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Projects

• Jay County INGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Jay County, Indiana      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Jay IN GenExchange      (Source: GenExchange)

Adjacent counties

• Adams County, IN  to the north
• Blackford County, IN  to the west
• Darke County, OH  to the southeast
• Delaware County, IN  to the southwest
• Mercer County, OH  to the east
• Randolph County, IN  to the south
• Wells County, IN  to the north

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence

• Biographical and historical record of Jay and Blackford counties, Indiana      (Source: Online Collections at BYU)
• Biographical and historical record of Jay and Blackford Counties, Indiana  1887     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Biographical memoirs of Jay County, Indiana  to which is appended a comprehensive compendium of national biography - memoirs of eminent men and women in the United States, whose deeds of valor or works of merit have made their names imperisha     (Source: Online Collections at BYU)
• Jay County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Jay County GEDCOM Index 
• Jay County, Indiana Biographies      (Source: U.S. Biographies Project)

Cemeteries

• Cemeteries of Jay County      (Source: Interment.net)
• Claycomb Cemetery  Greene Township     (Source: Stones and Bones)
• Holy Trinity Cemetery, Wabash Township      (Source: Kris (Kuhn) Krumm's Genealogy Site)
• Jay County      (Source: The Tombstone Transcription Project)
• Jay County  Indiana Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project     (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Jay County Cemeteries      (Source: ePodunk)
• Jay County Cemetery List      (Source: Find A Grave)
• The Political Graveyard      (Source: The Political Graveyard)
• White Oak Cemetery  Jackson Township     (Source: Stones and Bones)

Census Records and Indexes (13)

Court and Legal Records

• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Jay County Lawyers     (Source: Google Book Search)

Directories

• City Directories: Southern Midwest, 1882-1898  includes Portland     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• Jay County, Indiana 1927 Complete Residential and Business Directory      (Source: DistantCousin.com)
• Jay County, Indiana City, County and Rural Directories      (Source: Online Directory Site)
• Portland Directory  1897     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

History (15)

Introduction and Guides

• Cyndi's List of Indiana locality links      (Source: Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet)
• History and County Records Availability      (Source: Genealogy, Inc.)
• Jay County      (Source: CinnamonToast Genealogy)
• Jay County Indiana Genealogy  Resources for Family History Research     (Source: Kindred Trails)
• Jay County Records      (Source: The Records Project)
• Jay County Research Addresses  Indiana Genealogical Society
• Jay County Resources      (Source: RootsWeb)
• Jay County, Indiana History and Genealogy 
• Jay Genealogy      (Source: GenDir)

Land Records

• Family Maps of Jay County, IN      (Source: Arphax Publishing Co.)     ($)
• Indiana Land Entries  Volume 1: Cincinnati District, 1801-1840     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• Land Patent Search      (Source: Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Jay County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Jay County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Dunkirk City Public Library and Glass Museum 
• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: Family History Library)
• Indiana Room  Jay County Public Library
• Jay County Genealogy Resources  Indiana State Library
• Jay County Histories on Microform  Indiana State Library
• Jay County Libraries      (Source: Public Libraries Library Directory)
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Jay County, Indiana     (Source: PERiodical Source Index)
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Lookups

• Jay County Books      (Source: Books-We-Own)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• GenForum Message Boards      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• Jay County Genealogy Queries      (Source: CousinConnect.com)
• Jay County, IN Club      (Source: GenCircles)
• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• INJAY-L Jay County genealogy

  • INJAY-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • INJAY-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • INJAY-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (14)

Military Records and Histories

• World War I

  • Gold Star Honor Roll      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Jay County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

• World War II

  • Jay County, Indiana  World War II Casualties, Army and Army Air Corps     (Source: AccessGenealogy)

Miscellaneous Data

• Jay County Records      (Source: Find County Records)
• Migrations through Jay County      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)

Newspaper Records

• Jay County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Jay County Newspapers      (Source: Indiana State Library)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• The Commercial Review 
• The Commercial Review, Portland  4/10/2003 to Current     (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• The Commercial-Review  Portland     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Historical Postcards of Jay County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Images from Jay County  Images of Indiana, Indiana State Library
• Jay County  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Penny Postcards from Indiana      (Source: USGenWeb Indiana Archives)

Societies

• Jay County Genealogy Society 
• Jay County Historical Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (161)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Jay County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Extant Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• Jay County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• The Jay Garment Company      (Source: U.S. Biographies Project)
• Patents  Jay County, Indiana     (Source: Google Patents)

Vital Records

• Indiana Births, 1880-1920  includes Jay County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Indiana Deaths  1882-1920     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Jay County Births  1880-1882     (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Jay County Health Department 
• Jay County Indiana Deaths  1882-1920     (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Jay County Marriages  1800-1820     (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Jay County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)

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