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Guide to Lake County Indiana genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Lake County, Indiana
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Location of Indiana in the U.S.
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Founded	January 28, 1836
County Seat	Crown Point
Courthouse
Address	Adams County Courthouse 602 Adams Avenue Hettinger, ND 58739 Phone: 701.567.2460 Adams County Website
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Contents 1 Historical Facts 1.1 Populated Places 1.2 Boundary Changes 1.3 Neighboring Counties 1.4 Record Loss 2 Resources 2.1 Bible Records 2.2 Biographies 2.3 Business Records 2.4 Cemeteries 2.5 Census Records 2.6 Church Records 2.7 Court Records 2.8 Directories 2.9 Emigration and Immigration 2.10 Ethnic and Religious Groups 2.11 Gazetteers 2.12 Genealogies 2.13 Histories 2.13.1 Local Histories 2.14 Land and Property 2.15 Maps 2.16 Military 2.17 Naturalization and Citizenship 2.18 Newspapers 2.19 Obituaries 2.20 Periodicals 2.21 Probate Records 2.22 Public Records 2.23 Repositories 2.23.1 Courthouse 2.23.2 Archives 2.23.3 Libraries 2.23.4 Museums 2.23.5 Societies 2.23.6 Family History Centers 2.24 School Records 2.25 Taxation 2.26 Vital Records 2.26.1 Birth Records 2.26.2 Marriage Records 2.26.3 Death Records 2.27 Voter Registration 3 References

Historical Facts

Populated Places

Hammond, Whiting, East Chicago, Munster, Indiana Harbor, Griffith, Highland, Gary, Crown Point, Lake Station, Dyer, Cedar Lake, Lowell, Merrillville, Schererville, New Chicago, Schneider, St. John, Winfield

Boundary Changes

1836--Lake County was created 28 January 1836 from Porter and Newton Counties.^[1]

Neighboring Counties

• Cook County, Illinois
• Jasper
• Kankakee County, Illinois
• Newton
• Porter
• Will County, Illinois

Record Loss

Resources

Bible Records

Biographies

Business Records

Cemeteries

• Cemeteries for Lake County  Likpendium

Census Records

For tips on accessing Lake County, Indiana census records online, see: Indiana Census.

• Index to Defective, Dependent & Delinquent Census for Lake County, Indiana (1880) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)
• Register of Farms in Lake County, Indiana (1914-1966) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)
• Residents of Gary, Lake County, Indiana (1909) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Church Records

LDS Ward and Branch Records

• Gary
• South Shore

Court Records

Directories

Emigration and Immigration

Ethnic and Religious Groups

Gazetteers

Genealogies

Histories

Local Histories

• Every Name Index to Encyclopedia of Genealogy and Biography of Lake County, Indiana  Every Name Index compiled by Cathy L. O'Connor, 2007; original text by Rev. T. H. Ball, editor-in-chief, 1904; reproduction by Unigraphic, Inc., 1974.  EveryNameIndex.com
  

• Transcribed Lake County History Book

• History of Lake County  Linkpendium
  

• Howat, William Frederick, and A. G. Lundquist. A Standard History of Lake County, Indiana, and the Calumet Region. Agawan, (MA: Bridgeport National Bindery, 2008.)  Vol. 1 FHL US/CAN Film 982474 Item 2  Vol. 2 FHL US/CAN Film 1597811 Item 7 FHL Collection   other libraries  INTERNET ARCHIVE

• Ball, T. H. (Timothy Horton), 1826-1913. Lake County, Indiana, from 1834 to 1872. 2007. FHL US/CAN Film 934910 Item 3 FHL Collection  other libraries  INTERNET ARCHIVE
  

• Goodspeed, Weston Arthur, and Charles Blanchard. Counties of Porter and Lake, Indiana: Historical and Biographical.  (Chicago: F.A. Battey, 1882.) FHL US/CAN Film 934917 Item 1  FHL Collection     other libraries     INTERNET ARCHIVE

Land and Property

Maps

• Maps and Gazetteers - Linkpendium

Military

• Military Records and Histories  Linkpendium
• Our Civil War Dead - genwebsite
• INDIANA CIVIL WAR MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENTS - genwebsite

Civil War

Civil War service men from Lake 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 Lake County.

• 5th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry (90th Regiment, Indiana Volunteers), Company I
• 7th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company G
• 9th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorgainized Company E, and H
• 12th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company G
• 13th Regiment, Indiana Infantry Company K
• 20th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company B, and Reorganized Company K
• 24th Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
• 73rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company A
• 99th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company A
• 100th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company G
• 151st Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company E
• 155th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company G

Civil War Books

• "Our War Record and Progress  1860-1869" Chapter 6 in Ball, T. H. (Timothy Horton), 1826-1913. Lake County, Indiana, from 1834 to 1872. 2007., (page 110-136; Regiment, Companies; Roll of Honor, page 123 - 125) FHL US/CAN Film 934910 Item 3 FHL Collection  other libraries  INTERNET ARCHIVE

Naturalization and Citizenship

Newspapers

Obituaries

Periodicals

Probate Records

Public Records

Repositories

Courthouse

Lake County Courthouse
2293 N Main Street
Crown Point, IN 46307
Phone: 219.755.3440

County Health Department has birth and death records.
Clerk Circuit Court has marriage, divorce, probate
and court records from 1837.
County Recorder has land Records. ^[2]

Archives

Libraries

Museums

Societies

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
• Griffith Indiana Family History Center

School Records

• Graduates of Hammond High School (1926) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)
• Students and Teachers of Washington High School, East Chicago ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Taxation

Vital 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)
  

Birth Records

Marriage Records

• Indiana Marriages, 1802-1892 - Ancestry.con $
  

• Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992  - FamilySearch
  

• Indiana Marriage, 1811-1959  - FamilySearch
  

Death Records

• Indiana, Death Index, 1882-1920 - FamilySearch

Voter Registration

• Qualified Electors in Lake County, Indiana (1890-1892) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)

• USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
• Family History Library Catalog
• Lake County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
• EveryNameIndex.com   Free online genealogy indexes for those big old county histories.

References

1. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
2. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Lake County, Indiana 214 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.

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