What's New
- Sep 2021
- New obituaries added: Randall, Stark, Stewart.
- June 2020
- Completed transcription of 1830 census.
New obituaries submitted by Karen Zach.
Vermillion County is now mobile-friendly!
- Jan 2020
- New obituaries added.
- Jun 2019
- Some Birth and Naturalization Records, and more than a dozen
Obituaries, courtesy of Karen Zach
- Jan 2019
- Two new photos added,
courtesy of Leslie Makuh Herrick.
- Aug 2018
- Korean and Vietnam War Casualties
- Sep 2017
- Obituaries submitted by Carole Taylor-Matuse,
surnames: Jackson, Carter, Underwood and more.
- Sep 2016
- New Obituaries submitted by Karen
Zach
Naturalizations in December, 1938
- Jun 2016
- New surname added to the Surname Registry.
Biography of J. P. Bailey, contributed by Denise Wells
- Jan 2015
- Odds and ends including obits.
- May 2015
- Added 30+ images from a photo
album believed to have belonged to John Frederick Smith and/or his
daughter, Jessie F. Smith. John Frederick is believed to also
be the father of David Charles Smith, of Perrysville, Indiana.
Most of the images are not identified, so if you are a descendant of this
family, please let us know if you recognize any of them.
- Sep 2014
- New surnames added to the Surname
Registry. Check to see if there is a new contact who
may help with your research!
- Jun 2014
- Dozens of new obituaries and photos contributed by Cindy Taylor-Matuse.
- April 11, 2014
- Biography of Richard Shute, contributed by Eric
M. Shute
- Jan 2014
- Additional obituaries, newspaper announcements and biographies, contributed by
Karen Zach.
- 30 Dec 2013
- Map showing cemetery
locations.
- 11 Nov 2013
- Bumgardner Funeral Home Records,
1907-1916. These records include names from
Blackford, Wells and Vigo Counties, as well as Vermillion.
- 4 Jul 2013
- Volume 3 Marriages, 1844-1861, transcribed by Pat Asher.
- Jun 2013
- Additional Obituaries and WW I Draft Registrations submitted by Karen Zach
- 5 May 2013
- 1850 Mortality Schedule, transcribed by Pat Asher
- 6 Mar 2013
- Houchin, Pearman, Pyle, Taylor, & Thorne photos and biographies,
submitted by Cindy Taylor-Matuse.
- 28 Feb 2013
- Obituaries submitted by Cindy Taylor-Matuse.
- 5 Feb 2013
- Naturalizations 1938-39, submitted by Karen Zach.
- Jan 2013
- Transcribed 1820 U.S. Federal census pages for Vigo County which include known early
settlers of Vermillion County. These pages are presumed to
include other early settlers not identified in subsequent histories of
the County.
- Nov 2012-Jan 2013
- Transcribed
the Vermillion County chapters and biographies from
Biographical & Historical Record of Vermillion County, Indiana (Pub. 1888).
The index to the transcriptions is located in the
History section of the site.
- Sep-Oct 2012
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- Reformatted entire site.
- Reorganized site to make information easier to find.
- Linked tombstone photos to cemetery indexes.
- Reorganized historic photos as an album indexed
by location and/or family.
- Transcribed data that had previously
been displayed as images, so it is now indexed by the site search engine.
My sincere thanks to the previous Coordinators for Vermillion
County, who built the foundations for the current site:
Pamela Yates (2001-2007)
Joe Markovich (Oct. 2007-Aug. 2012)
-- Pat Asher, Sep. 2012
