Dearborn County, Indiana suffered a courthouse fire on 6 March 1826 that destroyed all of county’s records prior to that date. The following is a list of alternative records to help researchers locate their ancestors prior to the fire.
See Dearborn County 1826 Courthouse Fire for more details on the fire and its destruction.
A Board of Commissioners to Perpetuate Testimony was formed by the Indiana General Assembly to re-record some records. Read more about the Perpetuated Testimony Records here.
Court Records
- Newspaper Notices: 1808 | 1809 | 1810 | 1811 | 1812 | 1815 | 1817 | 1820 | 1821 | 1822 | 1823 | 1825 | 1826
- Appeals to Indiana Territory Court (1801-1816)
Land Records
- Newspaper Notices: 1820 | 1822 | 1823 | 1824 | 1825 | 1826
- Deed Indexes. Deeds were re-recorded in Deeds Books AA, BB, and CC by the Board of Commissioners to Perpetuate Testimony. Additional details may be found in Order Book of Perpetuated Testimony Volume D. Deeds were also re-recorded in later deed books.
- Delinquent Tax Lists
- County Commissioners’ Records contain road work, jury lists, and more that may indicate where someone lived.
Marriage Records
Probate Records
- Newspaper Notices: 1820 | 1821 | 1822 | 1823 | 1824 | 1825 | 1826
- Reconstructed Probate Records. Some estate records were re-recorded in the back of Deed Book CC by the Board of Commissioners to Perpetuate Testimony. Additional details may be found in Order Book of Perpetuated Testimony Volume D.
Additional Records