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County Courthouse

Allen County Courthouse
715 S Calhoun Street #200
Fort Wayne, IN 46802
Phone. 219.449.7424

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.^[1]

History

Parent County

1823-- Allen County was created 17 December 1823 from unorganized territory and Randolph County.
County seat: Fort Wayne ^[2]

Boundary Changes

• Allen County Development Map, 1823-1835

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated 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
  

Neighboring Counties

• Adams
• De Kalb
• Defiance County, Ohio
• Huntington
• Noble
• Paulding County, Ohio
• Van Wert County, Ohio
• Wells
• Whitley

Resources

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
• St. Paul's Cemetery, Fort Wayne BillionGraves
• Lindenwood Cemetery burial register, 1896-1918
• Lindenwood Cemetery burials, 1860-2010
• Lindenwood Cemetery plat maps
• Lindenwood Cemetery, Fort Wayne BillionGraves. Headstone photos, some more recent burials since 2005 will show here as the cemetery is photographed.
• Parker Cemetery, St. Joseph
• Prairie Grove Cemetery
• Prairie Grove Cemetery plat maps
• Riverview Cemetery

Census

• 1840 Population Schedule, Af. Amer.
• 1850 Agricultural Schedule
• 1850 Manufacturing Schedule
• 1850 Mortality Schedule
• 1850 Population Schedule, Af. Amer.
• 1850 Population Schedule, omission from microfilm
• 1860 Agricultural Schedule
• 1860 Manufacturing Schedule
• 1860 Mortality Schedule
• 1860 Population Schedule, Af. Amer.
• 1864 Monroeville Local Census
• 1866 New Haven Local Census
• 1870 Agricultural Schedule
• 1870 Manufacturing Schedule
• 1870 Mortality Schedule
• 1870 Population Schedule, Af. Amer.
• 1880 Agricultural Schedule
• 1880 D-D-D Schedule
• 1880 Manufacturing Schedule
• 1880 Mortality Schedule
• 1880 Population Schedule, Af. Amer.
• 1910 Population Schedule
• 1910 Population Schedule, Af. Amer.

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

Church

• Allen County Church Burial Records. Years of coverage vary by church.
• Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception records, 1831-1908 (ACGSI membership required)
  
• Histories of 185 Churches prior to 1920
• St. Peters Catholic Church baptisms, 1872-1929 (ACGSI membership required)
  
• West Creighton Ave. Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) membership record index, 1896-1998
  

LDS Ward and Branch Records

• Fort Wayne

City Directories

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

Court

• 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.

Ethnic

• 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 & Sons (ACGSI membership required)
  
• Elzey-Dickey-Haggard (ACGSI membership required)
  
• McComb and Sons Funeral Home Records, 1926-1950

Land

Local Histories

• Church histories of 185 churches prior to 1920
  

Maps

• 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

Military

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 & Servicewomen, 20th Century

Newspapers

Obituaries

• Obituary Index, 1841-September 2010 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.

Photos - Historical

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

Probate

• 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.

Taxation

Vital Records

• Allen County Death Index, 1870s-1920s
• African-American Births, 1877-1920
• African-American Marriage Records, 1824-1920
• African-American Deaths, 1887-1920
• Allen Co. Deaths (1909-1937)(sel.) (with record images)
• Grabill Vital Records (1916-1937)
• Infirmary deaths (1937-1948)
• Influenza Deaths (1918-1920)
• Monroeville Vital Records (1906-1937)
• New Haven Vital Records (1907-1937)
• Woodburn Vital Records (1907-1937)
  
• Indiana State Digital Achives for 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

Societies and Libraries 

Libraries

The Allen County Public Library houses one of the largest genealogical record collections in the world.  They can be visited at: www.acpl.lib.in.us. Phone: 260-421-1252

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
• Fort Wayne Indiana Family History Center

Museums

• African/African-American Historical Museum
  
• Fort Wayne Firefighters Museum
  
• The History Center/Allen County-Fort Wayne Historical Society
  

Societies

• Allen County Genealogical Society
  
• Allen County Genealogical Society on Facebook
  
• Besancon Historical Society
  
• Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society
  
• Four Presidents Corners Historical Society
  
• Huntertown Historical Society
  
• Mary Penrose Wayne Chapter NSDAR
  
• Settlers, Inc.
  

Web Sites

• 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.
  
• Family History Library Catalog
• Allen County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Allen, Indiana 211 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
2. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).