~A selective list of books you may find useful in your research~

Research Guides 977.201 AL5fwa Fort Wayne-Allen County Historical Museum Manuscript Collection Inventories and Index. 977.201 AL5fwaa Fort Wayne-Allen County Historical Museum Photograph Inventories and Index. 977.202 F77bea Historical Sources of Fort Wayne. 977.201 AL5chu Survey of Church Records, Allen County.

Cemeteries 977.201 AL5ad Adams-Jefferson Township Cemeteries. (ACGSI) 977.202 F77bL Burial Records, Catholic Cemetery, Fort Wayne 1873-1983. Multi-volume. 977.201 AL5n Cemetery Inscriptions, vol. 1 (Maumee, Milan, Scipio, Springfield) by Malinda Newhard. 977.201 AL5hc Cemetery Readings of Eel River and Riverview Cemeteries by Stuart Harter. 977.201 AL5gcw Cemetery Transcriptions and Photographs, Aboite, Allen County, Indiana. (2012) 977.202 N354co Cemetery Transcriptions, I.O.O.F., Adams Township, Allen County, Indiana. (2012) 977.201 AL5d Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions of Allen County. (D.A.R.) 977.202 F77ccep Concordia Lutheran Cemetery … Fort Wayne (ACGSI) 977.202 F77foc Concordia Lutheran Cemetery Records 1850-1971, Fort Wayne. 2 vols. 977.202 F77ceep Concordia Lutheran Cemetery (ACGSI). 977.202 F77deh Death Record and Interment Record of Fort Wayne Lutheran Churches (and index) 977.201 AL5m Directory of the Oak Grove Cemetery (Aboite Township). 977.201 AL5ee Eel River-Cedar Creek Township Cemeteries. (ACGSI) 977.201 AL5ht Hatfield Cemetery Association Account Book, Washington Township. 977.201 AL5hta Hatfield Cemetery Association Secretary’s Ledger. 977.202 F77Lika Interment Record, Lindenwood Cemetery Co. …Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1896-1934. 2 vols. 977.202 F77Lii Interment Records, Lindenwood Cemetery, 1860-1972. 14 vols. 977.202 F77Lij Interment Records, Lindenwood Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1973-2005. 5 vols. 977.201 AL5aLtc Known Cemeteries and Burial Sites. (ACGSI) 977.201 AL5aLsc Lake-Washington-Perry Township Cemeteries. (ACGSI) 977.202 F77Lik Lindenwood Cemetery Register of Interments [1860-March 1896]. 977.201 AL5aLt Madison-Monroe Township Cemeteries. (ACGSI) 977.201 AL5aLt supp Maiden Name Supplement to Madison-Monroe Township Cemeteries. (Marquart Funeral Home). 977.201 AL5aLta Marion-Pleasant-Lafayette-Aboite Township Cemeteries. (ACGSI) 977.202 F77foj Orthodox Jewish Cemetery Records, Fort Wayne 977.202 F77Lip Plat Book for Section Y Lindenwood Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Indiana 977.201 AL5sc Scipio-Springfield-Maumee-Milan-St. Joseph Township Cemeteries. (ACGSI) 977.201 AL5dac Soest Cemetery, Marion Township. 977.202 F77boy Transcriptions of Section D of the Catholic Cemetery, Adams Township, Allen County, IN (2012) 977.201 AL5aLtb Wayne Township Cemeteries. (ACGSI)

Court Records 977.201 AL5cc Allen County, IN Circuit Court General Record Index, 1824-1944. Multi-volume. 977.201 AL5ap Application for Naturalization Records, 1844-1906. 977.201 AL5unp Index to Supplemental Record, 1928 Personal and Poll Tax Records, Allen Co. (WPA) 977.201 AL5na Naturalization Records, Jan. 1854-May 1903 (Incomplete). 977.201 AL5daug Naturalization Records, Order Books A-E.

Directories 977.201 AL5acd Allen County (and Fort Wayne) Directory (Polk), 1999-current. 977.201 AL5poL Allen County Directory 1906. 977.202 F77bai Allen County Gazetteer (& Directory) 1867. 977.202 F77bre Bresser’s Cross-Index Directory, Ft. Wayne, Indiana and Suburban Communities. 1970-current. 977.202 F77p Fort Wayne City Directory (Polk), 1858-1998. 977.201 AL5po Fort Wayne Suburban Directory, 1965-1998. 977.201 AL5be S. U. Goodwin’s Allen County Gazetteer and Business Directory, 1862. 977.202 F77te Telephone Directory, Fort Wayne, 1911-current.

Historic Buildings 977.202 F77arch Fort Wayne Favorite Historic Buildings. 977.202 F77ihs Fort Wayne Interim Report, 1996. 977.202 F77cra Historic Houses of Fort Wayne, Indiana: A Guide to Research Sources and Techniques. 977.202 F77ihsa Index to Fort Wayne Interim Report.

History & Biography 977.201 AL5aa Allen County Index to Names of Persons and Firms. 2 vols. 977.202 F77du Biographies of People Who Lived in or Near Old Fort Wayne in 1816. 977.202 F77g Builders of Greater Fort Wayne, by Bert Griswold. 977.202 F77grf Fort Wayne: Gateway to the West 1802-1813, ed. by Bert Griswold. 977.201 AL5ba French Immigrants in Allen County 1850-1870. 977.202 F77mat Frontier Faith: The Story of the Pioneer Congregations of Fort Wayne, IN, 1820-1860. 977.201 AL5h History of Allen County (1880) by Thomas B. Helm. [with plat maps] 977.202 F77hisf History of Fort Wayne & Allen County, Indiana 1700-2005 (Beatty and Robb, editors). 977.202 F77b History of Fort Wayne from the Earliest Known Accounts … by Wallace Brice. 977.201 AL5s History of the Upper Maumee River (1905) by Robertson and Slocum. 977.201 AL5ff / ffa Index for Microfilm, First Families of Allen County. 2 vols. 977.202 F77ank Twentieth Century History of Fort Wayne, by John Ankenbruck. 977.201 AL5r Valley of the Upper Maumee River (1889) by Robert S. Robertson. 2 vols. 977.202 F77whp Who Put That There? Outdoor Sculptures of Fort Wayne, Indiana.

History – Pictorial 977.201 AL5smi Allen County in Vintage Postcards. 977.201 AL5acpa Allen County Photo Album 1852-1954 977.202 F77matc Best of Fort Wayne, by George Mather, vol. 1. 977.202 F77matca Best of Fort Wayne, by George Mather, vol. 2. 977.202 F77sm Celebrate Fort Wayne: A Bicentennial Pictorial History of the Summit City. 977.202 F77vr Fort Wayne: Images of America. 977.202 F77anf Fort Wayne Story: A Pictorial History, by John Ankenbruck. 977.202 F77brb Fort Wayne’s Trolleys 977.202 F77oy Headwaters Park: Fort Wayne’s Lasting Legacy. [Images of America] 977.202 F77burs Historic Photos of Fort Wayne, by Scott Bushnell (2007) 977.202 F77gr Pictorial History of Fort Wayne, by Bert Griswold, 2 vols.

Institutional Records 977.201 AL5wea Allen County, Indiana, Poor Asylum Records, now Byron Health Care Center, 1853-1963. 2 vols. 977.201 AL5we Index to Allen County Poor Asylum Records, 1853-1939.

Land 977.201 AL5dau Allen County Deed Index Grantor/Grantee, 3 vols. 977.202 F77fwL Fort Wayne Land Office Entries, 1823-1852. 977.201 AL5has Original Land Entries of Allen County.

Maps 977.201 Al5aLLp Allen County, Indiana, 1974 Edition, Plat Book, Index of Owners, City Street Maps. 977.201 AL5pbL Allen County, Indiana, 2004 Plat Book. 977.201AL5boy Family Maps of Allen County: with homesteads, roads, waterways, towns, cemeteries… 977.201 AL5h History of Allen County (1880) by Thomas B. Helm. [with plat maps] 977.202 F77san super OS Insurance Maps of Fort Wayne, Indiana (Sanborn Map Co.), 1919 with corrections to ca. 1956 977.201 AL5aL Plat Book of Allen County (1907). 977.201 AL5pL Plat Book of Allen County (1925). 977.201 AL5L Plat Book of Allen County (ca. 1920) published by C. Ross Lindemuth. 977.201 AL5oa Standard Atlas of Allen County, 1898.

Military 977.202 F77cor Abstracts of Soldiers’ Obituaries from Fort Wayne, Indiana Newspapers: WWI, WWII, Korea 977.201 AL5sp Allen County Area Servicemen and Servicewomen. 977.201 AL5me Allen County Soldiers 1861-1865 973.74 In2n Allen County Veterans Burial Records 1906-1929. 977.201 AL5war Allen County War Casualties 1776-1973. 973.74 In2gaf List of Civil War Veterans Buried in Allen Co.

Mortuaries – Allen County 977.201 AL5aLw Allen and Wells Cos., Elzey-Dickey-Haggard Funeral Home, Waynedale and Ossian. 977.201 AL5br Brindle Register of Funerals, William Brindle, Undertaker, Yoder, Ind., Apr. 1891-Dec. 1914, Allen Co., Ind. (Lafayette & Pleasant Twps.), and Wells Co., Ind. (Union & Jefferson Twps.) 977.201 AL5f From the Records of Augustus Wych Roberson, Coffin Maker and Undertaker, and David A. Roberson, Sr., his son, Eel River Twp., Allen County, Indiana, ca. 1858-1932 977.201 AL5br, Index Index of Brindle Register of Funerals, Allen & Wells Co., Ind., 1891-1914

Mortuaries – Fort Wayne 977.202 F77s C. M. Sloan & Sons Mortuary Records, 1903-1964. 3 vols. 977.202 F77c Chalfant-Perry Funeral Home Mortuary Records 1914-64. 977.202 F77dom D.O. McComb & Sons Funeral Home Mortuary Records 1926-50. 977.202 F77k Klaehn Funeral Home Mortuary Records, 1876-1964. 6 vols. 977.202 F77mu Mungovan and Sons Mortuary Records 1912-1963. 3 vols. 977.202 F77peL Peltier Funeral Home, Fort Wayne Coffin Sales 1862-1877. 977.202 F77pe Peltier Mortuary Records of Fort Wayne, 1874-1938. 2 vols. 977.202 F77sch Scheuman Funeral Home Mortuary Records 1899-1951. 977.202 F77sa Supplement to C. M. Sloan & Sons, 1926-1929. 977.202 F77to Tom Mungovan Funeral Home Records. 8 vols. 977.202 F77we Wellman’s Funeral Home Mortuary Records, 1917-1964, 1965-1968. 2 vols.

Mortuaries – Harlan 977.202 H22h Carrington records, Harlan, 1892-1922; also Old Harlan Cemetery 977.202 H22n E.C. Carrington family records and funeral register 1892-1922, Harlan 977.202 H22o Records of Oetting Funeral Home, Harlan, Ind., 1922-1964

Mortuaries – Monroeville 977.202 M75ma Genealogy Records of the Marquart Funeral Home, Monroeville, Indiana, 1940-1977 977.202 M75d Histories of Funeral Homes in Monroeville 977.202 M75m Marquart Mortuary Records, Monroeville, Indiana (dates 1909-1939)

Mortuaries – New Haven 977.202 N354a E. Harper & Son Funeral Home Inc., New Haven, Allen County.

Newspaper Indexes 977.202 F77cin Citations in Fort Wayne Newspapers, 1919-1936. (2 vols.) 977.202 F77ns Fort Wayne Newspaper Index, 1986-1991. (6 vols.) 977.202 F77scb Scrapbook of Fort Wayne History (238 vols.) [arranged by subject – articles copied from the Indiana Collection vertical file] 977.202 F77newi Selected Subject Index to Pre-1986 Fort Wayne Newspapers: Based on Clippings in the Indiana Collection Vertical File

Periodicals 977.201 AL5acgv/w Allen County Lines. [Allen County Genealogical Society of Indiana] 977.202 F77gg Genealogy Gems: News from the Fort Wayne Library 977.201 AL5hsc Historical Society Bulletin. [Allen County-Fort Wayne Historical Society] 977.201 AL5hsb Old Fort Bulletin. [Allen County-Fort Wayne Historical Society] 977.201 AL5hsba Old Fort Bulletin Index, 1958-1983. [Allen County-Fort Wayne Historical Society] 977.201 AL5hsd Old Fort News. [Allen County-Fort Wayne Historical Society] 977.202 F77noar Redskin Review: The North Side High School Alumni Association Newsletter. 977.202 F77fwh Short Lines: Newsletter of the Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society. 977.202 F77noat Totem Tales: The North Side High School Alumni Association Newsletter.

Vital Records – Births 977.201 AL5aLi Allen County Register of Delayed Births, Books 1-6. 977.201 AL5unba Allen County Supplementary Index to Birth Records, 1882-1896. 977.201 AL5unb Allen County WPA Index to Birth Records, 1887-1920. 4 vols. 977.201 AL5gra Grabill Births 1917-35, Deaths 1916-37; New Haven Births 1907-37, Deaths 1918-37; Woodburn Births 1907-37, Deaths 1907-37. 977.202 F77per Index to Births, Marriages and Divorces as Reported in Fort Wayne Neighbors 1990-91. 977.201 AL5mon Monroeville Vital Record Indexes, Births, and Deaths, 1906, 1925-37.

Vital Records – Marriages 977.201 AL5pema Allen County Index to Marriage Book 97, Jul.-Oct. 1940. [ACGSI] 977.201 AL5pemb Allen County Index to Marriage Book 98, Nov. 1940-Apr 1941. [ACGSI] 977.201 AL5pemc Allen County Index to Marriage Book 99, Apr.-Aug. 1941. [ACGSI] 977.201 AL5pemd Allen County Index to Marriage Book 100, Aug.-Nov. 1941. [ACGSI] 977.201 AL5peme Allen County Index to Marriage Book 101, Nov. 1941- Mar. 1942. [ACGSI] 977.201 AL5pemf Allen County Index to Marriage Book 102, Apr.-Jul. 1942. [ACGSI] 977.201 AL5pemg Allen County Index to Marriage Book 103, Jul.-Nov. 1942. [ACGSI] 977.201 AL5pemh Allen County Index to Marriage Book 104, Nov. 1942-March 1943. [ACGSI] 977.201 AL5pek Allen County Marriage Applications, 1893-1894, 1894-1896 [ACGSI] 977.201 AL5pem Allen County Marriage Application Book 96, Jan.-Jul. 1940. [ACGSI] 977.201 AL5per Allen County Marriage Records, 1991-1995. Multi-volume. [facsimile licenses] 977.201 AL5pera Allen County Marriage Records 1995-ongoing. Multi-volume. [facsimile licenses] 977.201 AL5peg Early Marriage Records of Allen County, 1824-1849, 1849-1874, 1874-1888, 1888-1899 by Ehle. 977.201 AL5peh Early Marriage Records of Allen County 1849-1874 [Index to above] 977.201 AL5pej Early Marriage Records of Allen County Books 1A & 1B, 1824-1853. 977.202 F77per Index to Births, Marriages and Divorces as Reported in Fort Wayne Neighbors 1990-91. 977.201 AL5pei Marriage Records, Allen County: 1834-43; 1844-1847. 2 vols. 977.201 AL5peia Marriage Record, Allen County, 1824-1834. [facsimile] 977.201 AL5peL Marriage Records of Allen County 1921-1925. 4 vols. 977.201 AL5peLa Marriage Records of Allen County 1926-1930. 4 vols. 977.201 AL5peLb Marriage Records of Allen County 1931-1936. 4 vols. 977.201 AL5peLc Marriage Records of Allen County 1937-1941. 4 vols. 977.202 F77wk Miscellaneous Marriage Notices as Found in Fort Wayne Newspapers 1840-1850, 1875-1876 (including Many Out of Town Residents). 977.201 AL5pee W.P.A. Index to Marriage Records, 1824-1920. 4 vols. 977.201 AL5pef W.P.A. Index to Supplemental Record, Marriage Transcript, Allen County, Indiana 1824-1920 [1893-1896].

Vital Records – Deaths & Obituaries 977.202 F77cor Abstracts of Soldiers’ Obituaries from Fort Wayne, Indiana Newspapers: WWI, WWII, Korea 977.201 AL5ric Allen County, Indiana, Death Records Not Appearing in the WPA Index, 1921-1937 977.201 AL5ga Allen County Infirmary Deaths 1937-1973. 977.201 AL5gra Grabill Births 1917-35, Deaths 1916-37; New Haven Births 1907-37, Deaths 1918-37; Woodburn Births 1907-37, Deaths 1907-37. 977.202 F77ob [Index to] Obituary Records Found in Fort Wayne, Ind., Newspapers, 1841-1900 977.201 AL5mon Monroeville Vital Record Indexes, Births, and Deaths, 1906, 1925-37. 977.202 F77o Obituary Records as Found in Fort Wayne Newspapers, 1841-1993. 16 vols. 977.201 AL5unc Record of Deaths, Allen County 1894-1896. 977.201 AL5und W.P.A. Index to Death Records 1896-1920, Allen County. 977.201 AL5une W.P.A. Supplementary Index to Death Records, Allen County 1870-1896.

Wills/Probate 977.201 AL5iw Allen County: An Inventory of Wills, 1824-1899. 977.201 AL5dab Everyname Index to Will Records of Allen County, 1831-69,1870-1900. 2 vols. 977.201 Al5ge General Index Estates. 3 vols. 977.201 Al5hu General Index of Guardianships, Allen County, 1829-1905. 977.201 AL5daa Will Records, Allen County, vol. 2 1870-1900. 977.201 AL5da Will Records of Allen County 1831-1869.

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