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WELLS COUNTY, Indiana
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*First created in 1835.
*County seat: Bluffton.
Located in north eastern Indiana.
*Cities, Towns & Communities include: Bluffton, Craigville, Dillman, Domestic, Greenville, Greenwood, Jeff, Keystone, Kingsland, Liberty Center, McNatts, Mt. Zion, Nottingham, Ossian, Petroleum, Phenix, Poneto, Reiffsburg, Rockford, Tocsin, Travisville, Uniondale, Vera Cruz, Wellsburg, and Zanesville.
 

Townships in Wells County 
(North = Top)

 

 

Union Township

Jefferson Township

 

Rock Creek Township

Lancaster Township

 

Liberty Township

Harrison Township

Jackson Township

Chester Township

Nottingham Township

Surrounding Counties:
                                                N = Allen County, IN
W = Huntington County, IN    WELLS COUNTY     E = Adams County, IN
   SW = Grant County, IN   S = Blackford County, IN  SE = Jay County, IN


   

·         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!

  • 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.
  • Bureau Of Land Management - General Land Office Records:  Search for early land records.
  • Wells County Public Library   -  About the library page.

   200 W. Washington Street – Bluffton, IN  Phone: (260) 824-1612.
   Bluffton newspapers from 1866 on microfilm

    207 North Jefferson Street – Ossian, IN  Phone: (260) 622-4691.

Contacts for many documents and certified copies:

  • Wells County Health Department  (For Birth and Death Records from about 1882)

   223 West Washington Street - Blufflon, IN 46714-1955  Phone: (260) 824-6489.

  • Wells County Courthouse

   102 West Market Street Ste. 205 - Bluffton, IN 46714
(For Marriage and Divorce Records)
County Clerk: Phone: (260) 824-6482
 

  • Wells County Recorder: (For Land Records)

    102 West Market Street # 203 - Bluffton, IN 46714 Phone: (260) 824-6507.

  • Wells County Surveyor (For County Maps)

       102 West Market Street # 107 - Bluffton, IN 46714, Phone: (260) 824-6414.



Wells County Communities


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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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