Ripley County
This page is under development and is NOT a complete listing of all Ripley County family history resources available in the Genealogy Division at the Indiana State Library at this time. As new Ripley County family history resources are added, this page will be updated.
Birth Records
Births
1882-1906
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Delayed births (prior to 1941)
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Death Records
Deaths, 1882-1900
[some Batesville to 1903]
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Gibbs, A., [Index to] book 1...death records, Feb. 1882-Jan. 1900. 1979. [19pp.]
Genealogy Division p.f. 977.201 Runcat. no. 3
Marriage Records
Marriage Affidavits
1881-1906
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Marriage Applications
1882-1901
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Marriage Records
Vol. 18-24
1922-1953
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Marriages
1818-1922
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Fletcher, Charles W., ...Marriage records, 1818-1840. [1968]. 30pp.
Genealogy Division 977.201 R589f
Fletcher, Charles W., ...Marriage records, 1841-1850. [1971]. 35pp.
Genealogy Division 977.201 R589fa
Ridlen, Colleen A., ...Early marriage records, 1818-1839. 1980. 42pp.
Genealogy Division 977.201 R589rii
Toph, Violet E., ...Marriage records...[1818-1949]. 1949-1951. 2 vols. (also index of 189pp).
Genealogy Division q977.201 R589tma
Deed Records
Deed indexes
1818-1898
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Deeds
1818-1886; indexes, 1818-1889
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
(also see listing under "Miscellaneous")
Probate Records
Complete probate books
1834-1907
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Fee book index
1832-1845
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Partition Record
1854-1917
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Probate Indexes
1834-1900
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Probate Order Books
1818-1918
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Will Records
Wills
1818-1900
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Wills
1839-1922
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
DAR, Will book I... 1821-1837. 1974. [9pp.]
Genealogy Division p.f. 977.201 Runcat. no. 2
DAR, ...Abstracts of wills, 1909-1922 and Dec. 1931-Nov. 1944. [1975?]. 40, 85pp.
Genealogy Division 977.201 R589da
Gibbs, Ann., Will book B...May 1839-May 1862. 1974. 33, 22pp.
Genealogy Division 977.201 R589gw
Slevin, Ruth M., ...Will records, 1821-1896. [197?]. 1 vol.
Genealogy Division 977.201 R589s
Wills, 1819-1839 (THG, vol. 12 #2, Apr.-June 1972).
Genealogy Division 977.2 H789
Wills, probate entries...to 1850 (THG, vol. 19 #3, Sept. 1979).
Genealogy Division 977.201 H789
Cemetery and Church Records
Charlton, Adena., Graves in Old Milan cemetery on State Road 101....1974. 3pp.
Genealogy Division p.f. 977.201 R589 no. 2
DAR, Marked graves of Revolutionary soldiers buried in Ripley co...[1975]. 2pp.
Genealogy Division p.f. 977.201 R589 no. 3
Hill, Mary., St. Magdalen's Catholic Church baptisms...for the year of 1869. 1941. 2pp.
Genealogy Division p.f. 977.201 Runcat. no. 1
Church register., Adams Evangelical Lutheran...1858-1899.
Genealogy Division 977.201 R589c
DAR, ...Cemetery records. [1963]. [vol.1], Akers Friendship cemetery.
Genealogy Division 977.201 R589d
DAR, 1850 Brown township census and Brown township cemeteries....1976. 45, 81pp.
Genealogy Division 977.201 R589dau
Indiana Historical Society. [Cemetery records...]. [1935, 1941]. 19 pts.
Genealogy Division 977.201 R589i
Ripley County Indiana Historical Society. Jackson Township…Cemetery Records 2008, 110p.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 R589ja
Ripley County Historical Society., Adams twp. cemetery directory.... [197--]. [68pp.]
Genealogy Division 977.201 R589ri
St. Magdalen Church records and index.1984?. 157.
Genealogy Division q 977.201 R589st
Toph, Violet E., ...Cemetery directories.
Genealogy Division q977.201 R589rc
Toph, Violet E., ...Church record. 1937. 53pp.
Genealogy Division 977.201 R589tc
Census Records
Gibbs, Ann., 1860 census index. 1978. [42pp.].
Genealogy Division p.f. 977.201 R589gr
Jackson township...enumeration of males, colored, and white over 21 in 1919. 3pp.
Genealogy Division p.f. 977.201 R589 no. 1
Gibbs, Ann., 1870 census index. 1981. [52pp.].
Genealogy Division q 977.201 R589gs
Gibbs, Ann., 1853 White male inhabitants...1982. 26pp.
Genealogy Division 977.201 R589ge
Indiana State Library., Index to 1840 census....1973. 16pp.
Genealogy Division 977.201 R589in
Court Records
Circuit Court Civil Order Books
Vol. C-Z, 1828-1880
Vol. AA-ZZ, 1880-1917
Vol. AAA-CCC, 1917-1923
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Circuit Court General
Index to Civil Order Books
A-Z, 1818-1880
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Civil Order Books Complete
Vol. A, 1854-1865
MiCrofilm
Civil Order Books Complete
Vol. A-R, 1819-1918
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Coroner's inquest, 1897-1928
MiCrofilm
Court of Common Pleas Civil Order Books
Vol. 1-9
1853-1872
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Record of indentures, 1853-1905.
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Gibbs, Ann., Apprentice book A...May 1833-May 1853 indentures. 1976. [18pp.]
Genealogy Division p.f. 977.201 R589ga
Gibbs, Ann., ...Early unnumbered court record....1974. [9pp].
Genealogy Division 977.201 R589g
Miscellaneous...court records, 1839-1851. [2pts. and index]. 650pp.
Genealogy Division q977.201 R589
Family Records
[Ripley County...family records}. (Records from Historical Museum, Ripley County, and includes family histories, Toph records, apprentice book, church records, etc.) 1982.
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Dreyer, David S., German origins of families in Adams Township...
Genealogy Division 977.201 R589go
Toph, Violet E., ...Family genealogies. n.d. 3 vols.
Genealogy Division 977.201 R589tf
Toph, Violet E., Genealogy ....1946. [6 vols.].
Genealogy Division 977.201 R589t
Toph, Violet E., Genealogy ... 1969. 5 vols.
Genealogy Division q977.201 R589rt
Toph, Violet E., Miscellaneous family notes. n.d. 63pp.
Genealogy Division 977.201 R589tm
History
Jerman, Edward C., History and directory... and index 1&2.
Genealogy Division 977.201 R589j
Peoples history of Ripley County. 1969. 5v.
Genealogy Division 977.201 R589p
Ripley County history 1818-1988. [1989].
Genealogy Division q977.201 R589rip
Land Records
Holmes, Maurice., Early landowners....1977. 90pp.
Genealogy Division 977.201 R589h
Military Records
Gibbs, Ann., ...Revolutionary soldiers. 1974. n.d.
Genealogy Division 977.201 R589r
Mortuary and Obituary Records
Toph, Violet E., ... Obituaries. [1969] 2 vols.
Genealogy Division 977.201 R589ro
Toph, Violet E., ... Obituaries. n.d.2 vols.
Genealogy Division 977.201 R589to
Naturalization Records
Naturalization, 1851-1905, 1907-1928.
MiCrofilm
Gibbs, Ann., Naturalization records...up to 1900, missing 1822-1836. 1974. [3], 50, [14pp].
Genealogy Division 977.201 R589n
Naturalization, 1818-1843 (THG, vol. 22 #3, Sept. 1982).
Genealogy Division 977.201 H789
Miscellaneous Records
Gibbs, Ann Miscellaneous...notes n.d. v.p.
Genealogy Division 977.201 R589gm
...Index of names of persons and of firms. 1981. 284.
Genealogy Division 977.201 R589ra
Many of the records identified on this page were initially selected by Carolynne L. Wendel Miller in her book, Indiana Sources for Genealogical Research in the Indiana State Library, published in 1984 by the Indiana Historical Society.
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