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Guide to Clinton County Indiana genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.
| Clinton County, Indiana | |||||||
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 Location of Indiana in the U.S. | |||||||
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| Founded | January 29, 1830 | ||||||
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| County Seat | Frankfort | ||||||
| Courthouse | |||||||
| Address | Clinton County Courthouse 265 Courthouse Square Frankfort IN 46041 Phone: 765.659.6335 | ||||||
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Historical Facts
Populated Places
Boundary Changes
Neighboring Counties
Record Loss
Resources
Bible Records
Biographies
Business Records
Cemeteries
- -see- Cemeteries - Linkpendium
Census Records
For tips on accessing Clinton County, Indiana census records online, see: Indiana Census.
- Index to Defective, Dependent & Delinquent Census for Clinton County, Indiana (1880) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)
Church Records
Court Records
Directories
Emigration and Immigration
Ethnic and Religious Groups
Gazetteers
Genealogies
Histories
Local Histories
- History of Clinton County - Linkpendium
- History of Clinton County, Indiana: Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages and Towns, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History, Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Representative Citizens : Also a Condensed History of Indiana. (Evansville, Ind: Unigraphic, Inc, 1977.) 977.2553 H2h FHL US/CAN Book FHL Collection other libraries INTERNET ARCHIVE
Land and Property
Maps
- Family Maps of Clinton County, Indiana (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.
- Maps and Gazetteers - Linkpendium
Military Records
Civil War
Civil War service men from Clinton County served in various regiments. Men often joined a regiment or a company (within a regiment)that originated in their county. Listed below are the military units that were formed in or had many men from Clinton County.
- 3rd Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company E
- 3rd Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
- 4th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company I
- 7th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company K
- 10th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company C, and Reorganized Company C
- 11th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company M
- 12th Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
- 30th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company D
- 40th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies C, and E
- 51st Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company B
- 72nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K
- 86th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies G, and H
- 100th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company I
- 135th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864), Companies B, C, F, and H
- 139th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864), Companies B, C F, and H
- 150th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies D, F, I, and K
- 154th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies E, F, I, K
- 28th US Colored Troops, Addition Recruits for Colored Troops
Civil War Book
- "Slavery, And Indiana In The War Of The Rebellion" and "The Civil War" Chapter 9 in History of Clinton County, Indiana: Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages and Towns, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History, Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Representative Citizens : Also a Condensed History of Indiana. (Evansville, Ind: Unigraphic, Inc, 1977.) page 144-198; 373-393; 977.2553 H2h FHL US/CAN Book FHL Collection other libraries INTERNET ARCHIVE
World War I (The Great War), 1914-1918
World War II, 1941-1945
Naturalization and Citizenship
Newspapers
Obituaries
Probate Records
Public Records
Repositories
Courthouse
Clinton County Courthouse
265 Courthouse Square
Frankfort IN 46041
Phone: 765.659.6335
County Health Department has birth and death records.
County Clerk has marriage and probate records from 1830,
divorce and court records from 1888.
County Recorder has has land records. [1]
Archives
Libraries
Museums
Societies
Family History Centers
School Records
- Graduates of Kirklin High School, Clinton County, Indiana (1901-1927) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)
- Students and Teachers of Frankfort High School (1922) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)
- Directory of Teachers (1936) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)
Taxation
Vital Records
Birth Records
Marriage Records
- Marriage records Book H-7 (1882-1888) - INGenWeb
Death Records
- Indiana State Digital Achives for Death, E-Publication, Instiution, Military, Misc Historical, Naturalization Records can be searched by person name (accessed 26 May 2011)
- Death Records - INGenWeb
Voter Registration
Web Sites
- USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
- Family History Library Catalog
- Clinton County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
References
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Clinton County, Indiana 211 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
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