Wells County
This page is under development and is NOT a complete listing of all Wells County family history resources available in the Genealogy Division at the Indiana State Library at this time. As new Wells County family history resources are added, this page will be updated.
Birth Records
Delayed Birth Records
1941-1981
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
WPA, Index to Birth Records
1883-1920
Genealogy Division, 977.201 W456u
Death Records
WPA, Index to Death Records, 1883-1920
Genealogy Division, 977.201 W456u
Marriage Records
Marriage License Applications
Volumes 1-13, 1905-1921
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Marriage Records
Volumes 1A-C6, 1837-1886
Volumes 7-21, 1886-1951
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Marriage Records Index
Volumes 1-3, 1837-1980
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Marriage Supplemental Records
Volumes A-M, 1882-1949
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
DAR, Marriage Records...1837-1900 [19--] 2 volumes
Genealogy Division, 977.201 W456da
Higgins, Hilda T., Marriage Records...1837-1900. 1976. 2 volumes
Genealogy Division, 977.201 W456hi
Higgins, Hilda T., Marriage Records...1899 through 1974. 1977. 6 volumes (with bride index)
Genealogy Division, 977.201 W456hia
Marriages, 1837-1861 (The Hoosier Genealogist, volume 6, #4, #5, #6, July-August, Sept-Oct, Nov-Dec 1966)
Genealogy Division, 977.2 H789
Wells County Historical Society, ...Marriages, 1838-1868. [1966?] 36 pages
Genealogy Division, p.f. 977.201 W453 no. 1
WPA, Index to Marriage Records, 1837-1920
Genealogy Division, 977.201 W456u
WPA, Index to Supplemental Record, Marriage Applications, 1905-1920
Genealogy Division, 977.201 W456u
Deed Records
Deed Indexes, 1838-1899
Microfilm, Second Floor
Deed Records
Volumes A-U, 1837-1872
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Index to Deeds, Volumes 1-11, 1838-1903
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Will Records
Wills, 1838-1901
Microfilm, Second Floor
Probate Records
Complete Record-Probate
Volumes 6-9, 1876-1910
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Court of Common Pleas
Probate Complete Order
Volumes C1-3, 1840-1880
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Guardianship Records (Probate)
Volumes 8-17, 1900-1920
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Guardianship Records Index (Probate)
1837-1960
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Guardianship Records (Probate)
Volumes 1-7, 1887-1900
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Index to Complete Record (Probate)
Circuit Court Civil (Complete Record)
Volumes A-B, 1837-1874
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Index to Estate Files (Probate)
1837-1932
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Probate Order Books
Volumes A-7, 1838-1889
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Probate Order Books
Volumes 8-23, 1889-1922
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Probates, 1838-1852
Indexes 1853-1900
Microfilm, Second Floor
Court Records
Circuit Court - Civil Order Books
Volumes A-Z, 1837-1891
Volumes 1-35, 1892-1921
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Common Pleas-Complete Record
Volume 1, 1853-1869
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Common Pleas Complete Record Partition
Volumes 1-3, 1855-1880
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Complete Record Partition
Volumes 10-25, 1884-1919
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Court of Common Pleas - Civil Order Books
Volumes A-4, 1853-1873
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Cemetery Records
DAR, Cemetery Records...[1] Elhanan cemetery, Jefferson Township [1971]
Genealogy Division, p.f. 977.201 W453 no. 2
Old cemetery located on the west bank of the Wabash River...between the Lake Erie & Cloverleaf Railroad....1940 on the south side, Bluffton.... 7 pages.
Genealogy Division, p.f. 977.202 Buncat. no. 1
Minniear, Ingabee B., ...Cemetery Records, 1972. 4 volumes (also 241 page index by Dorothy Pemberton)
Genealogy Division, 977.201 W456m
Mortuary Records and Obituaries
DAR, G. M. Gavin's Undertakers Report, Poneto1899-1907. [1976?] 10 pages
Genealogy Division, p.f. 977.201 W456d
----, Death Records, 1865-1877, Book 1, McBride Funeral Home, Bluffton, Indiana, copied by Mrs. Ervin Lochner, 1970. 12 pages
Genealogy Division, p.f. 977.202 B658 no. 1
An index of obituaries published in Bluffton, Indiana newspapers, 1866-1910 (compiled by the staff of the Bluffton-Wells Co. Public Library). 1992. 209pp.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 W456io
Bumgardner Funeral Home Records, Blackford County, Vermillion County, and Wells County
Genealogy Division, q 977.201 B628bf
Elzey-Dickey-Haggard Funeral Home, Allen County and Wells County
Genealogy Division, 977.201 A425ale
George Warefield Funeral Home Records, Blackford County and Wells County, 1930-1947, 2 volumes
Genealogy Division, q 977.201 B628g
Meyer, Kimberly, Records of McBride Funeral home, Bluffton...January 1, 1888-March 12, 1975. 1976. 390 pages
Genealogy Division, 977.201 W456mea
Meyer, Kimberly, McBride Funeral home coffin records, Bluffton...1865-1887. 1976. 72 pages
Genealogy Division, 977.201 W456me
Minniear, Ingabee B. ...Obituaries, 1969 to 1975. 1978. 301 pages (also 92 page index by Dorothy Pemberton)
Genealogy Division, 977.201 W456mi
Minnier, Ingabee B. ...Obituaries, 1975-1979. 1981 436 pages
Genealogy Division, 977.201 W456miw
Miscellaneous Records
DAR, Land patents...compiled by John W. Carnall and Sons, Inc. 1976 [72 pages]
Genealogy Division, 977.201 W456j
Edwards, Melba M., Zanesville, Indiana, history, 1849-1976, 253 pages (also in Allen County)
Genealogy Division, 977.202 Z28e
... Index to names of persons and firms, 1979. 215 leaves
Genealogy Division, 977.201 W456w
Wells County Indiana family history, 1837-1992
Genealogy Division, 977.201 W456we
Many of the records identified on this page were initially selected by Carolynne L. Wendel Miller in her book, Indiana Sources for Genealogical Research in the Indiana State Library, published in 1984 by the Indiana Historical Society.
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