Steuben County, Indiana Genealogy

United States Indiana  Steuben County

Guide to Steuben County, Indiana ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Historical Facts

 * Parent Counties: Formed 7 February 1835from La Grange County.
 * County Seat:  Angola

Neighboring Counties
La Grange • Noble • DeKalb • Williams • Hillsdale • Branch

Boundary Changes
For animated maps illustrating Indiana County boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Indiana County Boundary Maps" (1790-1873) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Record Loss
For a list of record loss in Indiana Counties see: Indiana Counties with Burned Courthouses

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

 * Family Maps of (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.
 * 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)

Occupations

 * Directory for Teachers for Steuben County (1936) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Other Records

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

Probate Records
Online Records
 * 1798 – 1999 Indiana Wills and Probate Records 1798-1999 at Ancestry.com — index and images $

Family History Centers

 * Sturgis Michigan Family History Center

For additional nearby Family History Centers, search online in the Family History Center directory.

Marriage Records

 * 1780-1992 at FamilySearch


 * 1802-1892 Indiana Marriages, 1802-1892 at Ancestry.com $


 * 1811-1959 at FamilySearch

Death Records

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

Steuben County, Indiana Web Sites

 * Steuben County, IN History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Indiana Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Indiana Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * 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)