Indiana Death Certificate

Indiana State Department of Health
Vital Records Section
2 North Meridian Street
Indianapolis, IN 46204

• Indiana Death Index 1882-1920 (WPA) at Ancestry (requires payment) includes the following counties: Adams, Allen, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Cass, Clay, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb, Delaware, Elkhart, Floyd, Fountain, Franklin, Fulton, Gibson, Greene, Hamilton, Hancock, Harrison, Hendricks, Henry, Howard, Huntington, Jackson, Jasper, Jay, Johnson, Knox, Kosciusko, Lagrange, Lake, La Porte, Madison, Marion, Martin, Miami, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Newton, Orange, Parke, Perry, Pike, Posey, Putnam, Shelby, Spencer, St. Joseph, Starke, Sullivan, Tippecanoe, Vanderburgh, Vermillion, Vigo, Warren, Warrick, Washington, Wayne, Wells & White County
• Indiana Newspapers Obituaries Archive (recent) (individual obituaries can be obtained online for a fee) includes...
  • Evansville Courier & Press (6/19/1991-Current)
  • Fort Wayne Journal Gazette (2/14/1992-Current) and Fort Wayne News-Sentinel (8/6/1990-Current)
  • Indianapolis Star (1/1/1999-Current)
  • Marion Chronicle-Tribune (3/18/1999-Current)
  • Post-Tribune (Northwest Indiana, includes Gary and Hammond) - (9/17/2000-Current)
  • Vincennes Sun-Commercial (10/7/2002-Current)
  • And about 10 more Indiana newspapers
• Adams County Cemeteries & Obituaries
• Allen County & Fort Wayne, Indiana Databases includes the following...
  • Allen County Death Index 1870s-1920s
  • Allen County Burial Permits 1994-2005
  • Allen County Church Burial Records (pre 1900)
  • Fort Wayne Catholic Cemetery Burials 1984-1993
  • Lindenwood Cemetery Burials 1993-2000
  • Fort Wayne & Allen County Area Obituary Index 1841 to mid-January 2008
  • D.O. McComb & Sons Funeral Home Records 1926-1950
• Bloomington: see the Monroe County section below
• Boone County Indexes includes funeral homes, vital records & obituaries (from the Lebanon Public Library)
• Cass County Death Index 1882-1920 (not yet complete)
• Dearborn County: Lawrenceburg Public Library Obituaries Index
• DeKalb County: Garrett Public Library Obituaries Database from the Garrett Clipper
• Delaware County: Muncie Public Library Record Image Search and Obituary Index includes obituaries index 2002-July 2006, wills 1831-February 1975, and some funeral home and court records
• Delaware County Cemetery and Genealogy Records
• Elkhart County: Obituary Index to the Elkhart Truth Newspaper from the Elkhart Public Library
• Evansville: see the Vanderburgh County section below and the Indiana Newspapers Obituaries Archive listing above
• Fulton County Obituaries 1914-2004
• Grant County Birth & Death Records 1970s-present (some earlier death records are included)
• Grant County: Marion Newspapers Obituary Index 1948 & 1950-1959
• Hammond: see the Lake County section below and the Indiana Newspapers Obituaries Archive listing above
• Hendricks County Genealogy Databases includes cemetery, obituary and marriage indexes, and more (from the Plainfield-Guilford Township Public Library)
• Indianapolis: see the Marion County section below
• Jasper County Death Index 1921-1977 at Ancestry (requires payment)
• Jay County, Indiana Cemeteries
• Jefferson County Death Records 1879-1905 plus assorted others
• Johnson County: Edinburgh Wright-Hageman Public Library Obituary Search Program
• Knox County Death Indexes, 1921-June 2002 & Vincennes Sun-Commercial Obituary Index 2002-2007 from the Knox County Public Library (when you get there scroll down to the links at the bottom)
• Kokomo-Howard County Public Library Genealogy & Local History has many databases, including Howard County deaths 1922-1947, Kokomo Tribune obituaries index 1998-2002 & cemetery listings
• Kosciusko County: see the Northern Indiana Roots database listed below
• La Porte County...
  • Michigan City Obituary File 1887-present (incomplete, but has 90,000 entries)
  • LaPorte County Cemetery Listings
• LaGrange County Index to Death Records 1882-1924 downloadable PDF files
• Lake County...
  • Hammond Times Obituaries Index 1939-1981 and 1998-2006 from the Hammond Public Library
  • Lake County Genealogy Data includes cemetery listings and some death records
  • Lake County: also see the Northern Indiana Roots database
  • Lake County: also see the Indiana Newspapers Obituaries Archive listing above (for recent Post-Tribune obituaries)
• Madison County...
  • Anderson Public Library Genealogy Databases includes a Madison County Area Cemetery Database (70,000 listings) and Anderson Daily Bulletin Obituary Index 1921-1967
  • Alexandria-Monroe Public Library Obituary Search Program
  • North Madison Public Library/Elwood Historical Database includes an obituary index from the Elwood Call-Leader
• Marion County...
  • Marion County: Crown Hill Cemetery Burial Locator (in Indianapolis)
  • Indianapolis Newspaper Indexes includes...
    • Indianapolis Newspapers Index 1848-1888 (not complete)
    • Indianapolis Newspapers Index 1898-1991 (not complete/very few deaths indexed)
    • Indianapolis Commercial Newspaper Death Index 1925-1945 - 40,000 entries (not a complete death index for this time frame)
  • Marshall County: Bremen Cemetery Records & Obituaries from the Bremen Enquirer
  • Monroe County Obituary Index from the Bloomington Herald-Times & the Herald-Telephone
  • Montgomery County...
    • Montgomery County Genealogy Databases includes probate records 1822-1940, obituaries, cemetery & marriage indexes
      • Cemeteries of Montgomery County, Indiana - early 1800s to 1981
    • Journal Review Search (in Crawfordsville, Indiana) search for recent obituaries back to 2000
    • Montgomery County Obituaries & Biographies
• Morgan County: Mooresville Public Library Obituary Search
• Muncie: see the Delaware County section above
• Noble County Obituaries Late 1800s-2001
• Orange County WPA Death Index
• Owen County Probate Index Pre-1850 scroll down to the probate section
• Perry County: Tell City-Perry County Public Library Obituary Finder (recent)
• Porter County...
  • Porter County: Index to Obituaries in the Vidette-Messenger (1938-1994) & Vidette-Times (1995-recent) Valparaiso, Indiana
  • Porter County Death Index 1884-1927
  • Porter County Obituaries & Death Notices Index, Pre-1900
• Putnam County Death Index 1880-1920 and Cemetery Burials (not complete)
• Putnam County Cemeteries - Listed by Township searchable by name (not complete)
• Randolph County: Obituaries from the Union City Evening Times & the Union City Times-Gazette 1934-1943
• Scott County: Obituary & Death Notice Index to The Chronicle Scottsburg, Indiana
• St. Joseph County Obituary Index 1913-present from the South Bend Tribune
• Terre Haute: see Vigo County below
• Tippecanoe County: Assorted Records - includes Lafayette Journal and Courier Newspaper Index, 1902-1952
• Tipton County, Indiana Death Records Index 1882-1896 at Ancestry (requires payment)
• Vanderburgh County: Evansville Area & Surrounding Southwestern Indiana Obituary Search - early 1900s-present
• Vanderburgh County: Evansville City Cemeteries Databases (Locust Hill & Oak Hill Cemeteies - both are not yet complete)
• Vigo County & Wabash Valley Obituaries Index 1900-2006 (some years missing) also includes some listings for surrounding counties in IN & IL
• Vigo County Cemeteries
• Wells County Cemetery Burials Index, and Obituary index 1866-2000
• Whitley County...
  • Whitley County Death Records includes a death records index 1882-1930, estate packets index 1838-2000, obituaries, and more
  • Whitley County: Peabody Public Library Obituaries Index Columbia City, Indiana
• Northern Indiana Roots Genealogy Search Engine 1960s-1980s (birth, marriage & death records) - records are from Elkhart, Kosciusko, Lake and Porter Counties