Vigo County, Indiana:
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Projects

• Vigo County Indiana      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Vigo County INGenWeb      (Source: Legacy USGenWeb)
• 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

• Billion Graves for Vigo County, Indiana      (Source: Billion Graves)
• 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 Cemetery List      (Source: Find A Grave)

Census Records and Indexes (24)

Church Records

• United Methodist Church Records, 1837-1970  includes Advance     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• United Methodist Church Records, 1837-1970  includes Prairie Creek     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• United Methodist Church Records, 1837-1970  includes Terre Haute     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Court and Legal Records

• Civil Order books, Circuit Court, Vigo County, Indiana, 1818-1921  Viewing restrictions apply     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Civil Order books, Superior Court No. 2, Vigo County, Indiana, 1919-1921  Viewing restrictions apply     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Civil Order books, Superior Court, Vigo County, Indiana, 1881-1921  Viewing restrictions apply     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Complete Civil Order books, Circuit Court, Vigo County, Indiana, 1823-1904  Viewing restrictions apply     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Complete records, Court of Common Pleas, Vigo County, Indiana, 1853-1884  Viewing restrictions apply     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Vigo County Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)
• Order books, Court of Common Pleas, Vigo County, Indiana, 1853-1873  Viewing restrictions apply     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Vigo County Court Records Directory      (Source: Court Records Free Reference and Directory)

Directories

• Terre Haute City Directories      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Terre Haute Directories  1890, 1892     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Enslaved people, enslavers, and slavery in general - information

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

Estate Records

• Indiana Wills and Probate Records, 1798-1999  includes Vigo County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Vigo County, Indiana Will Records      (Source: SAMPUBCO)
• Vigo County, Indiana, Will Record  1818-1848     (Source: MyHeritage)     ($)

Ethnic

• Indians      (Source: Wabash Valley Visions & Voices Digital Memory Project)
• Native American Museum Collection      (Source: Wabash Valley Visions & Voices Digital Memory Project)
• Negro in Terre Haute      (Source: Wabash Valley Visions & Voices Digital Memory Project)
• 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 (93)

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

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 Deeds and Indexes  Viewing restrictions apply     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Vigo County, Indiana Land Records      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

Libraries, Museums, Archives (13)

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)

• INVIGO Vigo County genealogy

  • INVIGO Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (81)

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 Digital Memory Project)

• 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)     ($)
  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Vigo County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Miscellaneous Data

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

Newspaper Records (10)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Obituary Index  Individuals born in Vigo County
• Obituary search includes Tribune-Star  Terre Haute     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Terre Haute Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Terre Haute Tribune Star  Recent Obituaries
• Terre Haute, Indiana Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• Vigo County Obits      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Wabash Valley Obituary Index      (Source: Vigo County Public Library)
• Wabash Valley, Indiana, Obituary Index  1900-2012     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• West Terre Haute Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images (14)

School Records and Histories (21)

Societies

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

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (524)

Tax Lists

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

Transportation and Industry (11)

Vital Records (11)

Wiki

• Vigo County, Indiana Wiki      (Source: RootsWeb)

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