Howard County, Indiana Genealogy

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

Description
Howard County was named for Tilghman Howard. It is located in the central area of the state.

County Courthouse
Howard County Courthouse 104 N Buckeye St PO Box 9004 Kokomo, IN 46904 Phone: 765-456-2204 County Website

Howard County Health Department 120 East Mulberry Street Kokomo, IN, 46901 Health Officer: Don Zent, MD Phone Number: 765-456-2403 Fax: 765-456-2417 Email: webmaster@howardcountyin.gov Health Department

County Clerk has marriage, divorce, probate and court records from 1844. County Recorder has land records. County Health Dept has birth, death and burial records. Health Department has birth records and death records. Copies may be obtained from the county health department or the Indiana State Division of Vital Records.

Populated Places
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

Biographies

 * Biographical and Genealogical History of Cass, Miami, Howard and Tipton Counties, Indiana. 2 volumes. 1898. Chicago, Illinois : Lewis Pub. Co. Online at: Vol. 1 - FamilySearch Digital Library, Vols. 1 & 2 - Hathitrust;.
 * Indiana Biography Index at Indiana State Library

Census Records

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

Church Records
List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * FamilySearch Places

Court Records

 * 1844-1920 (*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1846-1872 (*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1856-1877 (*); Court of Common Pleas at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1897-1909 (*); Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * (*); Court of Common Pleas at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * (*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images

Directories

 * Directory of Businesses (1858) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)

Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups
African American
 * 28th US Colored Troops, Company F, and Addition Recruits for Colored Troops

Funeral Homes

 * Ellers Mortuary & Cremation Center in Kokomo.
 * Shirley & Stout Funeral Home in Kokomo.
 * Sunset Memory Garden Funeral Home & Cemetery in Kokomo.

Local Histories

 * Counties of Howard and Tipton, Indiana: Historical and Biographical. 1976. Edited by Charles Blanchard. Evansville, Indiana : Unigraphic. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Hathitrust, Internet Archive, Ancestry ($); .  Reprint. Originally published: Chicago : F. A. Battey, 1883.
 * History of Howard County, Indiana. 2 volumes. 1909. By Jackson Morrow. Indianapolis: B.F. Bowen. Online at: Vol. 1 - FamilySearch Digital Library, Internet Archive; Vol. 2 - Internet Archive; . Vol. 1 contains history; vol. 2 contains biographies.

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Historic Indiana Maps at IUPUI University Library
 * Old Antique Atlases &amp; Maps of Indiana
 * Historic Indiana Atlases for Howard County at University Library (IUPUI)
 * FamilySearch Places: Map of cities and towns in this county - How to Use FS Places

Military Records

 * Military Record Series Index at Indiana Digital Archives
 * African American Veterans in Howard County, Indiana (1890) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)

Civil War Civil War service men from Howard 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 Howard County.


 * 1st Regiment, Indiana Heavy Artillery Companies K, and L
 * 5th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry (90th Regiment, Indiana Volunteers), Company A
 * 6th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company D
 * 8th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company D
 * 11th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Companies E, and F
 * 13th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company G
 * 13th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company E, and Reorganized Company E
 * 17th Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
 * 20th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company G
 * 34th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company H
 * 51st Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company D
 * 57th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company G
 * 75th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company C
 * 89th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company D
 * 99th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company I
 * 100th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K
 * 106th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company H
 * 108th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies G, and I
 * 111th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company E
 * 118th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (6 months, 1863-4), Company D
 * 130th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company A
 * 135th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864), Company I
 * 137th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864), Company C
 * 142nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company I
 * 147th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company F
 * 153rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies H, and I
 * 155th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company F
 * 28th US Colored Troops, Company F, and Addition Recruits for Colored Troops

Civil War Books:
 * Howard in The Civil War" in History of Howard County, Indiana. 2 Vols. By Jackson Morrow. 1909. Indianapolis: B.F. Bowen. Online at: Vol.1 - FamilySearch Digital Library,Internet Archive; Vol. 2 - Internet Archive.
 * Russiaville in the Civil War : a Civil War history of Honey Creek Township, Howard County, Indiana and its residents. c2001. By Kent A. Smith. Kokomo, Indiana : Old Richardville Publications..

World War I
 * 1919 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection

Naturalization and Citizenship

 * Naturalization Record Series (for this county) at Indiana Digital Archives. Search by names.

Newspapers

 * 1800s-1999 U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999 at Ancestry - index ($)
 * Hoosier State Chronicles

Probate Records

 * 1798-1999 Indiana Wills and Probate Records 1798-1999 at Ancestry $
 * 1844-1870 (*); Crider, Edward C. (Edward Clarence), 1869-1938 at FamilySearch Catalog — index and images
 * 1844-1921 (*); Indiana. Probate Court (Howard County) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1845-1853 (*); Indiana. Probate Court (Howard County) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1855-1875 (*); Indiana. Court of Common Pleas (Howard County) at FamilySearch Catalog — index and images
 * (*); Indiana. Circuit Court (Howard County) at FamilySearch Catalog — index and images

School Records

 * Students of Greentown High School (1921) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
 * Teachers of Greentown High School (1921) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
 * Students of Kokomo High School (1931-1933) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
 * Teachers of Kokomo High School (1931-1933) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)

Social Security Records

 * 1935-2014 at FamilySearch - How to use this collection; index. Also at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more information.
 * 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 at Ancestry ($) — index, click here for more information.

Vital Records

 * The Howard County Memory Project website has digitized collections, such as marriage records, newspaper collections, etc. for genealogy and local history researchers.

Marriage

 * 1780-1992  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; Also at: MyHeritage ($)
 * 1800s-2007 Indiana, United States Marriages at Findmypast  ($)
 * 1802-1892 Indiana Marriages, 1802-1892 at Ancestry $
 * 1811-1959 Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959 at MyHeritage - index and images, ($)
 * 1811-2007 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection

Death

 * Pre-1882 WEB: Indiana, Deaths, Pre-1882 at Ancestry.com - index, (Free collection)
 * 1750-1993 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1882-1920 at FamilySearch  - How to Use this Collection
 * 1899-2011 Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011 at Ancestry $

Family History Centers

 * Kokomo Indiana Family History Center
 * Marion Indiana Family History Center
 * Kokomo-Howard County Public Library - an affiliate library.
 * Marion Public Library - an affiliate library.

Libraries
Kokomo-Howard County Public Library 220 North Union Street Kokomo, IN 46901-4614 Phone: 765-457-3242 Email: [mailto:info@khcpl.org info@khcpl.org] Website

Societies
Greentown Historical Society PO Box 313 103 East Main St. Greentown, IN 46936 Phone: 765-628-3800 Email: [mailto:greentownhistory@comcast.net greentownhistory@comcast.net] Facebook Website Howard County Genealogical Society PO Box 176 220 N Union Kokomo, IN 46903-0176 Howard County Historical Society and Museum 1200 W. Sycamore St. Kokomo, IN 46901-4386 Phone: 765-452-4314 Facebook Website Russiaville Historical Society Inc PO Box 221 Russiaville, IN 46979 Email: [mailto:russiavillehistory@gmail.com russiavillehistory@gmail.com]

Websites

 * Indiana Digital Archives Search by name in all records or specific collections
 * Indiana Historical Society Digital Collections Extensive - keyword searches suggested
 * Indiana Memory Click the map or select a statewide collection
 * List of indexes and databases at Indiana State Library
 * Howard County, Indiana Linkpendium
 * Indiana Genealogical Society Databases Free and Members-only. Scroll the list.
 * EveryNameIndex.com for Indiana Free online genealogy indexes for county histories. Select a county.
 * – The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records.