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Lawrence County Vital Records

Birth Records

Certificates for births or deaths can be obtained from the Local Health Department in the county where the event occurred or by mail or fax from the Indiana State Department of Health. The Indiana State Department of Health can provide a copy of a birth certificate for births in the State of Indiana EXCEPT for births that occurred before October 1907. If birth occurred before this date, contact the health officer in the county where the birth occurred.

Vital Records Department
Indiana State Department of Health

2 North Meridian Street
Indianapolis, IN 46204
(317) 233-2700

Directory of County Health Departments

Lawrence County Department of Health
Dunn Plaza, 2419 Mitchell Road
Bedford IN 47421-4731
Phone (812) 275-3234
Fax (812) 275-1094
Hours 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM

Indiana Vital Records Information

Death Records

See links above for Indiana State and Lawrence County departments of health

Social Security Death Index

Lawrence County Obituary Archives, 1997 to present

Day & Carter Obituary Index
Day and Carter Mortuary, Inc.
1133 Lincoln Avenue
Bedford, IN 47421
812-275-3389

Monroe County Public Library Obituary Index

The Newspapers in Monroe County carried a lot of obituaries for Lawrence County citizens and family. This would be a good resource to check. Currently, the index includes obituaries from the Bloomington Herald-Times and the Herald-Telephone for the years 1918 to the current month.

Obituary Central
Obituary archive and obituary search engine directory.

Obituary Links Page
State-by-state directory of obituary resources and archives.

GenealogyBuff.com
Surname research tool; searchable library of data files.

Lawrence County Obituary Database

Marriage Records

MARRIAGE RECORDS for Lawrence County are filed in the Lawrence County Clerk's Office, Court House, Bedford, IN 47421. They begin with the year 1818 but show no parents of applicants until 1887. MALE applicant's name and approximate date of marriage are needed to locate a record of marriage.

Indiana State Library Genealogy Division:
Database of Indiana Marriages Through 1850
Database of Indiana Marriages 1993-2002