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Save money when ordering birth and death records
for genealogical purposes by ordering
"non-certified" copies. They are considerably less
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Boone County Research Resources
| ... research is never completed ...
Around the corner lurks another possibility of interview, another book
to read, a courthouse to explore, a document to verify.
~
Catherine Drinker Bowen (1897–1973), U.S. biographer. Adventures
of a Biographer, ch. 4 (1959) |
Listed below, or linked on the left, you'll find
many resources available for researching in Boone County,
Indiana. You'll also find here all information for obtaining Boone County vital
records and other sources of materials to
further your Boone County genealogical research.
Look-ups
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Boone County Health Department, Vital Records
Division - Boone County began officially
recording births and deaths in 1882.
Boone County Health Department
116 W. Washington Street, B-202
Lebanon, IN 46052
Telephone: (765) 482-3942
Fax: (765) 483-4450
Fees:
- Genealogy search $3.00 (per name)
- Certified birth certificate $6.00 (per certificate)
- Certified death certificate $6.00 (per certificate)
- Un-certified birth/death certificate $2.00 (per
certificate)
- Amendments for birth certificates $5.00 (per
amendment)
Ordering Guidelines: Send the completed
application form, downloadable on the Boone
County Recorder's website, along with the fee (check or
money order only), copy of your photo ID, and a
self-addressed, stamped envelope.
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Indiana State Department of Health -
Certified copies of birth and death certificates are
available from the Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH)
or available from the local health department in the
county where the event occurred. Birth records in the
ISDH Vital Records office begin with October 1907. Prior
to October 1907, records of birth are filed only
with the local health department in the county where the
birth actually occurred. Death records in the ISDH Vital
Records office begin with 1900. Prior to 1900, records
of death are filed only with the local health
department in the county where the death actually
occurred. For deaths occurring from 1900 to 1917, the
city and/or county of death is required in order to
locate the record.
Vital Records Department
Indiana State Department of Health
6 West Washington Street
Indianapolis, IN 46204
(317) 233-2700
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Vitalrec.com - This website provides
information on how to obtain vital records such as,
birth certificates, death records, marriage licenses and
divorce decrees for each state and county in the United
States. You'll find information regarding fees and the
addresses for the county or state offices to write to.
For rather costly additional fees, the company can provide online
ordering of many records.
- Social Security
Death Index (SSDI) - Online searchable database
at RootsWeb. Clues and facts from the SSDI often can be
used to further genealogical research by enabling you to
locate a death certificate, find an obituary, discover
cemetery records and track down probate records. As
marvelous a finding aid as it is, the SSDI does not
include the names of everyone, even if they had a Social
Security number (SNN). If relatives or the funeral home
did not report the death to the Social Security
Administration, or if the individual died before 1962
(when the records were computerized) then they probably
will not appear in this database. The omission of an
individual in this index does not indicate the person is
still living, it simply means that there was no report
of the person's death to
Social Security Administration.
Vital Records - Marriage & Divorce
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Boone County Clerk -
The Boone County Clerk's
Office has the following records:
Marriage Records: from 1831
Divorce Records: from 1830
Clerk Boone Circuit and Superior Courts
212 Courthouse Square
Lebanon Indiana 46052-2195
Phone: (765) 482-3510
FAX: (765) 485-0150
Fees: Court document copies are $1.00 per page.
Certified copies are $2.00 per page. Standard copies are
10 cents per page. Send
request with a self-addressed, stamped envelope. It may
be necessary to call the Clerk's Office first to
determine if a record is found, the book it's located
in, and the page/s it's on.
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Vitalrec.com - This website provides
information on how to obtain vital records such as,
birth certificates, death records, marriage licenses and
divorce decrees for each state and county in the United
States. You'll find information regarding fees and the
addresses for the county or state offices to write to.
For additional and somewhat hefty fees, the company can provide online
ordering of many records.
Other Marriage Records
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Indiana State Library - Marriages Through 1850
- The Index to Indiana Marriages Through 1850 began many
years ago through a project initiated by Dorothy Riker
the late former Editor of The Hoosier Genealogist, which
listed the name of the groom in county listings in this
publication. Later, brides names were added to the
original card set of groom names in the Genealogy
Division. Volunteers expanded the card set to include
all dates through 1850 for counties where marriage
records existed.
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Indiana State Library - Marriages 1993-2000 -
This index is public record compiled and provided to the
Indiana State Library by the Indiana Department of
Health.
Court / Will / Probate Records
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Boone County Clerk - The Boone County Clerk's
Office has the following records:
Civil Court Records: from
1830
Probate Records: from 1830
Clerk Boone Circuit and Superior Courts
212 Courthouse Square
Lebanon Indiana 46052-2195
Phone: (765) 482-3510
FAX: (765) 485-0150
Fees: Court document copies are $1.00 per page.
Certified copies are $2.00 per page. Standard copies are
10 cents per page. Send
request with a self-addressed, stamped envelope. It may
be necessary to call the Clerk's Office first to
determine if a record is found, the book it's located
in, and the page/s it's on.
Census Records & Indexes
Land Records
- Bureau of
Land Management, General Land Office Records
(GLO) - Off-site - Search for land patents at the
official Federal land records site. You can view and
print the actual images, or order certified copies.
Survey plats are now in the process of being added to
this website.
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Boone County Recorder's Office - Copies of
land deeds, plats and surveys can be obtained through
the County Recorder's office.
Boone County Recorder
212
Courthouse Square
Lebanon, IN 46052
Phone: 765-482-3070
Announcement: The U.S.
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) has
announced a new fee schedule. The increases go into effect
October 1, 2007. So, if you've been putting off ordering
NARA records in the past, you might want to consider getting
them now before the fees go up! You can read the
official announcement
for more information.
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NARA - The National Personnel Records Center,
Military Personnel Records (NPRC-MPR) in St. Louis, MO
is the repository of millions of military personnel,
health, and medical records of discharged and deceased
veterans of all services during the 20th century, WWI
and later.
National Personnel Records Center
Military Personnel Records
9700 Page Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63132-5100
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NARA - The National Archives Building in
Washington, D.C. holds military and pension records for
service beginning in 1775 and up to WWI.
National Archives and Records Administration
700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20408-0001
Boone County Libraries
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Lebanon
Public Library - This library houses the
Ralph W. Stark Heritage Room
that holds a large
genealogy collection for Boone County. They'll perform
limited research and do obituary look-ups for a small
fee. The contents of their collection and their research
policies and fee information can be found on their
website. You can also find a database online of an
obituary index for the years 1986-2004.
Lebanon Public Library
104 East Washington St.
Lebanon, IN 46052
Phone: (765) 482-3460
Fax: (317) 873-5059
Current Library Hours:
Monday-Thursday 9:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Friday 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Saturday 9:00 a.m. -
5:00 p.m.
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Hussey-Mayfield Memorial Public Library -
Their collection includes
Past Times, a series of articles
appearing in the Zionsville Times Sentinel between 1986
and present on the history of Zionsville.
Hussey-Mayfield Memorial Public Library
250 North Fifth Street
Zionsville, IN 46077
Phone: (317) 873-3149
Hours: M, T, W 10:00 a.m. - 8:30 p.m. - TH, F, S 10:00
a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Sun (Except Jun, Jul, Aug) 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
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Sullivan Museum and Genealogy Library -
Per their website, "The Sullivan Room of the library, within the
SullivanMunce Cultural Center, boasts the largest
selection of reference material and community archival
material in Boone County. In addition, the 4,000 volumes
gracing its shelves are one of the largest collections
housed in a privately funded genealogy library in the
region." Assistance is available by the full time
genealogist on staff or a trained volunteer. Inquiries
regarding research requests or other services that the
library has to offer can be directed by email to
Marianne Doyle,
the Director, or by phone
at (317) 873-4900."
Sullivan Museum and Genealogy Library
225 West Hawthorne Street
Zionsville, IN 46077
(317) 873-4900
Tuesday - Saturday 10:00 - 4:00
Thursday - 10:00 - 8:00
- Thorntown Public Library - The genealogy
collection includes materials relating to local history
and genealogy, funeral registers, plot maps, newspapers
and obituaries. The Thorntown Library is home to the
Guinn Local History/Genealogy Center where
you'll find numerous searchable databases online.
Thorntown Public Library
124 N. Market St.,
Thorntown, IN 46071
Phone: (765) 436-7348
Fax: (765) 436-7011
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Tri-Area Library - The Tri-Area Library is an
all-volunteer library and does not receive tax funding.
The library serves portions of Boone, Hendricks, and
Montgomery Counties.
Tri-Area Library
2 West Main Street
Jamestown, IN 46147
Phone: (765) 676-6190
USGenWeb
Genealogical & Historical Societies
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Boone County Historical Society - They offer a
large assortment of Boone County genealogical reference
and record books for sale in their
online bookstore. They are also found on a
secondary
website.
Boone County Historical Society
P.O. Box 141
404 W. Main Street
Lebanon, IN 46052-0141
Phone: (765) 483-9414
- Boone
County Genealogical Society, Inc. - Basic
services of the Boone County Genealogical Society
include helping people learn how to start tracing family
lineage; how to write oral histories of their families
and autobiographies; writing about family events; and
what documents and mementos are meaningful. They have a
list of Boone County cemeteries and a few genealogical
items online.
Boone County Genealogical Society, Inc.
P.O. Box 83
Thorntown, IN 46071
Contact
Linda White for more information about the
Society at (765) 436-7498.
- Zionsville Historical Society
40 Staten Place
Zionsville, IN 46077
President: Martha Renzi
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Sugar Creek Historical Society - The Sugar
Creek Historical Society sponsors the Thorntown Heritage
Museum.
Sugar Creek Historical Society & Thorntown Heritage
Museum
124 West Main Street
Thorntown, Indiana 46071
Email
- Jackson Township Historical Society, Inc.
P.O. Box 297
41 West Main Street
Jamestown, IN 46147
Email
Phone: (765) 676-5891
Newspapers
Mortuaries
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Flanner & Buchanan Funeral Center - 105 W.
Pine St., Zionsville, IN (317) 387-7000
- Myers
Mortuary - 1502 N. Lebanon St., Lebanon, IN
(765) 482-0620
- Robert G. Porter Funeral Home - 315 W. Main
St., Jamestown, IN (765) 676-5441
- Russell & Hitch Funeral Home - 116 W. Plum
St., Thorntown, IN (765) 436-7474
- Russell & Hitch Funeral Home - 223 N.
Meridian St., Lebanon, IN (765) 482-1900
Native American - Miami Indians
Boone County Books, Maps & Plats
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Indiana State Library - Large selection of
Boone County genealogy resources, reference books and
materials including birth, death, marriage, census,
estate and court records. They also hold many Boone
County
maps, atlases and plat books.
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Boone County Books by Marilyn Walker - Many
Boone County reference books have been written by
Marilyn Walker and her late co-author Rosemary Peterman.
They include cemetery, funeral home records, will,
estate and divorce. Marilyn says her new Boone County
Will Book IV is now available, but not listed on her
website yet.
Indiana Resources
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Indiana State Library - Genealogy Division -
They have a large holding of genealogical materials for
the State of Indiana and numerous online resources. They
also have a page dedicated to the research materials and
records they have available for
Boone County.
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Allen County Public Library - The Genealogy
Division of this library has one of the most extensive
holdings of genealogical records and materials in the
country.
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Cyndi's List - Indiana - The most comprehensive
list of links for all genealogical research in Indiana
and everywhere else, for that matter. There's really no
reason to post a long list of links, as Cyndi's List has
links to every genealogical site you'll ever need, and
all in one place! If you are a beginner to genealogy, or
just want to brush up, be sure and check out
this
category.
Boone County Visitor
- Boone County
Convention & Visitors Bureau - The site to check
if you are planning a genealogy research trip to Boone
County and require information about lodging,
restaurants, maps, visitor guides, etc.
Boone County
Convention & Visitors Bureau
PO Box 293
Lebanon, IN 46052
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