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Welcome to Bartholomew County!
About the County
I am the Coordinator of Bartholomew County. We are open for business so any information you would like to
submit to this site will be welcome. I am
Sheri Bush (JCINGenWeb AT gmail.com), and I welcome your questions or comments. (Please add Bartholomew to the subject line)
Thank You!
Bartholomew County was founded in 1821 and was named for Lt. Col. Joseph Batholomew. Columbus is the county seat. Bartholomew County is divided into 12 Townships; Clay, Clifty, Columbus, Flat Rock, German, Harrison, Haw Creek, Jackson, Ohio, Rock Creek, Sand Creek and Wayne. It covers an area of 409 square miles. In 2015, the population was 81,162.
Courthouse photo by Greg Hume
If you would like to adopt this county, please go to the "Becoming a Volunteer" page.
Brown by Sarah Clevenger, Decatur by Lena Harper, Jackson Adoptable, Jennings by Sheila L. Kell, Johnson by Lois Johnson, Monroe by James D. VanDerMark, and Shelby by Phyllis Fleming .
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NEW! Added: Links on marriage page. The Indiana Facebook group is for comments and questions about Indiana research. Karen Zach is there every day to help! The Jackson and Bartholomew INGenWebs Facebook Group is for questions, comments and general discussion about these two counties. If you find a link that does not work, please let me know. Thank you. If you find something you need for your research, remember to: right click > save image as.
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Birth Birth records, certificates and notices. |
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Biographies Do you have one to submit? Email me! |
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Cemeteries |
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Census |
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Death Death records, funeral homes and information. |
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Families of Bartholomew County LifeSketches, pedigrees, group sheets, letters, and narratives are what I am hoping to have here. |
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Maps of Bartholomew County |
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Marriages Marriage index and notices. |
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Military All of the Casualties of WWI. |
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Newsy Bits From The County Newsy bits about the people and the county. |
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Obituaries Obituaries, Death notices, and funerals |
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Records NEW! Added 2 voter lists for the town of Columbus. |
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Schools |
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Scrapbooks Photos of people and places. |
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Towns and Communities |
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Wills and Probate |
Working Resources
- Lena Harper, State Coordinator
- Jim Cox, Assistant State Coordinator
- Karen Zach, Assistant State Coordinator
Thank you for visiting the Bartholomew County INGenWeb site. It is my mission to provide helpful information about
the people and history of Bartholomew County.
The information on this site may be copied for use in personal family records, with source citation. The pages in
entirety may not be duplicated for publication in any fashion. All persons contributing material for posting on these pages does so
in recognizing their free, non-commercial distribution, and is responsible to assure that no copyright is violated by their
submission.
~Thank you
Since October 28, 2017