Wells County, Indiana Genealogy

United States &gt; Indiana &gt; Wells County

County Courthouse
Wells County Courthouse 102 W Market Street Bluffton, IN 46714 Phone: 219.824.6479

County Health Department has birth and death records; County Clerk has marriage, divorce and court records from 1837 and probate records from 1838; County Recorder has land records

Parent County
1835--Wells County was created 7 February 1835 from Allen, Delaware and Randolph Counties. County seat: Bluffton 

Neighboring Counties

 * Adams
 * Allen
 * Blackford
 * Grant
 * Huntington
 * Jay

Cemeteries

 * Cemeteries of Well County Linkpendium  INGen Web   Indiana Genealogical Society
 * Apostolic Christian Church Cemetery
 * LDS Cemetery Records

US Vol. 5 page 193 - Prairieview Cemetery

Individual Cemeteries:


 * Spider Hill Cemetery, Bluffton BillionGraves

Census

 * Index to Defective, Dependent &amp; Delinquent Census for Well County, Indiana (1880) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Local Histories

 * History of Well County Linkpendium


 * Tyndall, John W., and O. E. Lesh. 1975. Standard history of Adams and Wells counties, Indiana: an authentic narrative of the past, with an extended survey of modern developments in the progress of town and country. (Evansville, Ind: Unigraphic, Inc.) 977.27 H2t FHL US/CAN Book    other library   Vol. 1 INTERNET ARCHIVE  Family History Archive   Vol. 2  INTERNET ARCHIVE

Maps

 * Maps and Gazetteers Linkpendium

Military

 * Military Records and Hisrtoies Linkpendium

Civil War

Civil War service men from Well 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 Well County.


 * 11th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company C
 * 13th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company H
 * 16th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company K
 * 34th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies A, and K
 * 47th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies A, and K
 * 75th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K
 * 88th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company F
 * 101st Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies B and G
 * 130th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company F
 * 137th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864), Company E
 * 138th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864), Company I
 * 153rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies B, E, and G
 * 155th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company F
 * 28th US Colored Troops, Addition Recruits for Colored Troops

Newspapers

 * Newspaper Clipping INGen Web   Linkpendium

Vital Records

 * Indiana State Digital Achivesfor 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

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.
 * Wells County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Wells County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)