Ripley County

Ripley County was created in 1816 from Dearborn and Jefferson Counties.  It is located in southeast Indiana.  The county seat is Versailles.

Selected Holdings at the Indiana State Library

The following list is not complete.  Further resources may be found by searching the Indiana State Library online catalog.

Print Materials from the Genealogy Division

Court Records

Court Records, 1818-1821 (Index)
ISLG 977.201 R589g

Immigration

Naturalization Records up to 1900
ISLG 977.201 R589n

Marriage Records

Early Marriage Records, 1818-1839
ISLG 977.201 R589rii

Marriage Records, 1818-1840
ISLG 977.201 R589f

Marriages, 1841-1850
ISLG 977.201 R589fa

Wills and Probates

Abstracts of Wills, 1909-1922
ISLG 977.201 R589da

Will Records, 1821-1896
ISLG 977.201 R589s v. 1

Wills, 1839-1862
ISLG 977.201 R589gw

Other Library Materials

• County Records on Microfilm
• Newspapers on Microfilm
• County Histories
• City Directories (There are no Ripley County directories in our collection.)
• County Maps

Online Resources

Land Records

• Original Land Records

Marriage Records

• Marriage Indexes
• Marriages, 1818-1822

Military

• Military Index

Vital Records

• Births, 1882-1887

Wills and Probates

• Will Records Index

Locating Original Records

• Ripley County Clerk of Court: marriage, divorce, and court records
• Ripley County Health Department: birth and death records

For Further Research

• Batesville Public Library Genealogy Department
• Indiana’s Gore - Genealogy Resources
• Osgood Public Library Indiana Room
• Ripley County Historical Society

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