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Guide to La Porte County Indiana genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.
| La Porte County, Indiana | |||||||
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 Location of Indiana in the U.S. | |||||||
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| Founded | January 9, 1832 | ||||||
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| County Seat | La Porte | ||||||
| Courthouse | |||||||
| Address | La Porte County Courthouse 813 Lincoln Way La Porte, IN 46350 Phone: 219.326.6808 Website | ||||||
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Historical Facts
Populated Places
- City of Laporte
- Rolling Prarie
- Michigan City
- Otis
- Westville
Boundary Changes
1832--La Porte County was created 9 January 1832 from St. Joseph County.[1]
Neighboring Counties
Record Loss
Resources
Bible Records
Biographies
Business Records
Cemeteries
- Cemetery & Research Association Of La Porte County, Indiana - website
- Greenwood Cemetery, Michigan City
- Springville Cemetery, Springville
- Rolling Prarie Cemetery, Rolling Prarie
- St John Kanty Cemetery, Galena Township
- Pine Lake Cemetery, Laporte
- St Stanislaus, Michigan City
- Swan Lake, Michigan City
Census Records
For tips on accessing La Porte County, Indiana census records online, see: Indiana Census.
- Index to Mortality Schedule for LaPorte County (1860) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)
- Index to Defective, Dependent & Delinquent Census for LaPorte County, Indiana (1880) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)
Church Records
Court Records
LaPorte County is the only county in Indiana that has 2 courthouses. One is located in Michigan City and the other is in the county seat of the City of La Porte.
Directories
- Directory of Businesses in LaPorte County, Indiana (1868) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)
Emigration and Immigration
Ethnic and Religious Groups
Gazetteers
Genealogies
Histories
Local Histories
- Packard, Jasper. 1976. History of LaPorte County, Indiana, and its townships, towns and cities. (Evansville, Ind: Unigraphic.) 977.291 H2p FHL US/CAN Book FHL Collection other libraries Digital version at FamilySearch Books Online
- History of La Porte County, Indiana: together with sketches of its cities, villages, and townships, educational, religious, civil, military, and political history; portraits of prominent persons and biographies of representative citizens. History of Indiana : embracing accounts of the pre-historic races, aborigines, French, English and American conquests, an a general review of its civil, political and military history. (2004. La Crosse, WI: Brookhaven Press.) 977.291 H2h FHL US/CAN Book FHL Collection other libraries Google Books.
- History of La Porte County (Linkpendium)
- Every Name Index to History of La Porte County, Indiana. Every Name Index compiled by Cathy L. O'Connor, 2007; original text by by Chas. C. Chapman & Co., 1880; reproduction by Unigraphic, Inc., 1974. EveryNameIndex.com
Land and Property
Maps
- Maps and Gazetteers - Linkpendium
Military Records
Civil War
Civil War service men from La Porte County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies that were specifically formed in La Porte County.
- 1st Regiment, Indiana Heavy Artillery, Company B
- 4th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company E
- 4th Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
- 5th Battery, Indiana Light Artillery (Simonson's)
- 5th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry (90th Regiment, Indiana Volunteers), Company K
- 9th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies B, F, and Reorganized Company B, F, G, and H
- 12th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Companies A, F, G, and M
- 13th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company C
- 15th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company G
- 20th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company E
- 21st Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
- 29th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company C, G, H, and I
- 30th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company C
- 35th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company I
- 73rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies B, and K
- 87th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies G, H, and I
- 109th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies B, and H
- 128th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies C, E, H, and I
- 138th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864), Companies B, and D
- 151st Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies A, E, and K
- 155th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies B, and G
- 28th US Colored Troops, Addition Recruits for Colored Troops
Civil War Books
- "Military Record" Chapter 25 in Packard, Jasper. 1976. History of LaPorte County, Indiana, and its townships, towns and cities. (Evansville, Ind: Unigraphic.), (page 195-400; Regiment, Companies, Name's) 977.291 H2p FHL US/CAN Book FHL Collection other libraries DDigital version at FamilySearch Books Online
- "The War For The Union" in History of La Porte County, Indiana: together with sketches of its cities, villages, and townships, educational, religious, civil, military, and political history; portraits of prominent persons and biographies of representative citizens. History of Indiana embracing accounts of the pre-historic races, aborigines, French, English and American conquests, an a general review of its civil, political and military history. (2004. La Crosse, WI: Brookhaven Press.), (page 198-246; history of Regiment),977.291 H2h FHL US/CAN Book FHL Collection other libraries Google books INTERNET ARCHIVE
Civil War Databases
- Residents of LaPorte County Who Served in the 9th Indiana Infantry (1861-1865) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)
Naturalization and Citizenship
Newspapers
The Herald Argus, City of Laporte and surrounding area
Michigan City News Dispatch, Michigan City and surrounding area
Obituaries
Periodicals
Probate Records
Public Records
Repositories
Courthouse
La Porte County Courthouse
813 Lincoln Way
La Porte, IN 46350
Phone: 219.326.6808
County Clerk has marriage records from 1832,
divorce, probate and court records from 1834.
County Recorder has land records.
County Health Department has birth, death and burial records. [2]
Archives
Libraries
- LaPorte County Public Library, City of Laporte (Branch locations throughout county)
- Michigan City Public Library, Michigan City
Museums
Societies
La Porte County Genealogical Society members have indexed and abstracted a variety of local records:
Marriage Index, LaPorte Co., IN 1921 - 1925
Marriage Index, LaPorte Co., IN 1926 - 1930
Index to 1870 Census, La Porte Co., IN Compiled by Betty Newland Warner
Index to 1880 Census, La Porte Co., IN
Declaration of Intentions & Final Papers 1833 thru July 1854
Declaration of Intentions 22 Aug 1854 – 02 May 1870
Declaration of Intentions 02 May 1870 – April 1894
Declaration of Intentions 27 April 1894 – March 1918
Declaration of Intentions Aug 29 1913 – 29 June 1929
*Superior Ct., Michigan City Declaration of Intentions March 1918 – June 1929
*Superior Ct., Michigan City 12 April 1912 – 23 December 1920
Second Papers Oct 1854 – Apr 1903
State of Indiana vs. (Defendants) 1837-1850 LaPorte County Circuit Court Cases
State of Indiana vs. Defendants 1851-1872
Divorce Book #1 - 1833-1860
Divorce Book #2 - 1861-1875
These are available in select libraries or for purchase on the society's web site.
Family History Centers
School Records
Taxation
Vital Records
- Vital Record - Linkpendium
Birth Records
Marriage Records
- Indiana State Digital Achives for Death, E-Publication, Instiution, Military, Misc Historical, Naturalization Records can be searched by person name (accessed 26 May 2011)
- Indiana Marriages, 1802-1892 - Ancestry.con $
- Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992 - FamilySearch
- Indiana Marriage, 1811-1959 - FamilySearch
Death Records
- Indiana, Death Index, 1882-1920 - FamilySearch
- Death Notices & Obituaries Contributed for the LaPorte County Indiana - GenWeb
- USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
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- La Porte County GenWeb
- Cemetery & Research Association Of La Porte County, Indiana
- La Porte County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
- EveryNameIndex.com. Free online genealogy indexes for those big old county histories.
References
- ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), La Porte County, Indiana 214 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
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