Adams County Recorded Documents Available from 1836!

Congratulations to Tom Krueckeberg and the staff in Adams County on this historical achievement!

We are very excited to announce that the Adams County Recorder's Office has completed their goal of making all recorded documents available both in their computerized office system and on Doxpop. The online local land records go all the way back to their first recorded document in 1836, which is why this is a historical achievement in every sense.

A bit of land records trivia: Document number one in Adams County was recorded June 23rd, 1836. It was composed of the plats for the towns of Monmouth and Decatur. In 1836, the Recorder was Elias Dailey. 

The office of Recorder was established in the 1816 Indiana Constitution, which specified that "There shall be elected in each county a Recorder, who shall hold his office during the term of seven years, if he shall so long behave well". We have to wonder what Elias would have thought if he knew that 190 years after he recorded that first document, it would not only still be faithfully preserved by his descendants in office, but available to anyone in the world with a few seconds of effort.

Projects like this are valuable to providing the public with access to public records. Some of the many benefits to this project are improved accessibility, preserving historical documents, and helping researchers and land owners access a complete history of recorded documents without needing to visit the Recorder's Office. As always, these documents are available through Doxpop's Recorded Document tab. Additionally, you will find that our our Recorded Document Advanced Search tools help you locate the exact document you're looking for.

Please join us in congratulating Adams County and their Recorder's Office staff! This is a substantial achievement as every single recorded document is now available online. Recorder Tom Krueckeberg has certainly fulfilled the requirements of that old 1816 constitution by "behaving well"!

Our goal to make public records available at your fingertips is easier due to the hard work of Tom and his staff.

Blackford County Historical Indexes Available Dating Back to 1967!

 Thank you to Chris Landis and the staff of the Blackford County Recorder's office!

We are proud to announce that Blackford County and their Recorder, Chris Landis, have finished a scanning project that will provide access to even more Historical General Index Books! These indexes cover the years from 1967-1997 and are available on Doxpop here: https://www.doxpop.com/prod/in/recorder/ManualIndex/18180

It is always exciting to provide more access to public records. Having these original historical indexes scanned and available online will protect the original records while allowing our team to make them available for browsing online. To see all scanned indexes available through Doxpop, navigate to the "recorded document" tab, and choose any county from the "View Historical Indexes" box located below the recorded documents search box.

A major motivation for putting the old book indexes online is ensure everyone is able to utilize these historical indexes after hours and on the weekend. With these records always available, you will be able to look through them just as you would in the office.

To browse the scanned indexes, select the type of index you want to view, then select a year range or book label. You will find each book broken down by first letter of last name, which will open to the pages you'd like to view. When you find the Book & Page you'd like to view, you may enter that into the search area in the upper right corner of your viewing window. This will direct you to a search result for that record so that you can find the correct image for the document you need.

Again, we want to send thanks and appreciation to Recorder Chris Landis and Chief Deputy Kelli Schriver for all of their work on this project.

Fee Increase for Recorded Document Copies to Take Effect on March 1.

Beginning on March 1, 2026, Doxpop will begin charging the following fees for copies of Recorded Document images:

• At the free searching level: $2.10/page.
• At the 20 & 60 per month subscription search levels: $1.45/page.
• At all subscription levels above 60 searches/month: $1.13/page.

At all levels, we've added 10 cents per page that is being used to defray the costs of maintaining the index and image data feed from the counties to our system.

At the highest volume level, we've added an additional 3 cents that goes to Doxpop to defray the costs of transaction processing. The two lower volume levels already had the transaction fee built in when we set our original copy fee rates in 2008. (This will be the first copy fee increase in 18 years.)

Note that at all levels, we remit $1/page to the Recorder (Indiana) or Register of Deeds (Michigan), so the bulk of the money collected goes to County offices, where it is used primarily to preserve records.

The bottom line is that most of our users will see a 13% increase for page fees. This will be the first copy fee increase in 18 years.

Hancock County Indiana Land Records now available beginning 1968

Thank you to Marcia Moore and the staff at the Hancock County Recorder's office!

We have more exciting news coming from one of our Recorders' offices. In Hancock County, you are now able to view online indexes for all document types dating back to 1968! This is all thanks to the hard work of Recorder Marcia Moore, First Deputy Nicole Parcell, and the staff of the Hancock County Recorder's Office. 

As many of our users are aware, difficult projects like these are important to improving public access to records online. By providing these indexes, Hancock County has made it easier for property owners and title researchers to locate the information they need without making a trip to the county annex building. This information is available 24/7 on the Doxpop website. 

Please join us in thanking Marcia Moore and the entire Hancock County Recorder's Office. This is another great step towards making all public records available at your fingertips!