Bartholomew County
This page is under development and is NOT a complete listing of all Bartholomew County family history resources available in the Genealogy Division at the Indiana State Library at this time. As new Bartholomew County family history resources are added, this page will be updated.
Birth Records
Delayed Births Prior to 1941
Microfilm, Second Floor
WPA, Index to birth records, 1883-1920
Genealogy Division, 977.201 B287u
Death Records
WPA, Index to death records, 1882-1920
Genealogy Division, 977.201 B287u
Marriage Records
Marriages, 1821-1850
Microfilm, Second Floor
Marriages, 1821-1921
Microfilm, Second Floor
Marriage Returns, 1882-1890
Microfilm, Second Floor
Marriage Records
v. 29-50, 1920-1950
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
WPA, Index to Marriage Records, 1850-1920
Genealogy Division, 977.201 B287u
Microfilm, Second Floor
WPA, Index to Marriage Transcript Records, 1882-1920
Microfilm, Second Floor
DAR. Marriage license application affidavits,1849, 1852, 1863-67, 1884-6. 1979. v.p.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 B287bm
Marriages, 1821-1832
The Hoosier Genealogist (Sept.-Oct. 1967) vol. 7, no. 5
Genealogy Division, 977.2 H789
Marriage licenses, 1863-1867
The Hoosier Genealogist (Mar. 1979) vol. 19, no. 1
Genealogy Division, 977.2 H789
Ridlen, Colleen A. Early marriage returns, 1821-1838. 1979. 44 pp.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 B287ri
Slevin, Ruth M. Marriages, 1821-1850.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 B287s
Slevin, Ruth M. Bartholomew County, Indiana marriages: bride's index, 1821-1850. 1967. 34, 21, 39, 50 leaves.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 B287sL
Slevin, Ruth M. Bartholomew County, Indiana marriages: Groom's index, 1821-1850. 1967. 32, 22, 42, 48 leaves.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 B287sLe
Deed Records
Deed Indexes, 1822-1939 (1900-1922, grantor only)
Microfilm, Second Floor
Deed Indexes, 1822-1887; deeds,1822-1886; tax title deeds, 1865-1962; sheriff's deeds, 1869-1921; land and property, clerk's record, 1822-1836
Microfilm, Second Floor
Partition Deed Record, 1880-1890
Microfilm, Second Floor
Holmes, Maurice. Early landowners ... 1975. 42, 46 pp.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 B287h
Probate Records
Partitions, 1853-1872
Microfilm, Second Floor
Probates, 1822-1918
Order Books, 1826-1918
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Probate Indexes, 1857-1900
Microfilm, Second Floor
Probates, 1821-1843
Microfilm, Second Floor
DAR. Index to probate order books 1883 through 1907, Bartholomew County, Indiana. 1990. 216 leaves.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 B287ine
DAR. Index of probate order books at Bartholomew County Clerk's office. 1989. 59 leaves.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 B287ind
DAR. Index probate order books B1, C1, D1, E1, F1, 1859-1867, Bartholomew County, Indiana. 1988. 71 leaves.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 B287inb
DAR. Index probate order books G1, H1, I1, J1, K1, L1, M1, N1, 1867-1877, Bartholomew County, Indiana. 1988. 108 leaves.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 B287inc
DAR. Index to probate order books 1907 - 1916.
Genealogy Division 977.201 B287inf
DAR. List of names arranged alphabetically from the index of probate order books of Bartholomew County. 1987. 95, 20 leaves.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 B287L
Probates, 1821-1829
The Hoosier Genealogist (Sept.-Oct., Nov.-Dec. 1967) vol. 7, no. 5-6
Genealogy Division, 977.2 H789
Will Records
Wills, 1844-1900
Microfilm, Second Floor
Wills, 1844-1921
Microfilm, Second Floor
Holmes, Maurice. Will records, 1822-1908. 1976. 368 pp.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 B287ho
Cemetery and Church Records
DAR. The beginning of East Columbus Methodist Church. 1979. 10,[2] pp.
Genealogy Division, p. f. 977.201 Buncat. no. 11
DAR. [Hope Methodist church] benevolent report, 1907-1908; directory and financial report, [1919-1920]. 1979. [6 pp.]
Genealogy Division, p. f. 977.201 Buncat. no. 12
DAR. St. John's church ... membership, deaths, marriages, births. 1980. 16 pp.
Genealogy Division, p. f. 977.201 Buncat. no. 13
Gabbert Family cemetery. 1975. 1 pp.
Genealogy Division, p. f. 977.201 Buncat. no. 6
Huffer, John. War Veterans Graves in Newbern cemetery. 6 pp.
Genealogy Division, p. f. 977.201 Buncat. no. 5
Hutslar, Jack. Cemetery located near NE part of Columbus township on Hawcreek. 1 pp.
Genealogy Division, p. f. 977.201 Buncat. no. 3.
Kinnett, Lucille B. Wisner cemetery, Harrison township. 1973. 1 pp.
Genealogy Division, p. f. 977.201 Buncat. no. 4
Talkington, Edgar. Parkerson cemetery. 1955. 4 pp.
Genealogy Division, p. f. 977.201 Buncat. no. 1
Bartholomew County Genealogical Society. Bartholomew County, IN, cemeteries Volume II: Harrison, Jackson and Ohio Townships. 1993. 171 pp.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 B287ba
Bartholomew County Historical Society. Cemetery records, 1939- . 2 volumes (11 parts).
Genealogy Division, 977.201 B287i
DAR. Cemeteries. 1959-1974. 42 parts.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 B287d
DAR. Index, baptism, marriage and death records, St. Paul's Lutheran church. 1978. 136 pp. (Bound with a short historical sketch, St. Paul's Lutheran church [2] pp., and St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery ... compiled by M. F. Urbahns, [20] pp.)
Genealogy Division, 977.201 B287da
DAR. Listing of burials in Hope Moravian cemetery, March 14, 1928 through July 27, 1966. Compiled by Mildred Harrod. 1979. 60 pp.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 B287L
DAR. Methodist, Hope and St. Louis church records. [Compiled by Mrs. Helen L. Coffin]. [1976?]. [3-109 pp.]
Genealogy Division, 977.201 B287me
DAR. The Methodist Church of Hope, Indiana. Compiled by George E. Utterback. 1955. [14] pp.
Genealogy Division, 977.202 H791u
DAR. Quarterly conference records of the St. Louis Circuit of the Methodist Church. Compiled by Mildred D. Harrod. [1978]. 44, 10 pp.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 B287q
Hawcreek Baptist Church ... organized September 22, 1926. Compiled by Mildred D. Harrod. 1979. 129 pp.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 B287haw
Jonesville and Jones or Yeley cemeteries. Compiled by Mary F. Urbahns. 1971-72. 14, 2 pp.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 B287b
Strietelmeier, James R. St. Paul's Lutheran Church records, Clifty community, Bartholomew County, Indiana. 1985. 158 leaves.
Genealogy Division, 977.202 C44s
Census Records
Amanns, Mark. Index of a portion of the 1900 census ... Ohio, Nineveh, Rockcreek townships. [1982?] 15, [1] pp.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 B287am
Court Records
Circuit Court Civil Complete Order Books
Vol. A-W, 1821-1905
Vol. 4-14, 1857-1872
Circuit Court Civil Order Books
Vol. A-Z, 1823-1878
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Common Pleas Complete Record, 1853-1872
Microfilm, Second Floor
Index to Commissioners Records, 1821-1855
Microfilm, Second Floor
DAR. Complete record "A", March 1821, June 1821, October 1823 to September 1833. [1876]. 14 pp.
Genealogy Division, p. f. 977.201 Buncat. no. 9
DAR. Index, civil court order book "B", 1833-1840. 1977. 47 pp.
Genealogy Division, p. f. 977.201 Buncat. no. 8
DAR. Letters of administration, 1824-1827. [1976]. [4 pp.]
Genealogy Division, p. f. 977.201 Buncat. no. 10
Holmes, Maurice. Court record, 1822-1852. 1977. 376 pp.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 B287hoc
Land Records
Tract Book V, 1841
Microfilm, Second Floor
DAR. Original tract book. Compiled by Jane F. Murphy. [1976-7]. 126 pp.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 B287m
Holmes, Maurice. Early landowners.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 B287h
Military Records
DAR. Bartholomew ... Veterans: American Revolution, War of 1812, Mexican War, Spanish American War. 1979-[1980]. 4, 3, 7, 9 pp.
Genealogy Division, p. f. 977.201 B287bv
Civil War Veterans that died during the War. 2001?-. Volume 2
Genealogy Division, 973.I39c
DAR. Civil War soldiers and miscellaneous records, Bartholomew County. 1985. 177 leaves.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 B287ci
Mortuary and Obituary Records
Carvin, Mildred Hart. Obituaries from the Columbus herald and the Republic, Columbus, Indiana, 1982-1984. 3 volumes.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 B287c
DAR. Obituaries and miscellaneous items abstracted from Columbus newspapers, 1872-1884. Compiled by Jane F. Murphy. 1978-9. 150 pp.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 B287mu
Murphy, Jane F. J.D. Emmons Funeral home records, Columbus, Ind., 1891-1901. 1982. 128 pp.
Genealogy Division, 977.202 C726j
Naturalization Records
Declaration of Intent, 1852-1914
Microfilm, Second Floor
DAR. Miscellaneous Naturalization records. 1978. [25] pp.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 B287dau
DAR. Naturalization records, 1826-1952. 1987. 116, 11 leaves.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 B287na
Naturalization Records, 1856-1916
Microfilm, Second Floor
Naturalization records. [1976.] 26 pp.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 B287n
Tax Records
Darlington, Jane E. Auditor's duplicate of taxes for 1843. [1981?] [47 pp.]
Genealogy Division, 977.201 B287db
Taxpayers List, 1842, 1843, 1845
Genealogy Division, 977.201 B287tax
Miscellaneous
Biographical record of Bartholomew County, Indiana [microform]: including biographies of the governors and other representative citizens of Indiana. 1904. 524 pp.
LH6235
Microfilm, Second Floor
Complete Directory of Bartholomew County, Indiana, 1903-1904 [microform]. 1903. 284 pp.
LH7210
Microfilm, Second Floor
George Pence Manuscript Collection (from the Bartholomew County Historical Society)
Microfilm, Second Floor
Road Record, 1821-1851
Microfilm, Second Floor
Directory of Bartholomew County ... (May 14, 1821). 3 pp.
Genealogy Division, p. f. 977.201 Buncat. no. 2
Bartholomew County Genealogical Society. Bartholomew County, Indiana. 1999. 344 pp.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 B287bc
Bartholomew County Historical Society's Scrap Book no. 10. Transcribed by Jane F. Murphy. 1980. 182, [17] pp.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 B287bh
Negro register, 1853-1855
The Hoosier Genealogist (June 1977) vol. 17, no. 2
Genealogy Division, 977.2 H789
also Microfilm, Second Floor
Stott, Russell. History of Ohio Ridge. 1972. 4 pp.
Genealogy Division, p. f. 977.201 Buncat. no. 14
Harrod, Mildred Dixon. Hope area families, now and then; Bartholomew and Shelby Counties, Indiana.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 B287ha
Harrod, Mildred Dixon. Hope and Hawcreek Township, its history and people: Bartholomew County, Indiana. 1987. 805 pp.
Genealogy Division, 977.202 H791ha
Murphy, Jane F. Index to Bartholomew County, Indiana scrapbooks #1 through #7. 1989. 58 leaves.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 B287is
Murphy, Jane F. Northeastern Bartholomew County, Indiana source material. 1986. 121 leaves.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 B287no
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.
GEN DB 12-17-20089
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