Putnam County, Indiana Genealogy

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History


The county is named after Revolutionary War Major General Israel Putnam (1718-1790).

Parent County
1821--Putnam County was created 31 December 1821 from Vigo and Owen Counties and unorganized territory. County seat: Greencastle

Neighboring Counties

 * Clay
 * Hendricks
 * Montgomery
 * Morgan
 * Owen
 * Parke

Cemeteries
A surname index (43,478 listings) of many cemeteries in Putnam County is available at the Putnam Public Library site.

Newspapers
Wabash Valley obituary index contains most of Vigo County, but much of other counties, including Putnam. These are indexes to obituaries published in Terre Haute newspapers from 1900-2007.

An obituary index from The BannerGraphic, newspaper of Greencastle, covers 1975 to the present and is updated every two weeks at the Putnam Public Library site.

Societies and Libraries
The Putnam County Library has a Local History and Genealogy Department. You can search all their indexed books and databases from this Web site. If you find something of interest, the librarians will do a short look up for you for free.

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Family History Library Catalog
 * The Indiana State Library has an Internet page of records for Putnam County. They are adding new databases, so check back often.