Posey County, Indiana Genealogy
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Indiana, United States Genealogy Posey County
Guide to Posey County Indiana genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.
| Posey County, Indiana | |||||||
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 Location of Indiana in the U.S. | |||||||
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| Founded | September 7, 1814 | ||||||
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| County Seat | Mt. Vernon | ||||||
| Courthouse | |||||||
| Address | Posey County Courthouse PO Box 606; Mt. Vernon, IN 47620 Phone: 812.838.1306 Website | ||||||
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Contents
- 1 Historical Facts
- 2 Posey County, Indiana Resources
- 2.1 Bible Records
- 2.2 Biographies
- 2.3 Business Records
- 2.4 Census Records
- 2.5 Cemeteries
- 2.6 Census
- 2.7 Church Records
- 2.8 Court Records
- 2.9 Directories
- 2.10 Emigration and Immigration
- 2.11 Ethnic and Religious Groups
- 2.12 Gazetteers
- 2.13 Genealogies
- 2.14 Histories
- 2.15 Land and Property
- 2.16 Maps
- 2.17 Military Records
- 2.18 Newspapers
- 2.19 Obituaries
- 2.20 Occupations
- 2.21 Other Records
- 2.22 Periodicals
- 2.23 Probate Records
- 2.24 Public Records
- 2.25 Repositories
- 2.26 Taxation
- 2.27 Vital Records
- 2.28 Posey County, Indiana Web Sites
- 3 Places
- 4 Posey County, Indiana References
Historical Facts[edit | edit source]
| Beginning dates for major county records | |||||
| *For earlier dates,
try... Church | Obituaries | Cemeteries | |||||
- Parent Counties: Formed 7 September 1814 from Warrick, Knox and Gibson Counties.[1]
- County Seat: Mt.Vernon [2]
- Neighboring Counties: Posey County, Indiana Genealogy residents may also have records in [3]
Gibson (north and northeast) · Vanderburgh (east) · Henderson, Kentucky (southeast) · Union, Kentucky (south) · Gallatin, Illinois (southwest) · White,Illinois (west and northwest)
Boundary Changes[edit | edit source]
Record Loss[edit | edit source]
Posey County, Indiana Resources[edit | edit source]
Bible Records[edit | edit source]
Biographies[edit | edit source]
- Family Biographies from The History of Posey County, Indiana (1913) published by Standard Publishing Company are available free on the My Genealogy Hound website.
Business Records[edit | edit source]
Census Records[edit | edit source]
Cemeteries[edit | edit source]
LDS Cemetery Records
US Vol. 24 page 78 - Bethlehem Cemetery
Census[edit | edit source]
For tips on accessing Posey County, Indiana Genealogy census records online, see: Indiana Census.
- Index to Mortality Schedule for Posey County (1860, 1870) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)
- Index to Defective, Dependent & Delinquent Census for Posey County (1880) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)
- African American Residents of Posey County (1882) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)
- Register of Negroes in Posey County (1853-1855) (free, Indiana Genealogical Society)
Church Records[edit | edit source]
Most church records are held by individual churches. For contact information, check a phone directory, such as SearchBug or Dex Knows. Some denominations are gathering their records into a central repository. For more information about these major repositories, see Indiana Church Records.
For more information about these major repositories, see Indiana Church Records.
Finding More Church Records[edit source]
Additional church records can sometimes be found using search phrases such as Posey County, Indiana Genealogy Church Records in online catalogs like:
- WorldCat (For instructions see WorldCat Online Catalog).
- FamilySearch Catalog (For instructions see FamilySearch Catalog Places Search).
Court Records[edit | edit source]
Circuit Court historical records of Posey County in the State Archives. This online searchable database indexes cases for the years 1815-1841.
Directories[edit | edit source]
Emigration and Immigration[edit | edit source]
Ethnic and Religious Groups[edit | edit source]
Gazetteers[edit | edit source]
Genealogies[edit | edit source]
Histories[edit | edit source]
Local Histories[edit | edit source]
- History of Posey County, Indiana (1913) by John C. Leffel - free at the Internet Archive
- Leonard, William P. 1986. History and directory of Posey County. (Kokomo, Ind: Selby Pub. & Printing.)977.234 H2Le FHL US/CAN BookFHL CollectionGenGateway other libraies
- Goodspeed Publishing Co. 1974. History of Posey County, Indiana: from the earliest time to the present, with biographical sketches, reminiscences, notes, etc., together with an extended history of the Northwest, the Indiana Territory, and the State of Indiana. (Evansville, Ind: Unigraphic). 977.234 H2h FHL US/CAN Book FHL Collectionother libraries INTERNET ARCHIVE
Land and Property[edit | edit source]
Land and property records can place an ancestor in a particular location, provide economic information, and reveal family relationships. Land records include: deeds, abstracts and indexes, mortgages, leases, grants and land patents.
After land was transferred from the government to private ownership, subsequent transactions were recorded at the courthouse, where records are currently housed.
See Indiana Land and Property for additional information about early Indiana land grants and patents.
Finding More Land Records[edit source]
Additional land records can sometimes be found using search phrases such as Posey County, Indiana Genealogy Probate Records in online catalogs like:
- WorldCat (For instructions see WorldCat Online Catalog).
- FamilySearch Catalog (For instructions see FamilySearch Catalog Places Search).
Maps[edit | edit source]
- Family Maps of Posey County, Indiana Genealogy (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.
Military Records[edit | edit source]
- African American Veterans of Posey County, Indiana (1890) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)
War of 1812
Civil War
Civil War service men from Posey 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 Posey County.
- 1st Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Companies C, D, H, and Reorganized Company B
- 6th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company M
- 10th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Companies A, B, and K
- 16th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company B, C, and D
- 25th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies A, and F
- 38th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company H
- 58th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company A
- 65th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company A
- 80th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company F
- 91st Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company A, D, and G
- 136th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864), Company G
- 144th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company B
- 28th US Colored Troops, Addition Recruits for Colored Troops
- Wilder Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
Civil War Books
- "Military History" Chapter 6 in Goodspeed Publishing Co. 1974. History of Posey County, Indiana: from the earliest time to the present, with biographical sketches, reminiscences, notes, etc., together with an extended history of the Northwest, the Indiana Territory, and the State of Indiana. (Evansville, Ind: Unigraphic). (page 441-445),977.234 H2h FHL US/CAN Book FHL Collectionother libraries INTERNET ARCHIVE
World War I
World War II
Newspapers[edit | edit source]
Obituaries[edit | edit source]
Occupations[edit | edit source]
Other Records[edit | edit source]
- African Americans in Civilian Conservation Corps, Wadesville, Posey County, Indiana (1938) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)
Periodicals[edit | edit source]
Probate Records[edit | edit source]
In most counties in Indiana, probate records have been kept by the county clerk of the circuit court. They include wills, fee books, claim registers, legacy records, inheritance records, probate ticklers, and dockets. The records are available at the Posey County courthouse. For more information, see Indiana Probate Records.
Finding More Probate Records[edit source]
Additional probate records can sometimes be found using search phrases such as Posey County, Indiana Genealogy Probate Records in online catalogs like:
- WorldCat (For instructions see WorldCat Online Catalog).
- FamilySearch Catalog (For instructions see FamilySearch Catalog Places Search).
- South Bend Area Genealogical Society: Wills Index 1830-1971 for St. Joseph County
Public Records[edit | edit source]
School Records[edit | edit source]
Voter Registration[edit | edit source]
Repositories[edit | edit source]
Archives[edit | edit source]
County Courthouse[edit | edit source]
Posey County Courthouse
PO Box 606;
Mt. Vernon, IN 47620
Phone: 812.838.1306
County Clerk has marriage, divorce,
probate and court records from 1815.
County health department Dept has
birth and divorce records from 1882.
County Recorder has land records from 1815
and some military discharge records. [4]
Family History Centers[edit | edit source]
For additional nearby Family History Centers, search online in the Family History Center directory.
Libraries[edit | edit source]
Museums[edit | edit source]
Societies[edit | edit source]
Taxation[edit | edit source]
Indiana tax records complement land records and can be used in place of censuses or to supplement the years between censuses. Because only persons who owned taxable property were listed, many residents were not included in tax lists. There may also be gaps of several years in the tax records of some counties. For more information see the wiki page Indiana Taxation.
For more information see the wiki page Indiana Taxation.
Finding More Tax Records
Additional tax records can sometimes be found using search phrases such as Posey County, Indiana Genealogy Tax Records in online catalogs like:
- WorldCat (For instructions see WorldCat Online Catalog).
- FamilySearch Catalog (For instructions see FamilySearch Catalog Places Search).
Vital Records[edit | edit source]
Vital records consist of birth, death, marriage and divorce records. Indiana law in 1882 required registration of births and deaths in counties. The Indiana Department of Health has birth records filed after October 1907 and death records filed after January 1900 for deaths. Copies may be obtained from the county health department or the Indiana State Division of Vital Records.
Birth Records[edit | edit source]
Marriage Records[edit | edit source]
Death Records[edit | edit source]
- Cholera Deaths in Mount Vernon, Posey County, Indiana (1873) (free, Indiana Genealogical Society)
Finding Vital Records at Other Repositories
Additional vital records can sometimes be found using search phrases such as Posey County, Indiana Genealogy Vital Records in online catalogs like:
- WorldCat (For instructions see WorldCat Online Catalog).
- FamilySearch Catalog (For instructions see FamilySearch Catalog Places Search).
Posey County, Indiana Web Sites[edit | edit source]
- USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
- Family History Library Catalog
- Posey County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
Places[edit | edit source]
Posey County, Indiana References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Posey County, Indiana" in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posey_County,_Indiana (accessed 10 May 2012).
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Posey County, Indiana" in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posey_County,_Indiana (accessed 14 August 2013).
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Posey County, Indiana 215 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
