Genealogy Library Resources

The following is only a hint of what is contained in the library’s collection. 

Original Johnson County Records

• Marriage Record Books 1830 through September 1982 with Index
• Marriage Application Books 1882 through February 1948 with Index
• Loose Marriage Papers and Permission Slips
• Probate Order Books 1831 through June 1950
• Loose Probate Papers and Guardianship Papers (20 file drawers and every name index)
• Tax Books and/or Delinquent List 1843 through 1889
• Circuit Court 1823 – 1920
• Civil Court 1823 – 1877
• Common Pleas 1853 – 1875
• Guardianship Bonds 1860 – 1963
• Administrator’s/ Executor’s Bonds 1860 – 1892
• Estate Inventory Books 1849 – 1852, 1880 – 1932
• Sale Bill Records 1843 – 1918
• Enrollment of the Late Soldiers 1880 – 1894
• Enrollment of Veterans 1886
• Miscellaneous School Records
• Miscellaneous Township Records

Other Johnson County Records

• 8 Johnson County History books and Index of Names of Persons and of Firms (W.P.A.)
• Historical Atlas
• Histories of Towns (Franklin, Greenwood, Edinburgh, Bargersville, Trafalgar, Nineveh, etc.)
• DAR Bible Records – 4 volumes indexed
• Cemetery Records through 2000
• Family Histories (over 700 surnames)
• Family Files (32 file drawers)
• Obituary File (36 file drawers)
• Scrapbooks
• School Yearbooks
• Franklin and Greenwood City Directories
• House and Building File
• Johnson County Miscellaneous Books
• Church Records
• Oral Histories
• Military Records

Other Indiana County Records

• Bartholomew County
• Brown County
• Cass County
• Clark County
• Clinton County
• Dearborn County
• Decatur County
• Gibson County
• Grant County
• Greene County
• Hancock County
• Hendricks County
• Henry County
• Jackson County
• Jay County
• Jennings County
• Knox County
• Lake County
• Madison County
• Marion County
• Morgan County
• Owen County
• Pike County
• Ripley County
• Shelby County
• Tipton County
• Vigo County
• Washington County
• . . .and others

States

• Connecticut
• Georgia Illinois
• Kentucky
• Maryland
• Missouri
• North Carolina
• New Jersey
• New York
• Ohio
• Pennsylvania