LaGrange County, Indiana Genealogy
Guide to LaGrange County, Indiana ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.
| LaGrange County, Indiana | |||||||
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 Location of Indiana in the U.S. | |||||||
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| Founded | February 2, 1832 | ||||||
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| County Seat | LaGrange | ||||||
| Courthouse | |||||||
| Address | LaGrange County Courthouse 105 N Detroit Street LaGrange, IN 46761-1853 Phone: 219-463-6371 Website | ||||||
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Contents
- 1 Historical Facts
- 2 Resources
- 2.1 Bible Records
- 2.2 Biographies
- 2.3 Business Records
- 2.4 Cemeteries
- 2.5 Census Records
- 2.6 Church Records
- 2.7 Court Records
- 2.8 Directories
- 2.9 Emigration and Immigration
- 2.10 Ethnic and Religious Groups
- 2.11 Gazetteers
- 2.12 Genealogies
- 2.13 Histories
- 2.14 Land and Property
- 2.15 Maps
- 2.16 Military
- 2.17 Naturalization and Citizenship
- 2.18 Newspapers
- 2.19 Obituaries
- 2.20 Periodicals
- 2.21 Probate Records
- 2.22 Public Records
- 2.23 Repositories
- 2.24 Taxation
- 2.25 Vital Records
- 3 Places
- 4 Websites
- 5 References
Historical Facts[edit | edit source]
| Birth* | Marriage | Death* | Court | Land | Probate | Census |
| 1882 | 1832 | 1882 | 1832 | 1832 | 1832 | 1807 |
- Parent Counties: Formed from unorganized territory (Allen/Elkhart) in 1832[2]
- County Seat: La Grange [3]
Description[edit | edit source]
The county was named in respect to the residence of General La Fayette, in France.[4] The County Seat is LaGrange and was founded 1832. It is located in the Northeast area of the state.[5]
Populated Places[edit | edit source]
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:[6]
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Neighboring Counties[edit | edit source]
Elkhart • Noble • DeKalb • Steuben • Branch • St. Joseph
Boundary Changes[edit | edit source]
For animated maps illustrating Indiana County boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Indiana County Boundary Maps" (1790-1873) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.
Record Loss[edit | edit source]
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.
Resources[edit | edit source]
Bible Records[edit | edit source]
Biographies[edit | edit source]
Business Records[edit | edit source]
Cemeteries[edit | edit source]
| Tombstone Transcriptions Online | Tombstone Transcriptions in Print | List of Cemeteries in the county |
| Findagrave.com | Family History Library | Findagrave.com |
| INGenWeb | WorldCat | Billion Graves |
| INGenWeb Archives | ||
| Tombstone Project | ||
| Indiana Interment | ||
| Billion Graves | ||
| See Indiana Cemeteries for more information. | ||
Census Records[edit | edit source]
For tips on accessing LaGrange County, Indiana Genealogy census records online, see: Indiana Census.
- Index to Mortality Schedule for LaGrange County, Indiana (1860) ($, members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)
- Index to Defective, Dependent & Delinquent Census for LaGrange County, Indiana (1880) ($, members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)
Church Records[edit | edit source]
Most church records are held by individual churches. For contact information, check a phone directory, such as SearchBug or Dex Knows. Some denominations are gathering their records into a central repository.
For more information about these major repositories, see Indiana Church Records.
Finding More Church Records[edit source]
Additional church records can sometimes be found using search phrases such as LaGrange County, Indiana Genealogy Church Records in online catalogs like:
- WorldCat (For instructions see WorldCat Online Catalog).
- FamilySearch Catalog (For instructions see FamilySearch Catalog Place-name Search).
Court Records[edit | edit source]
Directories[edit | edit source]
- Directory of Businesses in LaGrange County, Indiana (1868) ($, members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)
Emigration and Immigration[edit | edit source]
Ethnic and Religious Groups[edit | edit source]
Gazetteers[edit | edit source]
Genealogies[edit | edit source]
Histories[edit | edit source]
Local Histories[edit | edit source]
- 1882 History of LaGrange County, Indiana: from the original History of LaGrange and Noble county. 1979. Knightstown, IN: The Bookmark. Online at: FHL Collection; Internet Archive; Other Libraries
Land and Property[edit | edit source]
Land and property records can place an ancestor in a particular location, provide economic information, and reveal family relationships. Land records include: deeds, abstracts and indexes, mortgages, leases, grants and land patents.
After land was transferred from the government to private ownership, subsequent transactions were recorded at the courthouse, where records are currently housed.
- Newbury Township land patent map
See Indiana Land and Property for additional information about early Indiana land grants and patents.
Finding More Land Records[edit source]
Additional land records can sometimes be found using search phrases such as LaGrange County, Indiana Genealogy Probate Records in online catalogs like:
- WorldCat (For instructions see WorldCat Online Catalog).
- FamilySearch Catalog (For instructions see FamilySearch Catalog Place-name Search).
Maps[edit | edit source]
for more resources
- Old Antique Atlases & Maps of Indiana
- Family Maps of LaGrange County, Indiana Genealogy (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.
Military[edit | edit source]
Civil War[edit | edit source]
Civil War service men from LaGrange County served in various regiments. Men often joined a regiment or a company (within a regiment)that originated in their county. Listed below are the military units that were formed in or had many men from La Grange County.
- 1st Regiment, Indiana Heavy Artillery, Company A
- 7th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company H
- 12th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Companies B, C, I, and M
- 13th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company C
- 30th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company G
- 44th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company H
- 88th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company G
- 100th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company C
- 129th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company C
- 152nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company F
Civil War Books
- The Call to Arms Chapter 4 in 1882 History of LaGrange County, Indiana: from the original History of LaGrange and Noble county. 1979. Knightstown, IN: The Bookmark. Pages 84-110 (Regiment, Companies). Online at: FHL Collection; Internet Archive; Other Libraries
Civil War Databases
- Residents of LaGrange County Who Died in the Civil War - Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
World War I[edit | edit source]
- 1919 Indiana, World War I, Enrollment Cards, 1919 at FamilySearch — index and images
Naturalization and Citizenship[edit | edit source]
Newspapers[edit | edit source]
Obituaries[edit | edit source]
Periodicals[edit | edit source]
Probate Records[edit | edit source]
In most counties in Indiana, probate records have been kept by the county clerk of the circuit court. They include wills, fee books, claim registers, legacy records, inheritance records, probate ticklers, and dockets. The records are available at the county courthouse.
Online Records
- 1798-1999 Indiana Wills and Probate Records 1798-1999 at Ancestry.com ($) — index and images
Finding More Probate Records[edit source]
Additional probate records can sometimes be found using search phrases such as LaGrange County, Indiana Genealogy Probate Records in online catalogs like:
- WorldCat (For instructions see WorldCat Online Catalog).
- FamilySearch Catalog (For instructions see FamilySearch Catalog Place-name Search).
- South Bend Area Genealogical Society: Wills Index 1830-1971 for St. Joseph County
Public Records[edit | edit source]
School Records[edit | edit source]
- Directory of Teachers for LaGrange County (1936) - Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
Voter Registration[edit | edit source]
Repositories[edit | edit source]
Courthouse[edit | edit source]
LaGrange County Courthouse
105 N Detroit Street
LaGrange, IN 46761-1853
Phone: 219-463-6371
County Health Department has birth and death records from 1882.
County Clerk has marriage, divorce, probate and court records from 1832.
County Recorder has land records from 1832. [7]
Archives[edit | edit source]
Libraries[edit | edit source]
Museums[edit | edit source]
Societies[edit | edit source]
Family History Centers[edit | edit source]
Family History Centers provide one-on-one assistance and free access to premium genealogical websites. In addition, many centers have free how-to genealogy classes.
- For current information about a center near you, go to the Family History Center Map
Taxation[edit | edit source]
Indiana tax records complement land records and can be used in place of censuses or to supplement the years between censuses. Because only persons who owned taxable property were listed, many residents were not included in tax lists. There may also be gaps of several years in the tax records of some counties.
For more information see the wiki page Indiana Taxation.
Finding More Tax Records[edit source]
Additional tax records can sometimes be found using search phrases such as LaGrange County, Indiana Genealogy Tax Records in online catalogs like:
- WorldCat (For instructions see WorldCat Online Catalog).
Vital Records[edit | edit source]
Birth Records[edit | edit source]
Marriage Records[edit | edit source]
- 1800s-2007 Indiana, United States Marriages at FindMyPast — index ($)
- 1780-1992 Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992 at FamilySearch
- 1802-1892 Indiana Marriages, 1802-1892 at Ancestry ($)
- 1811-2007 Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007 at FamilySearch
Death Records[edit | edit source]
- 1882-1920 Indiana, Death Index, 1882-1920 at FamilySearch Historical Records - index only
- 1899-2011 Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011 at Ancestry ($) - index and images
- Indiana State Digital Archives
Finding Vital Records at Other Repositories
Additional vital records can sometimes be found using search phrases such as LaGrange County, Indiana Genealogy Vital Records in online catalogs like:
- WorldCat (For instructions see WorldCat Online Catalog).
- FamilySearch Catalog (For instructions see FamilySearch Catalog Place-name Search).
Places[edit | edit source]
Websites[edit | edit source]
- INGenWeb May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county.
- LaGrange County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
- FamilySearch Catalog, LaGrange County
- Indiana Genealogy Network Community on Google+
- Indiana Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), LaGrange County, Indiana. Page 211-218 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002; Alice Eichholz, ed. Ancestry’s Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources, Third ed. (Provo, Utah: Ancestry, 2004), 208-211.
- ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "LaGrange County, Indiana" in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaGrange_County,_Indiana (accessed 10 May 2012).
- ↑ Genealogy Trails History Group, “LaGrange County, Indiana Genealogy and History”, http://genealogytrails.com/ind/lagrange/ 3/29/2017.
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "LaGrange County," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaGrange_County,_Indiana 3/29/2017.
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "LaGrange County, Indiana," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaGrange_County%2C_Indiana, accessed 18 Decembere 2019.
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), La Grange County, Indiana 214 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
