Allen County,
Indiana
County Seat - Fort Wayne
Allen County,
IN - Records and Resources
General resources on the internet
Marriage records, 1824-1951 Allen County (Indiana).
Clerk of the Circuit Court
Microfilm of original records located at the Allen County
Courthouse, Fort Wayne, Indiana.
LDS FHL* microfilm on 56 reels
Marriage records, 1847-1880 Allen County (Indiana). County
Clerk
LDS FHL* microfilm on 7 reels
Allen County Indiana Early Marriages, 1824-1848,
by Ridlen, Colleen Alice, 2003
Copy at Allen County Public Library - 977.201 AL5RD
and LDS FHL* microfilm reels #849941-42
Allen County, IN, death index 1870s-1920s (online,
searchable)
Friends of Allen County website
http://friendsofallencounty.org/
search_deaths.php
Deeds, 1824-1901, index, 1829-1902 Allen County
(Indiana). Recorder
Microfilm of records located at the Allen County Courthouse,
Ft. Wayne, Indiana.
LDS FHL* microfilm on 70 reels
Standard atlas of Allen County, Indiana : including
a plat book of the villiages, cities and townships of
the county, patrons directory, reference business directory
..; Chicago, Ogle, 1898
Includes names of landowners.
LDS FHL* book #977.274 E3o
also on microfilm #1036594
The 1976 History of Allen County, Ohio: a bicentennial
project of the Allen County Historical Society and the
Lima Public Library by John R. Carnes, editor-in-chief
; Beatrice Boose Hughes, manuscript editor, Evansville,
Ind. Unigraphic, 1976.
Copy in St Louis (MO) County Library - Q 977.142 N714
Biographical sketches, Allen County, Indiana
Sketches compiled in the 1930s and 1940s, probably of
members or past members of the Citizens Historical Association,
Indianapolis. Sketches contain biographical and genealogical
infomation, often giving information about the subject's
father, sometimes his or her grandfather, and information
about the subject's family and life. Many of the subjects
were from Fort Wayne, Indiana.
LDS FHL* microfilm on 2 reels
History of Allen County, Indiana, with illustrations
and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men
and pioneers, Helm, T. B. (Thomas B); Chicago : Kingman
Brothers, 1880
LDS FHL* book #977.274 H2h
also on microfilm #1033730
Allen County Catholic parishes
Allen County Catholic parishes were located
in the diocese of Vincennes from 1834 until 1857 when the
diocese of Fort Wayne was established (which is now the
diocese of Fort Wayne - South Bend.)
http://www.diocesefwsb.org/MAP/
Fort Wayne straddles Wayne, Adams, Washington
and St Joseph Townships with the largest portion of the lying
in city in Wayne Township.
Fort Wayne History
The pictorial history of Fort Wayne, Indiana
: a review of two centuries of occupation of the region about
the head of the Maumee River Griswold, Joseph Elbert,
b. 1873
LDS FHL book #977.274/F1 H2g (2 vols)
also on microfilm #1000529 or 908751
Fort Wayne Catholic Parishes
Cathedral of the Immaculte Conception, established
1836
lies in Wayne Township
1122 S. Clinton Street, Box 10898
Frot Wayne, IN 46854
260 424-1485
http://www.parishesonline.com/scripts/
HostedSites/Org.asp?ID=530
Church records available through LDS-FHL 1831-1945
microfilmed records also available at the Allen County Public
Library
St Joseph Hessen Cassel, established 1841 for Germans
(located in Hessen Cassel, Marion Township, just south of
Fort Wayne)
11337 Old US 27 South
Fort Wayne, IN 46816
260 639-3748
St. Joseph Catholic Church, Hessen Cassel, Marion Township,
Allen County, Indiana, church book no. 1, baptisms, marriages,
deaths, 1841-1873 compiled by Carl J. Kleber - LDS-FHL book
977.274/H2 K2k
also on microfilm #1503365, item 5, is original church book
(no details of contents or years covered)
St Mary Parish, established 1848
lies in Wayne Township
1101 South Lafayette Street
Fort Wayne, IN 46802
260 424-8231
http://www.massintransit.com/in/mary-in-frtway
Church records available through LDS-FHL 1849-1988
microfilmed records also available at the Allen County Public
Library
St Vincent de Paul Parish, established 1846
lies in Washington Township
1502 East Wallen, Rd
Fort Wayne, IN 46825
260 489-3537
http://www.saintv.org
Church records available through LDS-FHL 1856-1936
microfilmed records also available at the Allen County Public
Library
St Paul's Parish established in 1864 (originally
for Germans)
lies in Wayne Township
518 DeWald Street
Fort Wayne, IN 46803
260 744-2765
Church records available through LDS-FHL 1866-1988
microfilmed records also available at the Allen County Public
Library
Records also available for St Michael's of the Pier
(St Joseph Twp) from 1869, St Peter's from 1872,
St Patricks from 1891 and several parishes founded
after that
Comments or additional information concerning
emigrants listed on this website can be sent to Barbara
Salibi.
Contact info is at the bottom of Home page.
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