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(This page's most recent update is November 2024)
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Over the past few decades, thanks to volunteers, librarians, and archivists (as well as the largest of them all – FamilySearch), many indexes to death collections have been provided for free online. These searchable indexes provide specific death information and sometimes scanned images of the death certificates. These free online collections have hundreds of millions of records in total.
There are a great number of online and offline collections that may include death information that is not included in the lists below. For example, newspapers and obituaries have death info, but most times obituary indexes include the date of the obituary but not the date of death. To find out which types of other records may include death information, please see:
The lists below are specific death indexes and record collections that are available for free online for the state of Indiana.
Note: Some links listed take you to a FamilySearch Collection of digital images. Near the bottom of the page under Film/Digital Notes is the name of each sub-collection. If there is a camera icon at the right of the name (in the Format column) then the collections’ images are browsable. If there is a camera with a key icon, it is only available at a Family History Center or affiliated library. If there is a film reel icon, then it is only available in microfilm format, not digital. To take full advantage make sure that you are logged in to FamilySearch. The results may be different if you are signed in, rather than not.
Note: I have included links to Free Ancestry records and indexes. You do not need a subscription, but do need an Ancestry account. Without a subscription, you can view indexes. If there is an image associated with a record, in most cases you will need a subscription, but the index does include very usable information.
Indiana Death Records
- Adams County Death Indexes
- Adams County, Deaths
- Adams County, Deaths (1900s)
- Allen County Death Index, 1870 – 1920
- Allen County St. Joseph Hessen Cassel Catholic Church Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths, 1841-1873
- Allen County Vital Records
- Allen County, Death Index, 1870-1920
- Allen County, Death Indexes
- Allen County, Deaths
- Allen County, Deaths (SSDI) (1960s-early 2010)
- Allen County, Deaths (1899-1901, 1909-1937)
- Allen County, of Fort Wayne, Peltier Mortuary Death Records 1874 – 1938
- Allen County, Deaths, African American (1896-1920)
- Bartholomew County Death Indexes
- Benton County, Deaths
- Blackford County Death Records, 1882-1899
- Blackford County Death Records, 1899-1907
- Blackford County Death Records, 1911-1930 Bk. 2
- Blackford County, Deaths
- Blackford County, Indiana Men in the Civil War, Death Records, 1882-1930
- Boone County Death Certificate Index 1877-1915
- Boone County Death Certificate Index 1916-1955
- Boone County Deaths, 1906-1920
- Boone County Deaths, 1921-1930
- Boone County, Deaths
- Bremen Deaths
- Brown County, Deaths
- Carroll County Marriage and Death Records, 1851-1870
- Carroll County, Deaths
- Cass County Births, Marriages, Deaths Indexes
- Cass County, Death Indexes
- Cass County, Deaths
- Clark County Historical and Genealogical Records
- Clark County, Deaths
- Clay County, Death Indexes
- Clay County, Deaths
- Clinton County, Deaths
- Clinton County, Index to Death Records, 1882-1920
- Crawford County, Deaths
- Daviess County, Deaths
- Daviess County, Washington Times Herald Deaths 1984-2012
- Daviess County, Washington Times Herald Obituaries, 1984-2012
- Dearborn County Death Index
- Dearborn County Deaths 1882-1900
- Decatur County, Deaths
- Decatur, County Death Records
- DeKalb County Deaths
- DeKalb County, Index to Death Records, 1882-1920
- Delaware County Births, Marriages and Deaths
- Delaware County, Deaths
- Elkhart County Deaths
- Elkhart County, Deaths
- Evansville Local History Database
- Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Early Death Records, 1818 through 1883
- Fayette County Death Index
- Fayette County, Deaths
- Floyd County, Deaths
- Fort Wayne Deaths (1870-1881)
- Fountain County Death Indexes
- Fountain County, Deaths
- Franklin County Birth, Death, and Marriage Indexes
- Franklin County Death Records 1882-1920
- Franklin County, Deaths
- Fulton County BMD Indexes
- Fulton County Death Records
- Fulton County, Deaths
- Gibson County, Death Indexes
- Gibson County, Deaths
- Grabill Vital Records (1916-1937)
- Grant County Birth, Marriage, and Death Indexes
- Grant County Death Records
- Grant County Deaths and Marriages
- Grant County, Deaths
- Grant County, Marion Public Library Death Index, 1812-2015
- Greene County Birth, Marriage, and Death Indexes
- Greene County, Deaths
- Hamilton County Death Index
- Hancock County Death Index
- Hancock County, Deaths
- Harrison County Corydon Democrat Newspaper Index for Vital Record Announcements 1845-2005
- Harrison County, Deaths
- Hendrick County, Death Indexes
- Hendricks County Death Index
- Hendricks County Death Records
- Hendricks County, Deaths
- Henry County Death Index
- Henry County, Deaths
- Henry County, Newspaper Index, Births, Deaths, and Marriages, 1800-1993
- Howard County Death Index 1922-1935
- Howard County Marriages and Deaths
- Howard County, Deaths
- Indiana Death Index, 1882-1920
- Indiana Federal and State Census Mortality Schedules 1850-1880
- Indiana Legacy – Births, Marriages and Deaths
- Indiana, Deaths and Burials, 1750-1993
- Indiana, Deaths, Pre-1882
- Indiana, U.S., Deaths, Pre-1882
- Indiana, World War I American Expeditionary Forces, Deaths, 1917-1919
- Jackson County Death Records, 1882-1920
- Jackson County Deaths
- Jackson County, Death Indexes
- Jackson County, Deaths
- Jasper County Index to Death Records, 1921-1977
- Jasper County, Deaths
- Jay County , Births, Marriages & Deaths, April, May & June 1887, September & December 1893
- Jay County Death Indexes
- Jay County, Deaths
- Jay County, Index to Death Records, 1882-1920
- Jefferson County Births, Marriages and Deaths
- Jennings County Death Record Index, 1882-1899
- Johnson County Births, Marriages, and Deaths
- Johnson County Deaths
- Johnson County, Deaths
- Knox County Death Indexes
- Knox County Mortality Records, 1816-1884
- Knox County, Deaths
- Kosciusko County Vital Records
- Kosciusko County, Deaths
- LaGrange County Death Indexes
- Lake County Births, Marriages and Deaths
- Lake County Marriages and Deaths
- Lake County, Death Indexes
- Lake County, Deaths
- LaPorte County, Death Indexes
- LaPorte County, Deaths
- Lawrenceburg, Deaths and Obituaries
- Logansport Death Index
- Logansport Abstracts from the Logansport Weekly Journal, 1849-1870
- Madison County Death & Obituary Index, 1849-1906
- Madison County Death Certificates, 1932-1938
- Madison County Marriages and Deaths
- Madison County, Deaths
- Marion County, Death Records, 1934-1935
- Marion County, Deaths
- Marion, Index to the Marriage and Death Notices in the Marion Chronicle, 1867-1882
- Marshall County, Deaths
- Martin County Birth, Marriage, and Death Indexes
- Martin County, Deaths
- Miami County Deaths
- Miami County Vital Records Indexes
- Miami County, Deaths
- Miami County, Record of Deaths
- Miscellaneous BMD Records by County
- Monroe County Birth, Marriage, and Death Indexes
- Monroe County Births and Deaths
- Monroe County, Death Index
- Monroe County, Deaths
- Monroeville Vital Records (1906-1937)
- Montgomery County, Deaths
- Montpelier Death Records, 1907-1915
- Morgan County, Deaths
- New Haven Vital Records (1907-1937)
- Newton County Marriages and Deaths
- Newton County, Deaths
- Noble County Births, Marriages and Death Indexes
- Ohio County Death Records, 1899-1920
- Ohio County, Death Records, 1899-1920
- Online Searchable Death Indexes
- Orange County Vital Records Indexes
- Orange County, Death Indexes
- Orange County, Deaths
- Owen County Index to Death Record, 1882-1920
- Owen County, Deaths
- Parke County Births, Marriages, and Deaths Indexes
- Parke County, Deaths
- Perry County Deaths and Obituary Abstracts
- Perry County, Deaths
- Peru Death Index
- Pike County, Deaths
- Porter County Death Index
- Porter County Death Index: 1884-1927
- Porter County Death Index: 1884-1927
- Porter County Vital Records
- Porter County, Deaths
- Pulaski County, Deaths
- Putnam County Vital Records
- Putnam County, Deaths
- Putnam County, Index to Death Records, 1880-1920
- Randolph County, Death Records, 1886-1892
- Richmond and Vicinity Deaths 1890-1935
- Rush County Death Index
- Shelby County Birth and Death Records
- Shelby County Vital Records
- Shelby County, Deaths
- Spencer County, Deaths
- St. Joseph County, Deaths
- Starke County Vital Records
- Starke County, Index to Death Records, 1894-1938
- Sullivan County Death Records Index (1921-1931)
- Sullivan County, Deaths
- Switzerland County Births, Marriages, and Deaths
- Tippecanoe County Births, Marriages, and Deaths
- Tippecanoe County Death Records
- Tippecanoe County Marriages and Deaths
- Tippecanoe County, Death Indexes
- Tipton County, Deaths
- Union County, Deaths
- United States Deaths and Burials, 1867-1961
- United States Korean War Battle Deaths, 1950-1957
- United States Social Security Death Index
- United States, World War I American Expeditionary Forces Deaths, 1917-1919
- Vanderburgh County, Deaths
- Vermillion County Birth, Marriage, and Death Indexes
- Vermillion County, Deaths
- Vigo County Vital Records Indexes
- Vigo County, Deaths
- Wabash County, Deaths
- Warren County, Deaths
- Warrick County Deaths
- Warrick County Vital Records Indexes
- Warrick County, Death Records, 1882-1920, Index
- Warrick County, Deaths
- Warsaw Death Extracts from Times Union Newspaper 1984
- Warsaw Death Extracts from Times Union Newspaper 1985
- Washington County Death Records
- Washington County, Deaths
- Wayne County, Death Records Index, 1882-1920
- Wayne County, Deaths
- Wayne County, Index to Death Records, 1882-1920
- Wells County, Deaths
- White County, Deaths
- Whitley County Miscellaneous Vital Records
- Whitley County Index to Death Records, 1908-1920
- Whitley County Index to Deaths 1882-1907
- Woodburn Vital Records (1907-1937)
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!