Parke County, Indiana

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Parke is a county in Indiana. It was formed in 1821 from the following county/ies: Vigo/unorganized/Wabash New Purchase. Parke began keeping birth records in 1882, marriage records in 1829, and death records in 1882. It began keeping land records in 1816, probate records in 1833, and court records in 1833. For more information, contact the county at 116 W. High St., Rm. 204, Rockville 47872. On the attached map, Parke is located at F2. Record loss 1833.

For information about the state of Indiana see Indiana Family History Research.

INGenWeb, Parke County, Indiana http://www.ingenweb.org/inparke/

Parke County Courthouse http://www.parkecounty-in.gov

Rockville Public Library, Genealogy Department http://rockvillepl.lib.in.us/genealogy/

Indiana State Library, Parke County Indiana Research Guide http://www.in.gov/library/3046.htm

Parke County Historical Society http://parkecountyhistoricalsociety.org

FindAGrave Parke County Cemetery List http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=csr&CScn=&CScntry=4&CSst=17&CScnty=852

Parke County Newspaper List (from the Indiana State Library) http://www.in.gov/library/2762.htm

"History of Parke and Vermillion Counties Indiana" (1913) via HathiTrust https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t2w382f23;view=1up;seq=9

Indiana State Library, Pre-1850 Marriage Index Database https://www.statelib.lib.in.us/INMarriages1850/marriages_search.asp

The Counties and County Seats of Indiana


Counties of Indiana
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