Adams County, Indiana Genealogy


 * This article is about an eastern Indiana county. For other uses, see Adams.

United States Indiana  Adams County

County Courthouse
County Clerk has marriage, divorce, probate and court records.

Parent County
1835--Adams County was created 7 February 1835 from Allen and Randolph Counties.  County seat: Decatur

Neighboring Counties

 * Allen
 * Jay
 * Mercer County, Ohio
 * Van Wert county, Ohio
 * Wells

Cemeteries

 * The Allen County Public Library's Genealogy Center has numerous transcriptions of Adams County cemeteries on its website.
 * The Indiana Genealogical Society has many transcriptions of Adams County cemeteries available for free on its website.


 * Adams County Cemeteries by Township - usgenweb


 * Adams County, Indiana: Cemeteries - Linkpendium

Census

 * Index of 1840 Census for Adams County, Indiana (Free, Indiana Genealogical Society)
 * Index of 1850 Census for Adams County, Indiana (Free, Indiana Genealogical Society)
 * Index to Mortality Schedule for Adams County, Indiana (1860) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)
 * Index to Defective, Dependent &amp; Delinquent Census for Adams County, Indiana (1880) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Court

 * Old Courthouse Records - INGenWeb

Local Histories

 * History for Adams County Linkpendium


 * Tyndall, John W., and O. E. Lesh. 1975. Standard history of Adams and Wells counties, Indiana: an authentic narrative of the past, with an extended survey of modern developments in the progress of town and country. (Evansville, Ind: Unigraphic, Inc.) 977.27 H2t FHL US/CAN Book    other library


 * Snow, J. F. 1907. Snow's history of Adams County, Indiana. (Indianapolis, Ind: B.F. Bowen.) FHL US/CAN Film 1000528 Item 5   other libraries INTERNET ARCHIVE

Maps

 * Maps and Gazetteers  Linkpendium

Civil War

 * Indiana State Digital Achivesfor Civil War can be searched by soldier's name (accessed 1 May 2011)


 * List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883 Adams County, Indiana (Source: Internet Archive)


 * Adams Co IN Ancestral Heroes (Military War Heroes) (Source: A:AncestralHeroes.com)

-Civil War service men from Adams County served in various regiments. Men often joined a regiment or a company (within a regiment)that originated in their county. Listed below are the military units that were formed in or had many men from Adams County.


 * 6th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company B
 * 8th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company C;  INGenWeb
 * 11th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company C
 * 13th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company G
 * 30th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company D
 * 47th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company C
 * 57th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company D
 * 89th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies H, I, and K
 * 139th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864), Company I
 * 147th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company F
 * 153rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company E

World War I (The Great War), 1914-1918

 * World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Adams County - Ancestry.com ($) INGenWeb

World War II, 1941-1945

 * Adams County, Indiana World War II Casualties, Army and Army Air Corps -  AccessGenealogy

Schools

 * Graduates of Common Schools in Adams County, Indiana (1912) (Free, Indiana Genealogical Society)
 * Scool Enumeration of Union Township, Adams County, Indiana (1853) (Members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)
 * Eighth Grade Commencement, 1938


 * Scholl Records and Histories Linkpendium

Vital Records

 * Transcription of WPA Death Index, 1882-1920


 * 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


 * Index to Birth Records Adams County 1882-1920 usgenweb


 * Index to Death Record Adams County 1870-200 - INGenWeb

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Decatur Indiana Family History Center

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Adams County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Adama County, Indiana History, Records, Facts and Genealogy - N2genealogy
 * Adama County, Indiana History, Records, Facts and Genealogy - N2genealogy