Dearborn County, Indiana suffered a courthouse fire on 6 March 1826 that destroyed all records. See Dearborn County Reconstructed Records for more details.
Probate records take 4 different forms. Will books record wills that have been approved and probated. Order Books give the day to day court proceedings of the Probate Court. Complete Record Books contain the full record of settled estates. Packets contain all the loose papers filed to the Probate Court.
Read more about Indiana probate records.
Learn more what records, indexes and abstracts are available for Dearborn County, Indiana:
- Probate Order Books
- Probate Complete Record Books
- Probate Packets have not been microfilmed or digitized. They are available at the Dearborn County Courthouse.
- Will Books
- Re-recorded Probate Records (prior to 1826)
- Probate Notices (1820-1826)
Additional probate records may be found in court records and land records.
Online Indexes:
- Dearborn County Probate Complete Record Index, 1826-1914
- Dearborn County Will Index, 1826-1919
- Dearborn County Probate Order Book Index, 1826-1918
- Dearborn County Partitions, 1881-1899
- Dearborn County Common Pleas Court Complete Record Index, 1853-1871
- Dearborn County Circuit Court Civil Actions, 1875-1876
- Dearborn County Circuit Court Civil Actions, 1892-1905
Digital Images:
- Indiana, Wills and Probate Records, 1798-1999 (Ancestry.com)
Microfilm:
- Indiana State Library
- Wills, 1824-1919
- Probate Order Books, 1826-1918
- Probates, 1826-1906, 1908-1914
- Family History Library
- Wills, 1824-1900
- Guardianship Index, Mar. 1865-1972
- Index to Estates, 1826-1952
- Probate records, 1826-1918
Books:
- Dearborn County, Indiana Probate Order Book Abstracts, 1826-1837 | Paperback (Lulu) | Ebook
- Dearborn County, Indiana Probate Order Book Abstracts, 1837-1844 | Paperback (Lulu) | Ebook
- Dearborn County, Indiana Probate Order Book Abstracts, 1844-1849 | Paperback (Lulu) | Ebook
- Dearborn County, Indiana Probate Order Book Abstracts, 1849-1852 | Ebook
- McHenry, Chris. Early Dearborn County, Indiana, Wills Abstracted from Will Books I and II (including Ohio County before 1845) and Perpetuated Testimony Book CC. Lawrenceburg, Indiana : C. McHenry, 1976.