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DeKalb County, Indiana
Map
Location of Indiana in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	information needed
County Seat	Auburn
Courthouse
Address	100 S Main Street PO Box 810 Auburn, IN 46706 Phone: 219.925.2112 De Kalb County Courthouse

County Courthouse

De Kalb County Courthouse
100 S Main Street PO Box 810
Auburn, IN 46706
Phone: 219.925.2112

County Health Department has birth and death records.
County Clerk has marriage and court records from 1837,
probate records from 1855 and school records 1903-1932.
County recorder has land records. ^[1]

History

The county is named after Revolutionary War hero Johann de Kalb (1721-1780), a German baron.^[2]

County seat: Auburn ^[3]

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Boundary Changes

Record Loss

1913 -- Courthouse burned and many records were damaged.

For further information on researching in burned counties, see the following:

• Burned Counties Research in FamilySearch Wiki
• Michael John Neill, Burned Counties in Family History Circle

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

Resources

Cemeteries

• Index of Christian Union Cemetery (free, Indiana Genealogical Society)
• Index of Corunna Cemetery (free, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Census

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

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

Church

Court

Directories

• Directory of Businesses in DeKalb County, Indiana (1868) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Land

Local Histories

 History of DeKalb County, Indiana: Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages and Towns, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History, Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Representative Citizens. (Knightstown, Ind: The Bookmark, 1978.), 977.277 H2b FHL Collection   other library   Internet Archive

DeKalb County Historical Society (Ind.). 1885 History of De Kalb County, Indiana: Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages and Towns, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History, Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Representative Citizens : with New Index.( Knightstown, Ind: The Bookmark, 1978.) ,  977.277 H2hi  FHL Collection other library   Internet Archive

Maps

Military

Civil War

Civil War service men from DeKalb 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 DeKalb County.

• 9th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company G
• 12th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Companies B, C, and I
• 13th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Companies B, D
• 30th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company H, and Reorganized Companies C, and D
• 44th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K
• 88th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company A, and H
• 100th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies A, and K
• 118th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (6 months, 1863-4), Company F
• 129th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company A
• 142nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies A, and D

Civil War Book

Sliger, Reba. Veterans' Cards for Veterans of DeKalb County Who Served in the Civil, Spanish-American, Mexican Wars: Copied from Records at the DeKalb County Courthouse,( Auburn, Indiana. Auburn, IN: The Chapter, 1990.) 977.277 M2s  FHL Collection  other library  Internet Archive

"Military History" Chaper 5 in History of DeKalb County, Indiana: Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages and Towns, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History, Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Representative Citizens. (Knightstown, Ind: The Bookmark, 1978.), page 90-117,  977.277 H2b FHL Collection   other library   Internet Archive

"The War for the Union," Chaper 5 in DeKalb County Historical Society (Ind.). 1885 History of De Kalb County, Indiana: Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages and Towns, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History, Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Representative Citizens : with New Index.( Knightstown, Ind: The Bookmark, 1978.) page 333-400,  977.277 H2hi  FHL Collection other library   Internet Archive

Newspapers

The Garrett Clipper: Obituary database from 1975 through January, 2012 provided courtesy of the Garrett Public Library.

Probate

School Records

• Directory of Teachers (1936) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Taxation

Vital Records

• 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

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

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), De Kalb County, Indiana 212 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
2. ↑ "Johann de Kalb," Wikipedia.
3. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).