Enter a first and/or last name to search Indiana birth records. This website was created to provide genealogists with access to the Indiana birth records from a single place. Additional information on how to obtain Indiana birth certificates is available below.
Birth records contain information about a person's birth, including the date of birth, place of birth, sometimes the names of the mother and father, and even the physician who attended the birth. Birth certificates issued by state and local governments will often include the place of residence, and the mother's maiden name.
This webpage gives you access to all of the online databases containing Indiana birth records, Indiana birth ceritificates, Indiana birth notices, Indiana birth indexes, and other related Indiana genealogy records.
Birth records have long been used to help with genealogy research. They are considered to be "primary source" records, because the information is recorded by an eye witness, at the time the birth takes place. The Internet has allowed people to store birth records into various online archives. This has brought access to online birth records much more easier for genealogy researchers.
Newspapers frequently publish notices of births, and in addition to birth certificates, are a popular source of research by genealogists. Newspapers typically do not announce the names of the newborn, but list the sex of the child, the names of the parents, the place and date of birth.
On this page you will find the most comprehensive databases containing birth records of Indiana. We also suggest searching for "Indiana birth records" using Google.com, which will yield all such databases.
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How to Obtain Indiana Birth Certificates
Birth and death records were began on a county basis for Indiana in 1882. State level registration began for births in October, 1907, and in January, 1900 for deaths. Marriage records have been mandatory on a county level since before 1800. For birth records before 1907, death records before 1900, and for marriage records, write to the county clerk of the county in question. For birth records after 1907 and death records after 1900, write:
Indiana State Department of Health
Vital Records Section
2 North Meridian Street
Indianapolis, IN 46204
For prior records, contact the clerk of the county in question.
Other Indiana Birth Records Websites
- Indiana State Department of Health
- I Dream of Genealogy Indiana Births
- US Birth Guide Indiana
- 50States.com Indiana
Request Birth Certificates Online - VitalChek
- Birth, Marriage & Death Certificates! at Ancestry.com
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