Whitley County
This page is under development and is NOT a complete listing of all Whitley County family history resources available in the Genealogy Division at the Indiana State Library at this time. As new Whitley County family history resources are added, this page will be updated.
Birth Records
Birth Records-Delayed
Volume 1-2, Records Issued 1941-1969
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Death Records
Pence, Mildred, ...Death Records, 1882-1920
Genealogy Division, 977.201 W613pe
Pence, Mildred, Index to Death Records...1908-1920. [1966] 230 pages
Genealogy Division, 977.201 W613p
Williamson, Wallace, Index to Deaths. . . 1882-1906. [1965] 251 pages
Genealogy Division, 977.201 W613w
Marriage Records
Marriage Affidavits
1864-1885
Microfilm, Second Floor
Marriage Applications
Volume 1-8, 1905-1921
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Marriage Records
Volume 1-9, 1864-1925
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Marriages
September 1838-1850
The Hoosier Genealogist, volume 19, number 3 (September 1979)
Genealogy Division, 977.2 H789
Marriages, 1838-1900
Microfilm, Second Floor
DAR,...Marriage Records 1838-1860. 1946
Genealogy Division, 977.201 W613 1836-1860
Raber, Nellie M., 1891 Marriages, ... 1860 - May 11, 1884. 1973. 412pp.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 W613 1860-84
Stultz, Marguerite, Marriage Records...April 1891 to September 1898 [1971] 130 pages
Genealogy Division, 977.201 W613 1891-98
Stultz, Marguerite, Marriage Records...May 15, 1884-March 27, 1891. [1967] 95 leaves
Genealogy Division, 977.201 W613s
Deed Records
Deed Indexes, 1835-1899
Microfilm, Second Floor
Deed Records
Volume A-Z, 1838-1875
Volume 2-37 (no volume 1), 1875-1901
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
General Deed Index
Volume A-K, 1838-1903
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
General Index Patents
1813-1884
Microfilm, Second Floor
Original Entries, 1835-1853
Microfilm, Second Floor
Railroad Deed Records, Volume 1, 1871-1875
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Harter, Stuart, Original Land Entries...[1981] 12 pages
Genealogy Division, f 977.201 W613h
Gradeless, Donald E., Index to Landowners...1862. [1973] 208 leaves
Genealogy Division, 977.201 W613g 1973
Probates
Administrators and Executors Reports
Volume 1, 1876-1884
Volume 2 missing
Volume 3, 1888-1895;
Volume 4 missing
Volume 5-8, 1901-1922
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Guardians Final Record
Volume 1, 1913-1931
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Guardians Reports
Volumes 1 and 2 missing
Volumes 3-8, 1886-1922
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Index to Estates and Guardianships
1835-1930
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Partition Record of Estates
1880-1923
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Probate Final Records
Volumes 1-22, 1839-1925
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Probate Order Books
Volume 1, 1839-1852
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Probate Order Books
Volume A-K, 1857-1924
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Probate Order Book Guardian
Volume A-E, 1872-1925
Microfilm, Second Floor
Probates, 1839-1852; Indexes, 1853-1897
Microfilm, Second Floor
Wills
Will Records
Volume 1-6, 1839-1928
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Wills
1839-1897
Microfilm, Second Floor
Carver, Bernice, Some...will records (1839-1895 incomplete) [1955] 35 pages
Genealogy Division, p.f. 977.201 W613 no. 3
Pemberton, Dorothy G., Everyname Index to Abstract of Wills...1839-1913 by Nellie Raber [1979] 53 pages
Genealogy Division, 977.201 W613r
Cemetery and Church Records
Indiana Historical Society, Cemetery Records..., 9 parts
Genealogy Division, p.f. 977.201 W613 no. 2
DAR, Grace Lutheran Church, Columbia City, Indiana, its organization, its achievements and
progress in each ministry, published 1892...[1948] 19 pages
Genealogy Division, 977.202 C72g
DAR, Records of Cemeteries...1958-59, 2 parts (part 2, South Park Cemetery)
Genealogy Division, 977.201 W613c
DAR, Records of cemeteries ... 1958-59.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 W613dc
DAR, South Whitley, Cleveland Township, Cemetery....[1967] 185 pages
Genealogy Division, 977.201 W613dd
Harter, Stuart, Thorncreek's Eternity Cities [22] 55l
Genealogy Division, 977.201 W613rab
Kite, Marjorie J., Cemetery Inscriptions...[1980?] 107 pages
Genealogy Division, 977.201 W613kic
Raber, Nellie M. R., Greenhill Cemetery, Columbia City, Indiana with index [20] 96 pages
Genealogy Division, 977.202 C72r
Snodgrass, Julia, ...Whitley County, Indiana, Abandoned Pioneer Cemeteries
Genealogy Division, 977.201 W613sn
Swan, James Nesbit, 1825-1908.... Eel River Presbyterian Churches. 1852-1860. 67 leaves.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 W613sw
Williamson, Wallace, ..Cemetery Records [1949?] 37l
Genealogy Division, 977.201 W613wn
Williamson, Wallace, ...Cemetery Inscriptions [1982?]
Genealogy Division, 977.201 W613wc
Court Records
Circuit Court Records, 1839-1900
Microfilm, Second Floor
Common Pleas Records, 1849-1858
Microfilm, Second Floor
Etna Township Record, 1849-1850
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
General Index - Common Pleas
1835-1930
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Miscellaneous Record
Volume A-B, 1857-1887
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Census Records
Williamson, Wallace,...1840 Census Index, [1964] 5 pages
Genealogy Division, p.f. 977.201 W uncat. no. 1
Naturalization Records
Doby, Denise. .. Naturalization records, 1856-1929. 1999. 17 leaves.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 W613d
Mortuary and Obituary Records
Index to Digest of Obituaries Published in Newspapers of Columbia City, 1856-1910
Genealogy Division, 977.201 W613i
Kite, Marjorie J., Obituaries from the South Whitley area, 1885-1930 [19--] 248 pages
Genealogy Division, 977.202 S728k
Tax Records
DAR, First Tax Duplicate...1838, 6pp
Genealogy Division, p.f. 977.201 W613 no. 1
Darlington, Jane E., ...Treasurer's Registers of Receipts for Taxes in 1841
Genealogy Division, 977.201 W613da
Tax Duplicate 1838 (The Hoosier Genealogist, no. 5, September-October 1962)
Genealogy Division, 977.2 H789
...Tax Record, 1842 [1969] 169l
Genealogy Division, q 977.201 W613wt
Voter Records
Williamson, W., A list of Voters of Smith Township...1848. [1965] 2 pages
Genealogy Division, p.f. 977.201 W613 no. 4
Miscellaneous
....Index of Names of Persons and of Firms [1978] 93 leaves
Genealogy Division, 977.201 W613wa
Gradeless, Donald E., Index to Surname cross reference to Nellie Riley Raber's
Whitley County obituaries, 1858-1910
Genealogy Division, 977.201 W613ra Index
Many of the records identified on this page were initially selected by Carolynne L. Wendel Miller in her book, Indiana Sources for Genealogical Research in the Indiana State Library, published in 1984 by the Indiana Historical Society.
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