Allen County, Indiana Genealogy

This article is about a northeast Indiana county. For other uses, see Allen.

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History

Parent County

1823-- Allen County was created 17 December 1823 from unorganized territory and Randolph County.
County seat: Fort Wayne

Places/Localities

Neighboring Counties

• Adams
• De Kalb
• Defiance County, Ohio
• Huntington
• Noble
• Paulding County, Ohio
• Van Wert County, Ohio
• Wells
• Whitley

Resources

Cemeteries

• Concordia (Old) Cemetery
• Fort Wayne Catholic Cemetery through 1993
• IOOF Cemetery
• Lindenwood Cemetery burials, 1860-2005
• Prairie Grove Cemetery
• Riverview Cemetery

Church

LDS Ward and Branch Records

• Fort Wayne

Obituaries

 Fort Wayne and Allen County, Indiana Area Obituary Index, 1841 - mid-March 2009.  This obituary index covers obituaries recorded in Fort Wayne, Indiana newspapers. The index is in two parts and represents two totally different works. The first part covers the period 1841 to 1899.  The second part covers the period 1900 through March 2009. 

Vital Records

• Allen County Death Index, 1870s-1920s
• Obituary Index, 1841-mid March 2009 Web site shows name, date of obituary and name of newspaper and page for the Fort Wayne and Allen County areas. There are more than 517,000 records in the database

Societies and Libraries 

The Allen County Public Library houses one of the largest genealogical record collections in the world.  They can be visited at:
 www.acpl.lib.in.us 
Phone: 260-421-1252

Allen County Genealogical Society of Indiana

Web Sites

• USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
• Family History Library Catalog