I've been trying for several days now to access this site to no avail......hope it
opens up soon.
N.J.SkinnerWhite
vwhite0901(a)aol.com
"Remember the days of old; consider the generations long past."(Deuteronomy
32:7a)
-----Original Message-----
From: Randi Richardson <GFTL(a)bluemarble.net>
To: INMonroe <INMonroe(a)rootsweb.com>; IN-South-Central
<IN-South-Central(a)rootsweb.com>; INOwen <INOwen(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Tue, Jan 29, 2013 10:52 am
Subject: [INOWEN] New Index of Indiana Marriage Records Now Online
Fellow genealogists,
For the past few years, volunteers affiliated with FamilySearch in
partnership with the Indiana Genealogical Society have indexed and scanned
Indiana marriage records from 1811-1959. Within the past few weeks, the
work that has been completed to date has been made available online at
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:808
0/searchapi/search/collection/1410397.
According to the FamilySearch website, the collection is about 82 %
complete. Due to contract issues, however, some images cannot be viewed
online, but they have been microfilmed and can be accessed at various family
history centers.
In the south central district of Indiana, records for the following counties
have been indexed and are readily available: Bartholomew, Brown, Clark,
Floyd, Harrison, Jackson, Lawrence and Orange. Additionally, the records
from Crawford, Scott and Washington counties have been microfilmed but have
not yet been indexed.
Although a number of marriages performed in Monroe County but registered
elsewhere are included in the index, it does not appear that those
registered in Monroe County have been indexed or scanned. (It was
previously my impression that marriages were registered in the place where
they were performed, but a review of the records indicates that assumption
was in error. I learn something new every day.) That may be true for some
of the other counties mentioned as well.
Additionally, remember that the index is only as good as the indexer and
subject to human error. For the best results, it is suggested that one may
want to search by the name of the city rather than the name of the county.
And a search for place of residence and place of marriage will often return
very different results, so search accordingly.
As additional records are indexed, they will be uploaded to the website. If
you would like to assist with this indexing project, contact the project
coordinator, Shirley Richison Fields, at indexing(a)indgensoc.org.
Randi Richardson
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