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Another type of genealogy record that provides tremendous value is tax records. Like city directories and voting registers, they provide information for us between federal censuses. They also can go back to colonial times.
Types of Taxes
- Income tax
- Federal direct tax
- Poll or head tax
- Real property, e.g., land
- Personal property, e.g., livestock, equipment, carriages, enslaved persons
- Other, such as special levies for roads, schools, etc.
Types of Information
- Date
- Residence address; property, license, or goods; value; tax amount; possibly profession, occupation, or trade
- Name of the taxpayer, usually white adult males
- Town/township/city, county, and state of residence
- Owner and/or renter of the property
- Number of white adult males in the home
- Type and value of property
- Livestock owned
- Personal property owned
- Amount of tax owed
- Profession, occupation, or trade
- Number of school-aged children
- Number of enslaved persons
Derivative information, such as birth date, death date, and date of marriage can often be estimated or determined from the presence or absence of a person in a tax list.
Good primers regarding the genealogical value of tax records and more details can be found in these articles:
- The Genealogical Benefits of Tax Records
- Genealogy 101: Tax Records
- Back to the Basics with Tax Records: Part 1
- Back to the Basics with Tax Records: Part 2
- Back to the Basics with Tax Records: Part 3
- United States Taxation
- The Value of Using US Tax Records in Genealogy Research
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Indiana Tax Records
Listed below are links to tax records that are available for free online for the state:
- Allen County, Index to Supplemental Record, 1928 Personal and Poll Tax Records
- Allen County, Index to Supplemental Record, 1928 Personal and Poll Tax Records
- Allen County, Probate Records, Inheritance Tax, 1821-1935
- Allen County, Tax Records Collection
- Allen County, 1845 Delinquent Tax List
- Allen County, 1849 Delinquent Tax List
- Allen County, Duplicate Tax List of the City of Fort Wayne, A1842
- Bartholomew County, Tax List, 1843.
- Brown County, Tax Lists
- Calumet Township, Index to Supplemental Record, Lake County Assessments, 1918
- Columbia Township Records, Dubois County, 1853-1893
- Daviess County, Tax Lists
- Dubois County, Tax Lists
- East Chicago, Index to Supplemental Record, Lake County Assessments, 1918
- Floyd County, Certificates of Entry of Redemption, 1883-1940
- Franklin County, Miscellaneous Records, Ca. 1815-1865
- Franklin County, Taxpayers, 1811
- Fulton County, Sheriff’s Deed Record, 1872-1933
- Gary, Index to Supplemental Record, Lake County Assessments, 1918
- Gibson County, Tax Lists
- Gibson County, Tax Records, 1819
- Hammond, Index to Supplemental Record, Lake County Assessments, 1918
- Hancock County, Green and Harrison Townships, Tax List, 1845
- Hancock County, Tax List, 1842
- Harrison County, Tax Lists
- Hendricks County, Tax Lists
- Hendricks County, Tax List and Property Assessment, 1842-1870
- Hendricks County, Tax List, 1841, 1844
- Hessville, Index to Supplemental Record, Lake County Assessments, 1918
- Highland, Index to Supplemental Record, Lake County Assessments, 1918
- Indiana, Internal Revenue Assessment Lists, 1862-1866
- Jay County, Tax Title Deeds, 1867-1887
- Jefferson County, Tax Lists
- Jefferson County, Tax Records, 1827
- Johnson County, Tax Records
- Kosciusko County, Tax Assessment Lists, 1895
- La Porte County, Tax Deed Record, 1863-1923
- Lake County, Miscellaneous Tax Records
- Miami County, Delinquent Tax List of 1856
- Miami County, Tax Lists
- Mishawaka, Tax Assessor’s Book, 1884
- Monroe County, Assessor’s Books, 1907-1921
- Monroe County, Tax Duplicates, 1842-1922
- Morgan County, Tax Lists
- Munster, Index to Supplemental Record, Lake County Assessments, 1918
- North Township, Index to Supplemental Record, Lake County Assessments, 1918
- Ohio Township, Road Tax List, 1900-1901, 1904
- Oregon Township, Road Tax List, 1898
- Porter County, Assessor’s Books
- Posey County, Valuation of Real Estate, 1850’s
- Putnam County, Tax List, 1845
- Randolph County, Tax Assessments and Receipts, 1903-1915
- Randolph County, Townships and Towns: Tax Information, 1946-1947
- Randolph County, Vouchers, Redemptions, and Other Receipts, 1899-1903
- Randolph County, Vouchers, Redemptions, and Other Receipts, 1904-1906
- Randolph County, Vouchers, Redemptions, and Other Receipts, 1908
- Randolph County, Vouchers, Redemptions, and Other Receipts, 1909
- Randolph County, Vouchers, Redemptions, and Other Receipts, 1910-1911
- Randolph County, Vouchers, Redemptions, and Other Receipts, 1912
- Randolph County, Vouchers, Redemptions, and Other Receipts, 1913
- Randolph County, Vouchers, Redemptions, and Other Receipts, 1914
- Randolph County, Vouchers, Redemptions, and Other Receipts, 1915
- Randolph County, Vouchers, Redemptions, and Other Receipts, 1916
- Randolph County, Vouchers, Redemptions, and Other Receipts, 1917
- Randolph County, 1840 Assessment Record, Green, Ward, Wayne & Jackson Townships
- Shelby County, Taxpayers, 1884
- South Bend, Assessor’s Books, 1870, 1872-1883, 1886
- South Bend, Indiana Delinquent Tax Records, 1867-1889, 1902
- South Bend, Tax Records, 1866-1886, 1900
- Switzerland County, Tax Lists
- Tippecanoe County, Tax Record, 1843-1876
- Union County, Assessment Record, 1842
- United States Internal Revenue Assessment Lists, 1862-1874
- Wabash Valley Tax Records
- Whiting, Index to Supplemental Record, Lake County Assessments, 1918
- Whitley County, Tax Lists
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!
2 replies on “Free Indiana Online Tax Records”
The link to Gibson County, Indiana takes me to lake County, Indiana. Please fix this.
Fixed