Steuben County, Indiana Genealogy

United States Indiana  Steuben County

Parent County
1835--Steuben County was created 7 February 1835from La Grange County.County seat: Angola

Neighboring Counties

 * Branch County, Michigan
 * DeKalb
 * Hillsdale County, Michigan
 * Lagrange
 * Noble
 * Williams County, Ohio

Cemeteries

 * Cemeteries of Steuben County - Linkpendium
 * Steuben County Cemeteries - INGenWeb

Census Records

 * Index to Mortality Schedule (1860) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)
 * Index to Defective, Dependent &amp; Delinquent Census (1880) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Local Histories

 * History of Steuben County, Indiana: together with sketches of its cities, villages and towns, educational, religious, civil, military, and political history, portraits of prominent persons, and biographies of representative citizens: also a condensed history of Indiana, embodying accounts of prehistoric races, aborigines, Winnebago and Black Hawk wars, and a brief review of its civil and political history. (1885. Chicago: Inter-state.) FHL US/CAN Film 924060 Item 1 other libraries


 * History of Steuben County - Linkpendium

Maps

 * Maps and Gazetteers -Linkpendium
 * Maps for Steuben County - INGenWeb

Military Records
War of 1812

Civil War 1861-1865


 * List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883 Steuben County, Indiana (Source: Internet Archive)
 * American Civil War, 1861-1865


 * 1) The war for the Union, 1861-1865 A record of its defenders, living and dead, from Steuben county, Indiana (Source:Internet Archive)

Civil War service men from Steuben 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 Steuben County.


 * 1st Regiment, Indiana Heavy Artillery, Company A
 * 7th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Companies D, and K
 * 9th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company E
 * 12th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Companies B, and C,
 * 29th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company A
 * 44th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies A, G, and K
 * 74th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company H
 * 100th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies B, and C
 * 129th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies A, H, and I
 * 152nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K
 * 155th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company F
 * 4th Regiment, Michigan Infantry (1st organization), Company E
 * 42nd Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Company I

CIVIL WAR BOOKS


 * Carpenter, Jesse H. 1889. The war for the Union, 1861-1865 a record of its defenders, living and dead, from Steuben County, Indiana, and history of veteran organizations and kindred associations. (S.l: s.n.]. ), (Regiment, Companies, Name's;Roll Of Honor, page 42- 48)FHL US/CAN Film 547227 Item 6 other librariesINTERNET ARCHIVEAllen County Library


 * "The Civil War" Chapter 5 in History of Steuben County, Indiana: together with sketches of its cities, villages and towns, educational, religious, civil, military, and political history, portraits of prominent persons, and biographies of representative citizens: also a condensed history of Indiana, embodying accounts of prehistoric races, aborigines, Winnebago and Black Hawk wars, and a brief review of its civil and political history. (1885. Chicago: Inter-state.), (page 339 - 406,Regiment, Companies)FHL US/CAN Film 924060 Item 1 other libraries


 * World War I (The Great War), 1914-1918


 * 1) Men and Women who Died in the Service of the United States and the Allied Nations in the World War 1914-1918 (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
 * 2) World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Steuben County (Source: Explore Ancestry.com) ($)


 * World War II, 1941-1945


 * 1) Steuben County, Indiana World War II Casualties, Army and Army Air Corps (Source: AccessGenealogy)

Other Records

 * Roster of Civilian Conservation Corps, Angola, Steuben County, Indiana (1938) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Death Records

 * Index of Deaths in Steuben County, Indiana (1831-1938) (free, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Steuben County, Indiana Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Steuben County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Steuben County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)