Find a Grave Indiana by Name —
Cemetery & Burial Records Search
From Crown Hill Cemetery — America’s third-largest non-government cemetery — to the Hoosier State’s 92 counties of pioneer burial grounds, Civil War cemeteries, and family graveyards. Your complete, verified guide to finding any Indiana grave by name.
Indiana’s 92 counties hold burial records stretching from the earliest territorial settlements of the 1790s through the present day. The Hoosier State began mandatory statewide death registration in 1900 — and records from 1900 to 1917 often require the city or county of death to locate. Before 1900, death records were filed only with local county health departments where the death actually occurred, meaning pre-1900 Indiana genealogy research depends heavily on county-level archives, church registers, and INGenWeb’s volunteer databases.
Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis is the third-largest non-government cemetery in America — 555 acres, 25 miles of roads, 1,500 burials per year. But Indiana also has thousands of small township cemeteries, Quaker burial grounds across the central counties, Civil War regimental plots, and rural family graveyards that are often invisible to national databases. This guide walks you through every verified tool, in the right order, to find any Indiana grave regardless of where or when.
🔎 Find a Grave Indiana by Name — 12 Micro-Steps
- Go to findgraveusa.org/find-a-grave-indiana/ and enter the person’s full name. Use exact spelling first.
- Apply the county filter immediately. Indiana has 92 counties — without it, common Hoosier surnames like “Miller” or “Smith” return hundreds of unrelated statewide results.
- Click any result to open the full record: cemetery name, address, plot number, burial date, headstone photo if available, and any linked family members.
- No exact-match results? Try surname only first, then try alternate spellings. Indiana’s large German, Irish, and Quaker communities had surnames frequently misspelled by early 19th-century county clerks unfamiliar with non-Anglo names.
- Still nothing? The grave may be in an unindexed township or family cemetery — proceed to INGenWeb (Method 3) or the Indiana State Library for county-level research.
- Open findagrave.com/memorial — no account required for basic searches.
- Type the last name first, then a comma, then the first name. This format returns the most accurate results.
- Click the State dropdown and select Indiana. Enter the known death year.
- Add the county name if you know it — this dramatically reduces false matches across Indiana’s 92 counties.
- Click the blue Search button and open the first 15–20 results in separate tabs.
- Use wildcard operators:
?replaces one letter (e.g.Sm?threturns Smith and Smyth),*replaces multiple characters (e.g.Schmi*returns all Schmidt variants). Essential for Indiana’s German immigrant communities in the southern and central counties. - Click “More Search Options” to filter by birth/death year range and whether a headstone photo exists.
- Read every memorial fully — note cemetery name, county, exact death date, and any linked family members.
- Click “Nearby Graves” on any matching memorial to find unlisted relatives in the same cemetery.
- No headstone photo? Click “Request Photo” — a local Indiana volunteer typically photographs it within a few days at no charge.
- Note any biography details or linked family trees for cross-verification with INGenWeb county records.
- For notable Hoosiers (James Whitcomb Riley, Benjamin Harrison, John Dillinger at Crown Hill), use the “Famous Memorials” filter.
- Go to ingenweb.org — Indiana’s county-level genealogy volunteer network, a part of the USGenWeb Project.
- Select your specific Indiana county from the county list.
- Look for the Cemeteries section on the county page — many counties have volunteer-transcribed cemetery records not found on Find a Grave or any national platform.
- These databases are especially strong for: Quaker meeting burial grounds (central Indiana), German Reformed and Lutheran churchyard registers (southern Indiana), and small rural township cemeteries throughout the state.
- If the county page has a searchable name index, search it directly. Otherwise, browse the listed cemeteries alphabetically by township.
- Create a free account at familysearch.org — no credit card, no trial, permanently free.
- Go to Search → Records and search “Indiana Deaths.” Key collections include: Indiana Death Certificates, 1899–2011 and Indiana, Select Death Certificates, 1882–1920.
- For cemetery-specific records: go to Search → Catalog, type the Indiana county name, then add “cemetery” to find microfilmed county cemetery registers.
- For pre-1882 records: search “Indiana church records” in the Catalog. Quaker monthly meeting records (particularly strong for central Indiana), Methodist, Baptist, and Catholic registers survive for many Indiana counties from the 1820s onward.
- Use Search → Genealogies to find user family trees that may include Indiana burial information with linked sources to independently verify.
- Go to billiongraves.com and enter the name, selecting Indiana from the location filter.
- Results show GPS-tagged headstone photos with the grave’s exact coordinates — not just the cemetery, but the specific row and section.
- Click “View on Map” to see the precise plot position within the cemetery grounds.
- Download the BillionGraves app before visiting Crown Hill or any large Indiana cemetery — it provides step-by-step navigation directly to any indexed grave using your phone’s GPS.
- If a grave isn’t indexed, photograph and upload the headstone using the app — it auto-tags GPS coordinates and adds it to the database for future researchers.
Indiana Spelling Tip: Indiana death records from 1900–1920 are especially prone to phonetic misspellings. German surnames (Schmidt → “Smit,” Schreiber → “Shriber”), Irish surnames (O’Brien → “Obrien”), and Quaker names with old-fashioned spelling are all common sources of missed searches. Always test at least two variants before concluding no record exists, and use the * wildcard on Find a Grave.
🏛️ Find a Grave Indiana by Cemetery — 9 Steps
- Go to findagrave.com/cemetery-browse/USA/Indiana?id=state_17 — the verified Indiana cemetery directory.
- Click the exact county you need from the county list.
- Use Ctrl+F (or Cmd+F on Mac) to search for the cemetery name on the page instantly.
- Click the cemetery’s name to open its dedicated page.
- Use the internal name search box at the top of the cemetery page to search by surname within that cemetery only.
- Filter by death decade or exact year range to narrow results.
- Click every matching memorial and read it fully.
- Write down the plot number, section, lot, and row — this is what you need to locate the physical grave.
- No plot data shown? Call the cemetery office with the full name and exact death date — their sexton books record every burial even when Find a Grave doesn’t.
For Indiana township cemeteries not on Find a Grave, use Interment.net — Indiana for county-organized transcriptions from original sexton registers. For county-specific volunteer databases, check INGenWeb — the Indiana-specific county genealogy network.
📜 Verify with Official Indiana Death Certificates
Find a Grave records are volunteer-contributed and vary in accuracy. Always verify any significant find with the official Indiana death certificate from the Indiana State Department of Health (IDOH) Division of Vital Records. The certificate adds data no headstone can provide: cause of death, parents’ full names and birthplaces, attending physician, informant’s name, and often the exact cemetery and section.
Indiana Death Records — Key Rules: State records begin in 1900 (not earlier). Deaths from 1900–1917 require the city or county of death to locate. Fee: $8 non-refundable search fee (includes one certified copy if found; $4 per additional copy). Walk-in service is NOT available at IDOH — use local county health departments for in-person requests. Photo ID is required.
- Go to the IDOH vital records order page at in.gov/health/vital-records/order-now/ — the official Indiana state order portal.
- Click “Order Online” — you will be directed to VitalChek, the only IDOH-authorized online vendor.
- Select Indiana → Death Certificate. Enter full name at death, death year, and county of death. Include city for 1900–1917 records — these require location to identify.
- Pay the $8 non-refundable search fee plus VitalChek’s convenience fee. If the record is not found after searching two years before and after the stated year, the fee is still charged. Allow 10–15 business days after receipt for processing, plus 2 weeks mailing time.
- Call VitalChek at 866-601-0891 — toll-free, available 24 hours/day, 7 days/week.
- Have ready: the deceased’s full name, approximate death year, county of death, and your credit/debit card.
- Same $8 search fee applies. Processing time same as online orders: 10–15 business days from receipt at IDOH.
- Download State Form 49606 (Application for Death Record) from in.gov/health/vital-records/home/. Complete all fields.
- Include a copy of your valid government/state/military photo ID (front and back). Without this, your request will be returned unprocessed.
- Make a check or money order payable to “Indiana Department of Health” for $8 per search ($4 per additional copy of same record). Do not send cash.
- Mail to: Indiana Department of Health, Vital Records, 2 N. Meridian St., Indianapolis, IN 46204. Include a self-addressed stamped envelope. Allow 2 weeks for receipt plus 10–15 business days processing.
- Visit the county health department in the county where the death occurred — local health departments issue death certificates for events in their county and are often faster than the state office. Find your county at in.gov/health/vital-records/home/.
- Bring valid photo ID. Same $8 fee applies. Many county health departments issue same day.
- For deaths before 1900: county health departments may have pre-state records not available at IDOH — always check with the local county health department first for any pre-1900 death.
📰 Indiana Obituary Search — 9 Practical Steps
Indiana obituaries often contain the funeral home, church, exact cemetery section and lot, and surviving family names that no burial database captures. Indiana also has one of the best digitized historic newspaper archives in the Midwest — the Hoosier State Chronicles — which is free and searchable online.
- Go to Google and type: [Full Name] obituary Indiana [death year] — add the city or county for more precise results.
- Search Legacy.com — Indiana obituaries — aggregates obituaries from the Indianapolis Star, Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, South Bend Tribune, and dozens of smaller Indiana papers.
- Search Hoosier State Chronicles — Indiana’s free digitized historic newspaper archive — at newspapers.library.in.gov. This covers hundreds of Indiana newspapers from the 1800s through the 20th century, fully free and searchable.
- Check the Indiana State Library newspaper index at in.gov/library/genealogy.htm — the library holds the world’s largest collection of Indiana newspapers, including titles not digitized anywhere else.
- Search Newspapers.com for Indiana newspaper archives (subscription, free trial available).
- Open every matching obituary fully — read to the end for the complete list of survivors and burial details.
- Copy the funeral home name, church, and all surviving family members listed — these are your best leads for the exact cemetery section and plot number.
- Call the funeral home listed in the obituary — Indiana funeral homes keep burial books for decades and can provide the exact cemetery, section, and plot for old records.
- Cross-check all family names on Find a Grave using the “Nearby Graves” feature — family members often lead to the correct cemetery even when the primary search fails.
⚙️ The Complete 14-Step Workflow to Find Any Indiana Grave
Follow every step in order. Each builds on the last. Do not skip ahead when a previous step hasn’t been fully exhausted.
- Start at FindGraveUSA.org — Indiana (last name first, county filter applied)
- Filter all results to Indiana only — do not browse out-of-state records
- Open and fully read the top 15–20 possible matches in separate tabs
- Record the cemetery name, county, and exact death date for each match
- Check INGenWeb for your specific Indiana county — many Hoosier cemeteries are only indexed here
- Order the official Indiana death certificate at in.gov/health/vital-records/order-now/ ($8 non-refundable search fee)
- Compare every detail between the Find a Grave record and the official certificate
- Locate the cemetery’s official phone number — from their website, Google Maps listing, or the Find a Grave cemetery page
- Call the cemetery office with the full name and exact death date
- Ask specifically for the plot number, section, lot, row, and walking directions
- Ask about nearby family graves — relatives in the same section are often not listed online
- Search for an obituary via Hoosier State Chronicles and Legacy.com — Indiana
- Call any funeral home listed — they keep burial books for many decades
- Document everything: screenshots, plot numbers, phone call notes, and save in your genealogy software
📊 All Indiana Burial Record Databases — Verified Direct Links
Every major database for searching Indiana cemetery records, interment records, and burial indexes — with verified direct URLs, cost, and best use case.
Database | Direct Verified URL | Cost | Best For |
|---|---|---|---|
FindGraveUSA — Indiana | Free | First stop; county-filtered name search | |
Find a Grave — Indiana | Free | Headstone photos; wildcard search; name variants | |
BillionGraves | Free | GPS-tagged photos; navigate to exact plot | |
FamilySearch — Indiana | Free | Death certs 1899–2011; church registers; pre-1900 | |
INGenWeb — Indiana | Free | County-level volunteer databases; Quaker records | |
Indiana State Library — Genealogy | Free | 40,000+ genealogy items; cemetery transcriptions | |
Hoosier State Chronicles | Free | Historic Indiana newspaper archive — obituary search | |
Interment.net — Indiana | Free | County sexton register transcriptions | |
VA Gravesite Locator | Free | Veterans in VA national cemeteries in Indiana | |
Indiana IDOH Vital Records | $8 search fee | Official death cert from 1900 · +$4 per copy | |
Legacy.com — Indiana Obituaries | Free | Aggregated obituaries from Indiana newspapers |
🗺️ Search Indiana Burial Records by County
Indiana has 92 counties. Central Indiana (Marion, Hamilton, Hendricks, Boone) has the most digitized records. Southern Indiana counties (Dubois, Spencer, Perry, Crawford) have the deepest German immigrant heritage. The northeast corner (Allen, DeKalb, Noble, LaGrange, Elkhart) has strong Mennonite, Amish, and German records. Click any county to go directly to its Find a Grave cemetery directory.
Browse all 92 Indiana counties at findagrave.com/cemetery-browse/USA/Indiana?id=state_17. For township and rural cemeteries not on Find a Grave, check INGenWeb Indiana and Interment.net — Indiana.
🪦 Major Indiana Cemeteries — Verified Addresses, Maps & Search Links
Indiana’s most significant and most-searched burial grounds — with verified contact details, Google Maps embeds, and direct search links for each.
- Third-largest non-government cemetery in America — 555 acres, 25 miles of roads, 200,000+ burials
- Notable burials: James Whitcomb Riley, Benjamin Harrison (23rd U.S. President), John Dillinger, Booth Tarkington
- Contains Crown Hill National Cemetery (VA) — Civil War veterans; closed to new burials since 1959
- Address: 700 W. 38th St., Indianapolis, IN 46208
- Phone: (317) 925-8231 · Open daily 8AM–6PM · Free admission
- Founded 1859; 175 acres — one of Indiana’s largest historic cemeteries
- National Register of Historic Places since February 17, 1978
- Many prominent Fort Wayne families, Civil War veterans, and German immigrant burials
- Address: 2324 W. Main St., Fort Wayne, IN 46808
- Phone: (260) 424-2600 · Open daily 8AM–dusk
- VA national cemetery on grounds of the Northern Indiana VA Health Care System
- Bounded by 38th Street and Lincoln Blvd — Medal of Honor recipients interred here
- Accepting new burials (casketed and cremated remains, including columbarium wall)
- Address: 1700 E. 38th St., Marion, IN 46953
- Phone: (765) 674-0284 · Office Mon–Fri 7:30AM–4PM
- State-run veterans cemetery (not federal VA) — serves Indiana veterans who may not qualify for VA national cemetery
- Dedicated to veterans and their families as a lasting memorial for service and sacrifice
- Address: 1415 North Gate Road, Madison, IN 47250
- Phone: (812) 273-9220 · Email: ivmc@dva.in.gov
- Contact Indiana Department of Veterans Affairs at in.gov/dva/
- Historic Indianapolis cemetery with records dating to the 1800s
- Many prominent Indiana families; diverse immigrant community burials
- Address: 3400 Riverside Dr., Indianapolis, IN 46208
- Phone: (317) 925-2400
- Browse on Find a Grave under Marion County cemeteries
- One of Southwest Indiana’s most significant historic burial grounds
- Strong records for German immigrant families who settled along the Ohio River in Evansville
- Address: 1600 N. Heidelbach Ave., Evansville, IN 47711
- Phone: (812) 423-3184
- Browse on Find a Grave under Vanderburgh County
🔗 Complete Indiana Cemetery Research Resource Directory
🎖️ Indiana Veteran & Military Grave Search
Indiana has two VA national cemeteries plus a state-run veterans cemetery, all three with different eligibility and burial policies. Always search all systems independently — coverage differs between them.
🎖️ VA Nationwide Gravesite Locator
Covers veterans in all VA national cemeteries — Marion National Cemetery and Crown Hill National Cemetery (closed). Returns section, row, and site number. Search by name only.
Search VA Gravesite Locator →🏛️ Marion National Cemetery
1700 E. 38th St., Marion, IN 46953 · Phone: (765) 674-0284 · Accepting new burials (casketed and cremated). Medal of Honor recipients interred.
Marion National Cemetery →🏛️ Crown Hill National Cemetery
700 W. 38th St., Indianapolis, IN 46208 (inside private Crown Hill Cemetery). Historic Civil War veterans’ cemetery. Closed to new interments since 1959. Crown Hill Columbarium Annex at 725 W. 42nd St accepts cremated remains.
Crown Hill National Cemetery →🏛️ Indiana Veterans Memorial Cemetery (State)
State-run (not federal VA). 1415 North Gate Road, Madison, IN 47250 · Phone: (812) 273-9220. Serves veterans who may not qualify for federal VA burial.
Indiana DVA Official Site →📋 FamilySearch Veterans Collection
Search “U.S. Veterans Gravesites, 1775–2006” — covers Indiana VA cemeteries plus many non-VA military burial sites in church and township cemeteries not in the federal locator.
Search FamilySearch Indiana →📁 Military Service Records (NPRC)
Pension files often name the exact burial location. Request from the National Personnel Records Center — free for records over 62 years old at archives.gov/veterans.
Request at archives.gov/veterans →Indiana-Specific Tip: The Indiana Department of Veterans Affairs at in.gov/dva/ maintains the Indiana Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Madison (state-operated, not federal VA) and can assist with burial records for Indiana veterans in state-operated sites. The VA Gravesite Locator only covers federal VA national cemeteries — always check both systems.
🔎 Common Indiana Burial Record Questions — Answered
Find a Grave Indiana by Name Free
The fastest free search starts at FindGraveUSA.org/find-a-grave-indiana/, then findagrave.com — Indiana (id=state_17) and BillionGraves. For county-level volunteer databases not on national platforms, check INGenWeb. For pre-1900 records, check FamilySearch Indiana and the Indiana State Library.
Indiana Cemetery Records Online
Central and northern Indiana (Marion, Hamilton, Allen, St. Joseph counties) have strong online coverage. For southern Indiana townships and Quaker burial grounds across the central counties, use INGenWeb Indiana — many of these county databases have never been indexed on national platforms. Interment.net — Indiana provides sexton register transcriptions for many rural counties.
Indiana Death Records Search
Indiana began statewide death registration in 1900. State records from 1900–1917 require the city or county of death to locate. FamilySearch’s Indiana Death Certificates, 1899–2011 collection is the best free indexed source. Official certified copies are $8 (non-refundable search fee) from IDOH · Phone 866-601-0891. Pre-1900 records are held only by county health departments.
How to Find a Grave in Indiana
Start at FindGraveUSA.org with county filter applied. If no result, try Find a Grave with * wildcard. Still nothing? Check INGenWeb for your county — many Indiana township cemeteries are only indexed here. If the death is pre-1900, contact the county health department directly — they may hold records the state office doesn’t.
Indiana Genealogy Cemetery Records
Indiana’s Quaker heritage makes central Indiana genealogy unique — monthly meeting burial records (particularly Wayne, Randolph, Henry, and Hamilton counties) are among the most detailed pre-registration interment records in the state. These are searchable free on FamilySearch and at the Indiana State Library at in.gov/library/genealogy.htm, which holds 40,000+ genealogy items including cemetery transcriptions.
Indiana Veterans Burial Records
Indiana has Marion National Cemetery (accepting new burials) and Crown Hill National Cemetery (closed 1959, Annex for cremated remains only). Search both via gravelocator.cem.va.gov. The state-run Indiana Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Madison (812-273-9220) covers veterans not in the federal VA system.
Free Indiana Death Records Search
Free indexes include FamilySearch Indiana Death Certificates, 1899–2011, INGenWeb county pages, and the Social Security Death Index (free at FamilySearch). These return name, dates, and last-known location. The certified death certificate — adding parents’ names, cause of death, and informant — is $8 (non-refundable) from IDOH.
Indiana Historical Cemetery Records
The Hoosier State Chronicles at newspapers.library.in.gov is one of Indiana’s most underused genealogy resources — it’s a free, fully searchable digital archive of hundreds of Indiana newspapers from the 1800s through the 20th century. Obituary searches here often turn up burial details not found in any cemetery database. The Indiana State Library also holds pre-statehood (pre-1816) territorial records in its genealogy collection.
🌿 8 Insider Tips — Indiana-Specific Genealogy Tricks
Indiana State Records Start in 1900 — Not 1867
Indiana death records at the state level begin in 1900 — 33 years later than Michigan or Virginia. For deaths before 1900, you must contact the local county health department where the death occurred. Pre-1882 deaths left almost no government record at all — rely on church registers and INGenWeb county transcriptions.
INGenWeb Has What Find a Grave Doesn’t
Indiana’s county-level INGenWeb volunteers have transcribed Quaker meeting burial records, German Reformed churchyard registers, and hundreds of rural township cemeteries that are nowhere on Find a Grave. Always check ingenweb.org for your specific county before concluding no record exists.
Hoosier State Chronicles Is Free and Searchable
Most researchers don’t know that Indiana has one of the Midwest’s best free digitized newspaper archives — Hoosier State Chronicles at newspapers.library.in.gov. Search hundreds of Indiana newspapers from the 1800s onward for free. Obituaries here often include exact cemetery section, lot, and family details missing from all databases.
Crown Hill Requires a Phone Call for Plot Data
Crown Hill Cemetery has over 200,000 burials across 555 acres and 25 miles of roads. While Find a Grave has many Crown Hill records, the cemetery’s own office at (317) 925-8231 can give you the exact section, lot, and walking directions — essential for actually locating any grave in such a large cemetery.
Quaker Meeting Records Are the Best Pre-1900 Source
Indiana’s central counties (Wayne, Randolph, Henry, Hamilton, Hendricks) had large Quaker populations whose meeting records documented births, deaths, and burials with remarkable completeness from the 1820s onward — decades before any government registration existed. FamilySearch and the Indiana State Library hold most of these collections.
Southern Indiana Has Rich German Catholic Records
Dubois, Spencer, Perry, and Crawford counties in southern Indiana were settled by German Catholic immigrants in the 1830s–1860s. Their church burial registers are among the most detailed pre-registration records in the state — often naming the exact cemetery plot and family relationships. Search FamilySearch and contact the Diocese of Evansville archives for these records.
The IDOH Search Fee Is Non-Refundable Even If Not Found
Unlike most states, Indiana’s $8 death certificate search fee is completely non-refundable even if no record is found. Before ordering, exhaust free searches on FamilySearch’s Indiana Death Certificates, 1899–2011 collection to confirm the record exists — FamilySearch indexes the same IDOH database.
Mennonite and Amish Records in NE Indiana Are Often Off-Grid
LaGrange, Elkhart, and Kosciusko counties in northeast Indiana have the largest Old Order Amish community outside of Ohio and Pennsylvania. Amish burial records are typically kept by the local congregation, not the county — not online anywhere. Contact local Mennonite Historical Society branches in Goshen, Shipshewana, or the Menno-Hof museum in Shipshewana for research assistance.
🎒 How to Prepare for an Indiana Cemetery Visit
Proper preparation prevents wasted long drives — particularly at Crown Hill (25 miles of roads inside), rural southern Indiana townships, and northeast Indiana Amish country cemeteries that have no office staff or signage.
- Get the exact plot number, section, lot, and row confirmed by phone from the cemetery office before you leave — especially critical at Crown Hill, where finding an unmarked section without a plot number can take hours.
- Call the cemetery office at least one day before your visit to confirm visiting hours, any gate codes, road access (particularly relevant for rural southern Indiana cemeteries after heavy rain), and which entrance to use.
- Download offline maps before leaving home — rural southern and northeast Indiana areas have spotty cell service. Download Google Maps and BillionGraves data for the cemetery and surrounding area while on WiFi.
- Wear sturdy footwear appropriate for the terrain. Southern Indiana hill country cemeteries can be steep and wet. Central Indiana township cemeteries are often on unpaved roads that become muddy in spring and fall.
- Bring water, a soft natural-bristle brush for headstone cleaning, a notebook, and chalk for rubbings. Never use wire brushes or bleach on Indiana limestone or sandstone markers — these are common stone types that are very vulnerable to chemical damage.
- Best visiting months in Indiana: April–May and September–October — mild weather, manageable humidity, most cemeteries fully accessible. Avoid July and August in southern Indiana (extreme heat and humidity). December–February: many rural township cemeteries have access roads that are impassable after heavy snow.
🔧 Common Problems & Exact Solutions
Check INGenWeb for your specific Indiana county — many township and Quaker cemeteries are only indexed there. Then try Interment.net — Indiana. If still nothing, click “Add a New Memorial” on Find a Grave and call the cemetery office directly.
Use * and ? wildcards on Find a Grave — Indiana. Try FamilySearch’s Indiana Death Certificates, 1899–2011 index with partial name. The official spelling on the IDOH death certificate is the authoritative source — order it at in.gov/health/vital-records/order-now/ for $8.
Contact the county health department where the death occurred — they may hold pre-1900 county-level records. Search FamilySearch Indiana church collections (Quaker, Methodist, Catholic). Check INGenWeb county pages for locally transcribed pre-registration records, and the Indiana State Library genealogy collection.
Call the cemetery office with the full name and exact death date — sexton books record every burial even when Find a Grave doesn’t show plot details. For Crown Hill specifically, call (317) 925-8231. They maintain detailed plot maps going back to 1864.
Old Order Amish burial records are kept by local congregations — not online anywhere. Contact the Mennonite Historical Society in Goshen, the Menno-Hof museum in Shipshewana, or local churches in LaGrange, Elkhart, or Kosciusko counties directly. These communities maintain detailed handwritten burial registers.
Indiana’s $8 search fee is non-refundable even if no record is found. Before ordering, verify the record exists using FamilySearch’s free Indiana Death Certificates, 1899–2011 index (which covers the same IDOH database). If FamilySearch shows no result, the record may be pre-1900 or filed only at the county level.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions — 15 Detailed Answers
How do I find a grave in Indiana if I only have the name?
* wildcard. If national platforms fail, check INGenWeb for your specific Indiana county. Always verify any match with an official death certificate from IDOH.