Pulaski County, Indiana Genealogy

Guide to Pulaski County, Indiana ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Historical Facts

 * Parent Counties: Formed 7 February 1835 from Cass and St. Joseph Counties.
 * County Seat:  Winamac

Neighboring Counties
Jasper •  Starke  •  Marshall  •  Fulton  •  Cass  •  White

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
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Census Records

 * Index to Mortality Schedule (1860) Indiana Genealogical Society)
 * Index to Defective, Dependent &amp; Delinquent Census (1880) Indiana Genealogical Society)

Church Records
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Phelps

Directories

 * Directory of Businesses (1868) Indiana Genealogical Society)

Local Histories

 * Arthur, Carrie, Edna Bierrum, and Berniece Drybread. 1973. Index to counties of White and Pulaski, Indiana. Historical and biographical.;(Winamac, Indiana: The Pulaski County Genealogical Society.) Other Libraries


 * Counties of White and Pulaski, historical and biographical, pub. by F.A. Battey & Co., Chicago, 1883., Internet Archive


 * Biographical history of Tippecanoe, White, Jasper, Newton, Benton, Warren and Pulaski counties, (Indiana. 2003. La Crosse WI: Brookhaven Press.) FHL US/CAN Film 1731988,, Other Libraries, Vol.1 Google Books, Vol.2 Google Books


 * History of Pulaski County - Linkpendium

Maps

 * Old Antique Atlases &amp; Maps of Indiana
 * Maps and Gazetteers - Linkpendium


 * 1870 and 1907 Van Buren Township plat maps - INGenWeb

Military
War of 1812

Civil War

Civil War service men from Pulaski 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 Putnam County.


 * 5th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry (90th Regiment, Indiana Volunteers), Company K
 * 9th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company E
 * 11th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company B
 * 26th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies A, and F
 * 46th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies H, and K
 * 87th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company B
 * 120th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company F
 * 147th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company D
 * 151st Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies A, and H
 * 28th US Colored Troops, Addition Recruits for Colored Troops

Civil War Books


 * "Fall of Sumter" Chapter 2 in Counties of White and Pulaski, historical and biographical, pub. by F.A. Battey & Co., Chicago, 1883 Internet Archive

Civil War Databases


 * Residents of Pulaski County Who Died in the Civil War Indiana Genealogical Society)

World War I

World War II

Occupations

 * Civilian Support Officials In World War II (1941-1945) Indiana Genealogical Society)

Probate Records
Online Records
 * 1798 – 1999 Indiana Wills and Probate Records 1798-1999 at Ancestry.com — index and images $

School Records

 * Directory of Teachers for Pulaski County (1936) Indiana Genealogical Society)

County Courthouse
Pulaski County Courthouse 112 E Main Street Winamac, IN 46996-1344 Phone: 219.946.3313

County Clerk has marriage, divorce, probate and court records 1839. County Recorder has birth and death records from 1882 and land records.

Family History Centers

 * Peru Indiana Family History Center

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

Societies
Pulaski County Genealogical Society RR #4, Box 121 Winamac, IN 46996

Pulaski County Historical Society 400 S. Market St. Winamac, IN 46996 Website

Pulaski County Historical Society PO Box 135 Winamac, IN 46996-0135 Telephone Number: 574-946-3552

Vital Records

 * Pulaski County, Indiana Obituary and Death Notice Collection Free from GenealogyBuff.com. Obits and death notices from Various Funeral Homes in the Winamac, White Post, Francesville, Medaryville and Rich Grove areas.


 * Indiana State Digital Archives

Marriage Records

 * 1780-1992 - FamilySearch
 * 1802-1892 Indiana Marriages, 1802-1892 - Ancestry.com $


 * 1811-2007 at FamilySearch — index and images

Death Records

 * 1882-1920 - FamilySearch

Web Sites

 * Pulaski County, Indiana Genealogy, History and Facts
 * USGenWeb, Pulaski County
 * INGenWeb, Pulaski County
 * , Pulaski County
 * Pulaski County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Indiana Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Indiana Genealogy Network Group on Facebook