Indiana kept birth/death records beginning in 1882. However the first years
are said to be very incomplete because Drs and clerks evaded the extra work.
The WPA indexed birth and death records for about 2/3 of Indiana counties.
Tippecanoe is one of them.
See - TIPCOA website (Tippecanoe County Area genealogy society):
www.rootsweb.com/~intcags
Barbara Rice
Lafayette IN