Look-ups Volunteers
Courthouse Records
Chadwick's History of Shelby County, Indiana. Rexanna Gonser, Courtney Krebs
Court Records of Shelby County, Indiana: 1822-1862, by Maurice Holmes. PMF
Court Records of Shelby County, Indiana: 1862-1876, by M Holmes, October 1977. PMF
Early Landowners of Shelby County, Ind., by Maurice Holmes, Shelbyville, IN, 1975. PMF
History of Shelby County, Indiana. Brant & Fuller, 1887. Janet French Crisp
Land Records PMF
Manual History of Little Blue River Baptist Church, W.E. Morris, Franklin, IN, 1904. Shelley
Marriage records, partially online
Shelby County History and Families, vol 1, Shelby Co Historical Society, 1992 . John Ballard
Will Records of Shelby County, Indiana: 1822-1906 by Maurice Holmes, January 1976. PMF
If you cannot find your ancestors in the online files (see links left, below), please contact the lookup volunteer listed.
1830 (partially online)
1840 (partially online)
1850 (partially online). Complete index, listed by township & family, contact Sandi Clink or Jim Baker
1860 (partially online). Complete index, alpha/twp listing, without regard to household groupings, available at the Shelbyville-Shelby County Public Library
1870 (partially online). Complete index, listed by township & family, available at the Shelbyville-Shelby Co Public Library
1880 (partially online). Complete index, alpha/twp listing, without regard to household groupings, available at the Shelbyville-Shelby Co Public Library
1890, to be reconstructed; have you sent in your entries?
1910 (partially online). Complete index available at the Shelbyville-Shelby Co Public Library
Alphabetical index incl most Shelby Co burials *EXCEPT
Forest Hill Cem
Melinda
Weaver
*Write to: Forest Hill Cem, Morris Ave, Shelbyville, IN 46176, please include
SASE. Forest Hill was not opened until the 1870's. However, several families moved previously
interred family member to Forest Hill after it was opened.
Moral Twp
"Genealogy of Moral Township, Shelby Co, Indiana"
Judy Tillison Wright
"History of London and Brookfield, Shelby Co, Indiana"
Judy Tillison Wright (Moral Twp)
"History of Pleasant View, Shelby Co, Indiana" Judy Tillison Wright (Moral Twp)
"Readin', Writin' & Rememberin': A History of Franklin Twp, Marion Co, IN"
Judy Tillison Wright
(Many Moral Twp children attended school in Franklin Twp.)
Hanover Twp
Morristown High School yearbooks 1917 & 1919 Darlene Palmer
Early Settlers of Indiana's "Gore"
1803-1820. Judie Cale Nelson
Pioneer Ancestors of Members of the Soc of IN Pioneers, comp Ruth Dorrel,
IN Hist Soc, 1983. Carol Staudenmaier
Pre-1882 Indiana Birth from Secondary Sources, Dawne Slater-Putt, Heritage Pathways Inc, 1999.
Phyllis Fleming
Shelby Co Historical Soc
Grover Museum
52 W Broadway
Shelbyville, IN 46176
Shelby Co IN Genealogical Soc
P.O. Box 434
Shelbyville, IN 46176
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