Allen County, Indiana Genealogy


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

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Parent County
1823-- Allen County was created 17 December 1823 from unorganized territory and Randolph County. County seat: Fort Wayne 

Boundary Changes

 * Allen County Development Map, 1823-1835

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

Cemeteries

 * 190 Cemeteries Names with links to a brief history, internments, 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, 1860-2005
 * Lindenwood Cemetery plat maps
 * 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.

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

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

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

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

Obituaries

 * Obituary Index, 1841-April 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 536,000 records in the database

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.

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)

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

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

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Allen INGenWeb Allen County, Indiana site is part of USGenWeb Project containing links to various county resources, cemetery information including names, map location, and tombstone photographs, church names and locations, and more.
 * Family History Library Catalog
 * Allen County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)