Marshall County, Indiana Genealogy

United States &gt; Indiana &gt; Marshall County

County Courthouse
Marshall County Courthouse 211 W Madison Street Plymouth, IN 46563-1762 Phone: 219.936.8922

County Healt Department has birth, death and burial reocrds from 1882; County Clerk has marriage, divorce, probate and court records from 1836; County Recorder has land records

Parent County
1835--Marshall County was created 7 February 1835 from St. Joseph and Elkhart Counties. County seat: Plymouth

Neighboring Counties

 * Elkhart
 * Fulton
 * Kosciusko
 * Pulaski
 * St. Joseph
 * Starke

Cemeteries

 * Cemeteries for Marshall County  Linkpendium
 * Cemetery - Marshall County Cemeteries with locations and driving directions - sorted Alphabetically INGenWeb
 * Cemetery - Marshall County Cemeteries with locations and driving directions - sorted by Township INGenWeb

Census

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

Directories

 * Directory of Businesses in Marshall County, Indiana (1858) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Local Histories

 * Histories of Marchall County Likpendium


 * McDonald, Daniel. A Twentieth Century History of Marshall County, Indiana. (Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co, 1908.) 977.288 H2m FHL US/CAN Book    other libraries   Vol. 2   INTERNET ARCHIVE


 * Ellsworth, Spencer. Records of the Olden Time, or, Fifty Years on the Prairies Embracing ... the Organization of the Counties of Putnam and Marshall, Incidents and Reminiscences Connected Therewith, Biographies of Citizens, Portraits and Illustrations. (La Crosse, Wis: Brookhaven Press (a division of NMT Corp.), 2003.) other libraries   INTERNET ARCHIVE


 * Brant &amp; Fuller. History of Indiana Containing a History of Indiana and Biographical Sketches of Governors and Other Leading Men. Also a Statement of the Growth and Prosperity of Marshall County, Together with a Personal and Family History of Many of Its Citizens. (Madison, Wisc: Brant, Fuller, 1890.)  other libraries  Vol.1  INTERNET ARCHIVE   vol. 2 INTERNET ARCHIVE

Maps

 * Maps and Gazetteers linkpendium

Military

 * Military Records and Histories Linkpendium


 * Indiana State Digital Achives for Civil Warcan be searched by soldier's name (accessed 1 May 2011)
 * Veterans in Marshall County, Indiana (1913) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Civil War

Civil War service men from Marshall 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 Marshall County.


 * 9th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reoriganized Company B
 * 12th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company E, and H
 * 12th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reoriganized Company A
 * 13th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company K
 * 17th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company F
 * 20th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company C, and Reorganized Company D
 * 20th Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
 * 29th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company I, and K
 * 30th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company E
 * 73rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies D, and F
 * 124th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company I
 * 128th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company I
 * 138th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864), Company E
 * 151st Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company I
 * 155th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company H, and I
 * 28th US Colored Troops, Addition Recruits for Colored Troops

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