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About Indiana, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1802-1892
This database is an index to individuals who were married in Indiana between 1802 and 1892. A complete list of which counties are included and the years for which there are records represented in this index is provided below. Information that may be found in this database for each individual includes their name, spouse's name, marriage date, location, and source. Marriage records are great sources for genealogists because they document an individual in a particular place and time as well as provide details about that person's marriage.
It is important that you use the information found in this database to locate your ancestor in the original records that this index references. Usually more information is available in the records themselves than is found in an index. For example, marriage records sometimes provide the birth dates and places of the bride and groom, their parents' names, their addresses, and witnesses' names, in addition to the information listed in this index.
In a few cases a marriage may be listed twice but in two different counties. A couple would obtain a marriage license or bond in one county, but would be married in another county, most often near other relatives. The marriage would be listed in that county as a result of the ministers' returns to the county. We left those marriages listed as such in order to give clues to the research of family in other counties.
While marriage records can usually be found in county courthouses, copies are often located in the state archives, libraries, or historical societies. The specific office in a county courthouse where marriage records may be kept varies from county clerk to probate clerk. Actual records are kept in a variety of forms, primarily as marriage bonds or marriage licenses. These records usually indicate where a bride and groom were wed and details of the ceremony.
The following counties and years are included in this database:
INDIANA:COUNTY | YEAR ORGANIZED | FIRST MARRIAGE AVAILABLE | YEARS COVERED THIS PUBLICATION | SOURCE |
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ADAMS | 1835 | 2 AUG 1836 | 1836 - 1850 | County Court Records - (FHL # 1266724) |
ALLEN | 1824 | 11 AUG 1824 | 1824 - 1850 | County Court Records - (FHL # 0873509 item 2 & 0549307) |
BARTHOLOMEW | 1821 | 20 MAR 1821 | 1821 - 1850 | County Court Records - (FHL # 1301788 item 2) |
BENTON | 1830 | 18 AUG 1830 | 1830 - 1850 | County Court Records at Fowler, IN & (FHL # 1266728) |
BLACKFORD | 1838 | 18 JUL 1839 | 1839 - 1850 | County Court Records at Hartford City, IN |
BOONE | 1830 | 13 JAN 1831 | 1831 - 1850 | County Court Records - (FHL # 1320110) |
BROWN | 1836 | 28 JUL 1836 | 1836 - 1850 | County Court Records - (FHL # 1295890) |
CARROLL | 1828 | 1 JUN 1828 | 1828 - 1850 | County Court Records - (FHL # 0872187) |
CASS | 1829 | 28 MAY 1829 | 1829 - 1850 | County Court Records at Logansport, IN |
CLARK | 1801 | 9 SEP 1802 | 1802 - 1850 | County Court Records - (FHL # 1415852) |
CLAY | 1825 | 1851 | * * * * * * |   |
CLINTON | 1830 | 13 MAY 1830 | 1830 - 1850 | County Court Records - (FHL # 1266732 & 1266733) |
CRAWFORD | 1818 | 10 JUL 1818 | 1818 - 1850 | County Court Records - (FHL # 1377775) |
DAVIES | 1817 | 25 APR 1817 | 1817 - 1850 | County Court Records - (FHL # 1433573) |
De KALB | 1835 | 5 SEP 1837 | 1837 - 1850 | County Court Records - (FHL # 0849943) |
DEARBORN | 1803 | 1 SEP 1806 | 1806 - 1850 | County Court Records - (FHL # 0209855 - 0209857) |
DECATUR | 1822 | 21 AUG 1822 | 1822 - 1850 | County Court Records - (FHL # 1516965 & 1516616) |
DELAWARE | 1827 | 28 NOV 1827 | 1827 - 1850 | County Court Records - (FHL # 1266792) |
DUBOIS | 1818 | 20 SEP 1839 | 1839 - 1850 | County Court Records - (FHL # 0434833) |
ELKHART | 1830 | 11 NOV 1830 | 1830 - 1850 | County Court Records - (FHL # 1845552) |
FAYETTE | 1819 | 11 FEB 1819 | 1819 - 1850 | County Court Records - (FHL # 0469763) |
FLOYD | 1819 | 11 MAR 1819 | 1819 - 1850 | County Court Records - (FHL # 1411883) |
FOUNTAIN | 1826 | 5 AUG 1826 | 1826 - 1850 | County Court Records - (FHL # 1321634 - 1321635) |
FRANKLIN | 1811 | 16 FEB 1811 | 1811 - 1850 | County Court Records - (FHL # 1854692 - 1854694) |
FULTON | 1835 | 2 OCT 1836 | 1836 - 1850 | County Court Records at Rochester, IN |
GIBSON | 1813 | 18 JUN 1813 | 1813 - 1850 | County Court Records - (FHL # 1434696) |
GRANT | 1831 | 14 FEB 1831 | 1831 - 1850 | County Court Records at Marion, IN |
GREENE | 1821 | 9 AUG 1821 | 1821 - 1850 | County Court Records - (FHL # 1317803) |
HAMILTON | 1823 | 1826 |   | Records not available at this time |
HANCOCK | 1828 | 3 APR 1828 | 1828 - 1850 | County Court Records - (FHL # 1302724 & 1302725) |
HARRISON | 1808 | 9 FEB 1809 | 1809 - 1850 | County Court Records - (FHL # 1404749 - 1404750) |
HENDRICKS | 1824 | 17 NOV 1824 | 1824 - 1850 | County Court Records - (FHL # 1316561 & 1316562) |
HENRY | 1822 | 14 APR 1823 | 1823 - 1850 | County Court Records - (FHL # 0874489 item 2) |
HOWARD | 1844 | 29 AUG 1844 | 1844 - 1850 | County Court Records - (FHL # 1266801) |
HUNTINGTON | 1832 | 21 MAY 1837 | 1837 - 1850 | County Court Records Huntington, IN |
JACKSON | 1816 | 22 JAN 1816 | 1816 - 1850 | County Court Records - (FHL # 1314624) |
JASPER | 1835 | 1850 |   | Records not available at this time |
JAY | 1835 | 1837 |   | Records not available at this time |
JEFFERSON | 1810 | 15 JAN 1811 | 1811 - 1850 | County Court Records - (FHL # 1310207 - 1310209) |
JENNINGS | 1817 | 19 JAN 1818 | 1818 - 1850 | County Court Records - (FHL # 1305173) |
JOHNSON | 1823 | 30 JUL 1830 | 1830 - 1850 | County Court Records at Franklin, IN |
KNOX | 1790 | 18 OCT 1806 | 1806 - 1850 | County Court Records at Vincennes, IN |
KOSCIUSKO | 1835 | 15 JUL 1836 | 1836 - 1841 | County Court Records - (FHL # 1311128) |
LA PORTE | 1832 | 1 JUL 1832 | 1832 - 1850 | County Court Records - (FHL # 1673880) |
LAGRANGE | 1832 | 29 JUL 1832 | 1832 - 1850 | County Court Records at Lagrange, IN |
LAKE | 1836 | 1 MAY 1837 | 1837 - 1850 | County Court Records at Crown Poine, IN |
LAWRENCE | 1818 | 6 SEP 1818 | 1818 - 1850 | County Court Records - (FHL # 1317624 item 3 & 1317625) |
MADISON | 1823 | 1853 | * * * * * * |   |
MARION | 1822 | 1 MAY 1822 | 1822 - 1850 | County Court Records - (FHL # 0499367 & 0499368) |
MARSHALL | 1835 | 23 JUN 1836 | 1836 - 1850 | County Court Records - (FHL # 1651768) |
MARTIN | 1820 | 13 APR 1820 | 1820 - 1850 | County Court Records - (FHL # 1316952 & 1436077) |
MIAMI | 1832 | 19 DEC 1840 | 1840 - 1850 | County Court Records at Peru, IN |
MONROE | 1818 | 23 FEB 1818 | 1818 - 1850 | County Court Records - (FHL # 1295699) |
MONTGOMERY | 1823 | 3 APR 1823 | 1823 - 1850 | County Court Records - (FHL # 0877709) |
MORGAN | 1822 | 25 APR 1822 | 1822 - 1850 | County Court Records in Martinsville, IN |
NOBLE | 1835 | 1859 | * * * * * * |   |
OHIO | 1844 | 12 JUN 1844 | 1844 - 1850 | County Court Records - (FHL # 1311849) |
ORANGE | 1816 | 5 APR 1816 | 1816 - 1850 | County Court Records - (FHL # 1316696) |
OWEN | 1819 | 4 OCT 1819 | 1819 - 1850 | County Court Records - (FHL # 1312981 & 1312982) |
PARKE | 1821 | 29 OCT 1829 | 1829 - 1850 | County Court Records - (FHL # 0849947) |
PERRY | 1814 | 16 FEB 1814 | 1814 - 1850 | County Court Records - (FHL # 1377750) |
PIKE | 1817 | 29 MAR 1817 | 1817 - 1850 | County Court Records - (FHL # 1433319) |
PORTER | 1835 | 5 MAY 1836 | 1836 - 1850 | County Court Records - (FHL # 1686155) |
POSEY | 1814 | 15 JAN 1815 | 1815 - 1850 | County Court Records - (FHL # 1428893) |
PULASKI | 1835 | 6 JUN 1839 | 1839 - 1850 | County Court Records - (FHL # 1711097) |
PUTNAM | 1822 | 15 JUL 1822 | 1822 - 1850 | County Court Records - (FHL # 1315784 & 1315785) |
RANDOLPH | 1818 | 2 FEB 1819 | 1819 - 1850 | County Court Records - (FHL # 0207307) |
RIPLEY | 1816 | 2 JUL 1818 | 1818 - 1850 | County Court Records - (FHL # 1311944) |
RUSH | 1822 | 13 MAY 1822 | 1822 - 1850 | County Court Records - (FHL # 1630188 & 1630189) |
ST. JOSEPH | 1830 | 18 NOV 1830 | 1830 - 1850 | County Court Records - (FHL # 1503389) |
SCOTT | 1820 | 28 MAR 1820 | 1820 - 1850 | County Court Records - (FHL # 1305346) |
SHELBY | 1822 | 16 MAY 1822 | 1822 - 1850 | County Court Records - (FHL # 1401799 & 1401800) |
SPENCER | 1818 | 20 MAR 1818 | 1818 - 1850 | County Court Records - (FHL # 1321758 & 1321759) |
STARKE | 1835 | 1850 |   | Records not available at this time |
STEUBEN | 1835 | 22 JUN 1837 | 1837 - 1850 | County Court Records at Angola, IN |
SULLIVAN | 1817 | 1 JUN 1815 | 1815 - 1850 | County Court Records at Sullivan, IN |
SWITZERLAND | 1814 | 6 OCT 1814 | 1814 - 1850 | County Court Records - (FHL # 1310439 & 1310440) |
TIPPECANOE | 1826 | 1826 |   | Records not available at this time |
TIPTON | 1844 | 8 AUG 1844 | 1844 - 1850 | County Court Records at Tipton, IN |
UNION | 1821 | 4 MAR 1821 | 1821 - 1850 | County Court Records - (FHL # 1548625 & 1548626) |
VANDERBURGH | 1818 | 1 APR 1818 | 1818 - 1850 | County Court Records - (FHL # 1479310) |
VERMILLION | 1824 | 10 MAY 1824 | 1824 - 1850 | County Court Records at Newport, IN |
VIGO | 1818 | 21 APR 1818 | 1818 - 1850 | County Court Records - (FHL # 1392539 items 3-5) |
WABASH | 1832 | 16 JUN 1835 | 1835 - 1850 | County Court Records at Wasbash, IN |
WARREN | 1827 | 1 JAN 1828 | 1828 - 1850 | County Court Records at Williamsport, IN |
WARRICK | 1813 | 14 JAN 1813 | 1813 - 1850 | County Court Records - (FHL # 1443635) |
WASHINGTON | 1814 | 9 MAY 1815 | 1815 - 1850 | County Court Records - (FHL # 1306388) |
WAYNE | 1811 | 20 JAN 1811 | 1811 - 1850 | County Court Records - (FHL # 1838642 & 1838643) |
WELLS | 1835 | 12 DEC 1837 | 1837 - 1850 | County Court Records - (FHL # 0928421) |
WHITE | 1834 | 25 OCT 1834 | 1834 - 1850 | County Court Records at Monticello, IN |
WHITLEY | 1835 | 20 AUG 1838 | 1838 - 1850 | County Court Records - (FHL # 1710719) |