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

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Wabash County, Indiana
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Location of Indiana in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	February 2, 1832
County Seat	Wabash
Courthouse
Address	Wabash County Courthouse 1 W Hill Street Wabash, IN 46992 Phone: 219.563.0661 County Website
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Historical Facts

Parent County

1832--Wabash County was created 2February 1832from Cass and Grant Counties.
County seat:Wabash ^[1]

Boundary Changes

April 1870 Courthouse burned and many records were damaged.

For further information on researching in burned counties, see the following:

• Burned Counties Research in FamilySearch Wiki
• Michael John Neill, Burned Counties in Family History Circle

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Fulton
• Grant
• Huntington
• Kosciusko
• Miami
• Whitley

Wabash County, Indiana Resources

Bible Records

Biographies

Cemeteries

• Abshire Cemetery
• Algers Cemetery
• Albright-Young Cemetery (free, Indiana Genealogical Society)
• America Cemetery (free, Indiana Genealogical Society)
• Boundary Line Cemetery (free, Indiana Genealogical Society)
• Brooks Family Cemetery
• Cramer Cemetery
• Daniels Cemetery (free, Indiana Genealogical Society)
• Freeze Cemetery
• Old Cripe Cemetery
• Wallace Cemetery, Wabash

Census Records

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

• Index to Defective, Dependent & Delinquent Census for Wabash County, Indiana (1880) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Church Records

Court Records

Directories

• Directory of Businesses in Wabash County, Indiana (1858) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Emigration and Immigration

Ethnic and Religious Groups

Gazetteers

Genealogies

History

Local Histories

• Helm, Thomas B., L. H. Newton, and E. Tucker.History of Wabash County, Indiana: Containing a History of the County; Its Townships, Towns, Military Records; Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men; Personal Reminiscences. (Evansville, Ind: Unigraphic, 1971.) 977.283 H2h FHLCollection    BYU Library FamilySearch Books Online

• Weesner, Clarkson W. History of Wabash County, Indiana: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People and Its Principal Interests. (Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co, 2008.) 977.283 H2h FHL US/CAN Book FHL Collection   other libraries  Vol.1  INTERNET ARCHIVE  Vol. 2

Land and Property

• Miami Indians who Received Land on Miami Reservation, Grant and Wabash Counties, Indiana (1873) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Maps

• Family Maps of Wabash County, Indiana (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.

Migration

Military Records

War of 1812

CIVIL WAR

Civil War service men from Wabash 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 Wabash County.

• 2nd Regiment, Indiana Cavalry (41st Regiment), Company F
• 3rd Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
• 7th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company L or K
• 8th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies H, and K, and Reorganized Companies F, K, and I
• 11th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company L
• 13th Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
• 13th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company G
• 14th Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
• 16th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Companies I, and K
• 17th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company F
• 20th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company H
• 34th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K
• 35th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company F
• 46th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company I
• 47th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies B, D, and I
• 75th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company A
• 89th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company A
• 101st Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies F, and K
• 118th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (6 months, 1863-4), Companies H, and K
• 130th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies E, G, and H
• 138th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864), Companies F, and G
• 153rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies A, B, F, and K
• 28th US Colored Troops, Addition Recruits for Colored Troops

CIVIL WAR BOOK

• Thomas B. Helm, History of Wabash County",(Chicago : J. Morris, 1884.) Page 165-196 history of Civil War Companies From Wabash County, Indiana 977.283 H2h FamilySearch Books Online; FHLCollection
  
• "Indiana in the Civil War" in "Military Matters" Chapter 16 of Weesner, Clarkson W. History of Wabash County, Indiana: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People and Its Principal Interests. (Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co, 2008.), (page 261-286, Regiment, Company),977.283 H2h FHL US/CAN Book FHL Collectionother librariesVol.1INTERNET ARCHIVEVol. 2

World War I

World War II

Naturalization and Citizenship=

Newspapers

Obituaries

Occupations

• Roster of Civilian Conservation Corps, Lagro, Wabash County, Indiana (1938) - Indiana Genealogical Society ($)

Periodicals

Probate Records

Public Records

Repositories

Archives

County Courthouse

Wabash County Courthouse
;1 W Hill Street
Wabash, IN 46992
Phone: 219.563.0661

County Clerk has marriage, probate and court records from 1835.
County Health Department has birth and death records
County Recorder and Museum has burial records. ^[2]

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Libraries

Museums

Societies

Taxation

Vital Records

• Wabash County, Indiana Obituary Collection Free from GenealogyBuff.com. From Various Funeral Homes in the Wabash County area

• 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

Voting Registration

Wabash 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
• Wabash County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)

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), Wabash County, Indiana 217 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.

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