Decatur County, Indiana:
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Projects

• Decatur County GenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Decatur County, Indiana      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

Adjacent counties

• Bartholomew County, IN  to the west
• Franklin County, IN  to the east
• Jennings County, IN  to the south
• Ripley County, IN  to the southeast
• Rush County, IN  to the north
• Shelby County, IN  to the northwest

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence

• Decatur Co, Indiana, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Decatur Co., IN Biographies      (Source: U.S. Biographies Project)
• Decatur County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Decatur County GEDCOM Index 
• Decatur County, Indiana Biographies      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• History of Decatur County, Indiana  1915     (Source: Internet Archive)
• History of Decatur County, Indiana  1915     (Source: Internet Archive)
• History of Decatur County, Indiana  Volume 2, 1915     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Westport GEDCOM Index 

Cemeteries

• Decatur County      (Source: The Tombstone Transcription Project)
• Decatur County  Indiana Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project     (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Decatur County Cemeteries      (Source: ePodunk)
• Decatur County Cemetery List      (Source: Find A Grave)
• The Political Graveyard      (Source: The Political Graveyard)

Census Records and Indexes (23)

Court and Legal Records

• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Decatur County Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)

History (25)

Introduction and Guides (15)

Land Records

• Family Maps of Decatur County, IN      (Source: Arphax Publishing Co.)     ($)
• Land Patent Search      (Source: Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Decatur County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Decatur, Jennings Counties     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Decatur, Ripley Counties     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Decatur, Ripley Counties     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Decatur County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Decatur County Genealogy Resources  Indiana State Library
• Decatur County Histories on Microform  Indiana State Library
• Decatur County Libraries      (Source: Public Libraries Library Directory)
• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: Family History Library)
• Indiana Room  Greensburg-Decatur County Public Library
• Museum of Decatur County Historical Society  Greensburg, Indiana
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Decatur County, Indiana     (Source: PERiodical Source Index)
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• Decatur County Genealogy Queries      (Source: CousinConnect.com)
• Decatur County, IN Club      (Source: GenCircles)
• GenForum Message Boards      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• indianassouthernhalf  Indiana's Southern Half - Genealogy in the southern part of Hoosier state     (Source: Yahoo! Groups)
• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• INDECATU-L Decatur County genealogy

  • INDECATU-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • INDECATU-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • INDECATU-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (23)

Military Records and Histories

• Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services, 1841  Decatur County     (Source: Internet Archive)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Decatur County, Indiana     (Source: Internet Archive)

• World War I

  • History of Decatur County's part in the World War, 1914-1918      (Source: Internet Archive)
  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Decatur County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

• World War II

  • Decatur County, Indiana  World War II Casualties, Army and Army Air Corps     (Source: AccessGenealogy)

Miscellaneous Data

• Decatur County Records      (Source: Find County Records)
• Migrations through Decatur County      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)

Newspaper Records

• Chronicling America  Decatur County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Decatur County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Decatur County Newspapers      (Source: Indiana State Library)
• Greensburg Historical Newspapers      (Source: Newspapers.com)     ($)
• Historical Greensburg Newspapers      (Source: Newspaper Archive)     ($)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Greensburg Daily News 
• Greensburg Daily News      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Greensburg, Indiana Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• Vollmer Funeral Home  Batesville and Greensburg, Indiana

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Decatur County  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Greensburg  Taking the Long View: Panoramic Photographs     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Historical Postcards of Decatur County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Images from Decatur County  Images of Indiana, Indiana State Library
• Indiana Historical Images  Decatur County
• Indiana--Decatur County.  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• A Picturesque Walk Through History  Westport, Indiana

Societies

• Decatur County Historical Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (160)

Tax Lists

• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists  1862-1874     (Source: Family History Library)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Decatur County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Decatur County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• Decatur County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• Decatur County Covered Bridges      (Source: Wabash Valley Visions & Voices)
• Extant Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• Patents  Decatur County, Indiana     (Source: Google Patents)
• Westport Covered Bridge 

Vital Records

• Decatur County Marriages  1822-1830     (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Decatur County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• Indiana Marriages, 1802-1892  includes Decatur County, 1822 - 1850     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Indiana Marriages, 1811-1959  includes Decatur County     (Source: Family History Library)
• Indiana Vital Records: Selected Counties and Years  includes Decatur County     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850  Decatur County     (Source: Family History Library)

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