Thanks to the time and effort of Lana Taylor of Corpus Christi, Texas, the 1921-1940 Monroe County, Indiana, Death Record Index, consisting of more than 6,000 names, is now available online at http://userdb.rootsweb.com/deaths/. It is part of a much larger, user-contributed database consisting of more then three million death records that also includes the 1882-1920 Monroe County, Indiana Death Record Index. Taylor is a member of the INMONROE Rootsweb list and has shared the index with fellow subscribers.

The INMONROE Rootsweb list has been in existence for four years as of January, 2003, and has about 200 members. During that time more than 17,000 e-mails have been sent to the list and archived.

To search the INMONROE archives go to http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/IN and click on Monroe as a link in the box labeled "Counties, Boroughs and Districts." Another screen will open. From that screen select "Search the INMONROE Archives.

Subscription to the INMONROE list may be achieved at the same URL. There are no fees involved.

Another on-line site that may be of great interest to Monroe County genealogists provides the actual images of all 1930 Monroe County census records. It was made available through the generous support of INMONROE subscribers. The URL for that site is

http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/in/monroe/census/1930/.