Allen County, Indiana Genealogy


 * This article is about a northeast Indiana county. For other uses, see Allen.

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

Historical Facts

 * Parent Counties: Organized December 17, 1823 from Delaware New Purchase and unorganized territory, and formed April 1, 1824.
 * County Seat:  Fort Wayne

Description
The county was named for of John Allen. Its county seat is Fort Wayne and the county was formed April 1, 1824. It is located in the Northeast area of the state.

Neighboring Counties
DeKalb •  Noble  •  Whitley  •  Huntington  •  Wells  •  Adam  •  Van Wert  •  Paulding  •  Defiance

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.


 * Allen County Development Map, 1823-1835

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

Business Records

 * Fort Wayne Electric Corporation payroll ledger, 1894-1896
 * General Electric Quarter Century Club, 1914-2012
 * Magnavox Co. employee newsletters, 1950s-1970s (ACGSI membership required)
 * S. F. Bowser &amp; Co. employee newsletters, 1918-1961 (ACGSI membership required)
 * Tokheim Oil Tank &amp; Pump Co. employee newsletters, 1940s (ACGSI membership required)
 * Zollner Machine Works employee newsletters, 1940s (ACGSI membership required)

Cemeteries

 * 190 Cemetery Names with links to a brief history, interments, and tombstone photographs
 * Allen County cemetery book index
 * Concordia (Old) Cemetery
 * Fort Wayne Catholic Cemetery plat maps
 * Fort Wayne Catholic Cemetery through 1993
 * IOOF Cemetery, New Haven
 * Lindenwood Cemetery burial register, 1896-1918
 * Lindenwood Cemetery burials, 1860-2014
 * Lindenwood Cemetery plat maps
 * Prairie Grove Cemetery
 * Prairie Grove Cemetery plat maps
 * Riverview Cemetery

Census Records

 * 1840-1880, 1900-1910 Population Schedules, African American
 * 1850 Agricultural Schedule
 * 1850 Manufacturing Schedule
 * 1850 Mortality Schedule
 * 1850 Population Schedule, omission from microfilm
 * 1860 Agricultural Schedule
 * 1860 Manufacturing Schedule
 * 1860 Mortality Schedule
 * 1864 Monroeville Local Census
 * 1866 New Haven Local Census
 * 1870 Agricultural Schedule
 * 1870 Manufacturing Schedule
 * 1870 Mortality Schedule
 * 1880 Agricultural Schedule
 * 1880 D-D-D Schedule
 * 1880 Manufacturing Schedule
 * 1880 Mortality Schedule
 * 1910 Population Schedule
 * 1940 Population Schedule

Church Records
General


 * Allen County Church Burial Records. Years of coverage vary by church.
 * Histories of 185 Churches prior to 1920

Catholic

 * Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception records, 1831-1908 (ACGSI membership required)
 * St. Peters Catholic Church baptisms, 1872-1929 (ACGSI membership required)

Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)

 * West Creighton Ave. Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) membership record index, 1896-1998

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Ward and Branch Records


 * Fort Wayne

Presbyterian

 * 1845-1876 - First Presbyterian Church, Fort Wayne, Baptism Index 1845-1876 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free. Batch.
 * 1868-1873 - First Presbyterian Church, Fort Wayne, Marriage Index 1868-1873 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free. Batch.

Court Records

 * Applications for Naturalization, 1844-1906. Information includes name, date of application, native country. Later ones also include age, port of embarkation, and date and place of arrival.

Directories
Fold3.com ($) has Fort Wayne City Directories 1902-1923 and miscellaneous years dating back to 1861 available online.

Ethnic and Religious Groups

 * African-American Births, 1887-1920
 * African-American Marriage Records, 1824-1920
 * African-American Deaths, 1887-1920
 * Genealogical Records of German Families in Allen County, Indiana, 1918. This index was taken from the "Enemy Alien Registration Files." German- or Austrian-born people who were not American citizens were required to file.

Funeral Homes

 * Allen County Funeral Card Collection
 * E. Harper &amp; Sons (ACGSI membership required)
 * Elzey-Dickey-Haggard (ACGSI membership required)
 * McComb and Sons Funeral Home Records, 1926-1950

Historical Photos

 * Allen County Communty Album
 * Who Am I - Can You Identify People, Events, or Locations or donate digital copies of photos for future possible identification.

Local Histories
Online County Histories


 * History of Allen County, Indiana. By Thomas B. Helm, L. H. Newton. 1880. Chicago, Illinois : Kingman Brothers. Online at: ; Hathitrust; Internet Archive; Google Books;.
 * History of the Maumee River Basin. 3 Vols. By Charles Elihu Slocum, Robert S. Robertson. [c1905]. Indianapolis ; Toledo : Bowen & Slocum. Online at: - Vol. 1;  - Vol. 2;  - Vol. 3; Hathitrust; Internet Archive;  Google Books;.
 * History of the Maumee Valley. By Horace S. Knapp. 1872. Toledo, Ohio : Blade Pub. House. Online at: ; Hathitrust; Google Books; Ancestry ($);.
 * The Pictorial History of Fort Wayne, Indiana. 2 Vols. Bert Joseph Griswold, Mrs. Samuel R. Taylor. 1917. Robert O. Law Co., Chicago. Online at: - Vol. 1;  - Vol. 2; Hathitrust; Internet Archive; Google Books;.
 * The Valley of the Upper Maumee River, with Historical Account of Allen County. 2 Vols. 1889. Madison, Indiana : Brant & Fuller. Online at: - Vol. 1;  - Vol. 2; Internet Archive - Vol. 1; Google Books - Vol. 1; Google Books - Vol. 2; Ancestry ($) - Vols. 1 & 2;.

Maps

 * Old Antique Atlases &amp; Maps of Indiana
 * Family Maps of (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.
 * Allen County development, 1823-1835
 * Allen County, 1860
 * Allen County, 1880
 * Cemetery locations of 190 cemeteries on Google map
 * Fort Wayne, panorama, 1857
 * Fort Wayne Central Business District, 1929
 * Kekionga, 1697-1824
 * Suburban and Rural Additions, 1960
 * Township Layout

Civil War
Civil War service men from Allen 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 Allen County.


 * 5th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry (90th Regiment, Indiana Volunteers), Company D
 * 8th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company G
 * 9th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company E
 * 11th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company C
 * 11th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company H
 * 12th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company I
 * 12th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies F, G, and Reorganized Companies B, G, and K
 * 13th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company G
 * 13th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Companies D, and K
 * 14th Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
 * 15th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company C
 * 23rd Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
 * 30th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies A, D, and Reorganized Companies A, and E
 * 35th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company C
 * 38th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies H, and K
 * 44th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies C, D, G, and K
 * 47th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company E
 * 74th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company C
 * 88th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies C, D, E, and F
 * 91st Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies H, and K
 * 100th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K
 * 129th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies B, C, and I
 * 137th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864), Company E
 * 139th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864), Company H
 * 142nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies D, E, F, G, and H
 * 152nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies G, and H
 * 155th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company D


 * Persons Exempt from Military Service, Sept. 1862
 * Allen County Pensioners, Oct. 1883
 * Allen County Area Servicemen &amp; Servicewomen, 20th Century

World War I (The Great War), 1914-1918

 * 1919 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Obituaries

 * Obituary Index, 1841- July 2015 Web site shows name, date of obituary and name of newspaper and page for the Fort Wayne and Allen County areas. There are more than 542,000 records in the database.

Probate Records
Online Probate Reccords
 * 1798 – 1999 Indiana Wills and Probate Records 1798-1999 at Ancestry.com — index and images $
 * Guardianship Records, 1829-1905. Index gives the name of the ward and usually the name of the guardian, date of appointment, heir of, and volume/page of the original record.

Repositories
Allen County Clerk of the Courts 715 South Calhoun Street, # 200A Fort Wayne, IN 46802 Telephone: 260-449-7245 Website: Clerk of the Courts

Courthouse
Clerk Circuit Court has marriage records records from 1824, divorce, probate and court records from 1823. County Recorder has land records. County Board of Health has birth, death and burial records.

Libraries

 * Allen County Public Library 900 Library Plaza Fort Wayne, IN 46802 Phone: 260-421-1200 Website Houses one of the largest genealogical record collections in the world.

Museums

 * African/African-American Historical Museum Website
 * Fort Wayne Firefighters Museum Website
 * The History Center / Allen County-Fort Wayne Historical Society 302 East Berry Street Fort Wayne, IN 46802 Phone: 260-426-2882 Website

Societies

 * Allen County-Fort Wayne Historical Society 302 East Berry Street Fort Wayne, IN 46802 Phone: 260-426-2882 Fax: 260-424-4419 Email: [mailto:histsociety@fwhistorycenter.com histsociety@fwhistorycenter.com] Website
 * Allen County Genealogical Society PO Box 12003 Fort Wayne, IN 46862 Email: [mailto:info@acgsi.org info@acgsi.org] Website Facebook
 * Besancon Historical Society 15535 Lincoln Highway East New Haven, IN 46774 Website
 * Grabill Historical Society PO Box 346 Grabill, IN 46741-0346 Phone: 260-627-5227 Fax: 260-627-2465
 * Huntertown Historical Society PO Box 662 Huntertown, IN 46748-0662 Phone: 260-637-3530 Fax: 260-637-8598 Email: [mailto:shirleyu@comcast.net shirleyu@comcast.net] Website
 * Monroeville Historical Society 407 Elm Street Monroeville, IN 46773-9340 Contact: Blain Ryan
 * Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society 15808 Edgerton Road New Haven, IN 46774 Phone: 260-493-0765 Email: [mailto:contact@fwrhs.org contact@fwrhs.org] Website
 * Settlers, Inc. 1424 West Jefferson Blvd. Fort Wayne, IN 46802 Phone: 260-424-7212 Email: [mailto:barrone@softhome.net barrone@softhome.net] Website
 * Four Presidents Corners Historical Society Website
 * Mary Penrose Wayne Chapter NSDAR Website

Family History Centers

 * Fort Wayne Indiana Family History Center

For additional nearby Family History Centers, search online in the family history center directory.

Vital Records

 * 1906-1937 Monroeville Vital Records (1906-1937)
 * 1907-1937 New Haven Vital Records (1907-1937)
 * 1907-1937 Woodburn Vital Records (1907-1937)
 * 1916-1937 Grabill Vital Records (1916-1937)

Birth Records

 * 1877-1920 African-American Births, 1877-1920

Marriage Records

 * 1800s-2007 - Indiana, United States Marriages at FindMyPast — index $
 * 1780-1992  - FamilySearch
 * 1802-1892  Indiana, Marriage Index, 1802-1892 - Ancestry.com $
 * 1811-2007 at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1824-1920 African-American Marriage Records, 1824-1920

Death Records

 * 1870s-1920s Allen County Death Index, 1870s-1920s
 * 1882-1920 at FamilySearch Historical Records - Index only
 * 1887-1920 African-American Deaths, 1887-1920
 * 1899-2011 Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011 at Ancestry - ($), index and images
 * 1909-1937 Allen Co. Deaths (1909-1937)(sel.) (with record images)
 * 1918-1920 Influenza Deaths (1918-1920)
 * 1937-1948 Infirmary deaths (1937-1948)

Websites

 * Allen County INGenWeb
 * Indiana Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Indiana Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * Allen INGenWeb Project is part of the USGenWeb Project containing links to various county resources, Biographies, Cemetery information including names, map location, and tombstone photographs, Church names and locations, Historical Photos, Obituary information, Look Up requests, Queries, and more.
 * Allen County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Allen County Genealogy (Indiana Genealogy)
 * Allen County Genealogy (Indiana Genealogy)

Places

 * 92 Towns Past and Present
 * Aboite Twp.: Dunfee
 * Adams Twp.: Adams Station, New Haven
 * Cedar Creek Twp.: Cedarville, Grabill, Hamilton, Hursh, Leo, Urbana
 * Eel River Twp.: Potter Station
 * Jackson Twp.: Baldwin, Edgerton, Townley
 * Jefferson Twp.: Besancon, Maples, Tillman, Zulu
 * Lafayette Twp.: Aboite, Aboite Station, Nine Mile, Zanesville
 * Lake Twp.: Arcola, Hadley
 * Madison Twp.: Boston Corner, Centreville, Hoagland, Massilon
 * Marion Twp.: Hessen Cassel, Middletown, Poe, Williamsport
 * Maumee Twp.: Bluecast, Edwardsville, Woodburn
 * Milan Twp.: Fairport, Gar Creek, Milan Center
 * Monroe Twp.: Dixon (OH), East Liberty, Monroeville
 * Perry Twp.: Carrolls, Huntertown, Hunterville, Royville
 * Pleasant Twp.: Sheldon, Yoder
 * St. Joseph Twp.
 * Scipio Twp.
 * Springfield Twp.: Cuba, Halls Corners, Harlan, Maysville
 * Washington Twp.: Academie, Wallen
 * Wayne Twp.: Fort Wayne, Kekionga, Lewisburg, South Wayne, Waynedale