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Microfilm
We have a wide variety of resources available on microfilm including newspapers, Clark County vital records, various Clark County historical records, and the U.S. Federal Census. Click on a category below to view our microfilm holdings for that category.
Newspapers on microfilm
| The Evening News (Jeffersonville, IN) | Nov. 1872 – present (not inclusive) |
| The National Democrat (Jeffersonville, IN) | June 1872 – June 1916 (not inclusive) |
| The Jeffersonville Star (Jeffersonville, IN) | Mar. 1914 – Dec. 1921 (not inclusive) |
| The Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY) | Jan. – May 1937 |
| The Reflector/The Daily Reflector (Indiana Reformatory, Jeffersonville, IN) | Nov. 1903 – Oct. 1915 |
| Clark County Republican/Citizen-Record (Jeffersonville, IN) | Oct. 1919 – Feb. 1920 |
Looking for more Clark County newspapers? Check with the Charlestown-Clark County Public Libraries for papers for cities and towns in the rest of Clark County.
Vital Records on microfilm
County Records
| Clark County Marriage Records | 1808 – 1901 |
| Clark County Birth Records | 1882 – 1922 |
| Clark County Death Records | 1882 – 1971 |
Individual City/Town Death Records
| Jeffersonville | 1921 – 1956 |
| Clarksville | 1907 – 1939 |
| Charlestown | 1907 – 1937 |
| Sellersburg | 1911 – 1937 |
| Borden | 1913 – 1937 |
Historical Records on microfilm
| Clark County Deed Indexes: Grantor | 1860 – 1900 |
| Clark County Deed Indexes: Grantee | 1870 – 1900 |
| Clark County Wills | 1801 – 1833; 1852 – 1895 |
| Clark County Probate Court | 1817 – 1852 |
| Court of Common Pleas — Order Books | 1801 – 1817 |
| Court of Common Pleas — Minute Books | 1801 – 1814 |
| Court of General Quarter Sessions — Minute Books | 1801 – 1808 |
| Circuit Court — Order Books | 1824 – 1831 |
| Circuit Court — Minute Books | 1815 – 1816 |
| Courts of Oyer & Terminer, General Jail Delivery, & Circuit Courts held by Federal Judges | 1802 – 1813 |
| County Commissioner’s Records | 1817 – 1828; 1832 – 1852 |
| Clark County Estray Book | 1802 – 1818 |
Census Records on microfilm
Indiana Territorial Census: 1807
US. Federal Census
| Indiana (most counties) | 1820 – 1880; 1900 – 1930 |
| Kentucky | 1810; 1900 (Jefferson County) |
| Connecticut | 1790 |
| Maine | 1790 |
| Maryland | 1790 |
| New Hampshire | 1790 |
| New York | 1790 |
| North Carolina | 1790 |
| Pennsylvania | 1790 |
| Rhode Island | 1790 |
| South Carolina | 1790 |
| Vermont | 1790 |
Miscellaneous Records on microfilm
| Caron Jeffersonville City Directory | 1901 – 1902 |
| Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps of Jeffersonville | 1886; 1898; 1904; 1911; 1925 |
| Jesse Dorsey collection of the “Speedometer” | Oct. 1921 – Aug. 1929 |
| Guernsey Ledger, Monroe Township | 1860 – 1861 |
| Surveys and abstracts of Clark’s Grant/Illinois Grant |
Jeffersonville City Directories
Click below for a downloadable list of Jeffersonville city directories in the Family and Local History Room and online.
Jeffersonville City Directories
Indexes
This is the temporary home for a variety of indexes. Please read each index description carefully to locate the right one. Note that all of our indexes are works in progress. Click on the titles to open or download an index. Email the library at dstepro@jefflibrary.org if you find issues in any index on this page. The library applauds our wonderful volunteers for the hundreds of hours of work they have invested in our indexing projects.
Revolutionary War Soldiers with Death information in the Evening News or National Democrat
Early newspapers often carried stories about area soldiers and patriots of the American Revolution, sometimes including information from people who actually knew the subjects and their families. View Jeffersonville Township newspapers via NewspaperArchive, linked at right, or via microfilm in the Indiana Room.
Briar Hill Cemetery
This index contains information about burials in the African American cemetery known as Briar Hill or Watson Cemetery of Clark County. Information presented here comes primarily from obituaries and death certificates.
Family Histories
The family files and family histories contain a wide variety of information, from family newsletters and reunion information to obituaries and lengthy family histories.
City of Jeffersonville, Indiana, Historical Public Records, Police Officers’ Oaths, and City Financial Records
This index aids in identifying materials from Jeffersonville Township Public Library’s City of Jeffersonville Collection in Special Collections. Upon request, library staff will be happy to retrieve materials in the Special Collections. Please contact staff in advance of your visit if you wish to see materials listed in this index. As this list is not ordered by surname, we recommend using your computer operating system’s “find” feature to locate the transaction or person you seek.
Regional History Folder List
Located in the Family and Local History Room, the regional history files contain newspaper and magazine clippings, advertising materials, pamphlets, and other items of interest to local history and family researchers. This index provides a guide to the materials available. Please contact the library staff in advance of your visit so that materials can be retrieved and ready when you arrive.
Index to Clark County Coroner’s Reports, 1880-1923
Mysterious, accidental, or violent deaths required the attention of the Clark Count Coroner. Unlike other death records, these bear little genealogical information, but focus on discovering the cause of death. Because they record deaths that may be missed elsewhere and provide information about day-to-day lives, these records are often valuable to researchers. Digital copies of records are currently available upon request; please contact the library. Coming soon: online digitized copies of coroner’s records.
Orphans of Clark County Found in Newspaper and Court Records
This is an evolving index of information providing difficult-to-find genealogical information about local children raised outside of their biological families. To protect the privacy of living people, the information in this index is either more than one hundred years old or derived from public records like regional newspapers. Court materials may not be available due to poor condition. Researchers may view Jeffersonville Township newspapers via NewspaperArchive or via microfilm in the Family and Local History Room. Courier-Journal articles can be found through the ProQuest Historical Newspapers link, also at right.
Clark County Indiana Poor Farm Cemetery Burials
Created by Tami Kruer, this index lists persons whose burial records show that they were buried in the Clark County Poor Farm Cemetery. Many of these people died at the Clark County Poor Farm, a county-run, tax funded institution that housed and cared for those who for any reason could not care for themselves. For a history of poor farms in Indiana, visit https://www.in.gov/dnr/historic/files/hp-home.pdf.
Index to Obituaries in Local Newspapers 08.11.20
Obituaries provide valuable information for family historians and researchers. Unlike the other indexes in this list, the obituaries will download to your device rather than opening as a web page. This growing index is several sheets long, so please note the dates marked at the bottom tab for each sheet. Also, be aware that this file may be too large to view effectively on smaller devices like phones. Most of the sheets in this index focus on the period after the beginning of reliably published newspapers in Jeffersonville Township, around 1872. The index is a work in progress; many obituaries have yet to be indexed. View Jeffersonville Township newspapers via NewspaperArchive, linked at right, or via microfilm in the Family and Local History Room. Family and Local History Room staff will be glad to assist researchers in locating obituaries.
Records in the Clark County Courthouse
Some of these records are available in the Jeffersonville Township Public Library’s Family and Local History collection on microfilm. The vast majority of those listed, however, are available only in the Clark County Courthouse basement.