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Family History

Familly Histories

Vertical Family Files are available in the Local History and Genealogy room at the Jefferson County Public Library.

• Index of Family Files (PDF - Updated 12/18/23)

• Bible Records of the George Family

• Cotton Bible

• Descendants of William Elliott, Sr.

• James Alfreys Family History

• Jewell Family History

• Vawter Family History

Marriage Records

Additional records for Jefferson and other counties are available at the Library.

Brides

• BRIDES, 1906-1915

• BRIDES, 1916-1925

• BRIDES, 1926-1935

• BRIDES, 1936-1945

• BRIDES, 1946-1955

 Grooms

• GROOMS, 1906-1915

• GROOMS, 1916-1925

• GROOMS, 1926-1935

• GROOMS, 1936-1945

• GROOMS, 1946-1955

Children’s Records

• Children's Home

• Townsend Obstetrician

Church Records

The church records held at the Jefferson County Public Library include events that took place before governmental bodies kept records of birth, marriage, and death. Some also include membership records and christening dates. Further records are available in the Local History and Genealogy Room at JCPL. Catholic church and Jewish temple church information are available in the Churches and Church Records in Jefferson County, Indiana, compiled by Jackie Richards in 2006.

• Broadway Second Baptist Church Records

• Brushy Fork Baptist Church

• Christ Episcopal Church Records

• Madison Christian Church Records

• First Baptist Church Membership Roll 1841-1848

• First Baptist Church Membership Roll 1848-1854

• First Baptist Church Membership Roll 1854-1856

• First Baptist Church Membership Roll 1856-1864

• First Baptist Church Membership Roll 1910-1915

• First Baptist Church Records A-K

• First Baptist Church Records L-Z

• Hebron Baptist Church Records A-Z

• Hebron Baptist Church Records (Pastors)

• Hopewell Baptist Church Records

• Indian Kentuck Baptist Church Records

• Madison Associate [Reformed] Presbyterian Church

• Madison Presbyterian Church Records A-L

• Madison Presbyterian Church Records M-Z

• Methodist Church Records 1822-1863

• Methodist Episcopal Church (MEC) Records 1842-1869

• Ryker's Ridge Baptist Church Records

• St. John’s Lutheran Church - Napoleon, Ripley Co.

• St. John's Madison German Church Records

• St. Paul's Lutheran Church - Orleans, Ripley Co.

• St. Paul’s Lutheran Church - Ripley County

• St. Paul's Lutheran Church - Stumpke's Corner, Franklin Township, Ripley County

• St. Peter’s Lutheran Church

• Trinity United Methodist (Pastors) 1811-1880

• Trinity United Methodist Church Records

• Wesley Chapel Records 1834-1864

• West Fork Baptist Church Records 1826-1926

• Wirt Baptist Church

Naturalization Records

Search records of residents who became U.S. citizens. Each record includes the individual's name, country of origin, port and date of arrival, and date of naturalization.

• Naturalization Records

Military

• Captain Bushrod Bennett Taylor

• Colonel Mullen and the Army Post at Madison

• General Charles W. Sweeney

• Honored Dead - World War II

• Louis C. Friedersdorff, Colonel

• Oskaloosa Minnewando Smith

• Philander Winchester

• Robert Alexis McClure

• Roster of Alois O. Bachman

• The Soldiers' Reunion

• The Story of the Calhoun Family & Gen. Armstrong Custer

• William Dole Eckert, Lieut. General U.S. Air Force

• WWII Jefferson County Women in Uniform

• WWII Servicemen from Jefferson County A-G

• WWII Servicemen from Jefferson County H-O

• WWII Servicemen from Jefferson County P-Z