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$1.00 per Chronological Case Summary (CCS)
All records are kept by the Indiana Commission on Public Records Retention Schedule.
Clerk's Records in Whitley County File Management
More current records and ones not listed here are kept in the Clerk's Office.
More current records and ones not listed here are kept in the Clerk's Office.
- Marriage Records 1836 ~ 6/30/2010 The indexes for marriages 1838 ~ 1910 are indexed online below.
- Whitley County Marriage Applications Books 1-4, 1905-1913
- Whitley County Marriage Applications Book #1 Index
- Whitley County Marriage Applications Book #2 Index
- Whitley County Marriage Applications Book #3 Index
- Whitley County Marriage Applications Book #4 Index
- Whitley County Marriages 1860-1884
- Whitley County Marriages 1838-1910
- Whitley County Marriages 1911-1938
- Whitley County Marriages - Original Returns 1838-1846
- Estates 1838 ~ 2007 Other than more recent years Estate packets are indexed online below.
- Guardianships 1838 ~ 1999 Other than more recent years Guardianship packets are indexed online below.
- Circuit Court Civil Order Books 1853 ~ 5/6/1960, Dissolution of Marriages 1874 ~ 1989, Civil Plenary 1987 ~ 2007
- Circuit Court Criminal Felonies 1953 ~ 2003, Misdemeanors 1997 ~ 2003
- Superior Court Small Claims Order Books 1987 ~ 12/15/1998
- Superior Court Civil Order Books 1987 ~ 11/4/2004
- Superior Court Criminal Felonies 1978 ~ 1997, Misdemeanors 1985 ~ 2009, Order Books 1990 ~ 11/30/2004
- Insanity Proceeding Packets and ledgers indexed from 1850 ~ 1958
- Court of Common Pleas Index 1853 ~ 1873
- Probate Proceedings Includes Partitions, Quiet Titles, and Mortgage Foreclosures - Approximately 1873 ~ 2000
A Whitley County File Management Request Form is available by clicking here or contacting the Clerk's Office at (260) 248-3102 or the File Management Office at (260) 248-3143.
Most files are public record. There is a public computer in the Clerk's Office for researchers. You may also use https://public.courts.in.gov/mycase/#/vw/Search for searching of records. Researchers MUST perform their own searches.
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