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Grant County Genealogy Resources

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

Birth Records

Proctor, Carol. Midwife log book of Eleanor Hinshaw Holloway Moon. [198?]
Genealogy Division 977.201 G761mi

Marriage Records

Marriages, 1831-1898.
Microfilm, Second Floor

DAR, [Records of. . .].  1943 - 1957.  9 vols. (vols. 1-2, Marriages, 1831 - 1886).
Genealogy Division, 977.201 G761d

Marriage Records of Grant Co., Indiana 5 vol.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 G761m

Marriages, 1831-1853 (The Hoosier Genealogist, vol. 14, no. 2, April - June 1974).
Genealogy Division, 977.2 H789

Slevin, Ruth M.,  . . .Marriage records, 1831-1882.  [1974].  151, 152pp.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 G761s 

Deed Records

Deed Indexes, 1831 - 1899
(By Townships, scattered dates)
Microfilm, Second Floor

Probate Records

Probates, 1831-1853; indexes, 1858-1871, 1875-1898
Microfilm, Second Floor

Will Records

DAR, [Records of. . .].  1943-1957.  9 vols. (vol. 5, Wills, 1839-1889).
Genealogy Division, 977.201 G761d

Cemetery and Church Records

[Indiana Historical Society].,  Cemetery records. . . 5 pts.
Genealogy Division, p.f. 977.201 G761 no. 1

Kendall, Mrs. John W.,  . . . Soldiers of the War of 1812 who are buried in Grant County.  1944.  1pp.
Genealogy Division, p.f. 977.201 Guncat. no. 1

Kirkpatrick, Ralph D. Back Creek Friends cemetery burial records. c2000.
Genealogy Division 977.201 G761ki

Kirkpatrick, Ralph D. Burial records of four...Indiana Quaker cemeteries. 1999. 144pp.
Genealogy Division 977.201 G761k

Neher, Leslie I. Cemeteries.... Gas City, maps. 1994.
Genealogy Division 977.201 G761n

Land Records

Tract Book, 1825-1857.
Microfilm, Second Floor

"Exhibit K" Book.  "Contains names of parties entitled to land and descriptions. . . partition of the reservation of Me-shin-go-me-sia, a Miami Indian approved June 1, 1872."
Genealogy Division, p.f. 977.201 Guncat. no. 5

Military Records

Williamson, Jennifer. 1862 ...indexed Civil War draft enrollment lists. 2001. 65 pp.
Genealogy Divisino 977.201 G761w

Mortuary and Obituary Records

Grant County, Indiana . . . Obituaries and survivors, 1867-1897
Genealogy Division, 977.201 G761ob

Naturalization Records

DAR. Petitions for citizenship naturalization..: April 1907 - October 1913, November 1929 - February 1958. 33 leaves.
Genealogy Division 977.201 G761p

Newspapers

Kirkpatrick, Ralph D. Ph.D. Local History and Genealogy Abstracts from Marion, Indiana Newspapers, v.1 1865-1870, v. 2 1871-1875, v. 31876-1880, v. 4 1881-1885.2004.
Genealogy Division 977.202 M341k

Miscellaneous Records

Grant Co.Junior Historical Society,  A century of development. . . [1937].  52pp.
Genealogy Division, p.f. 977.201 Guncat. no. 2

"Lest we Forget."  Reminiscences of the pioneers. . . [1921].  n.p.
Genealogy Division, p.f. 977.201 Guncat. no. 3

Sketches of early pioneers, Article from the Fairmount News, Aug. 11, 1903.  4 pp.
Genealogy Division, p.f. 977.201 Guncat. no. 4

DAR, [Records of Grant County, Indiana].  1943-1957.  9 vols.  [Vol. 1, pt. 1, marriage records, 1831-1864, 66 pp.;  vol. 1, pt. 2, marriage records, 1865-1886, 49pp.;  newspaper items from the Marion Chronicle, 1867-1886, 55pp.;  Vol. 2, pts. 1-2, cemetery records, 257, 167pp.;  Vol. 3, methodists and mothodism, 200pp.;  Vol. 4, pts. 1-3, Civil War diaries and letters, 266, 323, 210pp.;  Vol. 5, wills, 1839-1889, 115pp.;  vol. 6, newspaper items (obituaries, 1867-1925), 128 pp.;  Vol. 7, old letters and papers, 208pp.;  vol. 8, family records, 228pp.;  vol. 9, miscellaneous data, 140pp.].
Genealogy Division, 977.201 G761d

Ellis, Ellwood O.,  Early friends. . . (1825-1913).  1961.  26pp.  (Published originally in the Centennial History of Grant County, Indiana, 1812-1912.  1914).
Genealogy Division, 977.201 G761e

Hodge, Robert A.,  An Index to the marriage and death notices in the Marion Chronicle, 1867-1882 (A newspaper of Marion, Grant County, Indiana).  1981.  126pp.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 M341ho

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.