Newton County, Indiana:
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Projects

• Newton County INGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Newton County, Indiana      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

Adjacent counties

• Benton County, IN  to the south
• Iroquois County, IL  to the east
• Jasper County, IN  to the east
• Kankakee County, IL  to the west
• Lake County, IN  to the north

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence (16)

Cemeteries

• Billion Graves for Newton County, Indiana      (Source: Billion Graves)
• Newton County      (Source: The Tombstone Transcription Project)
• Newton County  Indiana Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project     (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Newton County Cemetery List      (Source: Find A Grave)
• The Political Graveyard      (Source: The Political Graveyard)

Census Records and Indexes (20)

Church Records

• United Methodist Church Records, 1837-1970  includes Goodland     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• United Methodist Church Records, 1837-1970  includes Mt Ayr     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Court and Legal Records

• Circuit Court Civil order books, 1860-1922; complete record, 1860-1936  Viewing restrictions apply     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Court of Common Pleas Civil order books, v. 1-2, 1861-1873  Viewing restrictions apply     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Newton County Court Records Directory      (Source: Court Records Free Reference and Directory)

Estate Records

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

History (24)

Introduction and Guides

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

Land Records

• Land Patent Search      (Source: Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office)
• Laporte-Winamac Land Office Entries, 1833-1855  Indiana State Archives
• Newton County Deeds and Indexes  Viewing restrictions apply     (Source: FamilySearch)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Newton County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1837 - 1850      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Conrad Station Preserve 
• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Library Directory for Newton County, Indiana      (Source: libraries.org - A directory of libraries throughout the world)
• Newton County Data Collections      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Newton County Genealogy Resources  Indiana State Library
• Newton County, Indiana Books from Heritage Books      (Source: Heritage Books)     ($)
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Newton County, Indiana     (Source: Find My Past)
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

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

• INNEWTON Newton County genealogy

  • INNEWTON Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (30)

Military Records and Histories

• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Newton County, Indiana     (Source: Internet Archive)

• World War I

  • A Record of Indiana Men and Women who Died in the Service of the United States and the Allied Nations in the World War  1914-1918     (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Newton County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Newspaper Records

• Brook Historical Newspapers      (Source: Newspapers.com)     ($)
• Chronicling America  Newton County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Historical Brook Newspapers      (Source: Newspaper Archive)     ($)
• Historical Goodland Newspapers      (Source: Newspaper Archive)     ($)
• Newton County Newspapers      (Source: Indiana State Library)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Clapper Funeral Services 
• Kentland Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Morocco Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Newton County Enterprise 

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Historical Postcards of Newton County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Images from Newton County  Images of Indiana, Indiana State Library
• Indiana Historical Images  Newton County
• Kentland  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Newton County Courthouse 
• Newton County Photographs  Jan 1935-June 1944     (Source: Photogrammar)
• Penny Postcards from Indiana      (Source: USGenWeb Indiana Archives)

School Records and Histories

• Brook School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Goodland School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Kentland School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Morocco School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Search Engines and Searchable Databases

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

Societies

• Newton County Historical Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (230)

Tax Lists

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

Transportation and Industry

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

Vital Records

• Indiana Deaths  1882-1920     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Newton County Marriages  1855-1865     (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Newton County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)

Wiki

• Newton County, Indiana Wiki      (Source: RootsWeb)

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