Parke County Indiana Vital Records

Suggestions on who to contact & what's available if you don't find what your desired record

• Lookup Volunteers

• Parke County Courthouse

• Random Acts of Kindness

• Parke County Historical Newspapers (available at the Indiana State Library)

Birth Records:

• Parke County Birth Index

      See also some School Enumeration Records  (Unique source -- often gives child's birth date/parentage, etc.)  

• 1899 School Enumeration A to C

• 1899 School Enumeration D to L

• 1899 School Enumeration M to R

• 1899 School Enumeration S to Z

Guardianship Records:

• Parke County Clerk

Marriage Records:

• Indiana State Library database    (Marriages to 1850)

• Parke County Marriages 1851 to 19xx    (Work in progres)

• Archived Marriage Data    (Select entries)

• Also See Lookup Volunteers Page

Death Records:

• 1850 U.S. Census Mortality Records - June 1st 1849 to May 31st 1850

• 1860 U.S. Census Mortality Records - June 1st 1859 to May 31st 1860

• Parke County Deaths 1874 - 1877

• 1882 Parke County Deaths - Book D-1

• 1883 Parke County Deaths - Book D-1

• Parke County Deaths 1882 - 1920

• Social Security Death Index  ( At Ancestry.com )

    Clay County Deaths (Includes many who lived in Parke County)

• A - C

• D - H

• I - O

• P - Z

Land Records:

• Archived Deed/Land Data

• Parke County Deeds

• Bureau of Land Management - the "Official Federal Land Records" website

Probate Records:

Will Records:

• Parke County, Indiana Wills Index - 1833 to 1849
• Parke County, Indiana Wills - Extracts Book 1
• Parke County, Indiana Wills - Book 3 Index    (May 1873 - September 1891)

Naturalizations

• Parke County Indiana Naturalization Index

• Indiana Naturalization Records