Elkhart County, Indiana:
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Projects

• Elkhart County      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Elkhart County INGenWeb      (Source: Legacy USGenWeb)
• Elkhart County, Indiana Genealogy      (Source: Legacy USGenWeb)
• Elkhart County, Indiana Genealogy Home Page      (Source: USGenWeb)

Adjacent counties

• Cass County, MI  to the north
• Kosciusko County, IN  to the south
• Lagrange County, IN  to the east
• Marshall County, IN  to the southwest
• Noble County, IN  to the southeast
• Saint Joseph County, IN  to the west
• Saint Joseph County, MI  to the northeast

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence (12)

Cemeteries (12)

Census Records and Indexes (21)

Church Records

• Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records, 1826-1945  includes Goshen, Indiana     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Swedish American Church Records, 1800-1946  includes Elkhart     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, Records, 1875-1940  includes Goshen, Indiana     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1970  includes Nappanee, Indiana     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• United Methodist Church Records, 1837-1970  includes Middlebury     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• United Methodist Church Records, 1837-1970  includes New Paris     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Court and Legal Records

• Court order books, 1830-1922; general indexes, 1833-1926  Viewing restrictions apply     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Elkhart County Court Records Directory      (Source: Court Records Free Reference and Directory)
• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Elkhart County Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)
• Miscellanous court records, 1853-1890  Viewing restrictions apply     (Source: FamilySearch)

Directories

• Elkhart and Goshen, Indiana, City Directory  1885     (Source: MyHeritage)     ($)
• Elkhart City Directories      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Elkhart County, Indiana Online Historical Directories      (Source: Online Historical Directories)
• Elkhart Directory  1890     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Elkhart, Indiana, City Directory  1890     (Source: MyHeritage)     ($)
• Elkhart, Indiana, City Directory, 1904 - 1905  Volume 1     (Source: MyHeritage)     ($)
• Goshen City Directories      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Estate Records

• Elkhart County, Indiana Will Records      (Source: SAMPUBCO)
• Indiana Wills and Probate Records, 1798-1999  includes Elkhart County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Ethnic

• Coming to Elkhart  African American Community - William Phillips Collection     (Source: Internet Archive)

History (47)

Immigration and Naturalization Records

• Naturalized Immigrants      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

Introduction and Guides

• Cyndi's List of Indiana locality links      (Source: Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet)
• Elkhart County      (Source: Histopolis Collaborative Genealogy & History)
• Elkhart County Addresses for Genealogical Research      (Source: Indiana Genealogical Society)
• Elkhart County Public Records      (Source: Nationwide Environmental Title Research)
• Elkhart County, Indiana Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy, Inc.)
• FamilySearch Wiki Research Guide      (Source: FamilySearch)

Land Records

• Elkhart County Deeds and Indexes  Viewing restrictions apply     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Family Maps of Elkhart County, IN      (Source: Arphax Publishing Co.)     ($)
• Family Maps of Elkhart County, Indiana  Deluxe Edition     (Source: Arphax Publishing Co.)     ($)
• Land Patent Search      (Source: Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office)
• Laporte-Winamac Land Office Entries, 1833-1855  Indiana State Archives
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Elkhart County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Libraries, Museums, Archives (22)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• GenForum Message Boards      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• Michiana Genealogy 
• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• INELKHAR Elkhart County genealogy

  • INELKHAR Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (47)

Military Records and Histories

• Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services, 1841  Elkhart County     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Elkhart County, Indiana Military Index      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Elkhart County, Indiana     (Source: Internet Archive)

• World War I

  • Elkhart County Roll of Honor      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
  • Pictorial history of Elkhart's part in the war      (Source: Internet Archive)
  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Elkhart County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Newspaper Records (12)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records (17)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Elkhart County  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Elkhart County Courthouse 
• Historical Postcards of Elkhart County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Images from Elkhart County  Images of Indiana, Indiana State Library
• Indiana Historical Images  Elkhart County
• Penny Postcards from Indiana      (Source: USGenWeb Indiana Archives)
• Public Library  Goshen, Ind.     (Source: Post Card Library)

School Records and Histories (40)

Search Engines and Searchable Databases

• Laporte-Winamac Land Office Entries, 1833-1855  Indiana State Archives

Societies

• Elkhart County 4-H Genealogy Club 
• Elkhart County Genealogical Society 
• Goshen Historical Society 
• Goshen Historical Society      (Source: Facebook)
• Nappanee Historic Preservation Commission 
• Wakarusa Historical Society 
• William Tuffs Chapter      (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (183)

Tax Lists

• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists  1862-1874     (Source: FamilySearch)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Elkhart County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Elkhart County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• Elkhart County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• Elkhart County, Indiana      (Source: Historic Bridges of Michigan and Elsewhere)
• Extant Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• Patents  Elkhart County, Indiana     (Source: Google Patents)

Vital Records (11)

Wiki

• Elkhart County, Indiana Wiki      (Source: RootsWeb)

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