This page is under development and is NOT a complete listing of all Marion County family history resources available in the Genealogy Division at the Indiana State Library at this time. As new Marion County family history resources are added, this page will be updated.
Birth Records
Births, 1882-1907
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Woodruff Place [Indianapolis . . .]. birth records, 1911-1932. 4pp.
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WPA, Index to birth records, 1882-1920. (except Indianapolis).
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Death Records
Indianapolis Commercial Newspaper Death Index Deaths published in the Indianapolis Commercial Newspaper beginning in the 1920s.
. . . Coroner's book, 15 November 1884 to 13 December 1887, report of inquest proceedings. Abstracted by Jane E. Darlington. [1981]. [14pp.]
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Pierson, Albert O., Local deaths, Jan. to April 1939 from [Indianapolis] News, Times, and Star papers. 13pp.
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Darrah, Ron., Marriages and Deaths From Indianapolis Newspapers, [v. 1] 1822-1829, [v. 2] 1830-1839.
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Darlington, Jane E., Indianapolis Marion County, Indiana Mortality Record, 1 September 1872- 31 December 1881. 1989.
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Deaths, 1872-1881.
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Deaths reported in Indianapolis Locomotive, 1845-1860 (The Hoosier Genealogist, vol. 14, no. 2, 3, Apr. - June, July - Sept. 1974).
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Indiana State Library., Death listings from the Indianapolis Commercial [v.1] 1921-1925, [v.2] 1926-1930. 2004.
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Woodruff Place [Indianapolis] death records, Dec. 1911-1932 (The Hoosier Genealogist, vol. 7, no. 2-3, Mar. - Apr., May - June 1967).
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WPA, Index to death records, 1882-1920.
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Marriage Records
Marriages, 1822-1901.
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DAR, Marriage records. . [v.1] 1822-1843, [v. 2] 1843-1851, and early church records; [v. 3] 1851-1860. 1933-1941. 3 vols.
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Darrah, Ron., Marriages and Deaths From Indianapolis Newspapers, v. 1 1822-1829, v. 2 1830-1839.
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Day, Henry. The minister's private record of marriages [Philadelphia and Indianapolis, 1855-1892].
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Ft. Wayne & Allen Co. Public Library, Index to marriage records, 1929. . . [1978]. 76 leaves.
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Ft. Wayne & Allen Co. Public Library, Index to marriage records, 1930. . . [1979]. 73pp.
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Marriages, 1822-1830, (The Hoosier Genealogist, vol. 4, no. 2, 3, Mar. - Apr., May - June 1964).
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Marriages [1871-1896], from record of Marietta circuit, Indianapolis district, southeastern Indiana conference . . . by S. Tinher pastor, by order of the Quarterly conference. . . March 4, 1871 at Marietta. [19pp.]
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Reynolds Historical Genealogy Dept. Index to marriage records.. 1978.
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Ridlen, Colleen Alice. . . . Early marriage records, 1822-1836. [1978]. 44pp.
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WPA, Index to marriage records, 1822-1920, 1920-1925
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WPA, Index to supplemental record, marriage transcripts, 1882-1906.
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Deed Records
Deeds, 1822-1866.
Microfilm, Second Floor
Deed Records
Books MM - Book ZZ, 1863-1875
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Murphy, Thelma., . . .Deed book "A," May 2, 1822 thru 1827. [1982]. [21pp.]
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Murphy, Thelma., . . . Index to deed book "B," 1827-1830. [1982]. [30pp.]
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Probate Records
Probates, 1830-1854; probate order books, 1822-1852. (also see common pleas records for continuation of probates).
Microfilm, Second Floor
DAR, Record of the probate court and the court for the settlement of intestate estates. . . [1822-1832]. Cop. by Mrs. Hugh H. Hanna. [1941]. 384pp.
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Darlington, Jane Eaglesfield. .. complete probate records : January 1830 - Augusts 1852. 1994. 510pp.
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Marion County, Indiana, probate order book... Probate Court, 1833-1844.
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Probate Court Record A, 1822-1832, "Miscellaneous Records" entry under Darlington, Jane Eaglesfield.
Will Records
Wills, 1822-1901.
Microfilm, Second Floor
DAR, First Wills . . . [1823-1876]. 1935-1960. 7 vols.
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. . . Will index, 1822-1938. [Original compiled by WPA in 1939/40; 1982 ed. cop. and corrected by Nancy Blackwell]. 266pp.
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... Will records. [1901-1914].
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Will records, Marion Co., Indiana, [Bk. AA] July 1914-Nov. 1915, [Bk. CC] Feb. 1916- Feb. 1918, [Bk. DD] Aug. 1918 - Sep. 1919, [Bk. EE] Dec. 1919 - Sep. 1920. 5v.
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Cemetery and Church Records
Apple, Lois M., [. . .Cemetery records. . .]. 2 pts. (Mock, McCord).
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[. . .Cemetery records, Newby, Bacon, and DeFord cemeteries]. (Newspaper clippings). 4pp.
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. . . Cemeteries: information on deeds, etc. from recorder's office. . . 1pp.
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. . . Cemeteries, unnamed (Wayne township). 3pp.
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David, Richard A. McCordsville cemetery Addenda. [2pp.]
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"Decatur township. . . keeps up three old cemeteries." (From The Times, Mooresville, Indiana, July 7, 1977). 1pp.
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DeFord, Kathleen. New information on the DeFord cemetery. [1pp.].
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Garman, Harry O., Part of Green Lawn cemetery gravestone inscriptions; graves moved 1924 to other cemeteries. [1924?]. n.p.
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Greenlawn cemetery, Indianapolis. . . additional records especially list of Confederate dead buried there. (Also "names of Confederate prisoners who died at Camp Morton, Ind. during the war"). [50pp.].
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Hendricks, A.W., Piner's cemetery association news. [2pp.].
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Hoyt, Mrs. Leo., . . . Cemetery records.
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Hoyt, Mrs. Leo., Cemetery records. . . 21 pts.
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Hoyt, Mrs. Leo., Mundy cemetery on Southport road . . . 1pp.
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[Indiana Historical Society, cemetery records. . .]. 1939. 46pts.
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Indiana Junior Historical Society. Burials in cemetery located at U.S. 100 and Moore road, New Augusta, Indiana, Pleasant Hill cemetery. 32pp.
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[Indiana Junior Historical Society, cemetery records. . .]. 2 pts. 1. Menon cemetery, Lawrence twp. [1957]. 2. Burials . . . in and around Marion county (incomplete). [1957].
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Jackson, Mrs. Robert., Cemetery and genealogy records [Indianapolis]. 3pp.
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Long, Scott., Bill's cemetery, Lawrence township. . . [1979]. 3pp.
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McCordsville cemetery. Cop. by Marie Doyle. [1973]. [4pp.]
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Morlan, Mrs. W.M., [Cemetery records. . .]. [1] Todd cemetery. 1pp.
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Murphy, Thelma M., Kemper farm, Franklin township. . . [1954]. 1pp.
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Roper, Kate. Crows Nest cemetery. . . [1975]. 4pp.
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Salzarulo, Frank. "Erosion Threatens Graves." article about the M.E. (Methodist) cemetery, Decatur township.
. . (From Indianapolis News, Feb. 10, 1976). 1pp.
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[The tombstone inscription of Margaret Freeland, wife of James, who died Sept. 8, 1863. . .]. [2pp.]
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Tombstone inscriptions, Whitesell cemetery (abandoned) Johnson Road at State Road 37, Castleton, Lawrence township. [1974?]. [5pp.].
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Trounstine, Philip J., "City of the Dead: Crown Hill has reflected and made history of Indianapolis for 114 years." (Article from the Indianapolis Star, June 26, 1977. . .).
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West Union cemetery, 30th & Tibbs, Indianapolis. . . 4pp.
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Williamson, Wallace F., An index to the old section of the Mount Jackson cemetery. . . [1964]. 19pp.
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Buckner, Elna Sue. Crown Hill National Cemetery. 2001.
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Cemetery readings for Decatur Twp... : Genealogical Society of Marion Co. [1997]. 118pp.
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Cemetery readings of Pike Twp... : Genealogical Society of Marion County. 1998. 184pp.
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Chalmers, Hazel H., Bethel M.E. Cemetery, located west of High School road on Seerley road. . . Decatur township. . . 1979. 22pp.
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Confederate burials in Crown Hill Cemetery.. : Genealogical Society of Marion County. [199?] 45 leaves.
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Cowen, Janet C. Church and cemetery records of Decatur and Perry Twp. 1991. 120 leaves.
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[Crismore, Mary T.]. Crown Hill; the origin, organization and management. . . together with a list of officers, corporations and lot holders for 1875. [1975]. 100pp.
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Crown Hill cemetery, Indianapolis. [1896?]. 217pp. (also 23 microfilm reels of burial records).
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DAR., Cemetery records of Marion County and some adjoining counties. [1970]. 289pp.
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Darlington, Jane Eaglesfield. St. Paul's Episcopal Church.. parish registers, 1870-1910. 1994. 271pp.
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Franklin Township Historical Society. Called home: the pioneer cemeteries of .. 1999. 243 pp.
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First Lutheran Church, Indianapolis, archives: vol. 1-2. 1975. 2 vols. in 1 (Vol. 1 from 1837; vol. 2, thru 1891).
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Friends, society of, Beech Grove Monthly Meeting, comm. on education, minutes, 1870-1874. n.p.
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Friends, society of, Beech Grove Monthly Meeting, records, 1863-1881. 2 vols.
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Friends, society of, Beech Grove Monthly Meeting, constitution and minutes, 1882-1892. n.p.
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Genealogical Society of Marion County. Resource guide to the cemeteries.. 1999. 1v.
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Greenlawn cemetery, Indianapolis. 4 pts. in 1.
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Greenlawn cemetery, Indianapolis . . ., grave lot locations. 1 vol.
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Hague, Elizabeth Huffman. Inventory of grave stones and other burials in Union Chapel Cemetery. 1992. 1v.
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Hague, Elizabeth Huffman. Marion Co., Indiana, cemeteries: additional listings for Lawrence and Washington Twp. 1994?. 1v.
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In the beginning. . . the story of how the Maywood Methodist Church and the Decatur Bethel Church united to become Aldersgate United Methodist Church, 1827-1973. [1973]. 32pp.
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Mattingly, Patricia L. Freeman cemetery. 2003. 2 leaves.
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McCorkley, Robin, Spring Valley Cemetery. [1997?] 1v.
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McDougal, Robert A. Central State Hospital cemetery list. 2000.
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Moore, J.R.H., Transcript from the gravestones remaining in Greenlawn cemetery . . . 1920. (bound in above volume I388).
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Moudy, Vera M.G., History of the New York Street United Methodist Church, Indianapolis. . . with biographical and genealogical data. [1976]. [6], 313pp.
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Nicholas, Anna, The story of Crown Hill. [1928]. 346pp.
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Plat of the Union cemetery in the city of Indianapolis. 4pp.
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Rott, Keith. Spring Valley cemetery. 1998.
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Sommers, H. Dale. Internment record and tombstone inscriptions of the Bridgeport Friends Church cemetery. [1941]. 50pp. (missing 1982)
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Union Title Co., Indianapolis . . .cemetery record books of the Union Title Company, Indianapolis. Pts. 1-2. [1927]. 84pp.
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Wolfe, Barbara S., and Morgan, Mary M. Some cemetery records.. 1988. 269 leaves.
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Court Records
Circuit Court Order Books, 1822-1834.
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Common Pleas Record, 1853-1871 [1880?]; common pleas order books, 1853-1873.
Microfilm, Second Floor
Murphy, Thelma M., Index to cases recorded in book A of the . . . circuit court, 1822. [11pp.]
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Darlington, Jane E., Index of personal names in entry docket #1, bastardy . . . [1978?]. 23pp. (Entry docket #1 covers cases dating from January 1877 to January 1921).
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WPA, Commissioner's record . . . 1822-1840. . . 6 vols.
Indiana Historical Society Library
Census Records
Indiana Historical Society. Names of persons enumerated . . . 1830. [1908]. 29pp.
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Murphy, Thelma. Marion County. . . natives who were 80 years (or more) when they died in 1950. [1953]. 4pp.
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Taylor, Isaac. Our old residents, an alphabetical list, names of all persons, Indianapolis and Marion County, June 1, 1880, aged 65 years or more from the U.S. census reports of 1880. . . 31pp.
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Indiana State Library. Index to 1840 census. . . [1971?]. [25pp.]
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U.S. Bureau of the census, "Names of persons enumerated in Marion County . . . 1830." (Indiana Historical Society Publications, vol. 4, no. 5. 1908).
WPA, Index to supplemental record, federal census, 1880 (includes parts of only Center and Warren townships, and lists names, sex, color, ages).
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Family Records
Brown, Immogene B., Indiana genealogy articles appearing in Indianapolis Sunday Star, 1926-1933. [1976]. 399pp.
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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. . ., Index of surnames of genealogical pedigrees. [1966]. 26, 4pp.
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DAR. Bible Records, Genealogical Records, cemetery records, and other records. [1977]. 135pp.
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DAR. Bible records, genealogical records, family histories. [1976]. 209pp.
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DAR. Bible records, genealogical records, obituaries, wills, deeds, etc. [1971]. 105pp.
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DAR. Genealogical records, pt. 1, bible records, genealogical records, obituaries,. pt. 2, wills, deeds, etc. [1970]. 226pp.
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DAR. Bible records, genealogical records, wills, weeds, notes, charts, etc. [1973]. 118pp.
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Willard Heiss, Betty McCay, Pearl Brenton, and Vicki Scott have written genealogical columns in Indianapolis newspapers. These columns and some indexes are available in the Indiana State Library.
History
Korra, Herbert Mahrdt. The history of Warren Twp. [1991?]. 332pp.
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Land Records
Land ownership in Marion County, Indiana, 1821-1824.
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Land Records 1821-1824, see "Miscellaneous Records" entry under Darlington, Jane Eaglesfield.
Tract Book 1821-1851,see "Miscellaneous Records" entry under Darlington, Jane Eaglesfield.
Maps
L.M. Brown Abstract Company. Abstract of title for property in S W 1/4, Sec. 3, T16N, R4E, Indianapolis. . . [1965]. 67pp.
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Map of Indianapolis, published by Luther R. Martin, real estate broker, Indianapolis. . . [1870].
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[Map of Franklin township. . . 1889]. (Reprinted from the atlas of Indianapolis and Marion county. . . by Griffing, Gordon, and Co., Philadelphia).
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[Map of S W 1/4, Sec. 3, T16N, R4E. . .]. map
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Military Records
Marion County military deaths, 1914-1918. -- ... : Circle City ComGen. 2002.
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Mortuary and Obituary Records
Hunt, Cecil R., Kay Coomer, and Kathy Moore. Cecil R. Hunt mortuary records, 1949-1974, Indianapolis, Center Township
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