Death Indexes
Death Indexes can aid in identifying or ruling out a person's place and time of death. These lists are sometimes in the possession of and used by Health Departments,; however, not all Health departments possess and use them. Many indexes are available online, while others are located offline
Terms: Indexed on Website: (Index is viewable on website), Database on Website: (Can search by name in a database residing on website), .pdf from Book?: (Available to view and/or search from a document posted on the library's website).
Death Indexes Online or (Death Indexes Available Offline)
| County | Dates | Link | Media | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Counties | unknown dates | VItal INformation Exchange | Database from Website | Indiana Statewide collection that provides centralized access to local history and vital records collections in Indiana libraries, historical societies, genealogy societies, and related agencies. Record types include: Anniversary, Biography, Birth, Cemetery, Census, Church Records, Death, Divorce, Marriage, Military, Mortality, Naturalization, Obituary, School Yearbook. |
| Social Security Death Index | Database from Website | Social Security Search (A non-profit service sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints). | ||
| Social Security Death Index | Database from Website | Social Security Search from ancestry.com | ||
| Social Security Death Index | Database from Website | Social Security Search from familytreelegends.com | ||
| Adams | unknown dates | Adams Co. Death Index | Indexed on Website | RootsWeb |
| Allen | 1870s - 1920s | Allen County, Indiana Death Index | Database from Website | Allen County, Indiana Death Index; The Genealogy Center of the Allen COunty Public Library |
| 1994-2006 | Allen County, Indiana Burial Permits, 1994-2006 | Database from Website | Allen County, Indiana Burial Permits; The Genealogy Center of the Allen COunty Public Library | |
| Boone | 1850 | Boone County Mortality Index - 1850 | Indexed on Website | RootsWeb |
| 1882-1920 | Boone County Death Index 1882-1920 | Indexed on Website | RootsWeb | |
| 1914-1918 | World War I Deaths - Boone County, Indiana | Indexed on Website | RootsWeb | |
| 1922;1973;1990;1993;1994;1997-2000 | Thorntown Public Library | .pdf from Book? Avail via Website | Index for Newspaper Clippings
for Thorntown area from 1997-2000 with misc. years 1922, 1973, 1990, 1993 & 1994; By Linda Lee White. |
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| 6-Jul-2001 - 10-Jun-2002 | Thorntown Public Library | .pdf from Book? Avail via Website | Vital Records 6-Jul-2001 - 10-Jun-2002 | |
| 2003 | Thorntown Public Library | .pdf from Book? Avail via Website | Vital Records 2003 (Index of Newspaper Clippings from Lebanon Reporter and Indianapolis Star). Records include birth, engagement, marriage, anniversary, and death; By Linda Lee White, Local History/Systems Librarian. | |
| 2004 | Thorntown Public Library | .pdf from Book? Avail via Website | Vital Records 2004 (Index of Newspaper Clippings from Lebanon Reporter and Indianapolis Star). Records include birth, engagement, marriage, anniversary, and death; By Linda Lee White, Local History/Systems Librarian. | |
| Aug-2005 - Dec-2005 | Thorntown Public Library | .pdf from Book? Avail via Website | Vital Records 2005 (Aug-2005 - Dec-2005) | |
| Jan-2005 - Jul-2005 | Thorntown Public Library | .pdf from Book? Avail via Website | Vital Records 2005 | |
| Jan-2006 - 2-Jun-2006 | Thorntown Public Library | .pdf from Book? Avail via Website | Vital Records 2006 (Jan-2006 - 2-Jun-2006) | |
| Jul-2006 - Dec-2006 | Thorntown Public Library | .pdf from Book? Avail via Website | Vital Records 2006 (Jul-2006 - Dec-2006) | |
| Cass | 1882-1920 | Cass Co., Indiana, WPA Death Record Index for 1882-1920 | Indexed on Website | GenWeb |
| Civil War - WWI | Cemetery Record of Deceased Veterans | Indexed on Website | GenWeb | |
| 1932-1933 | Galveston Area Deaths | Indexed on Website | GenWeb | |
| 1943-1946 | Galveston Area Deaths | Indexed on Website | GenWeb | |
| Dearborn | unknown dates | Lawrenceburg Public Library (Lawrenceburg Public Library District) | Database from Website | Lawrenceburg Public Library District Obituary Finder |
| Delaware | unknown dates | Muncie Public Library (Local History and Genealogy Center) | Database from Website | Delaware County Record Image Search (Includes Obituaries, Cemetery, and Funeral Home, Will records) |
| Elkhart | unknown dates | Indiana Roots | Database from Website | Birth, Marriage, and Death database. (Elkart, Kosciusko, Lake, Porter Counties - select libraries participating). |
| Fayette | Oct-1883 - Oct-1907 | Fayette County Deaths | .pdf from Book? Avail via Website | .pdf files available. Searchable. |
| Fountain | unknown dates | Index to Transcribed Death Indexes | Indexed on Website | GenWeb |
| Fulton | 1866-present | Akron Carnegie Public Library | Database from Website | Akron Carnegie Public Library Newspaper Database |
| 1882-1920 | Fulton County Public Library (Main Branch) | .pdf from Book? Avail via Website | .pdf files available. Searchable. | |
| Fulton County Death Record Index | Indexed on Website | GenWeb (.html file) | ||
| Fulton County Death Record Index | Indexed on Website | GenWeb (.pdf file) | ||
| Grant | unknown dates | Grant County, Health Dept Death Index | Database from Website | Grant COunty Healt Department |
| Greene | 1895-1920 | Bloomfield-Eastern Greene County Public Library (Main Branch) | .pdf from Book? Avail via Website | Indexed by 10 page sections on the website. All are in a .pdf version. |
| Hancock | 1882-1920 | Hancock County Death Index | Indexed on Website | GenWeb/Rootsquest |
| Howard | 1850 | Kokomo - Howard County Public Library (Main Branch) | On website | 1850 Howard County Mortality Schedule. Persons who Died during the Year ending 1st June, 1850. |
| 1860 | Kokomo - Howard County Public Library (Main Branch) | On website | 1860 Howard County Mortality Schedule. Persons who Died during the Year ending 1st June, 1860, in Honey Creek, Harrison, Monroe, Clay & Ervin Townships in the County of Howard. | |
| 1870 | Kokomo - Howard County Public Library (Main Branch) | On website | 1870 Howard County Mortality Schedule. Persons who Died during the Year ending 1st June, 1870, in Center Township, in the County of Howard , State of Indiana. | |
| 1880 | Kokomo - Howard County Public Library (Main Branch) | On website | 1880 Howard County Mortality Schedule. | |
| 1893-1956 | Kokomo - Howard County Public Library (Main Branch) | Database from Website | On website. Rich FUneral Home Burial Records, 1893-1956. (Indexed) | |
| 1922-1935 | Kokomo - Howard County Public Library (Main Branch) | On website | Howard County Deaths 1922-1935 | |
| 1936-1947 | Kokomo - Howard County Public Library (Main Branch) | On website | Howard County Deaths 1936-1947 | |
| unknown dates | Kokomo - Howard County Public Library (Main Branch) | Database from Website | Vital Records Database | |
| Jefferson | 1879 - 1905 | Index to Original Death Records | Indexed on Website | (Scroll to bottom of page). Originals held at Jefferson County Historical Society |
| Johnson | 1882-1920 | Johnson County WPA Death Index | Indexed on Website | RootsWeb |
| 1822-1887 | Johnson County Death Index Various Sources | Indexed on Website | RootsWeb | |
| Mostly 2001,2002 | Johnson County Death Index Various Sources | Indexed on Website | RootsWeb | |
| Knox | 1882-1920 | Death Index for Knox County, Indiana | Indexed on Website | RootsWeb |
| 1921 - Jun-2002 | Knox County Public Library | .pdf from Book? Avail via Website | Knox County Death Indexes | |
| Kosciusko | unknown dates | Indiana Roots | Database from Website | Birth, Marriage, and Death database. (Elkart, Kosciusko, Lake, Porter Counties - select libraries participating). |
| La Porte | est 1960s - 1998 | Death Index | Indexed on Website | GenWeb. (Scroll to bottom) |
| LaGrange | 1882-1924 | LaGrange County Death Index | Indexed on Website, .pdf from Book? | RootsWeb |
| 1882-1920 | Index to LaGrange Death Records | Indexed on Website. .pdf from Book? Avail via Website | RootsWeb | |
| Lake | unknown dates | Indiana Roots | Database from Website | Birth, Marriage, and Death database. (Elkart, Kosciusko, Lake, Porter Counties - select libraries participating). |
| Martin | 1882-1920 | Martin County Death Records Index | Indexed on Website | RootsWeb |
| Miami | 1920-1927 | Miami County Death Index - Denver Tribune | Indexed on Website | GenWeb |
| Montgomery | 1834-1899 (Partial);1900-2007 (In Progress) | Crawfordsville District Public Library | Database from Website | Vital Statistics: Montgomery County, IN |
| unknown dates | Recorded Deaths in Montgomery County | Indexed on Website | GenWeb | |
| Newton | 1800-1941 | Newton County Vital Records Index | Indexed on Website | .pdf from Book? Avail via Website. RootsWeb |
| Noble | Jan-1927 - May-1939 | Coroners Records Requests; (A-L);(M-Z) | Indexed on Website | Coroner Records Index; Noble County Genealogical Society |
| Orange | 1882-1917 | Orange County Death Index (Few) | Indexed on Website | USGenNet |
| est 1882- est 1940 | Orange County WPA Death Index | Indexed on Website | USGenNet | |
| Porter | unknown dates | Indiana Roots | Database from Website | Birth, Marriage, and Death database. (Elkart, Kosciusko, Lake, Porter Counties - select libraries participating). |
| 1884-1927 | Porter County, Indiana, Death Index: 1884-1927 | Indexed on Website | Rootsweb | |
| Posey | 1882-1900 | Posey County Death Records | Indexed on Website | Rootsweb |
| unknown | Posey County Coroner's Inquest | Indexed on Website | Rootsweb | |
| Shelby | 1850 | 1850 Mortality Schedule | Indexed on Website | 1850 Mortality Schedule |
| 1882-1920 | Death Records Index | Indexed on Website | (Scroll down to middle of page...hyperlink on the ..*.. next to name ranges) Shelby County Health Dept. | |
| 1876-1923 | Delayed Death Records Index | Indexed on Website | (Scroll down to bottom of page) | |
| Tipton | 1882-1896 | Ancestry* | Database from Website | Death records database for Tipton county. (Ancestry.com) |
| Union | 1915-1971 | Union County Public Library | Indexed on Website | Fosdick Funeral Home Records - An index to records in Union County Public Library. 1915 - 1971. |
| Whitley | 1882-1930 | Index to Transcribed Death Records | Indexed on Website | (Scroll to bottom of page).From Genealogical Society of Whitley County |