Welcome
Brown County lies between the college town of Bloomington and the
industrial city of Columbus, in one of Indiana’s most scenic areas.
Salt Creek and Bean Blossom Creek played an important role in the
settlement of many local families.
The Marlett, Chafin, Mobley, and Roberts family lines settled near
Salt Creek. The McCoy, Robertson, Richardson, McClary, and Young
families settled along Bean Blossom Creek in Brown and Monroe Counties.
This site brings together surviving genealogy material from the
original Brown County Indiana research collection. Some pages are
historical scans or archived documents, while others are surname,
marriage, land, school, and family research resources.
Archive notice:
This website has been restored from an older archive. Some historical
links or images may still need repair, but the surviving research
materials remain available whenever possible.
About the Family Collection
The original website focused on Brown County and nearby Indiana family
lines, local communities, historical photographs, census pages, maps,
marriages, old occupations, genealogy terms, and records submitted by
other researchers.
Prominent surnames in the collection include Chitwood, Fleener, Goodman,
McCoy, Neal, Richards, Richardson, Richeson, Roberson, Robertson,
Robinson, Weddle, Young, Marlett, and McClary.
The restored site is intended to preserve this material and make it
easier to browse on modern desktop, tablet, and mobile devices.