Parke County, Indiana:
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Projects

• Parke County INGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Parke County, Indiana      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Parke County, Indiana History & Genealogy      (Source: U.S. Genealogy Express)
• Wabash Valley Visions & Voices  A Digital Memory Project for West Central Indiana

Adjacent counties

• Clay County, IN  to the south
• Fountain County, IN  to the north
• Montgomery County, IN  to the northeast
• Putnam County, IN  to the east
• Vermillion County, IN  to the west
• Vigo County, IN  to the south

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

• History of Parke and Vermillion Counties, Indiana  with historical sketches of representative citizens and genealogical records of many of the old families     (Source: Internet Archive)
• History of Parke and Vermillion counties, Indiana  1913     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Parke Co, Indiana, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Parke County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Parke County GEDCOM Index      (Source: GEDCOM Index .Com)
• Portrait And Biographical Record of Montgomery, Parke And Fountain Counties, Indiana      (Source: MyHeritage)     ($)

Cemeteries (15)

Census Records and Indexes (21)

Church Records

• Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935  includes Parke County, Indiana     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1970  includes Montezuma, Indiana     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• United Methodist Church Records, 1837-1970  includes Bloomingdale     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• United Methodist Church Records, 1837-1970  includes Rockville     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• United Methodist Church Records, 1837-1970  includes Tangier     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Court and Legal Records

• Circuit Court civil order books, 1833-1923  Viewing restrictions apply     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Parke County Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)
• Parke County Court Records Directory      (Source: Court Records Free Reference and Directory)

Enslaved people, enslavers, and slavery in general - information

• The Days of Slavery      (Source: Wabash Valley Visions & Voices Digital Memory Project)
• Slavery Days      (Source: Wabash Valley Visions & Voices Digital Memory Project)

Estate Records

• Index of Parke County Will Records  Books 001 to 003     (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Indiana Wills and Probate Records, 1798-1999  includes Parke County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Parke County, Indiana Wills Records      (Source: SAMPUBCO)

History (112)

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)
• Parke County      (Source: Histopolis Collaborative Genealogy & History)
• Parke County Addresses for Genealogical Research      (Source: Indiana Genealogical Society)
• Parke County Public Records      (Source: Nationwide Environmental Title Research)
• Parke County, Indiana Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy, Inc.)

Land Records

• Early Land Patent Index      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Family Maps of Parke County, IN      (Source: Arphax Publishing Co.)     ($)
• Land Patent Search      (Source: Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office)
• Parke County Deeds and Indexes  Viewing restrictions apply     (Source: FamilySearch)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Parke County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Parke, Vermillion Counties     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Billie Creek Village  Rockville, Indiana
• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Genealogy Department  Rockville Public Library
• Indiana Writers' Project/Program      (Source: Wabash Valley Visions & Voices Digital Memory Project)
• Library Directory for Parke County, Indiana      (Source: libraries.org - A directory of libraries throughout the world)
• Parke County Data Collections      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Parke County Genealogy Resources  Indiana State Library
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Parke County, Indiana     (Source: Find My Past)
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

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)

• INPARKE Parke County genealogy

  • INPARKE Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (39)

Military Records and Histories

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

• Revolutionary War

  • Revolutionary War Soldiers of Parke County      (Source: Wabash Valley Visions & Voices Digital Memory Project)

• World War I

  • World War I Draft Records Index      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Parke County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Miscellaneous Data

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

Newspaper Records

• Chronicling America  Parke County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Historical Bowling Green Newspapers      (Source: Newspaper Archive)     ($)
• Historical Montezuma Newspapers      (Source: Newspaper Archive)     ($)
• Hoosier State Chronicles  Parke County
• Parke County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Parke County Newspapers      (Source: Indiana State Library)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Montezuma Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Parke County Obituaries      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Rockport, Indiana Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• Rockville Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Wabash Valley Obituary Index      (Source: Vigo County Public Library)
• Wabash Valley, Indiana, Obituary Index  1900-2012     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images (10)

School Records and Histories (11)

Societies

• Parke County Historical Society 
• Parke County Historical Society 
• Parke County Historical Society      (Source: Facebook)
• Wabash Valley Genealogy Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (215)

Tax Lists

• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists  1862-1874     (Source: FamilySearch)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Parke County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Extant Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• Mines, Mining and Mineral Resources      (Source: mindat.org - the mineral and locality database)
• Parke County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• Parke County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• Parke County Covered Bridges      (Source: Wabash Valley Visions & Voices Digital Memory Project)
• Parke County, Indiana      (Source: Historic Bridges of Michigan and Elsewhere)
• Parke County, Indiana  Covered Bridge Capital of the World
• Patents  Parke County, Indiana     (Source: Google Patents)

Vital Records (10)

Wiki

• Parke County, Indiana Wiki      (Source: RootsWeb)

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