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Hendricks County Lookups
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Lineages Mailing List Maps Marriages Military
Newspapers Obituaries Other Queries Wills

These are resources that have volunteers willing to do lookups in them. Be sure to also check the Data section for Hendricks County records and indexes that you can look at yourself.

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Hendricks County-Area Genealogy Groups

Title of Reference Volunteer
Genealogy-Related Groups

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Hendricks County Histories

Title of Reference Volunteer
History of Hendricks County (1914-76)
edited by John R. McDowell
Charlie Cooper
MSGCOOPER@aol.com
Carlos D. "Monty" Montgomery
MONTY3@prodigy.net
The Village of Brownsburg (1998)
by Peg Kennedy & Frankie Konovsek
Peg Kennedy
lamplight7@gmail.com

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INGenWeb Links

Title of Reference Location
Hendricks County's neighbors

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Libraries

Title of Reference Location
Hendricks County-Area Libraries
  • Family History Center, 10518 E. C.R. 600N, Brownsburg IN 46112; Phone (317) 852-5688--Open Tues., Wed., & Thurs. 1-5 and 7-9 pm

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Hendricks County Lineages

Title of Reference Location
Descendants of Christian Farmer http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~christianfarmer/
Bill Mason's Ancestors http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/a/s/William-W-Mason/index.html
McDade Homepage http://mcdade.bravepages.com
Miles and Associated Families (Irons, Vestal, etc.) http://www.angelfire.com/home/milesgen
Genealogy of the Phillips Family (by Michael L. Phillips) http://www.genealogy.com/genealogy/users/p/h/i/Michael-L-Phillips/
Ancestors of Steven D. Smith (Shumate, Worrell, etc.) http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/m/i/Steven-Douglas-Smith/
Ancestors of Tracy Chapman Jones http://www.scican.net/~ptjones/genealogy.html
Templin Family Genealogy http://templin.rootsweb.com

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Hendricks County Mailing List

Title of Reference Location
INHENDRI-- Hendricks County genealogy discussion list
  • To subscribe in mail mode (messages come individually), send an e-mail to: INHENDRI-L-request@rootsweb.com that contains only the word "subscribe" in the body (no quotation marks).
  • To subscribe in digest mode (several messages are combined), send an e-mail to: INHENDRI-D-request@rootsweb.com that contains only the word "subscribe" in the body (no quotation marks).
  • To contact the listowner, contact Tim Walls (twwalls@prodigy.net)

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Hendricks County Maps

Title Location
Hendricks County township map
by Meredith Thompson
Township Map
Map of Hendricks County
from 1895 U.S. Atlas
Map from 1895 atlas
Map showing Indiana counties' formation http://www.myindianagenealogy.com/in_maps/in_cf.htm

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Hendricks County Marriages

Title of Reference Volunteer
Indiana marriages (up to 1850) Indiana State Library's marriage database through 1850
Hendricks County marriage records:
  • Hendricks County Clerk
    Courthouse
    P.O. Box 599
    Danville, IN 46122
    Phone (317) 745-9231

The county clerk's office is open Monday-Friday, 8 am to 4 pm. It has marriage licenses from 1824 to present, marriage supplements from 1882 to 1904, and marriage applications from 1905 to present.

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Military Links

Title of Reference Location
Indiana Soldiers in the Civil War
Indiana Soldiers in the Korean War Indiana Soldiers Killed in the Korean War
by National Archives
Indiana Soldiers in World War II

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Hendricks County Newspapers

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Area Newspapers

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Hendricks County Obituaries

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Hendricks County obituaries

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Hendricks County--Other

Title of Reference Volunteer
Friends' Church (Plainfield)--1914 souvenir program
transcribed by Tracy Jones. Lists several Quaker members and has scanned images of original photos.
Tracy Jones' webpage

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Hendricks County Queries

Title of Reference Location
Hendricks County queries

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Hendricks County Wills

Title of Reference Volunteer
To obtain copy of wills, contact:
  • Hendricks County Clerk
    Courthouse
    P.O. Box 599
    Danville IN 46122
    Phone (317) 745-9231