Vigo County, Indiana:
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Projects

• Vigo County Indiana      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Vigo County INGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Wabash Valley Visions & Voices  A Digital Memory Project for West Central Indiana

Adjacent counties

• Clark County, IL  to the west
• Clay County, IN  to the east
• Edgar County, IL  to the west
• Parke County, IN  to the north
• Sullivan County, IN  to the south
• Vermillion County, IN  to the north

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence (10)

Cemeteries

• Cemeteries of Vigo County      (Source: Interment.net)
• Highland Lawn Cemetery  Terre Haute
• The Political Graveyard      (Source: The Political Graveyard)
• Vigo County      (Source: The Tombstone Transcription Project)
• Vigo County  Indiana Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project     (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Vigo County Cemeteries      (Source: ePodunk)
• Vigo County Cemetery List      (Source: Find A Grave)

Census Records and Indexes (27)

Court and Legal Records

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

Directories

• City Directories: Southern Midwest, 1882-1898  includes Terre Haute     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• Terre Haute City Directories      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Terre Haute Directories  1890, 1892     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Ethnic

• Indians      (Source: Wabash Valley Visions & Voices)
• Native American Museum Collection      (Source: Wabash Valley Visions & Voices)
• Negro in Terre Haute      (Source: Wabash Valley Visions & Voices)
• Registry of Negroes and Mulattos  1853-54, Vigo County, Indiana     (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Registry of Negroes and Mulattos, 1853-54  Indiana Commission of Public Records

History (80)

Introduction and Guides (14)

Land Records

• Family Maps of Vigo County, IN      (Source: Arphax Publishing Co.)     ($)
• Land Patent Search      (Source: Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Vigo County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Vigo County, Indiana Land Records      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

Libraries, Museums, Archives (11)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• 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)
• Vigo County Genealogy Queries      (Source: CousinConnect.com)
• Vigo County, IN Club      (Source: GenCircles)

• IN-PRAIRIECREEK-L The town of Prairie Creek, Indiana, the surrounding townships, and Darwin, Illinois.

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

• INVIGO-L Vigo County genealogy

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

Maps and Gazetteers (84)

Military Records and Histories

• Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services, 1841  Vigo County     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Fort Harrison on the banks of the Wabash  1812-1912     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Harrison, Benjamin, Fort, IN  Returns from U.S. Military Posts, 1800-1916     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Harrison, Fort, IN  Returns from U.S. Military Posts, 1800-1916     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Vigo County, Indiana     (Source: Internet Archive)

• Civil War

  • Southern Claims Commission  Vigo County - Barred and Disallowed Claims     (Source: fold3 - 7 day free trial)

• Revolutionary War

  • Revolutionary War Soldiers of Vigo County      (Source: Wabash Valley Visions & Voices)

• World War I

  • Men and Women who Died in the Service of the United States and the Allied Nations in the World War  1914-1918     (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Terre Haute City     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Vigo County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

• World War II

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

Miscellaneous Data

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

Newspaper Records

• Chronicling America  Vigo County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Historical Terre Haute Newspapers      (Source: Newspaper Archive)     ($)
• Search Terre Haute Historical Newspapers  Free search     (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• Vigo County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Vigo County Newspapers      (Source: Indiana State Library)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Obituary Index  Individuals born in Vigo County
• Terre Haute Tribune Star  Recent Obituaries
• Terre Haute, Indiana Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• Tribune-Star  Terre Haute     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Vigo County Obits      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Wabash Valley Obituary Index      (Source: Vigo County Public Library)
• Wabash Valley Obituary Index 

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images (13)

School Records and Histories (78)

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• Underground Railroad in Vigo and Vermillion Counties      (Source: Wabash Valley Visions & Voices)

Societies

• Vigo County Historical Society 
• Wabash Valley Genealogy Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (542)

Transportation and Industry (11)

Vital Records (11)

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