Wells County, Indiana Genealogy

United States Indiana  Wells County

County Courthouse
Wells County Courthouse 102 W Market Street Bluffton, IN 46714 Phone: 219.824.6479

County Health Department has birth and death records. County Clerk has marriage, divorce and court records from 1837 and probate records from 1838. County Recorder has land records.

Parent County
1835--Wells County was created 7 February 1835 from Allen, Delaware and Randolph Counties. County seat: Bluffton

Neighboring Counties

 * Adams
 * Allen
 * Blackford
 * Grant
 * Huntington
 * Jay

Cemeteries

 * Cemeteries of Well County Linkpendium  INGen Web   Indiana Genealogical Society
 * Apostolic Christian Church Cemetery
 * LDS Cemetery Records

US Vol. 5 page 193 - Prairieview Cemetery

Individual Cemeteries:


 * Spider Hill Cemetery, Bluffton BillionGraves

Census

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

Local Histories

 * History of Well 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   Vol. 1 INTERNET ARCHIVE; name index:  - free; Vol. 2  INTERNET ARCHIVE

Maps

 * Maps and Gazetteers Linkpendium

Military

 * Military Records and Hisrtoies Linkpendium

Civil War

Civil War service men from Well 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 Well County.


 * 11th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company C
 * 13th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company H
 * 16th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company K
 * 34th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies A, and K
 * 47th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies A, and K
 * 75th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K
 * 88th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company F
 * 101st Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies B and G
 * 130th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company F
 * 137th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864), Company E
 * 138th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864), Company I
 * 153rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies B, E, and G
 * 155th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company F
 * 28th US Colored Troops, Addition Recruits for Colored Troops

Newspapers

 * Newspaper Clipping INGen Web   Linkpendium

Occupations

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

School Records

 * Partial School Enumeration of Harrison Township, Wells County, Indiana (1844, 1849) - 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

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Wells County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Wells County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)