Elkhart County, Indiana Genealogy

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County Courthouse
Elkhart County Courthouse Courthouse Squqre Goshen, IN 46526-3297 Phone:. 219.535.6430

County Health Department has birth and death records. County Clerk has marriage, divorce, probate and county Courtrecords from 1830. County Recorder has land records.

History
Dean K. Garber, Ivan Nunemaker, History of Elkhart County, Indiana : together with sketches of its cities, villages and townships, educational, religious, civil, military and political history; portraits of prominent persons, and biographies of representative citizens.(Chicago : C. C. Chapman, 1881.) 977.281 H2b  INTERNET ARCHIVE  web site

Parent County
1830-- Elkhart County was created 29 January 1830 from Allen and Cass Counties. County seat: Goshen 

Neighboring Counties

 * Cass
 * Kosciusko
 * Lagrange
 * Marshall
 * Noble
 * St. Joseph
 * St. Joseph County, Michigan

Cemeteries
Saint Vincent De Paul Cemetery, Elkhart BillionGraves

Census

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

Directories

 * Directory of Businesses in Elkhart County, Indiana (1858, 1868) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Local Histories

 * Every Name Index to History of Elkhart County, Indiana. Every Name Index compiled by Cathy L. O'Connor, 2007; original text by Charles C. Chapman &amp; Co., 1881; reproduction by Unigraphic, Inc., 1971. EveryNameIndex.com


 * O'Connor, Cathy L. Every Name Index to History of Elkhart County, Indiana, Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History, Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Representative Citizens, (by Chas. C. Chapman &amp; Co., 1881. Edwardsburg, Mich: Cathy L. O'Connor, 2007.) 977.281 H2h FHL US/CAN Book other libraries   Family History Archives

Military
Civil War

Civil War service men from Elkhart 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 Elkhart County


 * 1st Regiment, Indiana Heavy Artillery, Company A
 * 2nd Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company M
 * 9th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company C, and Reorganized Companies C, and F
 * 12th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Companies D, and I
 * 13th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized D, and E
 * 19th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company G
 * 21st Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
 * 23rd Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
 * 29th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company B
 * 30th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K, and Reorganized C
 * 44th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company I
 * 48th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies A, G, H, and I
 * 74th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies E, G, and I
 * 88th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company I
 * 100th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company D
 * 129th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company E
 * 136th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864), Company K
 * 142nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company D
 * 152nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies A, and E
 * 155th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company F

Civil War Book


 * "Military History", Chaper 10, in Dean K. Garber, Ivan Nunemaker, History of Elkhart County, Indiana :(Chicago : C. C. Chapman, 1881.) page 537-575, 977.281 H2b  INTERNET ARCHIVE web site


 * "Military History" Chapter 11 in O'Connor, Cathy L. Every Name Index to History of Elkhart County, Indiana, Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History, Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Representative Citizens, (by Chas. C. Chapman &amp; Co., 1881. Edwardsburg, Mich: Cathy L. O'Connor, 2007.),(page 535-574, Regiment, Companies), 977.281 H2h FHL US/CAN Book other libraries   Family History Archives

School Records

 * Alumni of Middlebury High School, Elkhart County, Indiana (1886-1916) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Vital Records

 * 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

 * EveryNameIndex.com  Free online genealogy indexes for those big old county histories.
 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Elkhart County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Elkhart County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)