Pulaski County, Indiana Genealogy

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Indiana

Pulaski County

Guide to Pulaski County, Indiana ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.

Indiana Online Genealogy Records

County Facts County seat: Winemac Organized: February 7, 1835 Parent County(s): Cass, St. Joseph Neighboring Counties Jasper • Starke • Marshall • Fulton • Cass • White See County Maps Courthouse Location Map

County Information

Description

Pulaski County was named for Count Casimir Pulaski. It is located in the northwestern area of the state.

County Courthouse

Pulaski County Courthouse
112 E Main Street
Winamac, IN 46996-1344
Phone: 219-946-3313
County Website

Pulaski County Health Department
125 South Riverside Drive
Winamac, IN, 46996
Health Officer: Rex Allman, MD
Phone Number: 574-946-6080
Fax: 574-946-6654
Email: Thansen@localhealth.in.gov
Health Department

County Clerk has marriage, divorce, probate and court records 1839.
County Recorder has birth and death records from 1882 and land records.
Health Department has birth records and death records.Copies may be obtained from the county health department or the Indiana State Division of Vital Records.

Pulaski County, Indiana Record Dates

Information for this chart was taken from various sources, often containing conflicting dates. This information should be taken as a guide and should be verified by contacting the county and/or the state government agency.

Known Beginning Dates for Government County Records
Birth*	Marriage	Death*	Court	Land	Probate	Census
1882	1839	1882	1839	1840	1839	1807
*Statewide registration for births in 1907 and deaths in Oct 1899. General compliance by 1917.

Record Loss

There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Boundary Changes

Parent Counties: Formed 7 February 1835 from Cass and St. Joseph Counties. County Seat: Winamac Indiana Individual County Chronologies - Newberry Library list of all boundary changes by county Indiana Historical Borders - Map at Newberry Library Atlas of Historical County Boundaries; Also at: mapofus.org - animated maps illustrating Indiana county boundary changes

Populated Places

For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

Towns
Francesville Medaryville	Monterey	Winamac
Unincorporated communities
Beardstown Clarks Denham Lakeside	Lawton Pulaski Radioville	Ripley Thornhope Vanmeter Park
Census-designated places
Star City
Townships
Beaver Cass Franklin Harrison	Indian Creek Jefferson Monroe Rich Grove	Salem Tippecanoe Van Buren White Post

Resources

Biographies

• Indiana Biography Index at Indiana State Library
• Counties of White and Pulaski, Indiana, historical and biographical F.A. Battery & Co. Publishers, 1883. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library
• Biographical history of Tippecanoe, White, Jasper, Newton, Benton, Warren and Pulaski counties, Indiana. Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1899. Online at:FamilySearch Digital Library

Business, Commerce, and Occupations

Occupations

• Civilian Support Officials In World War II (1941-1945) at Indiana Genealogical Society

Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Pulaski County, Indiana online and in print
Tombstone Transcriptions Online	BillionGraves Find a Grave INGenWeb RecordAGrave Index USGenWeb Archives USGW Tombstone Project
Tombstone Transcriptions in Print (Often more complete)	FamilySearch Library WorldCat
List of Cemeteries in the County	FamilySearch Places Find a Grave
See Indiana Cemeteries for more information.

Census Records

For tips on accessing Pulaski County census records online, see: Indiana Census.

Historical populations
Census	Pop.	%±
1840	561	—
1850	2,595	362.6%
1860	5,711	120.1%
1870	7,801	36.6%
1880	9,851	26.3%
1890	11,233	14.0%
1900	14,033	24.9%
1910	13,312	−5.1%
1920	12,385	−7.0%
1930	11,195	−9.6%
1940	12,056	7.7%
1950	12,493	3.6%
1960	12,837	2.8%
1970	12,534	−2.4%
1980	13,258	5.8%
1990	12,643	−4.6%
2000	13,755	8.8%
2010	13,402	−2.6%
Source: "Wikipedia.org".

• Index to Mortality Schedule (1860) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
• Index to Defective, Dependent & Delinquent Census (1880) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)

Church Records

Most church records are held by individual churches. For contact information, check a phone directory, such as SearchBug or Dex Knows. Some denominations are gathering their records into a central repository. For more information about these major repositories, see Indiana Church Records.
List of Churches and Church Parishes

• FamilySearch Places
  

Ward and Branch Records of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

• Phelps

Court Records

• 1818-1954 Indiana Court Cases at MyHeritage — index ($)
• 1839-1920 Record and Civil Order Books, 1839-1920(*); Clerk of the Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
• 1851-1888 Court Records of Pulaski County, Indiana, 1851-1888(*); Court of Common Pleas at FamilySearch Catalog — images
• 1869-1923 Circuit Court Complete Record, 1869-1923(*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images

Directories

• 1970-2024 United States, Residence Database, 1970-2024 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index, coverage may vary

• Directory of Businesses (1868) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)

Funeral Homes

• Frain Mortuary in Winamac.

Land and Property Records

Land and property records can place an ancestor in a particular location, provide economic information, and reveal family relationships. Land records include: deeds, abstracts and indexes, mortgages, leases, grants and land patents. See Indiana Land and Property for additional information about early Indiana land grants and patents.

After land was transferred from the government to private ownership, subsequent transactions were recorded at the Pulaski County courthouse, where records are currently housed.

Online Land Indexes and Records

• Full-Text Search - Land Records at FamilySearch - index & images; dates, records, and places vary; How to Search

Local Histories

Local histories are available for Pulaski County. County histories may include biographies; church, school and government histories; and military information. For more information about local histories, see Indiana Local Histories.

• Counties of White and Pulaski, Indiana. 1883. By Weston A. Goodspeed. Chicago, Illinois : F.A. Battey. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Hathitrust, Internet Archive, Ancestry ($); At various libraries (WorldCat). Index: Every Name Index, compiled by Cathy L. O'Connor, 2008.

Maps and Gazetteers

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for more resources

• Old Antique Atlases & Maps of Indiana
  
• Historic Indiana Maps at IUPUI University Library
• FamilySearch Places: Map of cities and towns in this county - How to Use FS Places

Military Records

• Military Record Series Index at Indiana Digital Archives

Civil War
Civil War service men from Pulaski County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies that were specifically formed in Putnam County.

• 5th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry (90th Regiment, Indiana Volunteers), Company K
• 9th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company E
• 11th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company B
• 26th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies A, and F
• 46th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies H, and K
• 87th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company B
• 120th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company F
• 147th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company D
• 151st Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies A, and H
• 28th US Colored Troops, Addition Recruits for Colored Troops

Civil War Books:

• Fall of Sumter Chapter 2 in Counties of White and Pulaski, historical and biographical, pub. by F.A. Battey & Co., Chicago, 1883. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Libary; Internet Archive
  

Civil War Databases

• Residents of Pulaski County Who Died in the Civil War at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)

World War I

• 1919 Indiana, World War I, Enrollment Cards, 1919 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection

Naturalization and Citizenship

• Naturalization Record Series (for this county) at Indiana Digital Archives. Search by names.

Newspapers

Indiana newspapers may contain genealogical value including obituaries, births, marriages, deaths, anniversaries, family gatherings, family travel, achievements, business notices, engagement information, and probate court proceedings.

For more Indiana newspaper information see the wiki page Indiana Newspapers.

• 1800s-Current Indiana, U.S., Newspapers.com™ Stories and Events Index, 1800's-Current at Ancestry — index & images ($)
• 1800s-Current Indiana, U.S., Newspapers.com™ Stories and Events Index, 1800's-Current at Ancestry — index & images ($)
• 1800s-1999 U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999 at Ancestry - index ($)

Obituaries

• Pulaski County, Indiana Obituary and Death Notice Collection at GenealogyBuff Obits and death notices from Various Funeral Homes in the Winamac, White Post, Francesville, Medaryville and Rich Grove areas.

Other Records

Voting Records

• 1850-1931 Indiana, Voter Registers, 1850-1931 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images

Probate Records

In most counties in Indiana, probate records have been kept by the county clerk of the circuit court. They include wills, fee books, claim registers, legacy records, inheritance records, probate ticklers, and dockets. The records are available at the Pulaski County courthouse. For more information, see Indiana Probate Records.

Online Probate Indexes and Records

• 1798-1999 Indiana Wills and Probate Records 1798-1999 at Ancestry ($)
• 1840-1923 Probate Records, 1840-1923(*); Circuit and Probate Court, and Court of Common Pleas at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
• 1843-1925 Will Record, 1843-1925(*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
• 1912-1945 Foreign Wills and Estates, V. A, 1912-1945(*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
• Full-Text Search - Wills and Probate Records at FamilySearch - index & images; dates, records, and places vary; How to Search

School Records

• Directory of Teachers for Pulaski County (1936) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)

Social Security Records

• 1935-2014 United States Social Security Death Index at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index. Also at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more information.
• 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 at Ancestry ($) — index, click here for more information.
• 1936-2007 United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index

Tax Records

Indiana tax records complement land records and can be used in place of censuses or to supplement the years between censuses. Because only persons who owned taxable property were listed, many residents were not included in tax lists. There may also be gaps of several years in the tax records of some counties. For more information see the wiki page Indiana Taxation.

Vital Records

Vital records consist of birth, death, marriage and divorce records. Indiana law in 1882 required registration of births and deaths in counties. The Indiana Department of Health has birth records filed after October 1907 and death records filed after January 1900 for deaths. Copies may be obtained from the county health department or the Indiana State Division of Vital Records.

Marriage

• 1780-1992 Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; Also at: MyHeritage ($)
• 1800-2007 Indiana, United States Marriages at Findmypast $
• 1802-1892 Indiana, Compiled Marriages, 1802-1892 at Ancestry
• 1811-1959 Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959 at MyHeritage - index & images ($)
• 1811-2007 Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection

Death

• Pre-1882 WEB: Indiana, Deaths, Pre-1882 at Ancestry - index, (Free collection)
• 1750-1993 Indiana Deaths and Burials, 1750-1993 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
  
• 1882-1920 Indiana, Death Index, 1882-1920 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
  
• 1899-2011 Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011 at Ancestry

Research Facilities

Archives

Listed below are archives in Pulaski County. For state-wide archival repositories, see Indiana Archives and Libraries.

FamilySearch Centers

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• FamilySearch Affiliate Libraries have access to most center-only databases, but may not always have full services normally provided by a FamilySearch center.
  

Local Centers and Affiliate Libraries

• Valparaiso Indiana FamilySearch Center
• West Lafayette Indiana FamilySearch Center
• Jasper County Public Library - an affiliate library.
• Monticello-Union Township Public Library - an affiliate library.
• Pulaski County Public Library - an affiliate library.
• Starke County Public Library - an affiliate library.

Libraries

Listed below are libraries in Pulaski County. For state-wide genealogical societies, see Indiana Archives and Libraries.

Pulaski County Public Library
121 S Riverside Dr
Winamac, IN 46996
Phone: 574-946-3432
Email: info@pulaskicounty.lib.in.us
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Website

Societies

Listed below are societies in Pulaski County. For state-wide genealogical societies, see Indiana Societies.

Pulaski County Genealogical Society
PO Box 112
Winamac, IN 46996
Email: pulaskigenie@yahoo.com
Facebook
Website

Pulaski County Historical Society
400 S Market St
PO Box 135
Winamac, IN 46996
Phone: 574-946-3552
Email: info@pulaskihistory.net
Facebook
Website

Websites

• Pulaski County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
• Indiana Digital Archives Search by name in all records or specific collections
• Indiana Historical Society Digital Collections Extensive - keyword searches suggested
• Indiana Memory Click the map or select a statewide collection
• List of indexes and databases at Indiana State Library
• Indiana Genealogical Society Databases Select a county
• Every Name Index.com Online indexes for county histories. Select a county
• USGenWeb Archive, Pulaski County
• INGenWeb, Pulaski County
• FamilySearch Catalog – The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records.

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