Ripley County Probate Complete Records

Probate Complete Record Books compile every action made by the court pertaining to a certain estate. Since the estates were recorded only after the estate was closed, each book covers a variety of years. Not every estate is included.

In 1833, the Ohio County, Indiana Probate Court recorded the rules they used to determine when a probate would be recorded in the Complete Record books. You can read those rules here.

The following table details complete probate books available for Ripley County, Indiana.

These volumes have been all digitized by Ancestry. They are available on microfilm from the Indiana State Library and Family History Library.

See Ripley County Probate Records for details about other records.

Book Index
Complete Order Book A, 1834-1842 Index
Complete Order Book B, 1842-1846 Index
Complete Order Book C, 1846-1846 Index
Complete Order Book D, 1847-1848 Index
Complete Order Book E, 1848-1850 Index
Complete Order Book F, 1851-1852 Index
Will Book C, 1862-1877 [Contains complete probate records from 1851 to 1853] Index
Complete Order Book G, 1852-1854 Index
Complete Order Book 1, 1854-1857 Index
Complete Order Book 2, 1857-1860 Index
Complete Order Book 2 1/2, 1860-1862 Index
Complete Order Book 3, 1862-1865 Index
Complete Order Book 4, 1865-1867 Index
Complete Order Book 4 1/2, 1865-1867 Index
Complete Order Book 5, 1867-1869 Index
Complete Order Book 6, 1870-1872 Index
Complete Order Book 7, 1872-1874 Index
Complete Order Book 8, 1874-1878 Index
Complete Order Book 9, 1878-1883 Index
Complete Order Book 10, 1884-1888 Index
Complete Order Book 11, 1886-1892 Index
Complete Order Book 12, 1892-1894 Index
Complete Order Book 13, 1895-1898 Index
Complete Order Book 14, 1896-1902 Index
Complete Order Book 15, 1902-1906 Index
Complete Order Book 16, 1907-1913 Index
Complete Order Book 17, 1914-1917 Index