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

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Parke County, Indiana
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Location of Indiana in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	January 9, 1821
County Seat	Rockville
Courthouse
Address	Parke County Courthouse 116 W High Street #204 Rockville, IN 47872 Phone: 765.569.5132 Website
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Historical Facts

Parent County

1821--Parke County was created 9 January 1821 from Vigo County and unorganized territory.
County seat: Rockville ^[1]

Boundary Changes

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Clay
• Fountain
• Montgomery
• Putnam
• Vermillion
• Vigo

Record Loss

October 1833 -- Courthouse burned and many records were damaged.

For further information on researching in burned counties, see the following:

• Burned Counties Research in FamilySearch Wiki
• Michael John Neill, Burned Counties in Family History Circle

Resources

Bible Records

Biographies

Cemeteries

Census Records

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

• Index to Defective, Dependent & Delinquent Census for Parke County (1880) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)
• Pioneer Settlers of Parke County ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Church Records

Court Records

Directories

• Directory of Businesses in Parke County (1858, 1868) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Emigration and Immigration

Ethnic and Religious Groups

Gazetteers

Genealogies

Land and Property

History

Local Histories

• Portrait and biographical record of Montgomery, Parke and Fountain Counties, Indiana containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, together with biographies and portraits of all the presidents of the United States. (1893. Chicago: Chapman Bros.)other librariesINTERNET ARCHIVE
  

• B.F. Bowen & Co. History of Parke and Vermillion Counties, Indiana: With Historical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families. (Indianapolis: B.F. Bowen, 1913.) 977.2 H2hpv FHL US/CAN Book FHL Collectionother librariesINTERNET ARCHIVE
  

• Beckwith, H. W., J. H. Beadle, and S. B. Gookins. 1880. History of Vigo and Parke Counties together with historic notes on the Wabash Valley gleaned from early authors, old maps and manuscripts, private and official correspondence and other authentic though, for the most part, out-of-the-way sources. (Chicago: H.H. Hill & N. Iddings.) FHL Collectionother libraries Family History Archives
  

Maps

• Family Maps of Parke County, Indiana (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.

Military Records

War of 1812

Civil War

Civil War service men from Pike 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 Pike County.

• 1st Regiment, Indiana Heavy Artillery, Companies E, H, and K
• 4th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company K
• 6th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Companies G, and I
• 11th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company F
• 14th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company A
• 31st Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company A
• 43rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K
• 58th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company F
• 78th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (60 days, 1862), Companies C, and D
• 80th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K
• 85th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies A, and B
• 115th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (6 months, 1863-4), Company B
• 123rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company C
• 137th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864), Company I
• 149th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies E, and I
• 28th US Colored Troops, Addition Recruits for Colored Troops

World War I

World War II

Naturalization and Citizenship

Newspapers

Obituaries

• Parke County obituaries (1853-2006) are available by mail from the Rockville Public Library. An index to the obituaries is available online at Parke County Obituaries.

Probate Records

Public Records

Repositories

Archives

County Courthouse

Parke County Courthouse
116 W High Street #204
Rockville, IN 47872
Phone: 765.569.5132

County Health Department has birth records from 1902 and death records from 1882; County Auditor has marriage, divorce, probate and court records from 1833; County Recorder has land records from 1833

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Libraries

Museums

Societies

School Records

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
  

• 1833-1844 - Parke County Marriage Index 1833-1844 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free. Batch M723511.^[2]

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
• Parke 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. ↑ Genealogical Society of Utah, Parish and Vital Records List (July 1998). Microfiche. Digital version at https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/images/8/8d/Igiindianah.pdf.

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