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

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Switzerland County, Indiana
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Location of Indiana in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	September 7, 1814
County Seat	Vevay
Courthouse
Address	Switzerland County Courthouse 212 W Main St; Vevay, IN 47043 Phone: 812.427.3175 County Website
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Historical Facts

Boundary Changes

Parent County

1814--Switzerland County was created 7 September 1814 from Dearborn and Jefferson Counties.
County seat: Vevay ^[1]

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Boone County, Kentucky
• Carroll County, Kentucky
• Gallatin County, Kentucky
• Jefferson
• Ohio
• Ripley

Record Loss

Switzerland County, Indiana Resources

Bible Records

Business Records

Cemeteries

• Index and map of Bovard Cemetery, Cotton Township (free, Indiana Genealogical Society)
  
• Index and map of Littlefield Cemetery, Cotton Township (free, Indiana Genealogical Society)
  

Census Records

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

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

Church Records

Court Records

Directories

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

Emigration and Immigration

Ethnic and Religious Groups

Gazetteers

Genealogies

History

Local Histories

• History of Switzerland County, Indiana from Their Earliest Settlement: Containing a History of the Cities, Townships, Towns, Villages, Schools, and Churches Reminiscences, Extracts, Etc. Local Statistics Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men ; (Biographies. Mt. Vernon, Ind: Windmill Publications, 1993.), 977.2125 H2h FHL US/CAN BookFHL Collection, other library
  

• 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(Only the Switzerland County portion is included below.)

• History of Switzerland County, Indiana, 1885. (Vevay, Ind: Switzerland County Historical Society, 1999.)977.2125 H2hi FHL US/CAN BookFHL Collection other library MylndianaHome.net

Land and Property

Maps

Migration

Military Records

War of 1812

• Civil War Soldiers from Switzerland County, Indiana (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)
  

Civil War

Civil War service men from Switzerland 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 Switzerland County.

• 3rd Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Companies A, C, and K
• 6th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company H
• 10th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company D
• 11th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company C
• 15th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company E
• 18th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company D
• 22nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company F
• 38th Regiment, Indiana Infantry , Company C
• 52nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company D
• 54th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies C, and E
• 83rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company C
• 93rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies C and D
• 139th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864), Company K
• 140th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies B, E, and I
• 146th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies B, and E
• 156th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company B
• 28th US Colored Troops, Addition Recruits for Colored Troops

Civil War Book

• "Military History" Chapter 10 in History of Switzerland County, Indiana from Their Earliest Settlement: Containing a History of the Cities, Townships, Towns, Villages, Schools, and Churches Reminiscences, Extracts, Etc. Local Statistics Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men ; (Biographies. Mt. Vernon, Ind: Windmill Publications, 1993.), (page 1099-1199gives Regiment, Company, Name) 977.2125 H2h FHL US/CAN BookFHL Collection, other library
  

World War I

World War II

Newspapers

• Index to Newspapers in Vevay, Switzerland County, Indiana (1840, 1853-1901) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Naturalization and Citizenship

Obituaries

Occupations

Periodicals

Probate Records

Public Records

Repositories

Archives

County Courthouse

Switzerland County Courthouse
212 W Main St;
Vevay, IN 47043
Phone: 812.427.3175

County Health Department has birth, death and burial records.
County Clerk has marriage, divorce, court and probate records from 1814.
County Recorder has land records. ^[2]

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Libraries

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
  

Death Records

• Indiana, Death Index, 1882-1920-FamilySearch

Voting Registration

Switzerland County, Indiana 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
• Switzerland County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)

Switzerland County, Indiana 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), Switzerland County, Indiana 216 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.

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