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Guide to Starke County Indiana genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.
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 Location of Indiana in the U.S. | |||||||
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| Founded | February 7, 1835 | ||||||
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| County Seat | Knox | ||||||
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| Address | Starke County Courthouse PO Box 395 Knox, IN 46534 Phone: 219.772.9128 County Website | ||||||
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Historical Facts
Populated Places
Boundary Changes
Neighboring Counties
Parent County
1835--Starke County was created 7 February 1835 from St. Joseph County.County seat: Knox [1]
Record Loss
Starke County, Indiana Resources
Bible Records
Biographies
Business Records
Cemeteries
Census Records
For tips on accessing Starke County, Indiana census records online, see: Indiana Census.
- Index to Defective, Dependent & Delinquent Census for Starke County (1880) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)
- Index to Mortality Schedule for Starke County (1860) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)
Church Records
Court Records
Directories
Emigration and Immigration
Ethnic and Religious Groups
Gazetteers
Genealogies
History
Local Histories
Land and Property
Maps
Migration
Military Records
War of 1812
- Veterans in Starke County, Indiana (1913) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)
Civil War
Civil War service men from Vermillion 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 Vermillion County.
- 5th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry (90th Regiment, Indiana Volunteers), Company C
World War I
World War II`
Newspapers
Naturalization and Citizenship
Obituaries
Occupations
Periodicals
Probate Records
Public Records
Repositories
Archives
County Courthouse
Starke County Courthouse
PO Box 395
Knox, IN 46534
Phone: 219.772.9128
County Clerk has marriage, divorce, probate and court records from 1850.
County Autitor has land records from 1850.
County Health Department has birth and death records. [2]
Family History Centers
Libraries
Museums
Societies
School Records
- Directory of Teachers for Starke County (1936) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)
Taxation
Vital Records
- Indiana State Digital Archives for Death, E-Publication, Institution, 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
Voting Registration
Starke County, Indiana Web Sites
- USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
- Family History Library Catalog
- Starke County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
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), Starke County, Indiana 216 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
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