Ripley County Resources
General Information
- Ripley County Courthouse
115 N. Main Street
PO Box 235
Versailles, IN 47042 - Vital Records
Ripley County Annex
102 W. First North Street
P.O. Box 440
Versailles, IN 47042
Phone: 812-689-0508
Fax: 812-689-0500
Hours: 8:00-12:00 and 1:00-4:00 Monday - Friday
Birth Application
Death Application - County Assessor
Ripley County Courthouse -- 1st Floor
115 N. Main Street
P.O. Box 382
Versailles, IN 47042
Phone: 812-689-5656
What The County Assessor Does?
Source: http://www.ripleycounty.com/assessor/ The County Assessor advises and instructs all township assessors of his county as to their duties, serves as reviewer of the returns made by township assessors, and according to law, has the same powers as a township assessor. He is also the inheritance tax appraiser for his county and serves as a representative of the State Inheritance Tax Division in issuing consents to transfer of property held in joint names. - Clerk's Office
Ripley County Courthouse -- 2nd Floor
115 N. Main Street
P.O. Box 177
Versailles, IN 47042
Phone: 812-689-6115
What the Clerk's Office Does?
Some of the duties genealogists are concerned with are:
- Filing, recording, and entering all orders pertaining to civil, juvenile, and criminal matters
- Issuing letters testamentary, letters of administration, and letters of guardianship; recording wills, inventories of estates, sales bills, inheritance tax orders, final accounts, and reports of distribution in probate proceedings. Money to be held in trust is kept with the Clerk
- The Clerk issues marriage licenses, hunting and fishing licenses, and licenses or certificates to practice medicine, surgery, dentistry, optometry, and other professions when applicants present to him certificates from the appropriate state examining boards. He also collects license fees from poultry dealers and junk dealers operating within the county.
- Recorder's Office
115 N. Main Street -- 1st Floor
PO Box 404
Versailles, IN 47042
What the Recorder's Office Does?
Source: http://www.ripleycounty.com/recorder/
Records Deeds, Mortgages, Assignments, Releases, Powers of Attorney, Real Estate Contracts, Annexations, Trustee Elections, Affidavits, Final Decrees, Surveys, Federal Tax Liens, Mechanics Liens, Military Discharges, Articles of Incorporation, Cemetery Deeds, Bonds, Plats, Condominiums, Firms Doing Business Under Assumed Names, Delinquent Sewer Liens, and Miscellaneous Instruments. Files Uniform Commercial Code instruments. Supplies copies of any instrument and certifies to those recorded upon request. (Fee charged).
Libraries
- Batesville Memorial Public Library
131 North Walnut Street
Batesville, IN 47006
Mailing List, Message Boards, Blogs
- Ripley County Mailing List -- JOIN!
- Search the Ripley County, IN Mailing List
- Ripley County, Indiana Message Board - courtesy of Rootsweb
Societies
- Batesville-Area Historical Society
10 W. Boehringer St.
Batesville, IN 47006-1238 - Tri-County Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 118
Batesville, IN 47006 - Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter reports (Nov 24, 2008) -- The Palatine to America Library has been closed. The library collection contains over 5000 books, journals, and other print material. The collection is being relocated to the Columbus Metropolitan Library in Columbus, Ohio. It is anticipated the Palatine Collection will be available for use sometime in the first quarter of 2009.
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