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Daviess County Genealogy Resources

This page is under development and is NOT a complete listing of all Daviess County family history resources available in the Genealogy Division at the Indiana State Library at this time. As new Daviess County family history resources are added, this page will be updated.

Birth Records

Records Issued, 1941-1974
MiCrofilm, Second Floor

WPA. Index to birth records, 1882-1920.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 D256u

Death Records

Index to death records book 2 BH.... 1946-1966.   
Genealogy Division, 977.201 D256idb

Index to death record book CH-7... October 1907-November 1918.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 D256idg

Index to death record book CH-8... December 1918-August 1926.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 D256idh

Index to death record book CH-9... August 1926-August 1933.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 D256idi

Index to death record book CH-10... September 1933-January 1941.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 D256idj

Index to death record book CH-11... January 1941-August 1945.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 D256idk

Index to death record book CH-12... August 1945-January 1957.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 D256idL

Index to death record book CH-13...January 1941-November 1955
Genealogy Division, 977.201 D256idm

Index to death record book CH-14... November 1955-March 1960.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 D256idn

Index to death record book CH-15... March 1960-August 1964.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 D256ido

Index to death record book CH-16... September 1964-January 1968.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 D256idp

Index to death record book CH-17... 1968-1969.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 D256idq

Index to death record book CH-18... 1970-1971.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 D256idr

Index to death record book CH-19... 1972-1975.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 D256ids

Index to death record book CH-20... 1976-1978.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 D256idt

Index to death record book CH-21... 1979-1982.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 D256idu

Index to Death record book CH-22... 1983-1986.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 D256idv

Meade, Charlotte. Index to death records ... 1921-1946.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 D256m

WPA. Index to death records, 1882-1920.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 D256u

Marriage Records

Marriage Affidavits
Volumes 1-3, 1887-1905
MiCrofilm, Second Floor

Marriage Records
Volumes A-B, 1817-1849
Volumes 1-17, 1849-1922
MiCrofilm, Second Floor

Marriage Records, 1922-1953
Microfilm, Second Floor

Bogner, Stella. [Cemetery and marriage records ...]. (marriages, 1817-1850). n.d. 2 volumes.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 D256bo

Bogner, Stella M. Marriage records ... 1817-1850. 1974. [155 pp.]
Genealogy Division, 977.201 D256boa

Marriages, 1817-1840.
The Hoosier Genealogist (Mar.-Apr., May-June 1965) vol. 5, nos. 2-3.
Genealogy Division, 977.2 H789

WPA. Index to marriage records, 1850-1920.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 D256u

Deed Records

Indexes, Grantor
Volumes 1-8, 1817-1891
Volumes 1-3, 1891-1901
MiCrofilm, Second Floor

Indexes, Grantor
Volumes 1-8, 1817-1891
Volumes 1-3, 1891-1901
MiCrofilm, Second Floor

Records
Volumes A-Z, 1817-1876
Volumes 1-14, 1876-1890
Volumes 3-14, 1893-1901
MiCrofilm, Second Floor

Probate Records

Complete Order Books
Volume A-C, 1830-1850
Volume 1, 1853-1898
MiCrofilm, Second Floor

Order Books
Volumes A-E, 1821-1856
Volumes 1-20, 1856-1918
MiCrofilm, Second Floor

Partition Records, 1854-1872, 1876-1923
MiCrofilm, Second Floor

Probate Records, General Index
Volumes 1-2, 1832-1943
MiCrofilm, Second Floor

Abstract of probate records, 1817-1850; 1850-1866. Compiled by Stella Bogner. 1933. 2 volumes in 1.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 D256b

Will Records

Will Records, 1853-1854
MiCrofilm, Second Floor

Cemetery and Church  Records

Arvin, Charles S. Cemetery inscriptions. 1) Helvestine cemetery, Reeve Township. 2) [Name unknown] cemetery, Reeve township. 1962. 4 pp.
Genealogy Division, p. f. 977.201 Duncat. no. 3

Baker, Natalie M. St. Mary's Cemetery ... registered July 1972. n.d. 23 pp.
Genealogy Division, p. f. 977.201 D256 no. 4

Barkley, Grace. [Cemetery records]. [4 pp.] (Ketchum cemetery).
Genealogy Division, p. f. 977.201 D256 no. 2

Comprehensive church record of the Alfordsville, Mt. Nebo, Mt. Zion, South Martin and Truebone Methodist Episcopal Churches, 1893-1924.
Genealogy Division, f 977.201 D256c

DAR. Old City Cemetery, Washington. n.d. 17 pp.
Genealogy Division, p. f. 977.202 W317 no. 3

Ferguson (Chandler) cemetery. (The Forks, volume 3, 1976) [5 pp.]
Genealogy Division, p. f. 977.201 Duncat. no. 6

Indiana Historical Society. [cemetery records.] [23 pp.] (East Union, Oak Grove).
Genealogy Division, p. f. 977.201 D256 no. 1

Ingalls, Mrs. Robert. [cemetery records]. [3 pp.] (Odon, Walnut Hills, Sims).
Genealogy Division, p. f. 977.201 D256 no. 3

Jones, Ramona, Kilgore cemetery markers. 1958. [4 pp.]
Genealogy Division, p. f. 977.201 Duncat. no. 2

List of cemeteries. (The Forks, volume 1, 1975). [2 pp.]
Genealogy Division, p. f. 977.201 Duncat. no. 5

McLoughlin, A. L. Souvenir of the centennial of the parish of St. Simon, Washington, Indiana. [1937]. 32 pp.
Genealogy Division, p. f. 977.202 W317 no. 2

Bethany Christian Church, Montgomery, Indiana. 150th anniversary services, September 30, 1979. [1979]. 19 pp.
Genealogy Division, 977.202 M788be

Bogner, Stella M. Cemeteries. 1 volumes.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 D256bob

Bogner, Stella M. History of Westminster Presbyterian Church, Washington, Indiana, 1814-1964. n.d. 10, 96 pp.
Genealogy Division, 977.202 W317b

Bogner, Stella M. [History of Westminster Presbyterian Church, Washington, Indiana]. [1942]. 4 pp.
Genealogy Division, p. f. 977.202 W317 no. 1

DAR. Cemetery records ... Harrison township ... 1977. [7 pp.] (Includes Baldwin, Brown, Glendale, East Union cemeteries).
Genealogy Division, 977.201 D256d

Haffey, Mary. Verified list of persons buried in the old Catholic cemetery and the old City cemetery, Washington, Indiana. [1936]. 60 pp.
Genealogy Division, 977.202 W317h

Sims, Barbara. Cemeteries of Daviess County, indexes.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 D256s

Webber, Robert Conalty. Kelso-Conalty Cemetery.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 D256w

Census Records

Purdue, Eleanor. Gleanings from the 1880 census. n.d. 9 pp.
Genealogy Division, p. f. 977.201 Duncat. no. 4

1850 ... Federal census. 1988. 230 pp.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 D256e

1850 ... Federal census index.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 D256 Index

History

Reeve Township, The history of Reeve township.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 D256r

Land Records

Tract Book, 1810-1870
MiCrofilm, Second Floor

Naturalization Records

Naturalization Records, 1856-1929
MiCrofilm, Second Floor

Miscellaneous

Bogner, Stella. Vanished towns. 18 pp.
Genealogy Division, p. f. 977.201 Duncat. no. 1
 

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.