette Courier, 1847-1850 Newspaper Archive
Lafayette Daily Courier 12/29/1855 to 12/30/1876 Genealogy Bank
Lafayette Daily Journal 09/03/1853 to 11/20/1876 Genealogy Bank
Lafayette Daily Journal, 1855-1868 Newspaper Archive
Lafayette Journal and Courier Newspaper Index, 1902-1952 : Lafayette-West Lafayette, Ind. FamilySearch Library
Lafayette Sunday Record, 1915-1915 Newspaper Archive
Lafayette Times, 1920-1921 Newspaper Archive
Lafayette Tippecanoe County Democrat, 1915-1923 Newspaper Archive
Lafayette Wabash Atlas, 1849-1850 Newspaper Archive
Lafayette our Herald, 1881-1885 Newspaper Archive
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
The Lafayette Daily Argus (Lafayette, Tippecanoe County) Hoosier State Chronicles
The Lafayette Daily Courier (Lafayette, Tippecanoe County) Hoosier State Chronicles
Wabash Scratches (Lafayette, Tippecanoe County) Hoosier State Chronicles
Offline Newspapers for LafayetteAccording 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
Lafayette School Records
Central Catholic High School - Lance Yearbook (Lafayette, IN), 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1980 E Yearbook
Central Catholic High School yearbook, 1959, 1960, 1963, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1978, 1980 Classmates
East Tipp High School yearbook, 1962 Classmates
East Tipp High School yearbook, 1962 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry
East Tipp High School yearbook, 1962 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage
Heritage Christian School yearbook, 1967 Classmates
Heritage Christian School yearbook, 1967 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry
Heritage Christian School yearbook, 1967 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage
McCutcheon High School yearbook, 1976, 1977, 1978 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage
McCutcheon High School yearbook, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1995, 1996, 1998 Classmates
Purdue University Veterinary yearbook, 1983 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry
Purdue University directory : 1929-1930 FamilySearch Library
Register of the alumni, 1875-1915 (Purdue University) Genealogy Gophers
Saint Boniface Middle School yearbook, 1986 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry
Saint Francis High School yearbook, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1957 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry
Selected Alumni of Jefferson High School (1928) Indiana Genealogical Society
Shadeland High School yearbook, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954 Classmates
Shadeland High School yearbook, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry
Shadeland High School yearbook, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage
Shadeland Junior High School yearbook, 1948 Classmates
Shadeland Junior High School yearbook, 1948 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry
Shadeland Junior High School yearbook, 1948 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage
Southwestern High School - Lair Yearbook (Lafayette, IN), 1958 E Yearbook
Southwestern High School yearbook, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972 Classmates
St Francis High School - Echo Yearbook (Lafayette, IN), 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1957 E Yearbook
St. Francis High School yearbook, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1957 Classmates
St. Francis High School yearbook, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1957 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage
Students of Jefferson High School (1928) Indiana Genealogical Society
Sunnyside Junior High School yearbooks, 1956, 1957 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry
Sunnyside Middle School - Highlights Yearbook (Lafayette, IN), 1956, 1957 E Yearbook
Sunnyside Middle School yearbooks, 1956, 1957 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry
Teachers of Jefferson High School (1928) Indiana Genealogical Society
Wainwright High School yearbook, 1967, 1974, 1975 Classmates
Wainwright High School yearbook, 1967, 1974, 1975 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage
Wainwright High School yearbooks, 1967, 1974, 1975 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry
Lafayette Tax Records
Report of Lafayette City Government (1910) Indiana Genealogical Society
Tax record, 1843-1876 FamilySearch Library
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