Vanderburgh County IN Genealogy

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If you're not sure which records would be helpful, you can try our Ancestor Source Finder tool. Vanderburgh Records by Type Birth Records (33) Cemetery Records (124) Census Records (43) Church Records (132) City Directories (108) Court Records (2) Death Records (52) Histories and Genealogies (43) Immigration Records (5) Land Records (12) Map Records (19) Marriage Records (26) Military Records (20) Minority Records (2) Miscellaneous Records (4) Newspapers and Obituaries (123) Probate Records (3) School Records (54) Tax Records (3)

Overview of Vanderburgh County Records

• Vanderburgh County was created in 1818 from Gibson, Posey, and Warrick counties.
• Copies of birth records for 1907 and later, as well as death records for 1900 and later can be obtained from the Indiana State Department of Health.
• The Vanderburgh County Clerk has marriage records starting in 1816, divorce records starting in 1969, probate records starting in 1850, and court records starting in 1877.
• The Vanderburgh County Health Department has birth and death records starting in 1882.
• The Vanderburgh County Recorder has land records starting in 1818 and military records starting in 1865.
• The Vanderburgh County Willard Library has many of the older records.
• Online indexes and images of some of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.