Wabash County, Indiana Genealogy

United States Indiana Wabash County

Guide to Wabash County Indiana genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Historical Facts

 * Parent Counties: Formed from Adams New Purchase (Allen/Delaware/Randolph) in 2 February 1832 from Cass and Grant Counties.
 * County Seat:  Wabash
 * Neighboring Counties: residents may also have records in Fulton (northwest)·Kosciusko (north)·Whitley  (northeast)·Huntington (east)·Grant (south)·Miami (west)



Boundary Changes
For animated maps illustrating Indiana County boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Indiana County Boundary Maps" (1790-1873) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Record Loss
April 1870 Courthouse burned and many records were damaged. For a list of record loss in Indiana Counties see: Indiana Counties with Burned Courthouses

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

Cemeteries

 * Abshire Cemetery
 * Algers Cemetery
 * Albright-Young Cemetery (free, Indiana Genealogical Society)
 * America Cemetery (free, Indiana Genealogical Society)
 * Boundary Line Cemetery (free, Indiana Genealogical Society)
 * Brooks Family Cemetery
 * Cramer Cemetery
 * Daniels Cemetery (free, Indiana Genealogical Society)
 * Freeze Cemetery
 * Old Cripe Cemetery
 * Wallace Cemetery, Wabash

Census Records

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

Directories

 * Directory of Businesses in Wabash County, Indiana (1858) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Local Histories

 * Helm, Thomas B., L. H. Newton, and E. Tucker.History of Wabash County, Indiana: Containing a History of the County; Its Townships, Towns, Military Records; Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men; Personal Reminiscences. (Evansville, Ind: Unigraphic, 1971.) 977.283 H2h    BYU Library 


 * Weesner, Clarkson W. History of Wabash County, Indiana: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People and Its Principal Interests. (Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co, 2008.) 977.283 H2h FHL US/CAN Book   other libraries  Vol.1  INTERNET ARCHIVE  Vol. 2

Land and Property

 * Miami Indians who Received Land on Miami Reservation, Grant and Wabash Counties, Indiana (1873) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Maps

 * Old Antique Atlases & Maps of Indiana
 * Family Maps of (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.

Military Records
War of 1812

CIVIL WAR

Civil War service men from Wabash 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 Wabash County.


 * 2nd Regiment, Indiana Cavalry (41st Regiment), Company F
 * 3rd Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
 * 7th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company L or K
 * 8th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies H, and K, and Reorganized Companies F, K, and I
 * 11th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company L
 * 13th Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
 * 13th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company G
 * 14th Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
 * 16th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Companies I, and K
 * 17th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company F
 * 20th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company H
 * 34th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K
 * 35th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company F
 * 46th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company I
 * 47th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies B, D, and I
 * 75th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company A
 * 89th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company A
 * 101st Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies F, and K
 * 118th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (6 months, 1863-4), Companies H, and K
 * 130th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies E, G, and H
 * 138th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864), Companies F, and G
 * 153rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies A, B, F, and K
 * 28th US Colored Troops, Addition Recruits for Colored Troops

CIVIL WAR BOOK


 * Thomas B. Helm, History of Wabash County",(Chicago : J. Morris, 1884.) Page 165-196 history of Civil War Companies From Wabash County, Indiana 977.283 H2h ; 
 * "Indiana in the Civil War" in "Military Matters" Chapter 16 of Weesner, Clarkson W. History of Wabash County, Indiana: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People and Its Principal Interests. (Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co, 2008.), (page 261-286, Regiment, Company),977.283 H2h FHL US/CAN Book other librariesVol.1INTERNET ARCHIVEVol. 2

World War I

World War II

Occupations

 * Roster of Civilian Conservation Corps, Lagro, Wabash County, Indiana (1938) - Indiana Genealogical Society ($)

Repositories
See also a List of Indiana Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical & Genealogical Societies

County Courthouse
Wabash County Courthouse ;1 W Hill Street Wabash, IN 46992 Phone: 219.563.0661 County Clerk has marriage, probate and court records from 1835. County Health Department has birth and death records County Recorder and Museum has burial records.

Family History Centers

 * Peru Indiana Family History Center

For additional nearby Family History Centers, search online in the Family History Center directory.

Vital Records

 * Wabash County, Indiana Obituary Collection Free from GenealogyBuff.com. From Various Funeral Homes in the Wabash County area


 * Indiana State Digital Achivesfor Death, E-Publication, Instiution, Military, Misc Historical, Naturalization Records can be searched by person name (accessed 26 May 2011)

Marriage Records

 * Indiana Marriages, 1802-1892 - Ancestry.con$


 * Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992 - FamilySearch


 * Indiana Marriage, 1811-1959 - FamilySearch

Death Records

 * Indiana, Death Index, 1882-1920 - FamilySearch

Wabash County, Indiana Web Sites

 * Wabash County, IN History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Indiana Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Indiana Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Wabash County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Wabash County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)