Obituary Indexes
Obituary Indexes can aid in the identifying or eliminating finding a persons place, time, and circumstances of death. Information from obituaries may provide an abundance of genealogical information. 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).
Obituary Indexes Online or (Obituary 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. |
| Adams | 1800s-present | Decatur Public Library | Database from Website | Decatur Daily Democrat Newspaper obituary index. |
| Allen | 1841 - Jan-2008 | Fort Wayne and Allen County, Indiana Area Obituary Index | Database from Website | Fort Wayne and Allen County, Indiana Area Obituary Index; The Genealogy Center of the Allen COunty Public Library |
| Allen | 14-Feb-1992 - current | Obituary Archives* | Database from Website | The Journal Gazette, (Fort Wayne, Indiana) |
| Allen | 6-Aug-1990 - current | Obituary Archives* | Database from Website | The News-Sentinel, (Fort Wayne, Indiana) |
| Boone | unknown dates | Obituary Index | Indexed on Website | GenWeb |
| Boone | 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. |
| Boone | 1936-1944 | Thorntown Public Library | .pdf from Book? Avail via Website | Index to Obituaries, Marriages, Wills, Births and other items of interest in Thorntown, Indiana, 1936-1944; By Linda Lee White. |
| Boone | 1966-1996 | Thorntown Public Library | .pdf from Book? Avail via Website | Index to Misc. Marriages, Obituaries and Anniversaries form 1966 - 1996; By Linda Lee White. |
| Boone | 1985-2005 | Thorntown Public Library | .pdf from Book? Avail via Website | Obituary Database for 1985 to 2005 complied at the Lebanon Library by the staff and volunteers in the Heritage Room. Databases merged by staff at Thorntown Public Library�s Guinn Local History/Genealogy Room |
| Boone | 2002 | Thorntown Public Library | .pdf from Book? Avail via Website | Index for 2002 Obituaries, Marriages, Births in Boone County. |
| Boone | 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. |
| Boone | 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. |
| Boone | Jan-2007 - 19-May-2007 | Thorntown Public Library | .pdf from Book? Avail via Website | Index January 2007 � May 19, 2007 Births, Engagements, Marriages, Divorces, Anniversaries, and Obituaries |
| Boone | 20-May-2007 - 13-Sep-2007 | Thorntown Public Library | .pdf from Book? Avail via Website | Index: May 20, 2007 - September 13, 2007 Births, Engagements, Marriages, Divorces, Anniversaries, and Obituaries |
| Boone | 10-Sep-2007 - 31-Dec-2007 | Thorntown Public Library | .pdf from Book? Avail via Website | Index: September 10, 2007 - December 31, 2007 Births, Engagements, Marriages, Divorces, Anniversaries, and Obituaries |
| Clark | 13-Jun-2006 - current | Obituary Archives* | Database from Website | Evening News and Tribune, (Jeffersonville-New Albany, Indiana) |
| Clinton | unknown | Frankfort Community Public Library | Indexed on Website | Frankfort Time and its forerunners |
| De Kalb | unknown dates | Garrett Public Library | Database from Website | Obituary Database |
| 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) |
| Delaware | 21-Sep-2002 - current | Obituary Archives* | Database from Website | The Star Press, (Muncie, Indiana) |
| Elkhart | 1921-1950;1964-present | Elkhart Public Library (Main Branch) | Database from Website | The database indexes obituaries that appeared in the Elkhart Truth. New information is being added weekly to the obituary index database. |
| Elkhart | unknown dates | Wakurusa Public Library | Database from Website | Obituaries of persons with connections to the Wakarusa community. |
| Elkhart | unknown dates | Indiana Roots | Database from Website | Birth, Marriage, and Death database. (Elkart, Kosciusko, Lake, Porter Counties - select libraries participating). |
| Fayette | unknown dates | Fayette County Public Library | Database from Website | Fayette County Public Library Obituary Finder |
| Floyd | 1849-1935;(Expanded Daily) | New Albany - Floyd County Public Library | Database from Website | New Albany newspaper index. Use subject browse box for name. Indexing of all vitals (births, obituaries, etc) are included. |
| Floyd | 13-Jun-2006 - current | Obituary Archives* | Database from Website | Evening News and Tribune, (Jeffersonville-New Albany, Indiana) |
| Fountain | unknown dates | Bio Index (Many Obit/Death Notices) | Indexed on Website | GenWeb |
| Fulton | 1866-present | Akron Carnegie Public Library | Database from Website | Akron Carnegie Public Library Newspaper Database |
| Fulton | 1880-1913 | Fulton County Public Library (Main Branch) | .pdf from Book? Avail via Website | Obituaries and Biographies from area newspapers. HTML files also available. (Index available via group of .pdf files covering years 1880 - 1913). |
| Fulton | 1882-1920 | Fulton County Public Library (Main Branch) | .pdf from Book? Avail via Website | Fulton County Death Record Index |
| Fulton | 1914-2006 | Fulton County Public Library (Main Branch) | .pdf from Book? Avail via Website | Fulton County Indiana Obituaries from area newspapers. HTML files also available. (Index available via group of .pdf files covering years 1914 - 2006). |
| Grant | 1895 (various years) - 1997 | Obituaries & Death Notices Appearing In Various Grant County Newspapers | Most Indexed on Website | RootsWeb |
| Grant | 1948; 1950-1959 | Marion Public Library | Indexed on Website | Marion Library. From Marion Indiana Newspapers. |
| Grant | 18-Mar-1999 - current | Obituary Archives* | Database from Website | The Marion Chronicle-Tribune (Marion, Indiana) |
| Hamilton | 7-Feb-2003 - current | Obituary Archives* | Database from Website | The Noblesville Ledger |
| Hamilton | 20-Feb-2003 - current | Obituary Archives* | Database from Website | Topics, (Fishers, Indiana) |
| Hendricks | unknown dates | Brownsburg Public Library | Database from Website | Brownsburg Public Library Obituary Finder |
| Hendricks | unknown dates | Plainfield - Guilford Township Public Library | Database from Website | Hendricks County, Indiana Obituary Database and Card File |
| Howard | unknown dates | Kokomo - Howard County Public Library (Main Branch) | Database from Website | Vital Records Database (Birth, Funeral, Obituary, etc) |
| Howard | 1998-present | Kokomo - Howard County Public Library (Main Branch) | Database from Website | Index to Kokomo Tribune Obituaries 1998-Present |
| Huntington | 13-May-2005 - current | Obituary Archives* | Database from Website | Huntington Herald-Press |
| Jackson | unknown dates | WPA Death Records/Index | Indexed on Website | GenWeb |
| Jay | 1872-1886 | Jay County Newspaper Death Notice/Obit Index | Index Listed on Website | Early Jay Co. deaths taken from Jay Co. newspapers |
| Jay | unknown dates | Jay County Public Library | Database currently at Library | Each OPAC computer station at Library is equipped with an obituary index. Incomplete, but updated frequently. From The Commercial Review newspaper. |
| Jay | 10-Apr-2003 - current | Obituary Archives* | Database from Website | The Commercial Review (Portland, Indiana) |
| Jefferson | 1-May-2001 - current | Obituary Archives* | Database from Website | The Madison Courier, (Madison, Indiana) |
| Johnson | unknown dates | Edinburg Public Library | Database from Website | Edinburgh Wright-Hageman Public Library Obituary Search Program |
| Knox | unknown dates | Knox County Obituary Index | Indexed on Website | RootsWeb |
| Knox | 2002-2007 | Knox County Public Library | .pdf from Book? Avail via Website | Vincinnes Sun-Commercial Obituary Index |
| Knox | 17-Oct-2002 - current | Obituary Archives* | Database from Website | Vincennes Sun-Commerical |
| Kosciusko | unknown dates | Indiana Roots | Database from Website | Birth, Marriage, and Death database. (Elkart, Kosciusko, Lake, Porter Counties - select libraries participating). |
| La Porte | 1920-1929 - 1940-1949 | Obituary Index - Herald Argus Newspaper | Indexed on Website | GenWeb. (Scroll to bottom) |
| La Porte | 1887-current | Michigan City Public Library | Database from Website | From Michigan City Newspaper |
| La Porte | 1-Apr-1997 - current | Obituary Archives* | Database from Website | The News-Dispatch, (Michigan City, Indiana) |
| Lake | 1939-2006 | Hammond Public Library (Main Branch) | Indexed on Website | Indexed in sections on Website. Secondary index by name. |
| Lake | unknown dates | Indiana Roots | Database from Website | Birth, Marriage, and Death database. (Elkart, Kosciusko, Lake, Porter Counties - select libraries participating). |
| Madison | 1893-present | North Madison County Public Library System (Elwood Branch) | Database from Website | Obituaries of persons with connections to the North Madison County Public Library System community. |
| Madison | 1903> | Pendleton Community Library | Database from Website | Obituaries that were published in the Pendleton newspaper from 1903 to present. |
| Madison | 1921-1967 | Anderson Public Library (Main Branch)y | Database from Website | Obituaries that appeared in the Anderson Daily Bulletin. |
| Madison | unknown dates | Alexandria - Monroe Public Library | Database from Website | Alexandria-Monroe Public Library Obituary Search Program; The sources for these obituaries are the Alexandria Times-Tribune and the Anderson Herald-Bulletin. |
| Marion | 1-Jan-1999 - current | Obituary Archives* | Database from Website | The Indianapolis Star |
| Marshall | mostly 17-Apr-1884 - 31-Dec-1985 | Bremen Public Library | Database from Website | Online Obituary from Bremen Newspaper Films. Updated regularly. |
| Monroe | 1843-1884;1930-current | Monroe County Public Library (Main Branch) | Database from Website | Index includes obituaries from the Bloomington Herald-Times, and Herald-Telephone. Some obituaries published in the Christian Record 1843 to 1884 with several interruptions. |
| Montgomery | unknown dates | Obituary (and Bio's) from Montgomery County | Indexed on Website | GenWeb |
| Morgan | unknown dates | Mooresville Public Library | Database from Website | Obituary Index from Mooresville Public Library |
| Newton | 1929-1952 | Morocco Courier Obituary Abstractions | Indexed on Website | RootsWeb |
| Noble | unknown dates | Noble County Obituaries | Indexed on Website | GenWeb |
| Noble | unknown dates | Obituaries and Death Notices | Indexed on Website | GenWeb |
| Noble | last 1800s - 2000 | Obituaries Index, Vol I. | Indexed on Website | Index references names located in book which is available for purchase from the Noble County Genealogical society. |
| Noble | last 1800s - 2000 | Obituaries Index, Vol II. | Indexed on Website | Index references names located in book which is available for purchase from the Noble County Genealogical society. |
| Parke | unknown dates | Transcribed obituaries from Parke County | Indexed on Website | (located 'Transcribed Obituary section'). GenWeb |
| Parke | 1925-1949 | Parke County Obituaries | Indexed on Website | GenWeb |
| Parke | 1950-1979 | Parke County Obituaries | Indexed on Website | GenWeb |
| Parke | 1980-2006 | Parke County Obituaries | Indexed on Website | GenWeb |
| Perry | unknown dates | Tell City - Perry County Public Library | Database from Website | Tell City-Perry County Public Library Obituary Finder |
| Porter | <1900 | Porter County Obituaries and Death Notices, Vol I | Indexed on Website | A Collection of Newspaper Death Notices and Obituaries Transcribed from The Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana, Prior to 1900 |
| Porter | <1900 | Porter County Obituaries and Death Notices, Vol. II | Indexed on Website | A Collection of Newspaper Death Notices and Obituaries Transcribed from the Western Ranger, Practical Observer, Valparaiso Practical Observer, Vidette and Republic, and Porter County Vidette, Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana, Prior to 1900 |
| Porter | 1938-present | Porter County Public Library System (Main Branch) | Indexed on Website | Index to obituaries published in The Vidette-Messenger (to 1994) and The Vidette-Times (1995-present). Valparaiso, Indiana |
| Porter | unknown dates | Indiana Roots | Database from Website | Birth, Marriage, and Death database. (Elkart, Kosciusko, Lake, Porter Counties - select libraries participating). |
| Putnam | unknown dates | Putnam County Biographies, Obituaries and other "Life" Information | Indexed on Website | GenWeb |
| Randolph | 1934-1945 | Union City Evening Times & Times-Gazette Obituaries and Index | Indexed on Website | Obituaries from the Union City Evening Times and the Union City Times-Gazette 1934-1945; By Darke County Genealogical Researchers. |
| Saint Joseph | 1913-present | Saint Joseph County Public Library (Main Branch) | Database from Website | Ongoing index to obituaries that appeared in the South Bend Tribune. |
| Saint Joseph | unknown dates | Saint Joseph County Obituaries and Funeral Homes | Indexed on Website | RootsWeb |
| Scott | 1880-1969 | Scott County: Obituary and Death Notice Index to 'The Chronicle' | Indexed on Website | Obituary and Death Notice Index to 'The Chronicle' |
| Shelby | unknown dates | Obituaries Shelby County Residents | Indexed on Website | Collection of Shelby County Public Library - summarized |
| Starke | 1897-2006 | North Judson - Wayne Township Public Library | .pdf from Book? Avail via Website | Listed on website 1897-2006 |
| Sullivan | 1870-1905 | Sullivan County Public Library (Main Branch) | Database from Website | Obituaries, Notices of Death, Adminstrators/Executors Notices. All the items are taken from the Sullivan Democrat, Sullivan Union and Carlisle Democrat. |
| Sullivan | unknown dates | Sullivan County Public Library (Main Branch) | Database from Website | Obituaries from The Sullivan Daily Times newspaper in Sullivan Indiana. |
| Tippecanoe | 9-Jan-2000 - current | Obituary Archives* | Database from Website | Journal and COurier, (Lafayette, Indiana) |
| Union | unknown dates | Union County Public Library | Indexed on Website | Union County Obituary Index |
| Vanderburgh | early 1900s - current | Evansville - Vanderburgh Public Library (Main/Central Branch) | Database from Website | Browning Genealogy Database. Contains compiled with obituary records of Vanderburgh County and surrounding counties. From The Evansville Courier, The Evansville Press, and now The Evansville Courier and Press. |
| Vanderburgh | 19-Jun-1991 - current | Obituary Archives* | Database from Website | Evansville Courier & Press, (Evansville, Indiana) |
| Vigo | 1900-2008 | Vigo County Public Library (Main Branch) | Database from Website | Wabash Valley Obituary Index |
| Wabash | 2000-2006 | Wabash Carnegie Public Library | Database on Website | Obituary Index Wells County PUblic Library |
| Wayne | 24-Nov-1999 - current | Obituary Archives* | Database from Website | Palladium-Item, (Richmond, Indiana) |
| Wells | 1866-2000 | Wells County Public Library (Main Branch) | Indexed on Website | Wabash Plain Dealer Obituary Index |
| Whitley | unknown dates | Peabody Public Library | Database from Website | Obituary Finder |
| Whitley | unknown dates | Obituaries from First Families of Whitley County | Indexed on Website | (Scroll to bottom of page). From Genealogical SOciety of Whitley COunty. |
| Whitley | 1856-1910 | Index to Digest of Obituaries | Indexed on Website | (Scroll to bottom of page). From Genealogical SOciety of Whitley COunty. |