Howard County

Howard County was created in 1844 from Carroll, Cass, Grant, Hamilton, and Miami Counties.  It is located in central Indiana.  The county seat is Kokomo.

Selected Holdings at the Indiana State Library

The following list is not complete.  Further resources may be found by searching the Indiana State Library online catalog.

Print Materials from the Genealogy Division

Immigration

Naturalization Records, 1872-1958
ISLG 977.201 H853sk

Land Records

Index to Land Deeds Book A, 1844-1847
ISLG 977.201 H853h

Marriage Records

Marriage Records, 1844-1888
ISLG 977.201 H853smr v. 1-2

WPA Index to Marriage Records, 1844-1920
ISLG 977.201 H853u v. 4-6

WPA Index to Supplemental Marriage Records, 1882-1899
ISLG 977.201 H853u v. 7

Vital Records

WPA Index to Birth Records, 1875-1920
ISLG 977.201 H853u v. 1-2

WPA Index to Death Records, 1875-1920
ISLG 977.201 H853u v. 3

Other Library Materials

• County Records on Microfilm
• Newspapers on Microfilm
• County Histories
• City Directories
• County Maps

Online Resources

Marriage Records

• Marriages, 1800-1840
• Marriage Records 1844-1957

Military

• Military Index

Vital Records

• Deaths, 1882-1920
• Vital Records, various dates (also includes marriages)

Locating Original Records

• Howard County Clerk of Court: marriage, divorce, and court records
• Howard County Health Department: birth and death records

For Further Research

• Greentown Historical Society
• Howard County Historical Society
• Kokomo-Howard County Public Library Genealogy and Local History Department

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