Noble County, Indiana Genealogy

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County Courthouse
101 N Orange Street Albion, IN 46701-1097 Phone: 219.636.2736 County Health Department has birth and death records; County Clerk has marriage, divorce, probate and court records from 1859; County Auditor has land records; City Clerk has burial records

Parent County
1835--Noble County was created 7 February 1835 from Elkhart, La Grange and Allen Counties. County seat: Albion

Record Loss
1843 and 1859 -- Courthouse burned and many records were damaged.

For further information on researching in burned counties, see the following:


 * Burned Counties Research in FamilySearch Wiki
 * Michael John Neill, Burned Counties in Family History Circle

Neighboring Counties

 * Allen
 * DeKalb
 * Elkhart
 * Kosciusko
 * Lagrange
 * Steuben
 * Whitley

Cemeteries

 * Augusta Cemetery
 * Gragg Cemetery
 * Lower/Lauer Cemetery
 * Port Mitchell Cemetery
 * Sanford Cemetery
 * Wolf Lake Cemetery Genealogy Center
 * Wolf Lake Cemetery BillionGraves
 * The Indiana Genealogical Society has many free indexes to Noble County cemeteries.

Census

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

Local Histories

 * Counties of La Grange and Noble, Indiana: Historical and Biographical. (Salem, Mass: Higginson Book Co, 1993.) 977.27 H2c FHL US/CAN Book   &lt;a href="http://www.worldcat.org/title/counties-of-la-grange-and-noble-indiana-historical-and-biographical/oclc/646035436&amp;referer=brief_results"&gt;other library&lt;/a&gt;   &lt;a href="http://www.archive.org/details/countiesoflagran00infaba"&gt;INTERNET ARCHIVE&lt;/a&gt;


 * Alvord, Samuel E., Alvord's history of Noble County, Indiana : to which is appended a comprehensive compendium of local biography - memoirs of representative men and women of the county, whose works of merit have made their names imperishable, (Reprint. Originally published: Logansport, Indiana : B. F. Bowen, Publisher, 1902. 602, 53 p.[76] leaves. ill., facsims., ports.) 977.276 H2a FHL US/CAN Book   &lt;a href="http://www.archive.org/stream/alvordshistoryof00alvo#page/n5/mode/2up"&gt;INTERNET ARCHIVE&lt;/a&gt;


 * Goodspeed, Weston Arthur, and Charles Blanchard. 1970.Counties of Whitley and Noble, Indiana: historical and biographical, illustrated. (Evansville, Ind: Unigraphic, inc.) 977.27 H2g FHL US/CAN Book  &lt;a href="http://www.worldcat.org/title/counties-of-whitley-and-noble-indiana-historical-and-biographical-illustrated/oclc/424016725&amp;referer=brief_results"&gt;other library &lt;/a&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.archive.org/details/countiesofwhitle00good"&gt;INTERNET ARCHIVE&lt;/a&gt;   &lt;a href="http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/FH19&amp;CISOPTR=165684"&gt;Family History Archives&lt;/a&gt;

Military
Civil War

Civil War service men from Noble 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 Noble County.


 * 7th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Companies B, C, D, I, and M
 * 12th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Companies B, and I
 * 12th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reoganized B, and C
 * 13th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized C, and F
 * 20th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company C
 * 30th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies C, F, and Reorganized Companies D, and E
 * 44th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company G
 * 74th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company D
 * 88th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies B, and D
 * 100th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Comapny E
 * 129th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies B,C, D, and I
 * 139th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864), Company D
 * 142nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies A, G, and D
 * 152nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies B, C, F, and E
 * 28th US Colored Troops, Addition Recruits for Colored Troops

Civil War Book


 * "The First Call for Troops" in Counties of La Grange and Noble, Indiana: Historical and Biographical. (Salem, Mass: Higginson Book Co, 1993.) 977.27 H2c FHL US/CAN Book page 89-116,    other library   INTERNET ARCHIVE

Vital Records

 * Noble County Vital Records Site. This site includes Divorces, Obituaries, Biographies, Guardianships, Probate Index, Births, Deaths, Marriages, School Records, Military, Cemeteries, Settlers, Census, Neighbors, and Wills Index.


 * 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

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.
 * Noble County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Noble County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)