TABLE OF CONTENTS
Bible Records-- Submit Your Orange County Bible
Biographies of Orange County Citizens From Goodspeeds 1884 History of Orange County (also biogs from other counties with Orange Connections)
Cemeteries
- Dubois County Cemeteries
- Martin County Cemeteries
- Indiana Obituaries (Offsite Link)
- Full and partial transcriptions of 235 Orange County cemeteries
- A Complete Listing Of All Cemeteries in Orange County-- 240
- Cemetery Surname Index A linked index to over 25,000 Orange County burials. Updated March 2018
- John Alexander Winegar Marker Dedication Cane Creek Cemetery
- Archibald Burnett Marker Dedication Newberry Friends Church Cemetery
- Scott County, Virginia Cemetery Insciptions
- Cane Creek Cemetery Repair
- Indiana Cemetery Locator
- Cemetery Photographs
- Headstone Cemetery Photographs-Photographs of indiviual headstone from various Cemeteries.
- Patoka Memorial Cemetery--list of cemeteries relocated to create Patoka Lake
- Patoka Memorial Cemetery, Indexing of Cemeteries moved and transcriptions Compiled by Mary Jane (Hobson) Deel August 1983
- Calculate Date of Birth from Date of Death and Age
- Social Security Death Index (At FamilySearch.Org. Does not support Internet Explorer)
- Perpetual Calendar: 1501 - 2000
- Briner Cemetery-Map and Conveyance Information.
Census Records
- 1820 State Enumeration of Orange County
- 1820 Federal Census of Orange County
- 1820 - 1860 Federal Census of Orange County Index
- 1830 Federal Census of Orange County
- Transcribed 1840 Federal Census of Orange County
- 1850 Federal Census of Orange County
- 1850 Orange County Mortality Schedule
- 1860 Federal Census of Orange County
- 1860 Orange County Mortality Schedule
- 1870 Federal Census of Orange County Surname Index
- 1870 Federal Census
- 1870 Orange County Mortality Schedule
- 1880 Orange County Mortality Schedule
- 1900 Federal Census Orange County Indiana
- 1900 - 1920 Federal Census of Orange County Index for Southeast Township
- 1900 - 1920 Federal Census of Orange County Index for Stampers Creek Township
- 1900 Federal Census of Orange County Index
- 1920 Orange County Census
- 1930 Federal Census
- 1940 Federal Census Completed April 2013
- USGenWeb CENSUS PROJECT
Church Records
Other Church Information
- History of Orange County Churches Published by The Paoli Republican, 1940 (Large pdf file. May take a bit to download)
- Stamper's Creek Primitive Baptist Church
- Crossroads Church of Christ
- Providence Church
- Rock Springs Baptist Church
- Mount Lebanon Methodist Church
- Church of Christ at Bluff Spring, Patoka
- French Lick / West Baden Methodist Episcopalian Church
- Quakers In Orange County
Education
- Orleans School, 1st Grade, 1946-47
- Bromer School 1920 - 1921
- Pinhook School 1924 - 1925
- Northeast Township Teachers 1893 - 1918
- List of Teachers of Orange County, 1925-26
- Valeene Normal School, Class of 1903
- French Lick School 3rd Grade, date unknown, teacher Ozarah Almyra (Kimble) Ellis
- French Lick High School Alumni Roll 1909- 1933
- French Lick High School Alumni Roll 1934- 1935
- History of French Lick High School
(This was in the 1930 school yearbook, PLUTONIAN)- Class Personnel - Paoli High School: 1928-1929
- Southeast Township, Orange County, Indiana School Enumeration, 1846
- Paoli High School Alumni 1903 to 1909
- 1930-31 Orange County School Directory
- Common School Diploma Notice March 11, 1909
- 1895 Orleans High School Commencement Program
- Elementary School Book List 1924 - 1925
- Orange County Teacher's Institute 1914
- Red Quarry School Unknown Date
- Unidentified School Unknown Date
- Unidentified School Unknown Date
- West Baden High School Class of 1934
- West Baden High School Class of 1952 Commencement Program
- Williams School 1907
- Orleans High School Senior Class Pictures 1896 - 1959
- Orangeville School
- Family Information
- Family File Cabinet--files of info on various Orange County families; pedigree charts; one-name studies.
- Family Memorabilia Memorabilia of various Orange County Families, displayed here to share with other family members.
- Family Groups and Associations
- "A Favored Land" by Howard Sherfick
- "The Little Picture With The Long Story" by Fred Dillard
- Memories of Cledith Cassidy Tolbert / Edna Luchauer Bigham (Photos, Stories, Obituaries)
- One Hundred Years in the McCoy Family by Jesse McCoy Trinkle
Frequently Asked Questions About Orange County
Gossip and News--please submit any "old news" items you may have from Orange County
- The History of Orange County by Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1884.
- The Paoli Pioneer, Jonathan Lindley by Nancy Lindley Oslund
- Brochure of the French Lick Springs Hotel 1915. Contributed by, Tammy Setterquist
- Jesuit Bulletin ", May 1945, A news bulletin that was published by the Chicago Province of the Society of Jesus. The West Baden Hotel housed a school for Jesuits of the Chicago Province for several years and this issue featured their Vacation Bible School. Contributed by, Mary Jane (Hobson) Deel
- Excerpts from "Journey from N.C. to IN in 34 days in the Year 1815" (Recovered. Original submission August 2004) Courtesy of Robin Henderson
- The Archer Gang
- Orange County Home / Infirmary
- History Of The French Lick Springs Hotel by Richard Walter Haupt August, 1953
- History Of Leipsic
- History of New Prospect
Land
- Early Land Entries of Orange County Was your ancestor in Orange County before 1820?
- The Official Land Patent Records Site Did your family purchase government land?
- Orange County Land Patents Land patents for all townships by name and section, complete alphabetical index, some mapped sections, and a surname index to mapped sections.
- Plat Maps Township Plat Maps
- Township Maps 1876
Maps
- Township Map 185K image
- Indiana in 1820
- Detailed Township Maps
Military Information
- Military Cemeteries Indiana and Around The World
- John Alexander Winegar Revolutionary War Veteran Marker Dedication
- Gold Star Honor Roll 1914-1918
- World War I Letters - Women - Red Cross
- Veterans of Orange County -- an ongoing project to collect basic information on all veterans who served from, or later lived in, Orange County. Contiuously growing!
- Military Honors Page - A page listing those Orange County Veterans who have an honors plaque on one of the military honors sites.
- Sites Honoring American Military Veterans. Search by name. Includes photographs, military history.
- Indiana And Orange County In The Civil War
- Civil War Veterans
- Orange County Civil War Units History - Personnel - Battles By Allen Taylin
- List of Civil War Regiments, Orange County
- Officers of the 24th.-- Complete list of Officers of the 24th.Many from Orange County.
- Enlisted men of the 24th Infantry Indiana Volunteers Companies B. & G
- Men of the 49th--Complete list of officers and enlisted from Companies A and G of the Indiana 49th; many from Orange County. If you know where any of these men are buried, please contact Bart Johnson.
- 49th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Civil War Reenactment Unit
- Company A, 38th Indiana Infantry Regiment List of engagements and those killed in action or who died from wounds
- Roster of Thirteenth Calvary, Company F.1861-1865
- Roster of Thirteenth Calvary Civil War. Companies A.,E.,F.
- Roster of the Twenty-eighth Regiment U.S. Colored Troops Civil War. Independent Cavalry Company Indiana Volunteers
- Roster of Enlisted Men of Company D. Indiana Volunteers 1866
- Revolutionary War Pensioners
- Sixty-sixth Regiment Indiana Volunteers A brief History and a listing of Orange County Officers and Enlisted Men.
- Field Investigation for pension of Woodrow Wilson Hollen. Contains many interviews of Orange Co. Residents during the Depression years
- Company H 93rd. Indiana Volunteers Contributed by, William Swift
- Selected Photographs Indiana 93rd. Civil War
- Misc. Civil War Veterans Information
Obituaries and Death Notices --Please send in information from any obituaries you may have!
Online Genealogy Resources Links to other websites that may be of interest.
Orange County People In the News Please send to me any News Articles you may have concerning Orange County citizens past and present Charlie Tredway
Photo Gallery--This ever expanding gallery highlights Orange County photos. If you have pictures you would like to submit, please contact me for preferred format at Charlie Tredway
Photos and Items of Interest From Indiana Bicentennial
Photos from Orange County Facebook
- Orange County Queries (Loads Slowly)
- Search GenForum Orange County
Research Addresses
Surname Index of Orange County
- Surnames A-C
- Surnames D-F
- Surnames G-I
- Surnames J-L
- Surnames M
- Surnames N-O
- Surnames P-Q
- Surnames R
- Surnames S
- Surnames T
- Surnames U-Z
Telephone Dirctories
- The Star Telephone Company - French Lick / West Baden Directory dated February 15, 1929
- 1957 Smithville Telephone Directory French Lick / West Baden
Vital Records (Birth, Death, and Marriage Records)
- Early Orange County Marriages
- Early Quaker Marriages: 1813 - 1835
- Marriages extracted from the Records of the Lick Creek Monthly Meeting
- Indiana Marriages Before 1850--from the Indiana State Library
- Orange County Marriage Index 1816 - 1826
- Orange County Marriage Index 1826 - 1946 1934 - 1946 added February 2012
- Marriages with Orange County Connections
- Orange County Naturalization Records
- Orange County Death RecordsSome records ranging from 1882-1917
- Orange County Death Certificates
- WPA Index to Orange County Birth Records - 1882 to 1920
- WPA Index to Orange County Birth Records - 1920 to 1940
- WPA Index to Orange County Death Records
Wills and Probate
- Wills (Transcriptions)
- Early Will Abstracts
- Will Book 2 Abstracts
- Selected Probate Records from Probate Order Book A and B 1816 - 1829
- Other Orange County Probate Records
- Letters of Administration Notices
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