LaPorte County, Indiana Genealogy

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County Courthouse
La Porte County Courthouse 813 Lincoln Way La Porte, IN 46350 Phone: 219.326.6808 County Clerk has marriage records from 1832, divorce, probate and court records from 1834. County Recorder has land records. County Health Department has birth, death and burial records.

Parent County
1832--La Porte County was created 9 January 1832 from St. Joseph County.County seat: La Porte

Populated Places
City of Laporte

Rolling Prarie

Michigan City

Otis

Westville

Neighboring Counties

 * Berrien County, Michigan
 * Jasper
 * Porter
 * St. Joseph
 * Starke

Cemeteries

 * Cemetery &amp; Research Association Of La Porte County, Indiana - website

Greenwood Cemetery, Michigan City

Springville Cemetery, Springville

Rolling Prarie Cemetery, Rolling Prarie

St John Kanty Cemetery, Galena Township

Pine Lake Cemetery, Laporte

St Stanislaus, Michigan City

Swan Lake, Michigan City

Census

 * Index to Mortality Schedule for LaPorte County (1860) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)
 * Index to Defective, Dependent &amp; Delinquent Census for LaPorte County, Indiana (1880) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Court
LaPorte County is the only county in Indiana that has 2 courthouses. One is located in Michigan City and the other is in the county seat of the City of La Porte.

Directories

 * Directory of Businesses in LaPorte County, Indiana (1868) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Local Histories

 * Packard, Jasper. 1976. History of LaPorte County, Indiana, and its townships, towns and cities. (Evansville, Ind: Unigraphic.) 977.291 H2p FHL US/CAN Book other libraries Digital version at


 * History of La Porte County, Indiana: together with sketches of its cities, villages, and townships, educational, religious, civil, military, and political history; portraits of prominent persons and biographies of representative citizens. History of Indiana : embracing accounts of the pre-historic races, aborigines, French, English and American conquests, an a general review of its civil, political and military history. (2004. La Crosse, WI: Brookhaven Press.) 977.291 H2h FHL US/CAN Book  other libraries Google Books.


 * History of La Porte County (Linkpendium)


 * Every Name Index to History of La Porte County, Indiana. Every Name Index compiled by Cathy L. O'Connor, 2007; original text by by Chas. C. Chapman &amp; Co., 1880; reproduction by Unigraphic, Inc., 1974. EveryNameIndex.com

Maps

 * Maps and Gazetteers - Linkpendium

Military
Civil War

Civil War service men from La Porte 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 La Porte County.


 * 1st Regiment, Indiana Heavy Artillery, Company B
 * 4th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company E
 * 4th Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
 * 5th Battery, Indiana Light Artillery (Simonson's)
 * 5th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry (90th Regiment, Indiana Volunteers), Company K
 * 9th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies B, F, and Reorganized Company B, F, G, and H
 * 12th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Companies A, F, G, and M
 * 13th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company C
 * 15th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company G
 * 20th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company E
 * 21st Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
 * 29th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company C, G, H, and I
 * 30th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company C
 * 35th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company I
 * 73rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies B, and K
 * 87th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies G, H, and I
 * 109th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies B, and H
 * 128th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies C, E, H, and I
 * 138th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864), Companies B, and D
 * 151st Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies A, E, and K
 * 155th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies B, and G
 * 28th US Colored Troops, Addition Recruits for Colored Troops

Civil War Books


 * "Military Record" Chapter 25 in Packard, Jasper. 1976. History of LaPorte County, Indiana, and its townships, towns and cities. (Evansville, Ind: Unigraphic.), (page 195-400; Regiment, Companies, Name's) 977.291 H2p FHL US/CAN Book    other libraries   DDigital version at


 * "The War For The Union" in History of La Porte County, Indiana: together with sketches of its cities, villages, and townships, educational, religious, civil, military, and political history; portraits of prominent persons and biographies of representative citizens. History of Indiana embracing accounts of the pre-historic races, aborigines, French, English and American conquests, an a general review of its civil, political and military history. (2004. La Crosse, WI: Brookhaven Press.), (page 198-246; history of Regiment),977.291 H2h FHL US/CAN Book other libraries   Google books   INTERNET ARCHIVE

Newspapers
The Herald Argus, City of Laporte and surrounding area

Michigan City News Dispatch, Michigan City and surrounding area

Vital Records

 * Vital Record - Linkpendium


 * Death Notices &amp; Obituaries Contributed for the LaPorte County Indiana - GenWeb


 * 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

Societies
La Porte County Genealogical Society members have indexed and abstracted a variety of local records:

Marriage Index, LaPorte Co., IN 1921 - 1925 Marriage Index, LaPorte Co., IN 1926 - 1930 Index to 1870 Census, La Porte Co., IN Compiled by Betty Newland Warner Index to 1880 Census, La Porte Co., IN Declaration of Intentions &amp; Final Papers 1833 thru July 1854 Declaration of Intentions 22 Aug 1854 – 02 May 1870 Declaration of Intentions 02 May 1870 – April 1894 Declaration of Intentions 27 April 1894 – March 1918 Declaration of Intentions Aug 29 1913 – 29 June 1929 *Superior Ct., Michigan City Declaration of Intentions March 1918 – June 1929 *Superior Ct., Michigan City 12 April 1912 – 23 December 1920 Second Papers Oct 1854 – Apr 1903 State of Indiana vs. (Defendants) 1837-1850 LaPorte County Circuit Court Cases State of Indiana vs. Defendants 1851-1872 Divorce Book #1 - 1833-1860 Divorce Book #2 - 1861-1875

These are available in select libraries or for purchase on the society's web site.

Libraries
LaPorte County Public Library, City of Laporte (Branch locations throughout county)

Michigan City Public Library, Michigan City

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

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.
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 * La Porte County GenWeb
 * Cemetery &amp; Research Association Of La Porte County, Indiana
 * La Porte County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * EveryNameIndex.com. Free online genealogy indexes for those big old county histories.