FLOYD COUNTY, Indiana
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*First created in 1819.
*County seat: New Albany.
Located in southern Indiana, with the Ohio River as it's southeastern boundary.
*Cities, Towns & Communities include: Buchanan, Duncan, Edwardsville, Floyds Knobs, Galena, Georgetown, Greenville, Mt. St. Francis, Navilleton, New Albany and St. Marys.
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Townships in Floyd County 
(North = Top)

Greenville Township

Lafayette Township

 New Albany Township

Georgetown Township

New Albany Township

<- New Albany Township ^

Franklin Township

 

 

Surrounding Counties:
                    NW =  Washington County, IN   NE = Clark County, IN
W = Harrison County, IN     FLOYD COUNTY
                                            S = The Ohio River


·         Indiana State Library.    140 North Senate Avenue - Indianapolis, IN 46204-2296

o        Online Databases

o        Indiana Cemetery Locator Database

o        Indiana Biography Index

o        Index of Indiana Marriages Through 1850.

o        Index of Indiana Marriages, 1993 through 2000

o        Newspaper Holdings: Holdings by county

o        Images of Indiana: 92 Counties // from Adams to Whitley

o        Indiana Public Libraries

o        Map of Indiana Libraries.

o        WWII Servicemen Database

o        Indiana Plat Books

o        Vital Information Exchange (VINE)

   P.O. Box 665 - New Albany, IN  47151-0665.
   (SIGS serves the seven southern Indiana counties of Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Harrison, Perry, Scott and Washington.)

   6440 E. 30th Street - Indianapolis, IN 46219   Phone: (317) 591-5222

"...St. Mary-of-the-Knobs Parish, the oldest parish in the archdiocese, prepares to celebrate its 175th anniversary..."

    P.O. Box 1327 - Jeffersonville, IN 47131-1327  Phone: (812) 280-9970.

   Related Geology/Paleontology Internet Sites

  • Use the query form, at USGS, to map features including cemeteries, churches, populated places, and more.  Please note that the map town listed with a feature may be used as a map reference for the site, and may not be the town where the feature is actually located...Select a map to see the location of the actual feature.  This database may not be complete, and, as with any database, there may be errors.
  • The Political Graveyard, for Floyd County, Indiana, created and maintained by Lawrence Kestenbaum, a web site about U.S. political history, politicians and cemeteries.


Funeral Homes:

   1715 East Oak Street - New Albany, IN 47150    Phone: (812) 944-2239

   421 Grant Line Road - New Albany, IN  47150-6405  Phone: (812) 941-2333.

   1917 Bono Road - New Albany, IN 47150  Phone:  (812) 948-4726.

P.O. Box 1056 - New Albany, IN 47150  Phone: (812) 948-5411.


Floyd County Communities

Franklin Township communities include:  Buchanan.



Georgetown Township communities include:  Duncan, Edwardsville and Georgetown.

Often, cemeteries come to be referred to by the name of a prominent family and/or monument in the graveyard.  With this in mind, I consulted an 1870 Census index, and found the Yennawine/Yenawine name appeared in Georgetown Township, Floyd County, Indiana.  I also consulted an 1875 map of the county, and found that an "S. YENAWINE" appeared on the eastern outskirts of the town of Georgetown, in Georgetown Township.  Comparing the location to a present-day atlas, it appears that YENAWINE household east of Georgetown, on the south side of SR 64.  There were also other YENAWINEs in the vicinity, along the area of 64 east of Georgetown.  I would guess that a cemetery called by that name would most likely be in that area of Georgetown Township.



Greenville Township communities include:  Galena, Greenville and Navilleton.



Lafayette Township communities include:  Floyds Knobs, Mt. St. Francis, St. Marys and Scottsville.

"...St. Mary-of-the-Knobs Parish, the oldest parish in the archdiocese, prepares to celebrate its 175th anniversary..."

 



New Albany Township communities include:  New Albany (the county seat).

 



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PROFESSIONAL HISTORICAL GENEALOGY RESEARCH
Ann McRoden Mensch, Professional Historical Genealogist

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Printed resources for Floyd County, Indiana include:

  • A Brief History of New Albany and Floyd County, Indiana.  Elsa Strassweg.  (Author).  New Albany, Indiana : Floyd County Historical Society, 1951.  (Gc 977.201 F66S).
  •  A Compiled History of Jacobs Chapel United Methodist Church, New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana.   New Albany, Indiana : The Church, 1990.  (Gc 977.202 N31C).
     
  • Floyd County, Indiana Index of Names of Persons and of Firms.  Works Progress Administration of Indiana.  (Compiler).  Indiana State Library.  (Sponsor).  Indianapolis, Indiana : [s.n.], 1939.

 Note: Index to names found in eight Floyd County histories.
 

  •  Ancestral Papers Written by Early Members of Piankeshaw Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution.  Grace Sloan.  (Compiler).  New Albany, Indiana : The Piankeshaw Chapter, 1965.  (Gc 977.202 N31DA).
     
  • Ancestral Papers.  Grace Sloan.  (Copier).  Elizabeth S. Payne. (Compiler and Indexer).  New Albany, Indiana : The Piankeshaw Chapter, 1967.  (Gc 929.11 D263IN). 
  • Index to Applications for Citizenship, Floyd County, Indiana, December 1854-March 1867.  Mrs. M. Arthur Payne.  (Indexer).  [Indiana? : s.n.], 1973.   (Gc 977.201 F66P). 
  • First Marriage Book of Floyd County, Indiana, 1819-1837.  [compiled from the original book in City-County Building, New Albany, Indiana].  Elizabeth S. Payne (Mrs. M. Arthur).  (Compiler).  [New Albany, Indiana?] : Piankeshaw Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1964.  (Gc 977.201 F66DA).
     
  • Floyd County, Indiana Marriages, 1819-1830.  Colleen Corwin Ridlen.  (Compiler).  Indianapolis, Indiana : The Researchers, [198-]   (Gc 977.201 F66RI). 
  • Floyd County, Indiana Marriages, 1837-1845.  Ruth M. Slevin. (Compiler).  [s.l. : s.m., 197-]. (Gc 977.201 F66FLM).  Note: part. 1. Grooms; part. 2. Brides. 
  • Will Book A, 1819-1830, Floyd County, Indiana.  Mrs. M. Arthur Payne.  (Abstracter and Compiler).  New Albany, Indiana (P.O. Box 665, New Albany 47150) : Southern Indiana Genealogical Society, ca. 1982.  (Gc 977.201 F66D). 
  •  Will and Bond Record "B", Mar. 1853-Sept. 1864, Floyd County, Indiana : abstracted from the original book in the office of Clerk of Circuit Court, City-County Building, New Albany, Indiana.  Mrs. M. Arthur Payne.  (Abstracter and Compiler).  New Albany, Indiana : Piankeshaw Chapter, D.A.R., ca.1973.  (Gc 977.201 F66PA).  Note: Includes index.
     
  • Floyd County CemeteriesSouthern Indiana Genealogical Society.  (Author).  New Albany, Indiana : Southern Indiana Genealogical Society, c1982.  (Gc 977.201 F66FLC). 
  • 950 Tombstone Inscriptions from Cemeteries in Floyd, Clark and Harrison Counties, Indiana.  Mrs. M.A. Payne, Piankeshaw Chapter (New Albany, Indiana), Daughters of the American Revolution. New Albany, Indiana : D.A.R., 1963.  (Gc 977.201 F66DAV). 
  • Atlas & Plat Book, Floyd County, Indiana.  Floyd county Farm Bureau.  (Sponsor).  Rockford Map Publishers.  (Author).  Rockford, Illinois : Rockford Map Publishers, c1972.  (Gc 977.201 F66R). 
  • Indiana Atlas & Gazetteer.  First Edition, Second Printing.  Yarmouth, Maine:  Delorme.  1998.
  • School and Library Atlas of the World.  Fred W. Foster, Ph.D. (Editor).  Sycamore, Illinois:  School and Library Publishing Company.  1982.

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