Wayne County, Indiana:
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Projects

• Morrisson-Reeves Library Local History 
• Wayne County INGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Wayne County, Indiana      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Wayne County, Indiana      (Source: Legacy USGenWeb)

Adjacent counties

• Darke County, OH  to the northeast
• Fayette County, IN  to the southwest
• Henry County, IN  to the west
• Preble County, OH  to the east
• Randolph County, IN  to the north
• Union County, IN  to the south

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence (23)

Cemeteries (11)

Census Records and Indexes (22)

Church Records (10)

Court and Legal Records

• Circuit Court records, 1814-1827  Viewing restrictions apply     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Wayne County Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)
• Wayne County Bastardy Cases      (Source: Indiana's Gore)
• Wayne County Court Records      (Source: Indiana's Gore)
• Wayne County Court Records Directory      (Source: Court Records Free Reference and Directory)

Directories (11)

Estate Records

• Indiana Wills and Probate Records, 1798-1999  includes Wayne County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Wayne County Probate Records      (Source: Indiana's Gore)
• Wayne County, Indiana Wills Records      (Source: SAMPUBCO)

Ethnic

• Institutional Influence of the German Element  of the Population in Richmond, Indiana (1904)     (Source: MyHeritage)     ($)
• Quaker Heritage 
• Wayne County, Indiana Black Residents, 1818-1850      (Source: Indiana's Gore)

History (61)

Immigration and Naturalization Records

• Wayne County Naturalizations from Court Books      (Source: Indiana's Gore)

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)
• Wayne County      (Source: Histopolis Collaborative Genealogy & History)
• Wayne County Addresses for Genealogical Research      (Source: Indiana Genealogical Society)
• Wayne County Public Records      (Source: Nationwide Environmental Title Research)
• Wayne County, Indiana Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy, Inc.)
• WayNet Genealogy Information 

Land Records

• Indiana Land Entries  Volume 1: Cincinnati District, 1801-1840     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• Land Patent Search      (Source: Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Wayne County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Wayne County Deeds and Indexes  Viewing restrictions apply     (Source: FamilySearch)

Libraries, Museums, Archives (17)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• GenForum Message Boards      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)
• Whitewater Valley Genealogical Group      (Source: Google Groups)

• IN-EAST-CENTRAL East central Indiana genealogy

  • IN-EAST-CENTRAL Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (23)

Military Records and Histories

• Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services, 1841  Wayne County     (Source: Internet Archive)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Wayne County, Indiana     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Wayne County Military Pensions      (Source: Indiana's Gore)

• Civil War

  • Directory and soldiers' register of Wayne County, Indiana  1865     (Source: Internet Archive)

• World War I

  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Wayne County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Miscellaneous Data

• Classic Buildings of Wayne County      (Source: Society of Architectural Historians)

Newspaper Records (36)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records (11)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

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

School Records and Histories (27)

Search Engines and Searchable Databases

• Wayne County Indiana Marriage License Database 

Societies

• Wayne County Genealogical Society 
• Whitewater Valley Genealogical Association 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (989)

Tax Lists

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

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Wayne County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Eugene Stegall Aviation Collection      (Source: Indiana Memory Digital Collections)
• Extant Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• Manufacturing And Mercantile Resources And Industries  of the Principal Places in Wayne, Henry, Delaware And Randolph Counties, Indiana     (Source: MyHeritage)     ($)
• Mines, Mining and Mineral Resources      (Source: mindat.org - the mineral and locality database)
• Patents  Wayne County, Indiana     (Source: Google Patents)
• Wayne County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• Wayne County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)

Vital Records (12)

Wiki

• Wayne County, Indiana Wiki      (Source: RootsWeb)

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