Vigo County, founded in the year 1818, was named for Francis Vigo. It has the county seat in Terre Haute. With a total area of 410.45 sq mi, it has over 0.1 million people with an amalgamation of White, Native American, black or African American, Asian, Hispanic or Latino, Pacific Islander, and others. More than 40.9K households and 26K families dwell here.

The Vigo County records index offers affluent volume of data with minute specifics on census, birth history, civil court data, death news, war records, separation decree information, assets deeds, immigration and naturalization minutiae, probates, armed forces duty, ancestral SSN with other marriage particulars and therefore significantly influences the online ancestral researches and helps in improving it to a great extent.