DEKALB COUNTY, Indiana
History <-> Genealogy
*First created in 1835.
*County seat: Auburn.
Located in noutheastern Indiana.
*Cities, Towns &
Communities include: Altona, Ashley, Artic, Auburn, Auburn Junction,
Butler, Cedar,
Coburn Corners/Coburntown, Concord, Corunna,
Fairfield Center, Garrett,
Hopewell, Moore,
New Era, Newville,
Newville Center, Orangeville,
St. Joe, St. Johns,
Sedan, Spencerville,
Stafford Center, Summit,
Taylor Corner, Vienna
(historical) and Waterloo.
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information and links.
Select from the TOWN list above to learn which township the
community is located in, and view information and links specific to
that area.
Select from the TOWNSHIPs Table
below to view information and links specific to the township.
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to be correct, the possibility of error remains. Please notify
the webmaster
should an error be found.
Surrounding Counties:
N = Steuben
County, IN
NE = Williams County, OH
W = Noble
County, IN DEKALB COUNTY
E = Defiance County, OH
S = Allen
County, IN
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by Allen Richmond.
DEKALB COUNTY,
INDIANA
Established in 1835, from portions of Allen and
LaGrange
Counties; County seat is Auburn.
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+ PROFESSIONAL HISTORICAL GENEALOGY RESEARCH
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MAPS
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- Interactive Census Bureau Map
of DeKalb County
- 1875 Map of DeKalb County, Indiana, from
Higgins Belden & Co. (see citation)
- 1895 Map of
DeKalb County, Indiana, by Pam Rietsch at: prietsch@ismi.net
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Use the query form, at
USGS, to map features including cemeteries, churches, populated
places, and more. Please note that the map town listed
with a feature may be used as a map reference for the site, and may not
be the town where the feature is actually located...Select a map to see
the location of the actual feature. This database may not be
complete, and, as with
any database, there may be errors.
NATIVE AMERICAN:
THE MIAMI
PEOPLE
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- The
Miami Nation of Indians of Indiana
- P.O. Box 41 - Peru, Indiana 46970 Phone: (765)
473-9631
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Native American Links
- History of the
Miami and History of the Delaware,
by Lee Sultzman
- Chief
Little Turtle (Michikinikwa) - A leader of the Miami Indians.
- Miami History,
by Lee Sultzman.
MUSEUMS &
HISTORIC SITES
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- Auburn
Cord
Duesenberg Museum, Auburn, IN
CHURCHES
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Use the query form, at
USGS, to map features including cemeteries, churches, populated
places, and more. Please note that the map town listed
with a feature may be used as a map reference for the site, and may not
be the town where the feature is actually located...Select a map to see
the location of the actual feature. This database may not be
complete, and, as with
any database, there may be errors.
- Local
Catholic Church History & Genealogy Research Guide & Worldwide
Directory + Indiana*
Page.
CEMETERIES
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- Indiana State
Library.
140 North Senate Avenue - Indianapolis, IN 46204-2296
- USGenWeb for DeKalb County
Genealogy, coordinated by Dan Terry.
- The Political Graveyard: for DeKalb County,
Indiana - information about memorials, related cemeteries, and
politicians who were born, lived or died in Daviess County.
-
Use the query form, at
USGS, to map features including cemeteries, churches, populated
places, and more. Please note that the map town listed
with a feature may be used as a map reference for the site, and may not
be the town where the feature is actually located...Select a map to see
the location of the actual feature. This database may not be
complete, and, as with
any database, there may be errors.
COMMERCE, TOURISM & ONLINE
COMMUNITY
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- DeKalb Community Network
- News-Sun & Evening Star
- news for Noble, LaGrange, DeKalb & Steuben Counties in northeast
Indiana.
NATURE
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NEWS & NEWSPAPERS
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- News-Sun & Evening Star
- news for Noble, LaGrange, DeKalb & Steuben Counties in northeast
Indiana.
- DeKalb
County Newcomer's Guide - with local media
contact information.
- Indiana State
Library.
140 North Senate Avenue - Indianapolis, IN 46204-2296
BIOGRAPHIES
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- countyhistory.com:
for DeKalb
County, by Ronald Branson!
- The Political Graveyard: for DeKalb County,
Indiana - information about memorials, related cemeteries, and
politicians who were born, lived or died in Daviess County.
HISTORY <-> GENEALOGY:
Articles and
Online Databases
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- DeKalb
County Genealogy Society
P. O. Box 6085, Auburn, IN 46706
The web site includes a membership application and
identifies publications for purchase.
The DeKalb County Indiana Genealogy Society meetings are
held at the
Eckhart Public Library - 603 S. Jackson Street -
Auburn, IN 46706. - USGenWeb for DeKalb County
Genealogy, coordinated by Dan Terry.
- History
Of DeKalb County, Indiana, With Biographical Sketches of Representative
Citizens and Genealogical Records of Old Families Illustrated,
Indianapolis : B.F. Bowen & Company, Inc., 1914.
- Indiana State
Library.
140 North Senate Avenue - Indianapolis, IN 46204-2296
- County Code
of DeKalb County Indiana of 1999.
ARCHIVES & LIBRARIES for
Further Research
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- Eckhart Public Library
603 S. Jackson - Auburn, IN
46706 Phone: (260) 925-2414.
- Butler Carnegie Public Library
340 South Broadway - Butler,
IN 46721 Phone: (260) 868-2351. - Garrett Public Library
107 West Houston Street - Garrett, IN
46738 Phone: (260) 357-5485.
- Waterloo Grant Township Public
Library
300 S. Wayne Street - P.O. Box 707 - Waterloo, IN
46793 Phone: (260) 837-4491. - DeKalb County
Genealogy Society
P. O. Box 6085, Auburn, IN 46706
The web site includes a membership application and
identifies publications for purchase.
COUNTY GOVERNMENT & Vital
Records
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- DeKalb
County Government
- DeKalb
County Government Internet Information System
- DeKalb
County Health Department
DeKalb County Office Building -
(Birth & Death Certificates from ca. 1882)
215 East 9th, Suite 201 - Aubum, IN 46706-2336
Phone: Health Dept. (260) 925-2220
Fees: Birth certificates ($5.00 and $1.00 for extra copy)
Death
certificates ($6.00 and $2.00 for extra copy)
Record
copies, for genealogy, uncertified $3 each.
- Clerk
Circuit Court (For Marriage, Divorce and Probate
records)
2nd floor, DeKalb County Courthouse - 100 S.
Main Street,
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 230 - Auburn, IN 46706
Phone: (260) 925-0912
Fees: Marriage record $1 per copy, certification fee $1 per copy.
- DeKalb
County Recorder (Deeds, Land Records, Mortgages)
First Floor, DeKalb County Courthouse - 100 South Main
Street - Auburn, IN 46706
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 810, Auburn, IN
46706
- History of DeKalb County, Indiana.
1885. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co.
DeKalb County (Indiana), 1837-1987. Vols. 1, 2, 3 (1992)
and 1A, 1B, 2 (1987). John Martin Smith. Auburn:
Natmus, Inc.
DeKalb County Communities
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Butler Township communities
include: Butler Center, Cedar, New Era and St. Johns.
Concord Township communities
include: Concord, Orangeville and St. Joe.
Fairfield Township communities
include: Fairfield Center.
Franklin Township communities
include: Taylor Corner. The Steuben County town of Hamilton
is situated near the DeKalb and Steuben county line, with a small
portion of the outskirts extending into DeKalb County.
Grant Township communities include:
Waterloo. - Waterloo
Grant Township Public Library
300 S. Wayne Street - P.O. Box 707 - Waterloo, IN
46793 Phone: (260) 837-4491.
- St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church [est. 1880]
- 1098 County Road 39 - Waterloo, IN 46793-9779
- Phone: (260) 837-7155 Pastor's E-mail:
dc1098@locl.net
Jackson
Township communities
include: Hopewell. Auburn Junction is located at the Jackson and Union
Townships line.
Keyser Township communities
include: Altona and Garrett. - City of Garrett with A Brief
History of Our Community from "So Grows a City", 1975,
the official publication of the Greater Garrett Centennial Corporation.
-
Garrett's
Growth from 1871 to 1936, from Garrett Clipper's Anniversary Edition,
January 20, 1936, on the USGenWeb
site for DeKalb County.
- Garrett Public Library
107 West Houston Street - Garrett, IN
46738 Phone: (260) 357-5485.
- St. Joseph Catholic Church [est. 1876]
- 300 West Houston Street - Garrett, IN 46738-1424
- Phone: (260) 357-3122
Newville Township communities
include: Newville and Newville Center.
The community of Newville is identified as Vienna and Newville P. O. on
an 1880 DeKalb County Atlas.
RichlandTownship communities
include: Corunna and Sedan.
Smithfield Township communities
include: Ashley and Summit. The town of Ashley is situated
on the DeKalb and Steuben county line, with portions in both counties.
Spencer Township communities
include: Coburn Corners/Coburntown, Spencerville.
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PROFESSIONAL HISTORICAL GENEALOGY RESEARCH
Ann
McRoden Mensch, Professional Historical Genealogist
Researching on-site, and with the
vast resources of The Allen County
Public Library, holding one of the largest genealogical
collections in North America.
Printed resources include:
- Atlas of De Kalb Co., Indiana, To Which Are Added Various
General Maps, History, Statistics, Illustrations, &c. &c. &c.
Chicago : J. H. Beers & Co., 1880. (Reprint 1974 by The
Bookmark, P.O. Box 74, Knightstown, Ind., sponsored by DeKalb County
Historical
Society, Inc.)
- History of DeKalb County, Indiana : Together With Sketches of
Its Cities, Villages and Towns ... and Biographies of Representative
Citizens : Also a Condensed History of Indiana... Inter-state
Publishing Company (Corp. Author). Chicago, Illinois :
Inter-State Publishing Co., 1885. (Gc 977.201 D36HI).
- History of DeKalb County, Indiana, with Biographical
Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Old
Families. Indianapolis : Bowen, B.F., & Company,
1914. Reprint of 1914 edition published Vernon, IN : Windmill
Publications, 1996. (Gc 977.201 D36H, 1996).
- History of DeKalb County, Indiana. John Martin
Smith. (Author, Compiler and Editor). Auburn, Indiana (Box 686
Auburn 46706) :
Natmus, Inc., 1992.
Notes: Previously published as: DeKalb County, 1837-1987: "...first
published in 1987 and ... bound into volumes 1A, 1B, and 2. Unbound
signatures were stored... now ... bound as volumes 1, 2, and 3 with
only minor changes in editorial content." (Includes indexes) (Gc
977.201 D36DC, 1992).
- So Grows a City. Greater Garrett Centennial
Corporation, 1975.
- New Sectional Township
Map of Indiana. Chicago, Illinois : Higgins Belden & Co.,
1875.
- Atlas of DeKalb County, Indiana; to Which are Added Various
General Maps, History, Statistics... J.H. Beers &
Co.
(Corp. Author). Chicago, Illinois : J.H. Beers & Co.,
1880.
(Gc 977.201 D36BE).
Note: Index, by M.E. Bowman and DeKalb Hist.
Society, in 1975 reprint.
- Early Marriage Records of DeKalb County, Indiana,
1837-1882. Fayne E. Harter. (Compiler and
Indexer). [S.l.] : F.E. Harter, 1970. (Gc 977.201 D36HA).
- Index to Death Record Dekalb County, Indiana, 1882-1920
Inclusive; Letters A-Z, Inclusive & Unknown. Indiana
Works Projects Administration. (Compiler). [Indianapolis?]
: Indiana Works Projects Administration, 1940. (Gc 977.201
D36UND).
- Indiana Atlas & Gazetteer. First Edition,
Second Printing. Yarmouth, Maine: Delorme. 1998.
- School and Library Atlas of the World. Fred W.
Foster, Ph.D. (Editor). Sycamore, Illinois: School and
Library Publishing Company. 1982.
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