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PULASKI COUNTY, Indiana
History <-> Genealogy

*First created in 1835.
*County seat: Winamac.
Located in northwestern Indiana.
*Cities, Towns & Communities include: Anthonys, Beardstown, Clarks, Denham, Francesville, Lakeside, Lawton, Medaryville, Monterey, Oak, Pulaski, Ripley, Star City, Thornhope, and Winamac.
 

Townships in Pulaski County 
(North = Top)

 Cass Township

Rich Grove Township

Franklin Township

Tippecanoe Township

White Post Township

Jefferson Township 

Monroe Township

Harrison Township

Salem Township

Beaver Township

Indian Creek Township

Van Buren Township

Surrounding Counties:
                                         N = Starke County, IN
W = Jasper County, IN    PULASKI COUNTY     E = Fulton County, IN
                                         S = White County, IN  SE = Cass County, IN


Pulaski County Public Library

     121 S. Riverside Drive - Winamac, IN  46996  Phone:  (574) 946-3432

Francesville Salem Public Library

  

     Monon Avenue and Montgomery - Box 577 - Francesville, IN 47946   Phone: (219) 567-9433.

Monterey Tippecanoe Library

    East Main Street - Monterey, IN 46960  Phone: (574) 542-2171.

Medaryville County Library

    

     515 East Main Street - Medaryville, IN 47957  Phone: (219) 843-4141.

·         NARA: National Archives and Records Administration

o    The Genealogy Page.

o    About Census Records

o    1790-1890 Federal Population Censuses Catalog of NARA Microfilm

o    1930 Census Microfilm Locator

o    The Soundex Indexing System

o    Clues in Census Records, 1790-1840

o    Clues in Census Records, 1850-1930

o    Indian Census Rolls

o    Nonpopulation Census Records

o    Prologue, Spring 1996, Vol. 28, No. 1, "First in the Path of the Firemen" The Fate of the 1890 Population Census, by Kellee Blake.

o    Native American Records

o   Indiana State Library.    140 North Senate Avenue - Indianapolis, IN 46204-2296

o   Online Databases

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   Indiana Public Libraries

o   WWII Servicemen Database

o   Indiana Plat Books

o    Vital Information Exchange (VINE)

·         1880 Census Index, by familysearch.org

·         1820 Indiana Census Index, by Lori!

·         Pulaski County, Indiana Biographies, coordinated by Deb Murray

·         Pulaski County Historical Society
   P.O. Box 135
   Winamac, IN 46996

·         Pulaski Journal and Independent - online news

·         Pulaski County Chamber of Commerce

·         Tippecanoe River State Park and Bass Lake State Beach <property map>

    4200 N. U.S. 35 - Winamac, IN 46996  Phone: (219) 946-3213.

·         Town of Winamac, Indiana on the banks of the Tippecanoe River by Dennis R. Stark.

·         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.

  • Contacts to obtain many documents and certified copies:
  • Pulaski County Health Department (For Birth and Death Records from 1882)  
    • 125 South Riverside Drive, Suite 205 - Winamac, IN 46996-1528       Phone: (574) 946-6080.
  • Pulaski County Courts
  • Pulaski County Clerk of Circuit Court - (For Marriage and Divorce Records)  
    • 112 East Main Street - Winamac, IN 46996     Phone: (574) 946-3313.
       
  • Pulaksi County Recorder   
    • 112 East Main Street - # 220 - Winamac, IN  46996  Phone: (574) 946-3844. 

Pulaski County Communities

Town of Winamac, Indiana on the banks of the Tippecanoe River by Dennis R. Stark.


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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:

  • 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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