The curator
of the Parke County Historical Museum is Karin
Woodson. Karin is a
wealth of
information on Parke County. During
the
Museum’s regular office hours, Karin can be reached at 765-569-2223.
The
Parke County Historical
Museum has the following genealogy materials available:
Parke
County 1874 Record
Parke
County 1906 Plat Map
Memories
of Parke County Indiana
Old
Covered Bridge Tour Records by Township
OTHER INFORMATION SOURCES:
| Rockville Public Library:
http://rockvillepl.lib.in.us/. The
Rockville Public Library is located at 196
N. Market St., Rockville, IN 47872. 765-569-5544.
This library contains a multitude of records pertinent to genealogical research. |
| Information is available at the Rockville Public Library in the Genealogy section of its Special Collections. |
| While the
library’s
genealogy collection does not circulate, it includes but is not limited
to: |
| - Parke County Veteran’s Records |
| - Family Histories |
| - Birth and Death Records |
|
- Census Records &
Indexes |
| - Marriage Records |
| - Cemetery Listings |
| - County Histories |
| - Will Records |
| - Microfilmed Local Newspapers from 1854 |
| - Parke County SAR/DAR Genealogy Records |
| - Parke County Revolutionary War Veterans Records |
| - Plat Maps and Many Miscellaneous Item |
The
Parke County GenWeb site is excellent;
providing all types of information arranged in a variety of categories. Below is the home page for
the site...
GOVERNMENT
CONTACTS:
Contact information for all of the
Parke
County Governmental offices can be
obtained at http://www.parkecounty-in.gov/home.
Most of these
offices are in the Parke County Courthouse (116 W. High St., Rockville,
IN 47874-1874),
located in the
center of the town
square in Rockville, IN. These
offices
are not open on the weekend. Specific
contacts include:
Birth and Death Records –Parke County Health
Dept: Room 12. Phone 765-
569-6665.
Land Records – Parke County Recorder:
Room 102.
Phone 765-569-3419.
Marriage & Court Records – Parke County
Clerk: Room 204. Phone 765-569-5132.
MORE LINKS:
FamilySearch: https://familysearch.org/
Indiana Historical
Society: http://www.indianahistory.org/ Check
the “Collections” tab on this site.
Indiana Genealogical Society:
http://www.indgensoc.org/
Wabash Valley Genealogy
Society: http://inwvgs.org/
ADDITIONAL PARKE COUNTY
RESEARCH TIPS:
Many
Parke County marriage records were lost in
an 1833 courthouse fire.
Indiana Law required Vital
Records to be kept
beginning only in 1882. Strict
enforcement of that law did not happen until much later. As a result, early birth
and death records
may not exist for your ancestor who died in Parke County during that
time.
Check neighboring county records. Many Parke County
townships had “News
Reports” as regular columns or features in the newspapers of Terre
Haute,
Brazil, Crawfordsville or other towns in the area.
The
1920 census records for the Parke County
townships of Florida, Greene and Wabash are confirmed lost by the U.S.
Census
Bureau.