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Guide to Ohio County Indiana genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Ohio County, Indiana
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Location of Indiana in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	January 4, 1844
County Seat	Rising Sun
Courthouse
Address	Ohio County Courthouse 413 Main Street Rising Sun, IN 47040 Phone 812.438.2610 Website
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Contents 1 Historical Facts 1.1 Parent County 1.2 Boundary Changes 1.3 Record Loss 1.4 Populated Places 1.5 Neighboring Counties 2 Resources 2.1 Bible Records 2.2 Biographies 2.3 Business Records 2.4 Cemeteries 2.5 Census Records 2.6 Church Records 2.7 Court Records 2.8 Directories 2.9 Emigration and Immigration 2.10 Ethnic and Religious Groups 2.11 Gazetteers 2.12 Genealogies 2.13 History 2.13.1 Local Histories 2.14 Land and Property 2.15 Maps 2.16 Military Records 2.17 Naturalization and Citizenship 2.18 Newspapers 2.19 Obituaries 2.20 Probate Records 2.21 Public Records 2.22 Repositories 2.22.1 Archives 2.22.2 County Courthouse 2.22.3 Family History Centers 2.22.4 Libraries 2.22.5 Museums 2.22.6 Societies 2.23 Taxation 2.24 Vital Records 2.24.1 Birth Records 2.24.2 Marriage Records 2.25 Death Records 2.26 Voter Registration 3 Web Sites 4 References

Historical Facts

Parent County

1844--Ohio County was created 4 January 1844from Dearborn County.County seat:Rising Sun ^[1]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Boone County, Kentucky
• Dearborn
• Ripley
• Switzerland

Resources

Bible Records

Biographies

Business Records

Cemeteries

Census Records

For tips on accessing Ohio County, Indiana census records online, see: Indiana Census.

• Index to Agricultural Schedule for Ohio County(1850-1880) ($,Indiana Genealogical Society)
• Index to Mortality Schedule for Ohio County (1850-1880) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)
• Index to Manufacturing Schedules for Ohio County (1850-1880) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)
• Index to Defective, Dependent & Delinquent Census for Ohio County (1880) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)
• Directory of Selected Residents of Ohio County (1876) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Church Records

Court Records

Directories

• Directory of Businesses in Ohio County (1858) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Emigration and Immigration

Ethnic and Religious Groups

Gazetteers

Genealogies

History

Local Histories

• Every Name Index to History of Dearborn and Ohio Counties, IndianaEvery Name Index compiled by Cathy L. O'Connor, 2007; original text by F. E. Weakley Co.,Publishers, 1885; reproduction by Unigraphic, Inc., 1970.EveryNameIndex.com

• Weakley, Harraman Co. History of Dearborn, Ohio and Switzerland Counties, Indiana: From Their Earliest Settlement, Containing a History of the Counties, Their Cities, Townships, Towns, Villages, Schools, and Churches ... Biographies ... History of the North-West Territory, the State of Indiana, and the Indians. (Chicago: Weakley, Harraman Co, 2008.)other libraryINTERNET ARCHIVE

Land and Property

Maps

Military Records

War of 1812

• Civil War Soldiers of Ohio County ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)
• African American Veterans in Ohio County (1890) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)
  

Civil War

Civil War service men from Ohio County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies that were specifically formed in Ohio County.

• 1st Regiment, Indiana Heavy Artillery, Company M
• 2nd Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
• 6th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company H
• 7th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company I, and Reorganized C
• 20th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized C
• 52nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company B
• 83rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies B, and C
• 109th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies A, and G
• 142nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K
• 146th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company H

Article on the Civil War

• West, J. Eberle, "Morgan's Raid",(Indiana Magazine of History 20, no. 1 (March 1924): 92-96.)1863,Belmont County, Ohio (St. Clairesville)Abstract and Bibliographic Informationarticle PDF

World War I

World War II

Naturalization and Citizenship

Newspapers

Obituaries

Probate Records

Public Records

Repositories

Archives

County Courthouse

 Ohio County Courthouse
413 Main Street
Rising Sun, IN 47040
Phone 812.438.2610

County Clerk has marriage, divorce, probate,
and court records from 1844. ^[2]

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Libraries

Museums

Societies

Taxation

Vital Records

• Indiana State Digital Archives for Death, E-Publication, Institution, Military, Misc Historical, Naturalization Records can be searched by person name (accessed 26 May 2011)

Birth Records

Marriage Records

• Indiana Marriages, 1802-1892-Ancestry.con $

• Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992-FamilySearch

• Indiana Marriage, 1811-1959-FamilySearch

Death Records

• Indiana, Death Index, 1882-1920-FamilySearch

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 fckLR*Ohio County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)

References

1. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
2. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Ohio County, Indiana 215 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.

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