Jefferson County
This page is under development and is NOT a complete listing of all Jefferson County family history resources available in the Genealogy Division at the Indiana State Library at this time. As new Jefferson County family history resources are added, this page will be updated.
Birth Records
Births, 1882-1907
Microfilm, Second Floor
Delayed Births Prior to 1941; 1941-1970
Microfilm, Second Floor
Marriage Records
Marriages, 1811-1853; Indexes to Males, 1853-73; 1873-1900.
Microfilm, Second Floor
Marriages, 1811-1922.
Microfilm, Second Floor
Hill, Mary. . . . Marriage records [1811-1831]. 27pp.
Genealogy Division, p.f. 977.201 J45 no. 1
Jefferson County Indiana early marriage records, 1811-1828
Genealogy Division, 977.201 J45ri
Marriages, 1811-1831, (The Hoosier Genealogist, vol. 13, no. 4, Oct.-Dec. 1973)
Genealogy Division, 977.2 H789
Ritchie, Betty M., . . . Marriage records, 1811-1831; 1820 heads of households listed. [19--]. 56pp.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 J45r
Slevin, Ruth M., . . . Marriage records, 1811-1873. [197?]. 230, 230pp.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 J45s
Deed Records
Deeds, 1811-1830; Indexes, 1812-1900.
Microfilm, Second Floor
Deeds, 1812-1886; Indexes, 1812-1886.
Microfilm, Second Floor
Probate Records
Probate Order Book, 1811-1918.
Microfilm, Second Floor
Probates, 1837-1880; Indexes, 1829-1940.
Microfilm, Second Floor
Probates, 1837-1852; Indexes, 1852-1869.
Microfilm, Second Floor
Will Records
Wills, 1853-1924.
Microfilm, Second Floor
Wills and Administration of Estates, 1811-1832, 1852-1891.
Microfilm, Second Floor
DAR, Early wills and administrations. . ., [1811-1867]. [1945]. 78pp.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 J45d 1945
DAR, . . . Wills and administrations, 1811-1852. [1937]. 53pp.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 J45d
Cemetery and Church Records
Cemetery Records; Children's Home Records.
Microfilm, Second Floor
Cull, Betty. Cemetery of Two Tales [Wirt Baptist Church cemetery. . .]. (Article from the Indianapolis Star Magazine, Dec. 26, 1976).
Genealogy Division, p.f. 977.201 Juncat. no. 2
Danner, Mrs. Effa M., The Caledonia Church and cemetery [on Jefferson-Switzerland county lines, Indiana]. [1945]. 2pp. (From Indiana Magazine of History, vol. 41, 1945).
Genealogy Division, p.f. 977.201 Juncat. no. 3
DAR, [Cemetery records]. 2 pts.
Genealogy Division, p.f. 977.201 J45 no. 3
Gilliatt, Katherine W., Underwood cemetery. . . Madison Township. [1951]. 1pp.
Genealogy Division, p.f. 977.201 J45 no. 9
Sutherland, Ruth. [Cemetery records. . .]. 1936. [pt. 1] Greenbrier Graveyard, Hanover. . .; [2] Carmel cemetery, Hanover township.
Genealogy Division, p.f. 977.201 J45 no. 2
Anderson, John M., Records of the Carmel Congregation of the Associate Presbyterian Church, near Hanover. . . [1975]. 25, 25pp.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 J45an
Cemeteries in Jennings and Jefferson Counties. . .; a few outside county and state. 1982. 63pp.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 J45ci
Cowen, Carl C., Hanover cemetery inscriptions, South Hanover. . . also. . . information copied from the undertakers record of the cemetery. . . [1963]. 47, [1]pp.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 J45c
Hurley, Phyllis Austin. Dupont Cemetery and Rockdale Cemetery. 1993. 88pp.
Genealogy Division 977.201 J45du
St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery, Prince of Peace Parish.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 J45sj
St. Michael's Catholic Church, Madison. a . . . parish of southern Indiana. [1837-1987]. 80pp.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 M182s
St. Patrick’s Cemetery, Madison, Indiana.
Genealogy Division, 977.202 M182sp
Census Records
1870 Census Records.
Microfilm, Second Floor
U.S. Bureau of the Census, a part of the 1850 census. . . Cop. for DAR by Mary Hill. 57pp.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 J45u
U.S. Bureau of the Census. 1870 census. . . Cop. for DAR by Mrs. Anna L. Peddie and Mary Hill. 1958. 2 vols.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 J45un
Court Records
Circuit Court Records, 1811-1819.
Microfilm, Second Floor
Civil Order Book, 1812-1818.
Microfilm, Second Floor
Commissioner's Records, 1817-1822, 1847-1854.
Microfilm, Second Floor
WPA, Commissioner's Record. . . 1817-1822. . .
Indiana Historical Society Library
Family Records
Family Records (from Jefferson County Library)
Microfilm, Second Floor
D.A.C., Bible records. [1974]. 2pp.
Genealogy Division, p.f. 977.201 J42 no. 2
DAR, Bible and family records of. . . families. n.d. 25pp.
Genealogy Division, p.f. 977.201 J45 no. 6
DAR, Family records of Blanche Ross Matthews, Madison. . . [1951]. 41pp.
Genealogy Division, p.f. 977.201 J45 no. 8
DAR, Pioneer women. . . [1945]. 13pp.
Genealogy Division, p.f. 977.201 J45 no. 5
DAR, Biographies of residents. . . [1957]. 49pp.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 J45db
DAR, Family records, 1945-1954. 7 pts.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 J45df
Memories and family history of the . . . high school class of 1937. . . [1987].
Genealogy Division, 977.202 H247h
History
Madison-Jefferson County Public Library Historical Collection.
Microfilm, Second Floor
Jefferson Co. (Ind.) Historical Society. Historical society collection in Jefferson county, Indiana, Historical Society. 1954-57. 3 vols.
Genealogy Division, p.f. 977.201 J45 no. 7
Mortuary and Obituary Records
Records of the Vail Funeral Home, 1840-1936. Madison. . . [1979].
Microfilm, Second Floor
DAR, Vail's Undertaker records, Madison. . . [1840-1890]. [1948-54]. 3 vols. (1840-1936 on film also)
Genealogy Division, 977.202 M182v
Naturalization Records
Naturalizations, 1853-1904.
Microfilm, Second Floor
DAR, List of aliens who applied for citizenship. . . list of indentures of apprentices. . . [1957]. 52pp.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 J45dL
Indiana State Archives. ... naturalizations. 1998. 5 leaves.
Genealogy Division 977.201 J45jc
Newspaper
DAR, Newspaper items from the Madison Courier, Madison, Indiana [1874-1879]. 3 pts.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 J45dn
Tax Records
Tax List, 1827.
Microfilm, Second Floor
Voter Records
Hill, Mary. [Names of voters at polls. . . 1817-1828]. 9 pts.
Genealogy Division, p.f. 977.201 Juncat. no. 1
Miscellaneous Records
Apprentice Record, 1847-1882.
Microfilm, Second Floor
License Record, 1816-1837. (licenses for taverns, stores, ferries, etc.)
Microfilm, Second Floor
Treasurer's Book, 1812.
Microfilm, Second Floor
DAR, [Jefferson county. . . records]. (A list of persons due taxes to William Vawter for the year 1815; a list of taxable property not listed for the year 1816; list of stores and taverns. . . 1816; list of the names of the voters at the Madison polls, in Madison twp. . . 1826; poll book of election held at Madison. . . 1828; poll book. . . for the township of Milton . . . 1819 and 1828; voters names, Lexington township. . . 1818; poll book of election . . . Graham township. . . 1828; poll of an election in Shelby township 1828; Republican township election . . . 1817 and 1828). [31pp.]
Genealogy Division, p.f. 977.201 J45 no. 4
DAR, Miscellaneous records. . . [1952]. 41pp.
Genealogy Division, p.f. 977.201 J45 no. 10
Record notebook of Joseph G. Officer who taught in the schools of Smyrna and Lancaster townships . . . from 1888-1922. . . 84pp.
Genealogy Division, p.f. 977.201 Juncat. no. 4
DAR, [Jefferson county records]. 1929-1952. 5 vols. (Vol. 1, cemetery records. 518pp.; vol. 2, Marriage records, 1811-1873, and "bride index". 302pp.; vol. 3, Items from early newspapers. . . 1817-1886. 452pp.; vol. 4, Genealogical records. 65pp.; vol. 5, Additional items from . . . newspapers, 1870-1887. 82pp.).
Genealogy Division, 977.201 J45da
The Jefferson County special. The Hoosier Journal of Ancestry. 1981-vol. 1
Genealogy Division, 977.201 J45j
Register of negroes, 1853-1860.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 J45re and Microfilm, Second Floor
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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