Shelby County, Indiana:
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Projects

• Shelby County Indiana Genealogy & History      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Shelby County INGenWeb      (Source: Legacy USGenWeb)
• Shelby County, Indiana      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

Adjacent counties

• Bartholomew County, IN  to the south
• Decatur County, IN  to the southeast
• Hancock County, IN  to the north
• Johnson County, IN  to the west
• Marion County, IN  to the northwest
• Rush County, IN  to the east

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

• Chadwick's History of Shelby County, Indiana  Volume 2     (Source: Internet Archive)
• History of Shelby County, Indiana  1887     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Shelby Co, Indiana, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Shelby County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Shelby County GEDCOM Index      (Source: GEDCOM Index .Com)

Cemeteries

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

Census Records and Indexes (19)

Church Records

• U.S. Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1970  includes Shelbyville, Indiana     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• United Methodist Church Records, 1837-1970  includes Bengal     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• United Methodist Church Records, 1837-1970  includes Freeport     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• United Methodist Church Records, 1837-1970  includes Waldron     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Court and Legal Records

• Circuit Court Civil Order books, 1822-1921  Viewing restrictions apply     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Circuit Court Complete records, 1823-1893  Viewing restrictions apply     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Court of Common Pleas Complete records, 1853-1873  Viewing restrictions apply     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Court records Shelby County, Indiana 1822 to 1862      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Shelby County Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)
• Shelby Circuit Court Index to suits decided  Viewing restrictions apply     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Shelby County Court Records Directory      (Source: Court Records Free Reference and Directory)
• Superior Court Civil Order books, 1911-1912  Viewing restrictions apply     (Source: FamilySearch)

Directories

• Farm Journal Directory of Shelby County, Indiana  1916     (Source: MyHeritage)     ($)
• Shelbyville City Directories      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Shelbyville Directory  and Shelby County Gazetteer, 1892-93     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Estate Records

• Indiana Wills and Probate Records, 1798-1999  includes Shelby County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Shelby County, Indiana Will Records      (Source: SAMPUBCO)

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

Land Records

• Family Maps of Shelby County, IN      (Source: Arphax Publishing Co.)     ($)
• Family Maps of Shelby County, Indiana  Deluxe Edition     (Source: Arphax Publishing Co.)     ($)
• Land Patent Search      (Source: Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office)
• Shelby County Deeds and Indexes  Viewing restrictions apply     (Source: FamilySearch)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Shelby County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Genealogy and History House  Shelby County, Indiana
• Genealogy and Local History Department  Main Library, Carnegie East Wing, Shelbyville, Indiana
• Grover Museum  Shelbyville, Indiana
• Library Directory for Shelby County, Indiana      (Source: libraries.org - A directory of libraries throughout the world)
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Shelby County, Indiana     (Source: Find My Past)
• Shelby County Data Collections      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Shelby County Genealogy Resources  Indiana State Library
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Lookups

• Shelby County Books      (Source: Books-We-Own)

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)

• IN-EAST-CENTRAL East central Indiana genealogy

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

• INSHELBY Shelby County genealogy

  • INSHELBY Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (22)

Military Records and Histories

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

• Civil War

  • Shelby County in the Civil War      (Source: Internet Archive)

• 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  Shelby County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Newspaper Records

• Chronicling America  Shelby County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Historical Morristown Newspapers      (Source: Newspaper Archive)     ($)
• Historical Shelbyville Newspapers      (Source: Newspaper Archive)     ($)
• Hoosier State Chronicles  Shelby County
• Shelby County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Shelby County Newspapers      (Source: Indiana State Library)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Fountaintown Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Morristown Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Shelby County Indiana Obits      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Shelbyville Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• The Shelbyville News 
• Shelbyville, Indiana Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• Shelbyville-Shelby County Public Library  Obituaries
• Waldron Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Historical Postcards of Shelby County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Images from Shelby County  Images of Indiana, Indiana State Library
• Indiana Historical Images  Shelby County
• Penny Postcards from Indiana      (Source: USGenWeb Indiana Archives)
• Shelby County  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Shelby County Courthouse 
• Shelby County Photographs  Jan 1935-June 1944     (Source: Photogrammar)
• Shelby County, Smithland  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Shelbyville  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)

School Records and Histories

• Boggstown School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Fairland School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Morristown High School (Morristown, IN)  1917     (Source: MyHeritage)     ($)
• Morristown School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Shelby County School Enumeration  1864     (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Shelbyville School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• St Paul School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (141)

Tax Lists

• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists  1862-1874     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Tax list, Shelby County, Indiana, 1843  Viewing restrictions may apply     (Source: FamilySearch)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Shelby County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Extant Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• Leading Industries  of the Principal Places in Union, Fayette, Rush And Shelby Counties, Indiana     (Source: MyHeritage)     ($)
• Patents  Shelby County, Indiana     (Source: Google Patents)
• Shelby County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• Shelby County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)

Vital Records

• 1822-1830 Marriages      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Indiana Deaths  1882-1920     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Indiana Marriages, 1801-2001  includes Shelby County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Indiana Marriages, 1802-1892  includes Shelby County, 1822 - 1850     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007  includes Shelby County     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Shelby County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• Shelby County, Indiana Deaths      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850  Shelby County     (Source: FamilySearch)

Wiki

• Shelby County, Indiana Wiki      (Source: RootsWeb)

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