Online Indiana Death Indexes, Records & Obituaries

Online Indiana Death Indexes and Obituaries

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
Pre-1882 Indiana Deaths (partial; indexes various sources) from the Allen County Public Library

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)
- Marion Chronicle-Tribune (3/18/1999-Current)
- Post-Tribune (Northwest Indiana, includes Gary and Hammond) - (9/17/2000-Current)
- Terre Haute Tribune-Star (10/2/2009-Current)
- Vincennes Sun-Commercial (10/7/2002-Current)
- And about 20 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 1994-2009
- Allen County Church Burial Records (pre 1900)
- Fort Wayne Catholic Cemetery Burials through 1993
- Lindenwood Cemetery Burials 1860-2005
- Fort Wayne & Allen County Area Obituary Index 1841 to recent
- D.O. McComb & Sons Funeral Home Records 1926-1950
Bloomington: see the Monroe County section below
Boone County Genealogy Indexes includes funeral homes, vital records & obituaries (from the Thorntown Public Library)
Boone County Genealogy Indexes includes cemeteries, vital records & obituaries (from the Lebanon Public Library)
Carroll County Historical Museum Genealogy Databases includes wills 1830-1991 and Zion Cemetery burials
Cass County...
- Cass County WPA Death Index 1882-1920
- Cass County Cemeteries
- Cass County: Logansport City Cemeteries Burial Search
- Cass County: Logansport Pharos Tribune Obituaries Index 1974-1980 and 1992-1999
Clark County Cemeteries
Clark County: Obituary and Death Notices Index 1872-1900
Clinton County: Genealogy Obituary Records from the Frankfort Community Public Library
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...
- Elkhart County: Obituary Index to the Elkhart Truth Newspaper from the Elkhart Public Library
- Elkhart County: Nappanee Public Library Obituaries Index
- Elkhart County: Wakarusa Public Library Obituaries
- Elkhart County Genealogy Indexes includes cemeteries, probate files and wills
Evansville: see the Vanderburgh County section below and the Indiana Newspapers Obituaries Archive listing above
Floyd County: New Albany-Floyd County Public Library Newspaper Index includes obituaries
Fulton County Cemeteries; Obituaries 1914-2009; and more
Grant County Genealogy Indexes includes obituaries and cemeteries
Hammond: see the Lake County section below and the Indiana Newspapers Obituaries Archive listing above
Harrison County Public Library Obituary Index (PDF file)
Hendricks County...
- Hendricks County Genealogy Databases includes cemetery, obituary and marriage indexes, and more (from the Plainfield-Guilford Township Public Library)
- Hendricks County: Brownsburg Public Library Obituary Finder
- Probate Records of Hendricks County, Indiana 1824-1930 (not yet complete)
Henry County Death Records Index 1880-2000
Howard County...
- Kokomo-Howard County Public Library Genealogy & Local History has many databases, including Howard County deaths 1922-1947, Kokomo Tribune obituaries index 1998-present & cemetery listings
- Howard County Cemeteries and Kokomo Tribune Obituary Index 1940-2009
- Howard County Memory Project includes cemeteries, funeral notices and more (may duplicate some of the items at the above 2 links)
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 Index 1879-1905 plus assorted other genealogy indexes
Johnson County: Edinburgh Wright-Hageman Public Library Obituary Search Program
Knox County Death Indexes, 1921-June 2002 & Vincennes Sun-Commercial Obituary Index 2002-2009 from the Knox County Public Library (when you get there scroll down to the links at the bottom)
Knox County Death Records Index 1920-March 2005 (includes some pre-1920 entries)
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, an obituaries index and some death records
- Lake County: also see the Northern Indiana Roots database listed below
- 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 Database
- 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 Commercial Newspaper Death Index 1925-1945 - 40,000 entries (not a complete death index for this time frame)
- Marion County Wills Index (date range not given)
Marshall County: Bremen Cemetery Records & Obituaries from the Bremen Enquirer
Marshall County: Plymouth Pilot Obituary Index
Miami County: WPA Death Index 1882-1920 also includes cemeteries and other death indexes
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
Morgan County Cemetery Burials Index
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
Parke County Cemeteries
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
- Porter County Genealogy Indexes (GenWeb Site) includes obituaries, wills and probates, and more
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
Shelby County Genealogy Indexes - Cemeteries, Obituaries & More also includes birth and marriage indexes
St. Joseph County Obituary Index 1913-present from the South Bend Tribune
St. Joseph County Genealogy Indexes includes idexes for burial permits, coroner's records, cemetery inscriptions and more; from the South Bend Area Genealogical Society
Starke County Family History: Deaths, Coroner's Reports and more from the Starke County Historical Society and Public Library
Sullivan County Obituaries Indexes for obituaries 1929-present, and obituaries and death notices 1870-1905; also has indexes for wills and marriages
Switzerland County: Vevay Newspaper Index 1840, 1853-1901 (births, marriages & deaths) some months may be missing
Terre Haute: see Vigo County below
Tippecanoe County: Assorted Genealogy Records - includes Lafayette Journal and Courier Newspaper Index, 1902-1952
Tippecanoe County Area Genealogy Society Death and Obituaries Indexes includes Lafayette Leader Obituary Index 1970-1990 and Tippecanoe County Death Records Index 1882-1920
Tipton County, Indiana Death Records Index 1882-1896 at Ancestry (requires payment)
Union County Genealogy Indexes includes cemetery records, obituaries index and more
Vanderburgh County...
- Vanderburgh County: Evansville Area & Surrounding Southwestern Indiana Obituary Search - early 1900s-present
- Vanderburgh County: Evansville City Cemeteries Databases for Locust Hill and Oak Hill Cemeteries
- Vanderburgh County: Evansville Newspaper Index 1821 to 1860 includes death notices
Vigo County: Wabash Valley Obituaries Index 1900-present ("indexes to obituaries published in Terre Haute newspapers from 1900 to present")
Vigo County Cemeteries
Wabash County: Wabash Plain Dealer Obituary Index 2000-2008
Washington County: Crown Hill Cemetery Burials, Salem, Indiana
Wells County Cemetery Burials Index, and Obituary index 1866-2000
White County: Local Obituaries Brookston, Indiana 1986 to 2004
Whitley County...
- Whitley County Genealogy Indexes 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
Indiana Resources from the Allen Public Library Genealogy Center includes assorted cemetery or other death indexes for Adams, Allen, Grant, Hancock, Hendricks, Huntington, Jay, Madison, Marion, Noble, Posey, Wabash, Wells, and Whitley Counties
Southern Indiana Cemetery Database includes some cemeteries in Orange, Spencer, Vanderburgh and Warrick Counties

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Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941 at Ancestry (requires payment) includes 86 of Indiana's 92 counties - coverage varies - most records are prior to 1921
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