Research in Indiana Courthouses: Judicial and Other Records. If a county has had both a Circuit and Superior Court, consult Order Books, case files, and related records for both courts.įor a discussion of Indiana court records, see: Superior Court Order Books and Complete Order Books through 1920 have been microfilmed for many counties. Several other counties had Superior Courts prior to 1920, and Lake and Marion had several such courts. (Marion County, 1871 Tippecanoe, 1875 Allen and Vanderburg, 1877 Vigo, 1881 Madison, Laporte, Lake and Porter, 1895 Grant and Howard, 1897). These courts were established as Circuit Courts’ case loads became too heavy for one judge. Some Superior Courts were established in cities away from the county seat and, beginning in 1899, also had probate jurisdiction. Similar Order Books have been microfilmed for some counties.ġ871: Superior Courts had concurrent civil jurisdiction with the Circuit Court in the county until after World War II. The basic records of court proceedings, the Civil Order Books, are being microfilmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, along with the Complete Order Books, through 1920.ġ853–1873: Court of Common Pleas, primarily a probate court, but handled naturalization, divorces, and limited civil and criminal matters. Indiana courts having records of genealogical value were established as follows:ġ790–1805: General Quarter Session of the Peace had jurisdiction over criminal and county administrative matters.ġ790–1813:Circuit Court of the General Court had criminal jurisdiction.ġ790– 1805: Court of Common Pleas had civil jurisdiction.ġ805–1813: Court of Common Pleas heard civil, criminal, and probate cases, and administrative matters.ġ814–present: Circuit Court was and still is the basic county level court of general jurisdiction, with jurisdiction over civil, divorce, naturalization, criminal, estates, guardianship, mental health, and, after 1903, juvenile matters. Court Order Books and case files may contain a person’s age, residence and occupation, and may state family relationships (sometimes relatives or neighbors gave depositions). These courts also handled criminal matters. Many Indiana residents’ names are listed in civil court records, where there is information about disputes over property, divorce, partitions, settlement of estates, and other matters.
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