Monroe County, Indiana:
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Projects

• Monroe County Indiana      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Monroe County, Indiana      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Monroe County, Indiana History & Genealogy      (Source: U.S. Genealogy Express)

Adjacent counties

• Brown County, IN  to the east
• Greene County, IN  to the west
• Jackson County, IN  to the southeast
• Lawrence County, IN  to the south
• Morgan County, IN  to the north
• Owen County, IN  to the west

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

• Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana  Historical and Biographical     (Source: Google Books)
• History of Lawrence and Monroe counties, Indiana  Their people, industries, and institutions (1914)     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Indiana University  Its History from 1820, when Founded, to 1890     (Source: Google Books)
• Indiana University  With biographical sketches of its presidents, professors and graduates     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Monroe Co, Indiana, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Monroe County Biographical Sketches      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Monroe County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Monroe County GEDCOM Index      (Source: GEDCOM Index .Com)

Cemeteries

• Billion Graves for Monroe County, Indiana      (Source: Billion Graves)
• Cemeteries of Monroe County      (Source: Interment.net)
• Monroe County      (Source: The Tombstone Transcription Project)
• Monroe County  Indiana Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project     (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Monroe County Cemetery List      (Source: Find A Grave)
• Monroe County Indiana Cemeteries      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• The Political Graveyard      (Source: The Political Graveyard)

Census Records and Indexes (24)

Church Records

• U.S. Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1970  includes Bloomington, Indiana     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Court and Legal Records

• Coroner's records, 1896-1951  Viewing restrictions may apply     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Monroe County Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)
• Monroe County Court Records Directory      (Source: Court Records Free Reference and Directory)

Directories

• Bloomington City Directories      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Enslaved people, enslavers, and slavery in general - information

• The Underground Railroad in Monroe County  Volume 13, 1917     (Source: Internet Archive)

Estate Records

• Indiana Wills and Probate Records, 1798-1999  includes Monroe County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Monroe County Indiana Will Records      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

History (26)

Introduction and Guides

• Cyndi's List of Indiana locality links      (Source: Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet)
• FamilySearch Wiki Research Guide      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Monroe County      (Source: Histopolis Collaborative Genealogy & History)
• Monroe County Addresses for Genealogical Research      (Source: Indiana Genealogical Society)
• Monroe County Public Records      (Source: Nationwide Environmental Title Research)
• Monroe County, Indiana Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy, Inc.)

Land Records

• Indiana Land Entries  Volume 2: Vincennes District, 1807-1877     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• Land Patent Search      (Source: Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office)
• Monroe County Deeds and Indexes  Viewing restrictions apply     (Source: FamilySearch)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Monroe County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Monroe, Owen Counties     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Libraries, Museums, Archives (16)

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)
• Monroe County Indiana Genealogy Forum      (Source: Google Groups)
• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL A mailing list for the use of genealogists and historians in the south central area of Indiana

  • IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

• INMONROE Monroe County genealogy

  • INMONROE Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (33)

Military Records and Histories

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

• Civil War

  • Monroe County At War and At Home      (Source: Indiana Memory Digital Collections)

• Mexican American War

  • Monroe County in the Mexican War  Volume 12, 1916     (Source: Internet Archive)

• World War I

  • Gold Star Honor Roll  A Record of Indiana Men and Women who Died in World War I - 1914-1918     (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Monroe County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Miscellaneous Data

• Classic Buildings of Monroe County      (Source: Society of Architectural Historians)

Newspaper Records (10)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Allen Funeral Home Records      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Bloomington Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Bloomington, Indiana Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• The Herald-Times  Bloomington, Indiana
• Monroe County Indiana Obituaries      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Obituary Index Search  Covers most of the Bloomington newspapers (1824 - current month)
• Obituary search includes Herald-Times, Bloomington      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images (10)

School Records and Histories (17)

Societies

• Daniel Guthrie Chapter      (Source: National Society Sons of the American Revolution)
• Monroe County Historical Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (343)

Tax Lists

• Assessor's books, 1907-1921  Viewing restrictions may apply     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Index to Tax Duplicates for Monroe County, Indiana  1865     (Source: Indiana Genealogical Society)
• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists  1862-1874     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Tax duplicates, 1842-1922  Viewing restrictions apply     (Source: FamilySearch)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Monroe County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Extant Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• Indiana Bedrock  Documenting the limestone industry of Monroe County, Indiana     (Source: Indiana Memory Digital Collections)
• Mines, Mining and Mineral Resources      (Source: mindat.org - the mineral and locality database)
• Monroe County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• Monroe County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• Monroe County, Indiana      (Source: Historic Bridges of Michigan and Elsewhere)
• Patents  Monroe County, Indiana     (Source: Google Patents)

Vital Records

• Indiana Births, 1880-1920  includes Monroe County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Indiana Deaths  1882-1920     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Indiana Marriages, 1802-1892  includes Monroe County, 1818 - 1850     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Monroe County Health Department  Vital Statistics
• Monroe County Indiana Death Records      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Monroe County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850  Monroe County     (Source: FamilySearch)

Wiki

• Bloomingpedia 
• Monroe County, Indiana Wiki      (Source: RootsWeb)

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