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History
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*First created in 1835.
*County seat:
Located in north central
*Cities, Towns & Communities include: Arnolds, Briggs,
Churubusco, Coesse,
Coesse Corners, Collamer,
Collins, Columbia
City, Cresco, Dunfee, Etna, Five Points, Franklin,
Larwill, Luther,
Laud, Lorane,
Nix Settlement, Ormas,
Peabody, Raber,
Saturn, South
Whitley, Tunker, Walnut Corners, and Washington
Center.
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to see GENERAL Whitley County 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.
Please note: Though the information on this web page is believed to be
correct, the possibility of error remains. Please notify the webmaster should an error be
found.
Surrounding Counties:
N = Noble
County, IN
W = Kosciusko
County, IN WHITLEY COUNTY E = Allen County, IN
SW = Wabash
County, IN S = Huntington
County, IN
Established in 1835, from unorganized land; County seat is
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+ PROFESSIONAL HISTORICAL GENEALOGY RESEARCH
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MAPS
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- Interactive Census Bureau Map of Whitley County, Indiana
- 1875 Map of Whitley County, Indiana, from Higgins Belden & Co. (see citation)
- 1895 Map of Whitley County, Indiana, by Pam Rietsch
- 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
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- Occaneechi Tribal History and Genealogy,
by
- The Occaneechi Band of the
Saponi Nation - OBSN (
- The web site was at www.miamiindiansofindiana.org, however, it does not appear to be accessible at this time.
- Annuity Payroll: June 12, 1895, on the USGenWeb for Miami County
- The MYAAMIA Project, from the
- Indians of Indiana - Guide which includes migration maps, from Ray's History and Guide to Terre Haute
- Information about the Illinois-Miami language.
- Miami History, by Lee Sultzman
- Miami Tribe of Oklahoma
- Miami Tribal Library
- Indian Nations - Indian Territory, for the Miami Nation, online at the Oklahoma USGenWeb
- Native American Census Enumeration - information about
- The Big Miami Reserve, Article by Historian, Carl Leiter, includes maps - In 1819: "...The largest of these [Miami Indian towns] in north central Indiana was located at the confluence of the Mississinewa and Wabash rivers and was named "Missinewa Town" on the Surveyors' plat of the region. ..."
- Glenn A. Black Laboratory Current Research Publications Menu
- An Introduction to the Prehistory of Indiana, by James H. Kellar, online at the Glenn Black Laboratory of Archaeology, Reproduced with the permission of the Indiana Historical Societies.
- Index of Miami Names, Glenn Black Laboratory of Archaeology and The Trustees of Indiana University
- The Research
Experiences of the Miami Nation of Indiana, by Darryl Baldwin,
Miami of Indiana---Graduate student in Linguistics at the
- French-Canadian Associations: PRDH, The Comprehensive Site of Quebec French-Canadian Genealogy
- Miami History, by Lee Sultzman.
- The Whitley County Historical Society & Museum
Phone: (260) 244-6372 E-mail:
WCMuseum@whitleynet.org
MUSEUMS & HISTORIC SITES
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CHURCHES
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Phone: (260) 244-6372 E-mail:
WCMuseum@whitleynet.org
- 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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Phone: (260) 244-6372 E-mail:
WCMuseum@whitleynet.org
· Indiana State Library. 140 North Senate Avenue - Indianapolis, IN 46204-2296
o Indiana Cemetery Locator Database
- 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.
- The Political Graveyard:
for Whitley County,
Indiana created and maintained by Lawrence Kestenbaum - a web site
about
COMMERCE, TOURISM & ONLINE COMMUNITY
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- Whitley County Community Network.
- Whitley County Economic Development Corp.
- Columbia City Chamber of Commerce
- South Whitley Chamber of Commerce
NATURE
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NEWS & NEWSPAPERS
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· Indiana State Library. 140 North Senate Avenue - Indianapolis, IN 46204-2296
o Newspaper Holdings: Holdings by county (in Indianapolis)
BIOGRAPHIES
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- Whitley County History and Pioneer Families, online by Ronald Branson of countyhistory.com!
- Local Indiana Biographies Names Index - See Names Index to identify other names which are found in the main biographies.
- Janie Fricke Biography:
"All I ever wanted to do was sing." Janie Fricke has gone from
- The Political Graveyard:
for Whitley County,
Indiana created and maintained by Lawrence Kestenbaum - a web site
about
HISTORY <-> GENEALOGY: Articles and Online
Databases
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Phone: (260) 244-6372 E-mail:
WCMuseum@whitleynet.org
- Whitley County Cemeteries
- Whitley County Will Index — Books 1-5, by Nellie Riley Raber
Index to Wills from August 1839 to October 1921
- Whitley County, Indiana Land Patents
- Index to the 1840 Census of Whitley County Indiana, by Beverly Henley
- Whitley County Churches
- Whitley County Naturalization Records, Indexed by Kay Craig
- Whitley County Marriage Abstracts, 1860-1884, by Nellie Riley Raber.
- Index to Whitley County Marriage Applications:
· Indiana State Library. 140 North Senate Avenue - Indianapolis, IN 46204-2296
o Indiana Cemetery Locator Database
o Indiana Biography Index (published before 1990)
o Indiana Biography Index (published since 1990)
o Index of Indiana Marriages Through 1850.
o Index of Indiana Marriages, 1993 through 2002
o Newspaper Holdings: Holdings by county (in Indianapolis)
o Images of Indiana: 92 Counties // from Adams to Whitley
o Vital Information Exchange (VINE)
· 1880 Census Index, by familysearch.org
· 1820 Indiana Census Index, by Lori!
- Obtaining EDs for the 1930 Census in One Step (Large Cities), by Stephen P. Morse, PhD, Joel D. Weintraub, PhD and David R. Kehs, PhD
- The Doughboy Center - presented by The Great War Society.
- World War II Veterans Online Information Center
- Civil War: NPS: Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System
- Family History Resources
- Naturalization Databases for the Indiana counties of Blackford, Dubois, Elkhart, Floyd, Hamilton, Hancock, Henry, Howard, Jefferson, Marshall, Monroe, Morgan, Noble, Owen, Parke, Putnam, Randolph, Switzerland, Union, Wayne, and Whitley.
- USGenWeb Archives
for Whitley County, Indiana
- History
of Whitley County, Indiana, by S. P. Kaler and R. H. Maring, B. F.
Bowen & Co., 1907.
- Genealogical Society of Whitley County
- USGenWeb for Whitley County Genealogy and History
- 399 Whitley County, Indiana Men in WWI Service by 10 May 1918, compiled, by Ann McRoden Mensch, from the Columbia City Evening Post lists, of 24 April 1918 and 10 May 1918.
- The Doughboy Center - presented by The Great War Society.
- World War II Veterans Online Information Center
- USA Veterans' Administration
ARCHIVES & LIBRARIES for Further Research
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Phone: (260) 244-6372 E-mail:
WCMuseum@whitleynet.org
Library Hours: Monday 9am-6pm; Tuesday - Thursday 9am-8pm;
Friday 9am-6pm; Saturday 9am-5pm; and Sunday 1pm-5pm (Labor Day through
Memorial Day).
Phone: (260) 723-5321.
- Library of Congress:
American Memory All Collections Search - enter topic or
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Contacts to obtain many documents and cerified copies:
- Whitley County Health Department (For Birth & Death Records from ca. 1882)
101 West Market, Suite
A -
101 W. VanBuren
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Phone: (260) 248-3115.
- Whitley
101 W. Van Buren Street, # 10 - Columbia City, IN 46725 Phone: (260) 248-3102.
101 W. VanBuren
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Phone: (260) 723-5321.
- Janie Fricke:
"All I ever wanted to do was sing." Janie Fricke has gone from
- The City of Columbia City, Indiana
- Columbia City Chamber of Commerce
- The Whitley County Historical Society & Museum
Phone: (260) 244-6372 E-mail:
WCMuseum@whitleynet.org
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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. Search the Library's online catalogue to see some of the printed resources available for a location or topic.
Printed resources for this page include:
- School
and Library Atlas of the World. Fred W. Foster, Ph.D.
(Editor). Sycamore,
- New
- Counties of Whitley and Noble, by Goodspeed and Blanchard 1882. (indexed).
- History of Whitley
and Noble Counties, Indiana, Weston A. Goodspeed and Charles
Blanchard, (Authors).
- History
of
- Whitley
County and its Families, The Whitley County Historical
Society, (Compiler).
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Copyright 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002-2009, by Ann Mensch. All Rights Reserved.