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Guide to Wells County Indiana genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

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Wells County, Indiana
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Location of Indiana in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	February 7, 1835
County Seat	Bluffton
Courthouse
Address	Wells County Courthouse 102 W Market Street Bluffton, IN 46714 Phone: 219.824.6479 County Website
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Historical Facts

Parent County

1835--Wells County was created 7 February 1835 from Allen, Delaware and Randolph Counties.
County seat:  Bluffton ^[1]

Boundary Changes

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Adams
• Allen
• Blackford
• Grant
• Huntington
• Jay

Record Loss

Wells County, Indiana Resources

Bible Records

Business Records

Cemeteries

• Cemeteries of Well County LinkpendiumINGen WebIndiana Genealogical Society
• Apostolic Christian Church Cemetery
• LDS Cemetery Records

US Vol. 5 page 193 - Prairieview Cemetery

Individual Cemeteries:

• Spider Hill Cemetery, Bluffton BillionGraves

Census Records

For tips on accessing Wells County, Indiana census records online, see: Indiana Census.

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

Church Records

Court Records

Directories

Emigration and Immigration

Ethnic and Religious Groups

History

Local Histories

• History of Well CountyLinkpendium
  

• 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 FHL Collection other libraryVol. 1 INTERNET ARCHIVE; name index: FamilySearch Books Online - free; Vol. 2INTERNET ARCHIVE

Land and Property

Maps

• Maps and GazetteersLinkpendium

Migration

Military Records

War of 1812

• Military Records and HisrtoiesLinkpendium

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 Wells 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

World War I

World War II

Naturalization and Citizenship

Newspapers

• Newspaper ClippingINGen WebLinkpendium

Obituaries

Occupations

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

Periodicals

Probate Records

Public Records

Repositories

Archives

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. ^[2]

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Museums

Libraries

Societies

School Records

• Partial School Enumeration of Harrison Township, Wells County, Indiana (1844, 1849) - Indiana Genealogical Society ($)

Taxation

Vital Records

• Indiana State Digital Archives for Death, E-Publication, Institution, Military, Misc Historical, Naturalization Records can be searched by person name (accessed 26 May 2011)
  

Birth Records

Marriage Records

• Indiana Marriages, 1802-1892-Ancestry.con $
  

• Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992-FamilySearch
  

• Indiana Marriage, 1811-1959-FamilySearch
  

Death Records

• Indiana, Death Index, 1882-1920-FamilySearch

Voting Registration

Wells County, Indiana Web Sites

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

References

1. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
2. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Wells County, Indiana 217 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.

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