Local History & Genealogy
Available Materials
The genealogy room contains marriage and cemetery indexes for Jennings County. The collection contains Indiana census records, various registers, some county histories for the State of Indiana and some war registers. Also, available are several self-published local histories. The collection of individual family histories is constantly growing. Items in the genealogy room do not circulate.
For assistance finding materials contact Sheila Kell (812) 346-2091 x275.
Genealogical or historical look-up requests:
Research time : 1 hr. per each request.
Copies of 20 and under and reimbursement of mailing: $3.00 charge
Copies of 20 and more: 10 cents per copy plus estimated mailing cost.
County Records
Marriage, Wills, and Land Records
Find marriages, wills, and certain court records at the county clerk's office in the Jennings County Courthouse in Vernon, Indiana. (2 miles south of North Vernon on Hwys. 3&7). This office is open Mon.-Fri., 8:00-4:00 p.m., (812) 352-3070.
Land records can be found at the county recorder's office in the Jennings County Courthouse Annex. The annex is a new building similar in style to the courthouse, located across the street from the courthouse in Vernon, Indiana, 1 block north of Hwy.7 on Brown St. The recorder's office is open Mon.-Fri., 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m., (812) 352-3053.
Birth and Death Records
Birth are death records prior to 1880 are not available. Find these at the Health Dept. in the Jennings County Courthouse Annex. (Location described directly above). It is open Mon.-Fri., 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m., (812) 352-3024.
Internet Resources
- Family Search
- Use FamilySearch records, resources, and services to learn more about your family history
- Find a Grave
- This will allow for you to search a variety of cemetery records
- RootsWeb
- Connect with others searching there genealogical roots
- US GenWeb
- Internet websites for genealogical research in every county and every state of the United States
- INGenWeb
- The Indiana page of the US GenWeb project
- INGenWeb Jennings County
- The GenWeb page dedicated to Jennings County, Indiana
- Society of Indiana Pioneers
- Dedicated to finding ancestors of early Indiana settlers
- Bureau of Land Management
- Provides live access to Federal land conveyance records for the Public Land States Also provides image access to more than three million Federal land title records for Eastern Public Land States, issued between 1820 and 1908
- Indiana State Library
- Provides access to several databases and indexes related to genealogy
- Indiana Commission of Public Records
- Public records of historical value from all branches of Indiana state and local government, including governmental history, census and naturalization records for families, selected medical, military and criminal records, records of land ownership, maps, blueprints and photographs
- US National Archives & Records Administration
- preserves and provides access to records of historical value
- Filson Historical Society
- Provides records of Kentucky and the Ohio Valley history and culture.
- Political Graveyard
- Find politicians who were born, or lived and/or died in Jennings County