Death Records and Death Certificates in Indiana

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Indiana Death Records

Indiana’s population was recorded 6,732,219 on July 1, 2019, a 3.83% increase since the 2010 United States Census. The racial makeup of Indiana as of 2019 was 84.8% White American (78.4% non-Hispanic white), 9.9% Black or African American, 2.6% Asian, 2.2% biracial or multi-racial, 0.4% Native American, 0.1% Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islanders.

This page is created to provide genealogists and researchers an ultimate guide to the state of Indiana death records. Use the links and the tips below for Indiana death records, certificates, online tools and databases. Additional information on how to obtain Indiana death certificates is available below.

How to Find a Death Record in Indiana

Indiana death records search

This webpage gives you access to all of the online databases containing Indiana death records, Indiana death certificates, Indiana death notices, Indiana death indexes, and other related Indiana genealogy records.

Indiana death records free

Below are some of the most comprehensive resource for death records in Indiana.

Indiana Death Index

Indiana death records database

Links to Indiana death and burial indexes and databases are as below:

Indiana social security death index

The Social Security Death Index contains information on millions of deceased individuals in Indiana with social security numbers whose deaths were reported to the Social Security Administration. Try the links below to search the index:

Public Death Record Indiana

In addition to the indexes and databases above, there are some other resources that gives to almost the same or might even more information about a deceased individual. Here are some to check out:

Indiana Death Certificates

How to get a death certificate in Indiana

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

Indiana death certificates online

Use the links below to get death certificates and vital records in Indiana.

Indiana Death Notices

Check local newspapers and local online news websites which frequently publish notices. Use the link below for more information on Indiana news agencies.

Indiana counties for death record research

Adams County
Allen County
Bartholomew County
Benton County
Blackford County
Boone County
Brown County
Carroll County
Cass County
Clark County
Clay County
Clinton County
Crawford County
Daviess County
Dearborn County
Decatur County
DeKalb County
Delaware County
Dubois County
Elkhart County
Fayette County
Floyd County
Fountain County
Franklin County
Fulton County
Gibson County
Grant County
Greene County
Hamilton County
Hancock County
Harrison County
Hendricks County
Henry County
Howard County
Huntington County
Jackson County
Jasper County
Jay County
Jefferson County
Jennings County
Johnson County
Knox County
Kosciusko County
LaGrange County
Lake County
LaPorte County
Lawrence County
Madison County
Marion County
Marshall County
Martin County
Miami County
Monroe County
Montgomery County
Morgan County
Newton County
Noble County
Ohio County
Orange County
Owen County
Parke County
Perry County
Pike County
Porter County
Posey County
Pulaski County
Putnam County
Randolph County
Ripley County
Rush County
Scott County
Shelby County
Spencer County
St. Joseph County
Starke County
Steuben County
Sullivan County
Switzerland County
Tippecanoe County
Tipton County
Union County
Vanderburgh County
Vermillion County
Vigo County
Wabash County
Warren County
Warrick County
Washington County
Wayne County
Wells County
White County
Whitley County