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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. ^[1]

History

Parent County

1835--Starke County was created 7 February 1835 from St. Joseph County.  County seat: Knox ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Fulton
• Jasper
• La Porte
• Marshall
• Porter
• Pulaski
• St. Joseph

Resources

Cemeteries

Census

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

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

Military

• 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

Newspapers

Probate

School Records

• Directory of Teachers for Starke County (1936) ($, 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)
  

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

• Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992  - FamilySearch
  

• Indiana Marriage, 1811-1959  - FamilySearch
  

• Indiana, Death Index, 1882-1920 - FamilySearch

Societies and Libraries 

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

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

1. ↑ 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.
2. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).

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