Listed record inventories
Selected holdings and indexes for Daviess County, checked against the repository descriptions linked below. Date spans may contain gaps; an index is not a complete set of original records.
Marriages, births and deaths
- Marriage Records, 1817-1850 · print/index, Indiana State Library1817-1850
- Index to Death Records, 1921-1946 · print/index, Indiana State Library1921-1946
- Marriage Records · microfilm, Indiana State Library1817–1958 · separate segments; see catalog for gaps
- Marriage Affidavits · microfilm, Indiana State Library1887-1893; 1893-1905
- Delayed Birth Records · microfilm, Indiana State LibraryPre-1941
Wills and estates
- Abstract of Probate Records, 1817-1850 · print/index, Indiana State Library1817-1850
- Probate Court General Index · microfilm, Indiana State Library1824-1872
- Probate General Index · microfilm, Indiana State Library1832-1943
- Probate Order Books · microfilm, Indiana State Library1821-1846; 1846-1860; 1860-1867; 1867-1876; 1876-1881; 1881-1887; 1887-1894; 1894-1902; 1902-1909; 1909-1915; 1915-1918; 1919-1921
- Complete Probate Order Book · microfilm, Indiana State Library1830-1848; 1848-1850, 1853-1859, 1896-1898
- Will Records · microfilm, Indiana State Library1853-1854; 1854-1918; 1918-1923
Court records
- Circuit Court General Index · microfilm, Indiana State Library1853-1873
- Circuit Court Civil Order Books · microfilm, Indiana State Library1821–1921 · separate segments; see catalog for gaps
- Circuit Court Complete Record Books · microfilm, Indiana State Library1825-1832; 1832-1849; 1849-1868, 1887-1889; 1893-1902; 1902-1915
- Court of Common Pleas General Index · microfilm, Indiana State Library1853-1873
- Court of Common Pleas Civil Order Books · microfilm, Indiana State Library1853-1864; 1864-1870; 1870-1873
- Court of Common Pleas Complete Order Book · microfilm, Indiana State Library1853-1868
Deeds and land
- Deed Index, Grantors · microfilm, Indiana State Library1817-1852; 1853-1880; 1880-1891; 1891-1901
- Deed Index, Grantees · microfilm, Indiana State Library1817-1876; 1876-1891; 1891-1901
- Deed Records · microfilm, Indiana State Library1817–1901 · separate segments; see catalog for gaps
Other records
- Tract Book · microfilm, Indiana State Library1810-1870
- Partition Records · microfilm, Indiana State Library1854-1872; 1876-1923
Naturalization records
See the repository's descriptions and search options
Repository access note: Selected State Library print indexes, abstracts and microfilm catalog series. Multiple reels of the same title are grouped together; broad spans may contain gaps. Use the source linked on each entry for individual volumes, reel numbers and availability. This is not a complete courthouse inventory or a promise of online images. Confirm access and restrictions with the library; request certified records from their original custodian.
Sources: the catalogs and repository descriptions linked on the entries above. Selected inventories do not establish complete coverage of every record type or online access to original documents. Read the repository access note for source dates and limitations.
Where to find the records
- Find Daviess County's official website
We haven't checked this county's website yet, so this opens a web search. Look for an address ending in .gov, then find the county recorder and the clerk of the circuit court.
- The county recorder
Deeds, mortgages and other land records.
- The clerk of the circuit court
Marriage licenses, probate (wills and estates), divorces and court cases.
- The Indiana Archives
In Indianapolis: state records and county records on microfilm, and indexes in its online Digital Archives.
- Indiana Archives and Records Administrationfree
The state archives in Indianapolis, with county records, military records and indexes in the Indiana Digital Archives.
- FamilySearch Catalogfree
Search by place for "Indiana, Daviess" to find filmed and digitized records, many viewable free online with a FamilySearch account.
Offices change their hours and access rules; call before you visit.
Boundaries and parent counties
Formed from: Knox County
Check the parent county for earlier records: Knox County
Later formed partly from Daviess County: Martin County, Owen County
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1817, search the parent county. The Atlas of Historical County Boundaries shows each boundary change.
Research tip
Indiana counties recorded births from 1882 and deaths from 1882, before statewide registration began (deaths 1900, births 1907). Ask the county health department for the early county registers.