Indiana, United States Genealogy

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Guide to Indiana ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records. This article is about the U.S. state. For other uses, see Indiana (disambiguation).

Indiana Information[edit | edit source]

Indiana became the sixteenth state admitted to the United States on December 11, 1816. Indiana was created form Indiana Territory and is located in the Midwestern region of the United States.[1] The capital is Indianapolis and there are 92 counties in Indiana. [2]

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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.

Lake CountyPorter CountyLaPorte CountySt. Joseph CountyElkhart CountyLa Grange CountySteuben CountyNewton CountyJasper CountyStarke CountyPulaski CountyMarshall CountyKosciusko CountyWhitley CountyNoble CountyDe Kalb CountyAllen CountyFulton CountyBenton CountyWhite CountyCass CountyWabash CountyHuntington CountyWells CountyAdams CountyWarren CountyTippecanoe CountyCarroll CountyMiami CountyGrant CountyBlackford CountyJay CountyHoward CountyClinton CountyTipton CountyMadison CountyDelaware CountyRandolph CountyFountain CountyVermillion CountyParke CountyBoone CountyHamilton CountyHenry CountyWayne CountyMontgomery CountyPutnam CountyHendricks CountyMarion CountyHancock CountyUnion CountyFayette CountyRush CountyShelby CountyJohnson CountyMorgan CountyVigo CountyClay CountyOwen CountyDecatur CountyFranklin CountyDearborn CountyOhio CountySwitzerland CountyRipley CountyJennings CountyJefferson CountyClark CountyScott CountyMonroe CountyBrown CountyBartholomew CountySullivan CountyGreene CountyLawrence CountyJackson CountyWashington CountyHarrison CountyKnox CountyDaviess CountyMartin CountyOrange CountyCrawford CountyPerry CountyDubois CountySpencer CountyPike CountyGibson CountyWarrick CountyPosey CountyVanderburgh CountyFloyd CountyIndiana-county-map.gif

Counties[edit | edit source]

Extinct or Renamed Counties: Richardville

Indiana Migration Routes[edit | edit source]

FamilySearch Resources[edit | edit source]

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References[edit | edit source]

  1. Wikipedia contributors, "Indiana " in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana (accessed 15 March 2016).
  2. Wikipedia contributors, "List of US States by Date of Admission," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_date_of_admission_to_the_Union, accessed 1 Nov 2016.