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

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)
- Post-Tribune (Northwest, IN) - (9/17/2000-Current)
- And 9 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
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
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
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
LaGrange County Index to Death Records 1882-1924 downloadable PDF files
LaPorte County...
- Michigan City Obituary File 1887-present (incomplete, but has 90,000 entries)
- La Porte County Cemetery Listings
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 listed below
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
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
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 & Porter Counties

Ordering Indiana Vital Records

Order Indiana Birth or Death Certificates Online from Vitalchek (requires payment; restrictions apply) for birth records since October 1907; death records since 1900

Order Indiana Birth or Death Certificates by Mail - Indiana Department of Health (requires payment; restrictions apply) same dates as above

Also Helpful...

Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941 at Ancestry (requires payment) includes 86 of Indiana's 92 counties - coverage varies - most records are prior to 1921
Indiana Genealogy Databases at Ancestry (requires payment)
includes census records, WWI draft cards, WWII army enlistments, vital records, plus historical newspapers & city directories

Online Indiana Death Records & Indexes

A Genealogy Records Guide