Adams County, Indiana Genealogy


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

United States Indiana  Adams County

County Courthouse
Adams County Courthouse 112 S 2nd Street Decatur, IN 46733 Phone: 219.724.2600

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