Owen County
This page is under development and is NOT a complete listing of all Owen County family history resources available in the Genealogy Division at the Indiana State Library at this time. As new Owen County family history resources are added, this page will be updated.
Birth Records
WPA, Index to birth records, 1882-1920.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 O97u
Death Records
WPA, Index to death records, 1882-1920.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 O97u
Marriage Records
Marriage Affidavits
1875-1905
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Marriage Records
Vol. P-V, 1923-1952
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Marriage Returns
1882-1907
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Marriage Records
Vol. W-X, 1952-1957
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Marriages
1819-1901
Microfilm, Second Floor
Marriages
1819-1923
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
...Marriage records, 1819-1934. Indexed by Indiana State Library...1967. 13pp.
Genealogy Division, p.f. 977.201 O97 no. 8
Franklin, Charles M., ...Early marriage records, 1819-1853. 1979/1981. 2 vols.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 O97f
Marriages,1819-1834 (THG, vol. 7# 1-2, Jan.-Feb., Mar.-Apr. 1967).
Genealogy Division, 977.2 H789
WPA, Index to marriage records, 1850-1920
Genealogy Division, 977.201 O97u
WPA, Index to supplemental record, marriage transcripts, 1880-1920.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 O97u
Deed Records
Deed indexes
1819-1902
Microfilm, Second Floor
Deeds
1819-1886; indexes, 1819-1890
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Probate Records
Complete probate records
1829-1847
1849-1885
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Partition records
1854-1863
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Probate indexes
1819-1923
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Probate order book
1819-1919
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Probates
1819-1833 (Civil order book)
1833-1850 (probate order books).
Microfilm, Second Floor
Probate order book & wills, 1818-1833. 1991.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 O97p
Will Records
Wills
1819-1903
Microfilm, Second Floor
Wills
1833-1920; indexes, 1833-1982
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Abstracts of Owen County, Indiana wills before 1900. 1994. 138pp.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 O97a
Franklin, Charles M., ...Will abstracts, 1819-1861. 1983. 57pp.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 O97fw
Index to wills, 1833-1966. 1991.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 O97i
Peterson, Roger A., An index to the will books and intestate records of Owen County, Indiana, 1819-1871. 1994.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 O97pe
Will record, 1, 1833-52. 1991.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 O97w
Cemetery and Church Records
Cemetery records (from Spencer - Owen County Public Library).
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Church records (from Spencer- Owen County Public Library).
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Gibson, Mrs. E. Wayne, River "Hillgrove" cemetery, 1 mile south of Spencer, Indiana...Washington township....10pp.
Genealogy Division, p.f. 977.201 Ouncat. no. 1
Gibson, Mrs. Wayne, Old Owen cemetery...Spencer, Indiana...[1962]. [12pp.].
Genealogy Division, p.f. 977.201 O97 no.5
Houk, A.K., Jr. Stierwalt cemetery, Wayne township....2pp.
Genealogy Division, p.f. 977.201 Ouncat. no. 3
Indiana Historical Society., Cemetery records...]. 1941. 11pts.
Genealogy Division, p.f. 977.201 O97 no. 1
Indiana Historical Society., [Church records]. 2pts. (Bethel, Little Mount).
Genealogy Division, p.f. 977.201 O97 no. 2
Kline, Dixie G., Cemetery records....2pts. (Barnes, Scott, White).
Genealogy Division, p.f. 977.201 O97 no. 6
Lundblade, Mrs. Philip A., Cemetery inscriptions, Winters' cemetery, Jefferson township....(From the Bull. of the Seattle Genealogical Society., vol. 13). 5pp.
Genealogy Division, p.f. 977.201 Ouncat. no. 4
Lundblade, Mrs. Philip A., (Cemetery inscriptions, Winters' cemetery....(Cop. from Bull. of the Seattle Genealogical Society., vol. 13, #1, Sept. 1963).
Genealogy Division, p.f. 977.201 O97 no. 7
McDonald, Nina Jo., Mannan cemetery, Harrison township....1962. 7 leaves.
Genealogy Division, p.f. 977.201 097m
Montgomery, Edna, Dunkin cemetery, Taylor township....2pp.
Genealogy Division, p.f. 977.201 Ouncat. no. 2
Old....cemetery. (From Ancestral Notes from Chedwato, vol. 15, 1968). 4pp.
Genealogy Division, p.f. 977.201 Ouncat. no. 5
...Cemeteries. 1942-1979. (Inscriptions from 199 cemeteries located in the thirteen townships...). 3 vols.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 O97o
Meredith, Mildred, Cemeteries...[1979?]. 63, 4, [4]pp.
Genealogy Division, 977.2 M559c
Owen County, Indiana cemetery listings. 1983.725pp.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 O97ow
Steed, Ivan, Cemetery inscriptions of west half of Marion township....[1966]. 78pp.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 097s
Census Records
1860 Owen County, Indiana census indexes.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 O97e
Drescher, Deborah L. Owen County, Indiana, 1820, 1830, 1840 census compiled. [1993].
Genealogy Division, 977.201 O97oce
Fahs, Glorianne., ...1870 federal census index. 1994. 42pp.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 O97fa
Owen County Indiana 1860 Census .
Genealogy Division, 977.201 O97occ
Owen County Indiana 1850 Census .
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Court Records
Circuit Civil Order Books
Vol. 1-49
1819-1867
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Family Records
Family records (from Spencer - Owen County Public Library).
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
DAR, Mills, Goss, Dyar Bible records, 1796-1953...1955. 13pp.
Genealogy Division, p.f. 977.201 O97 no. 3
Franklin, Charles M., Owen County, Indiana miscellaneous.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 O97fra
Index of significant names before 1850. 1995. 59pp.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 O97in
Long, Wayne, Tracing 24...families, 1820-1880. [1981?]. 107pp.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 O97L
Lovell, Rosemary F., Owen county cousins [1578-1978]: A genealogical study concerning the families of Fulk, Hauser, Fiscur, Spainhower, Wright, Phipps, Elsberry, Abrell, Arney...1977-. vol. 2. 814pp.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 O97Lo
Land Records
Zollinger, Vivian. ... Land entry book 1. 1993. 135pp.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 O97zo
Military Records
Enrollment record of the army (listed in 1886).
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
....Military veterans, 1775-1903. [199-]. 21pp.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 O97oc
Zollinger, Vivian., Enrollment of soldiers, their widows and orphans of the armies ...residing in the state of Indiana, Owen County, for the year 1894. 1991. 45pp.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 O97z
Naturalization Records
Naturalizations, 1854-1937.
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
...Naturalization records, 1854-1934. 2000. 7 leaves.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 O97on
Tax Records
Owen County...1843 tax list (poll and property)
Genealogy Division, 977.201 O97fr
Peterson, Roger A., ...Lister's book (list of taxables)... covers years 1819-1825, 1827-1829. Section for 1823 is titled:... State book of taxes (real estate) & County book of taxes (personal property). 1996. 94pp.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 O97pt
Miscellaneous Records
Holmes, Maurice., Index of names of persons and of firms.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 O97h
Kline, Dixie., Fact and Folklore of Owen County. 1976.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 O97k
Many of the records identified on this page were initially selected by Carolynne L. Wendel Miller in her book, Indiana Sources for Genealogical Research in the Indiana State Library, published in 1984 by the Indiana Historical Society.
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