Census

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 Co 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

Cemeteries / Death Records

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.

Local areas within Shelby Co

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

Indiana, general (but valuable)

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

From Whence We Came -- "Pre" Shelby County Resources

Preble County, Ohio: Common Pleas Court Records, 1810-1850, Compiled by Ruth Bowers &
Anita Short, 1970, reprinted, 1995 by Clearfield Co, Inc, Baltimore, MD. PMF

Family Tree Maker CD's

3 Family Finder CD's. A-F, G-N, and O-Z. Melinda Moore Weaver
World Family Tree pre-1600 - present Volumes 1-5. Melinda Moore Weaver
Volume 1&2 Social Security Death Index CD's 1937-1997. Melinda Moore Weaver
1 Selected US/International Marriage Records 1340-1980. Melinda Moore Weaver

Written Inquiries:

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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