Dearborn County Probate Records

Dearborn County, Indiana suffered a courthouse fire on 6 March 1826 that destroyed all records. See Dearborn County Reconstructed Records for more details.

Probate records take 4 different forms. Will books record wills that have been approved and probated. Order Books give the day to day court proceedings of the Probate Court. Complete Record Books contain the full record of settled estates. Packets contain all the loose papers filed to the Probate Court.

Read more about Indiana probate records.

Learn more what records, indexes and abstracts are available for Dearborn County, Indiana:

Additional probate records may be found in court records and land records.

Online Indexes:

Digital Images:

Microfilm:

  • Indiana State Library
    • Wills, 1824-1919
    • Probate Order Books, 1826-1918
    • Probates, 1826-1906, 1908-1914
  • Family History Library
    • Wills, 1824-1900
    • Guardianship Index, Mar. 1865-1972
    • Index to Estates, 1826-1952
    • Probate records, 1826-1918

Books:

  • Dearborn County, Indiana Probate Order Book Abstracts, 1826-1837 | Paperback (Lulu) | Ebook
  • Dearborn County, Indiana Probate Order Book Abstracts, 1837-1844 | Paperback (Lulu) | Ebook
  • Dearborn County, Indiana Probate Order Book Abstracts, 1844-1849 | Paperback (Lulu) | Ebook
  • Dearborn County, Indiana Probate Order Book Abstracts, 1849-1852 | Ebook
  • McHenry, Chris. Early Dearborn County, Indiana, Wills Abstracted from Will Books I and II (including Ohio County before 1845) and Perpetuated Testimony Book CC. Lawrenceburg, Indiana : C. McHenry, 1976.