Blackford County
This page is under development and is NOT a complete listing of all Blackford County family history resources available in the Genealogy Division at the Indiana State Library at this time. As new Blackford County family history resources are added, this page will be updated.
Birth Records
Delayed Births, Records Issued
Volume 1, 1941-1961
Microfilm, Second Floor
Death Records
Deaths, 1882-1930
Microfilm, Second Floor
Deaths, Hartford City, 1900-1907
Microfilm, Second Floor
Deaths, Montpelier, 1915-1951
Microfilm, Second Floor
Marriage Records
Marriage Records
Volumes A-L, 1839-1924
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Marriage Returns, 1882-1891
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Marriage Licenses, 1901-1920
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Beeson, Cecil. Marriage records, 1877-1888. 1977. 148 pp.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 B628be
Marriage license record books, 1839-1857. Compiled by Guy Mahorney.
Marriage license record books, 1857-1877. Compiled by Cecil Beeson.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 B628m (2 volumes)
Deed Records
Deed Indexes, Grantee
Volume 1, 1842-1901
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Deed Indexes, Grantor
Volume 1, 1843-1902
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Deed Records
Volumes AA-Z, 1838-1887
Volumes 1-21, 1887-1909
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Affidavits for land transactions ... in possession of Marion P. Bonham, abstracter, Hartford City. 1972. 5 volumes.
Genealogy Division, q 977.201 B628b
Beeson, Cecil. Deed book A [1836-1844]. 1960. n.p.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 B628d
also Genealogy Division, 977.201 B628bbd
Probate Records
Partition Records
Volumes 1-3, 1839-1921
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Probate Indexes
Volumes 1-3, 1839-1921
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Probate Records, Complete
Volume A, 1852-1857
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Probate Records, Order Books
Volume 1, 1839-1848
Volumes C-S, 1853-1921
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Beeson, Cecil. Probate docket book, 1839-1849. [10] pp.
Genealogy Division, p. f. 977.201 B628 no. 5
also Genealogy Division, 977.201 B628bb
Will Records
Wills
Volumes A-B, 1851-1918
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Beeson, Cecil. [Wills, 1839-1849]. (from Probate docket book). [6] pp.
Genealogy Division, p. f. 977.201 Buncat. no. 1
Beeson, Cecil. Will records ... 1842-1895. 1959. [25] pp.
Genealogy Division, p. f. 977.201 B628 no. 7
also Genealogy Division, 977.201 B628bb
Cemetery and Church Records
Beeson, Cecil. Cemetery records (incomplete).
Microfilm, Second Floor
Cemeteries and Other Miscellaneous Records
Microfilm, Second Floor
Beeson, Cecil. '76 and Blackford County (Revolutionary War heroes buried in Blackford). 1974. 24 pp.
Genealogy Division, p. f. 977.201 B628 no. 11
Beeson, Cecil. [A list of names of soldiers buried in the IOOF Cemetery, Hartford City ... 1911]. 6, 7 pp.
Genealogy Division, p. f. 977.201 Buncat. no. 3
Beeson, Cecil. I.O.O.F. cemetery, section 4, Harrison township. [10] pp.
Genealogy Division, p. f. 977.201 B6uncat. no. 4
[Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints]. Cemetery records. 11 parts.
Genealogy Division, p. f. 977.201 B628 no. 8
[Shroyer, Mary]. History of the Millgrove United Methodist Church. 1972. [2], 9 pp.
Genealogy Division, p. f. 977.202 M653s
[The tombstone inscription of William H. Beedy who died August 3, 1883, and the death announcements of Benjamin Bird and Martin Griffin]. 1 pp.
Genealogy Division, p. f. 977.201 Buncat. no. 6
Cemeteries records. [19--]. [ca. 799 pp.]
Genealogy Division, 977.201 B628bc
I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Hartford City, Indiana (1960-1981). 46 pp.
(See also 977.201 B628bc for records prior to 1920 and "microfilm" for records to 1960).
Genealogy Division, q 977.202 H328io
Census Records:
Enumeration ... males over 21 years of age ... (Scattered townships for 1854, 1856, 1860, 1871, 1877, 1883, 1889, 1895). 4 parts.
Genealogy Division, p. f. 977.201 Buncat. no. 1
Indiana State Library. 1840 Census. 1970. 3 pp.
Genealogy Division, p. f. 977.201 B628 no. 10
Registration book, 1914, Precinct 5, Ward 4, Licking Township ... 1967. 6, 2 pp.
Genealogy Division, p. f. 977.201 B628 no. 9
Enumeration ... white and colored males ... Washington Township. 1925.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 B628e
History
Beeson, Cecil. Miscellaneous books submitted for filming [includes Beeson genealogy, 1895 city directory, Hartford City, Montpelier, Merchants day book of Hartford City, 1850-1, etc.].
Microfilm, Second Floor
Beeson, Cecil. Miscellaneous records, Board of commissioners' ... 4 parts. v.p.
Genealogy Division, p. f. 977.201 B628 no. 4
Beeson, Cecil. Miscellaneous records ... plus index. 1978. [471 pp.]
Genealogy Division, 977.201 B628bee
Beeson, Cecil. Some Blackford ... families. 9 pp.
Genealogy Division, p. f. 977.201 Buncat. no. 2
Beeson, Cecil. [Some Blackford County ... soldiers]. [7 parts].
Genealogy Division, p. f. 977.201 Buncat. no. 5
[Day book, Dec. 1847-1848, Henley and Campbell Store, Hartford (now Hartford City), Indiana, Blackford County. Compiled by Cecil Beeson. 1972. [4 pp.]
Genealogy Division, p. f. 977.201 Huncat. no. 1
Flashbacks II, Blackford county history. n.d. 24 pp.
Genealogy Division, p. f. 977.201 B628 no. 12
Blackford County History Book. 1986. 6, 61 leaves.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 B628ei
Land Records
Tract Book ... 1836-1853. Copied by Cecil Beeson. 1959. 39 pp.
Genealogy Division, p. f. 977.201 B628 no. 6
Tract Book [1836-1853].
The Hoosier Genealogist (Nov.-Dec. 1962) no. 6
The Hoosier Genealogist (Jan.-Feb. 1963) no. 1
The Hoosier Genealogist (Mar.-Apr. 1963) no. 2
Genealogy Division, 977.2 H789
Military Records
Uggen, Orville. Indiana Civil War veterans, Blackford County, 1861-1865. 2004.
Genealogy Division, 973.7 I39u
Mortuary and Obituary Records
Allen County Public Library. Index to J. Will Baxter Mortuary records, Hartford City, Indiana, Jan. 8, 1906-June 26, 1925. 1983. 205 pp.
Genealogy Division, 977.202 H328i
Beeson, Cecil. Blackford County obituaries - 1983. 1984. 98 leaves.
Genealogy Division, q 977.201 B268bbo
Beeson, Cecil. Obituaries ... [293 pp.]
Genealogy Division, q 977.201 B628beo
Beeson, Cecil. W.H. Cox, Funeral directory, Hartford City, Indiana, Feb. 22, 1892-Dec. 29, 1905. 1978. 45 pp.
Genealogy Division, 977.202 H328be
Bumgardner Funeral Home records, Blackford County, Wells County, and Vermillion County, ca. 1907-1952. [4 volumes].
Genealogy Division, q 977.201 B628bf
George Warfield Funeral Home Records, Blackford County and Wells County, ca. 1930-1947. [2 volumes].
Genealogy Division, q 977.201 B628g
Naturalization Records
... Alien registrations, 1851-1898.
Genealogy Division, q 977.201 B628bL
Declaration of intention, c. 1906-1910.
Genealogy Division, q 977.201 B628di
Dejanovich, Cindy. Blackford County naturalization records, 1854-1928. 2000. 18 leaves.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 B628de
Naturalization records, ca. 1854- .
Genealogy Division, f 977.201 B628n
Newspapers
Beeson, Cecil. Indiana newspaper index, Hartford City Telegram, 1902-1914.
Microfilm, Second Floor
Beeson, Cecil. Newspaper items from the Hartford City Telegram (Hartford City, Indiana). 1972. 402 pp. (and 1974 edition, 4 pp.).
Genealogy Division, 977.202 H328b
[Blackford County, Indiana, newspaper excerpts / compiled by Cecil Beeson]. 1987. [31] leaves.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 B628bLc Asylum for the poor ... records, 1886-1959. 1 volume.
Genealogy Division, q 977.201 B268a
Miscellaneous:
Beeson, Cecil. Assessor's list, Jackson Township, 1855 ... 1863; Washington Township, 1857; Licking Township, 1860. 1959. [4 parts].
Genealogy Division, p. f. 977.201 B628 no. 2
Commissioners Book 1, 1839-1847. Cop. by Cecil Beeson. 23 pp.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 B628bcr
Morgan, Rita. Blackford County Pioneers, Blackford County, Indiana. 2000. 648 pp.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 B628mo
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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