"The Good Stuff"

I would love to add more to this page, but I need your help! If you have anything related to Wells County history or genealogy that you think would fit in this page, please email it to me and I will be sure to give you credit for your work. Thank you!

Census Transcriptions

Just about everyone doing genealogy has researched the federal Census records at one point or another. If you have extracted information or photocopied pages from any of the Wells County censuses, why not take a minute to type it up and send it in? It's preferable if you have page numbers, townships, etc., but I'll accept it even if you didn't copy those down! Please make sure you tell me what year(s) you're sending. See what's been submitted so far

Addresses 

• See separate page with Wells County addresses for birth, death, marriage certificates, libraries, organizations, etc.

Archives/Mailing Lists/Message Boards

• Wells County USGenWeb Archives Project site
• Join Wells County Mailing List
• Search INWELLS Mailing List
• View INWELLS posts by thread or by month (also searchable)
• GenForum posts for Wells County
• Wells County RootsWeb Message Board

Atlases/Maps 

• Map of Wells County from 1852 "Map of the State of Indiana" (from the Library of Congress)
• Wells County Geographic Information System (GIS) Department - Database showing the 16,500 parcel boundaries with dimensions and acreages
• Map of Wells and surrounding counties from Pam Rietsch's 1895 atlas (126K .gif, 693K .jpg)
• Communities listed in Pam Rietsch's 1895 atlas, and post offices listed in 1875
• Map of Wells County from the Census Bureau
• Locations of Wells County's nine townships
• Wells County township map
• Northeast Indiana townships by county (map)
• Understanding the rural address system
• Road map of Wells County, divided by township: Chester, Harrison, Jackson, Jefferson, Lancaster, Liberty, Nottingham, Rock Creek, and Union
• Alphabetical list of all Indiana townships - Helpful if you don't know the county
• Villages, Cities, Towns, Townships, Counties, and Post Offices in Indiana

Beginners' Help 

• Genealogy 101 - Heritage Quest's step-by-step tutorial
• Genealogy 101 - "Cyndi's List" of sites for beginners
• Ancestry Printing - Specializing in large format family tree printing services; also has free genealogy form downloads

Bibles 

• Thomas Beasley Family Bible
• Samuel Bender Family Bible
• George Ditzler - Cassia Saurbaugh Family Bible
• Jesse B. Gorrell Family Bible
• Jacob Johnson Family Bible
• Lamb Family Bible
• John and Catherine Arnold Maddux Family Bible
• Sam Opliger Family Bible
• Perry Rose Family Bible
• James Lowell Russell-Elizabeth Deam Russell Bible
• Henry Taylor - Alice Ditzler Family Bible
• Jacob Stair & Susannah Poorman Family Bible
• Harry Stair & Lillie Beyler Family Bible
• Thomas Turpin Family Bible
• Josiah "Jesse" Weist, Jr. Family Bible
• Josiah Weist Family Bible
• John and Bulinda Wolfcale Family Bible
• Do you have a family Bible (or photocopies) for a Wells County family? I can put it online here for you. Please email me for details.

Biographies 

• Index to biographical sketches in Historical Hand Atlas, published in 1881.
• Index to biographical sketches in Biographical and Historical Record of Adams and Wells Counties, published in 1887.  ALL Wells County biographies are now online.
• Index to Wells County biographical sketches in the Memorial Record of Northeastern Indiana, published in 1896.
• Index to biographical sketches in the Souvenir Edition of the Ossian News, published January 1, 1900
• Index to biographical sketches in Biographical Memoirs of Wells County, published in 1903
• Index to biographical sketches in Standard History of Adams and Wells Counties, Indiana, published in 1918, with links to those Wells County biographies that are online.
• Index (JPG images from book) of Wells County, Indiana Family History, 1837-1992
• Alphabetical index to biographical sketches from other sources
• Wells County Biography Project ~ may contain additional bios not found in the above sources

Births 

• 1882 Births and Deaths from the Bluffton Banner
• Extractions from WPA Birth Record Index, 1883-1920
• ABBOTT - AUMACHER
• CHUPP - COBBUM
• ELLIS - ELZEY
• FISHER - FOOKSABER
• GABMAN - GASHORN
• HOUSEHOLDER - HOY
• HUNTER - HUSS
• HUSS - HYDE
• LIEUELLEN - LINNEGAR
• LOCKWOOD - LOVELL
• MOUNSEY - MULOTT
• MURRAY - MYERS
• MYERS - MYRON
• SESSFORD - SHADLE
• Portion of GABMAN - GASHORN index sorted by mother's maiden name
• Do you have any pages from this WPA index? Please share with others by emailing me a scan or transcription of the page.
• Pre-1882 births from Wells County, part 1 - compiled from secondary sources
• Leonard Family Reunion Book 1905-1935 - Minutes of each family reunion, including births and deaths that occurred each year. Contributed by Richard Bate.
• Miscellaneous birth, marriage & death records submitted by researchers

Businesses 

• Polk 1882-3 Directory of Wells County Businesses - use menu at left of screen to view images or use these links to specific towns: Barber's Mills, Bluffton p. 1, Bluffton p. 2, Bluffton p. 3, Dillman, Gerwig, Keystone, Liberty Centre, Mount Zion, Murray, Vera Cruz
• Franklin Electric Company
• W. B. Brown Company - Arts & Crafts style furniture and lighting
• Some information about the H. C. Bay Piano Company
• Nice photo of a Settergren Estey piano
• Early Sawmills
• History of Thoma Funeral Home - click on "Company" then "Complete History"
• Postcards of manufacturers
• History of Ossian State Bank
• Erie Lackawanna Railroad - has some pictures of Uniondale, Kingsland, Tocsin
Wabash Central Railroad
• Locations of railroads in Wells County

Cemeteries 

• Cemetery Page - maps, photos, online transcriptions, and other local cemetery information. Now on a separate page!

Census 

Find out how you can add your census data to these files!

• 1820 Census index for entire state of Indiana - (There were no settlers in pre-Wells County at this time)
• 1830 Census index for entire state of Indiana - (In 1830, Wells was part of Allen, Delaware, and Randolph Counties)
• 1840 Census index for Wells County
• 1840 Census index for entire state of Indiana
• 1840 Census transcription for Wells County (extractions)
• 1840 Census Transcription for Wells County - USGenWeb Archives (by Mark Mann)
• 1850 Census index
• 1850 Census transcription - All but Harrison Twp.
• 1850 Census transcription - Harrison Twp.
• 1850 Census transcription (extractions)
• 1850 Census transcription of Lancaster Township (by Janice Goody)
• 1850 Mortality Schedule - deaths from June 1849-June 1, 1850
• 1860 Census index
• 1860 Census transcription (extractions)
• 1870 Census transcription (extractions)
• 1880 Census index from Familysearch.org - searchable transcriptions of Wells County households
• 1880 Census transcription (extractions)
• 1880 Census transcription
• What really happened to the 1890 Federal Census
• 1900 Census transcription (extractions)
• 1900 Census transcription
• 1910 Census & Soundex (Miracode) transcription (extractions)
• 1920 Census & Soundex transcription (extractions)
• Information about the newly-released 1930 federal census
• 1930 census enumeration districts for Wells Co.
• 2000 Census Profile of Indiana (No names, but population statistics for each city, township, and county are available; very large file, requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
• We have two census projects within USGenWeb - be sure to check both for the most up to date info on the status of transcriptions for Wells County: USGenWeb Census Project 1 & USGenWeb Census Project 2
• Census Online - Indiana - tracks locations of online census data (all Wells County links point back to this site, though!)
• Abbreviations found on Census and Soundex records
• My favorite online Soundex converter
• Was your ancestor a cooper or a drayman? Check this list of Colonial Occupations to see what that means.
• Blank census extraction forms

Churches 

• First Presbyterian Church history
• History of First United Methodist Church, Bluffton
• Poneto United Methodist Church Directory
• Brief history of Prospect Methodist Church, Uniondale
• St. Paul Church - old 1800s ledger
• Uniontown Church of Christ, photo from Janet Smith
• Catholic Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, plus 1857-1907 church history
• Photo of Blanche Chapel church/"New Beginning" church near Poneto, sent in by Kathy Davis
• 1926 First Methodist Episcopal Church, Bluffton, Year Book
• Photo of Liberty Center Baptist Church, sent in by Kathy Davis
• Ossian Methodist Church Centennial 1851-1951
• Postcards of Wells County Churches

Deaths 

• Obituary index - 1866-2000 - from the Wells County Public Library. Photocopies of obituaries may be ordered from the library using this form.
• 1850 Mortality Schedule - deaths from June 1849-June 1, 1850
• 1882 Births and Deaths from the Bluffton Banner
• Extractions from WPA Death Record Index, 1883-1920
• ABBOT - AKER
• ELICK - EPPHERT
• GADDES - GASKILL
• HUPP-HYDE
• LESH-LIPKEY
• MERRIMAN - MYERS
• MILLER - MILLINGTON
• MOSSBURG - MULLIN
• TRAVIS - TURNER
• Do you have any pages from this WPA index? Please share with others by emailing me a scan or transcription of the page.
• Records of H. Brown and Sons Funeral Home, in Warren - many Wells Co. names
. Also searchable from our site search engine on the front page.
• Excerpts from Jahn Funeral Home records
• 1926 First Methodist Episcopal Church, Bluffton, Year Book - Includes list of member deaths in 1925-6
• Leonard Family Reunion Book 1905-1935 - Minutes of each family reunion, including births and deaths that occurred each year. Contributed by Richard Bate.
• Social Security Death Index Records - sorted by name, birth date, and death date.
• Miscellaneous birth, marriage & death records submitted by researchers
• Indiana epidemics - Did you ever wonder why so many people died in one year?
• Birthdate Calculator - Calculates birth date from death date and age of death in year-month-day format.
• Brain fever? Consumption? Milk Sick? Check the Glossary of Ancient Diseases

Diaries & Letters

• Diary of David Miller Bright - transcription and images from Dawn George.
• Diary of Etta Walser - from the Indiana Historical Society
• Letter from Elizabeth Davis Crumley to Thomas Crumley Sr. and Elizabeth Gardner Crumley
• List of visitors to see George Bailey, 1902

Directories 

• 1923 Prairie Farmer's Home and County Directory
• Dec. 1927 Uniondale Rural Telephone Co. Directory - these scanned images will be made into a web page, but for now the images are accessible

Genealogies 

• The Jacob ARNOLD Family - Mark Mann
• Ancestors of Albert BAILEY, contributed by Robyn Bailey Orchard
• BARTON Family Information
• Descendants of Nicolas BENAY
• Descendants of Samuel BENDER & Eliza Jane HOUTZ
• Descendants of History of the families BENNETT-DEWITT and LEONARD-GROVE - Richard Bate
• Descendants of Isaac BLAIR
• Descendants of Henry BUCK & Jemima CHAMNESS
• Descendants of William BUMGARNER - Mary Ann Bumgarner
• Descendants of John CLARK - Wendy Hendricks
• Ancestors of Frances Marian DAVIS - Cami Mount's beautiful web tribute to her mother; also covers BUCKNER, DOSTER, GOSNEY, GROVE(S), TEWKSBURY, YELTON, and other Wells County names
• Descendants of John DAVIS & Sarah VINCENT
• Descendants of Moses DEWITT - Jerry Hunnicutt
• ELKINS Family of Wells County
• Descendants of Ezekiel ELZEY
• The Galyean family in Indiana - William Galyean
• Robert HARVEY family - Mary Ellen Wexler
• Descendants of Stephen HOCKER
• HOUTZ family information
• KREIGH Family History
• Descendants of Cyrus S. MARSH & Nancy HELLER
• Descendants of Joseph & Mary Ann (HUTCHINSON) McNATT - from Other McNatt's Home Page - scroll about halfway down the page to see this genealogy
• MELCHING Family History
• Richard MEREDITH's ancestors
• Descendants of Jacob MINNICH and Christina EBERSOLE (search for "Ebersole" to find beginning)
• Descendants of John R. MORGAN
• MOSSBURG Family Information
• Descendants of Jacob MYERS
• Descendants of Samuel NAVE & Louisa WARNER - Jim Mager
• Descendants of David NOE and Harriet GOODNOW - Edward Ball
• PHIPPS Family History
• The Christopher POPEJOY family - Mark Mann
• Descendants of George PUGH - Greg Bender
• SELLERS family data
• Ancestors of Opal SHEETS, contributed by Robyn Bailey Orchard
• Descendants of Abraham STUDEBAKER - Kem Luther
• SUNIER family ancestry
• TEETER Kin including info on CURRENT and BLACK families - Laurie Dunham
• Genealogy of TRAVIS Family of Travisville - Steve Travis
• Genealogy of John B. TRAVIS Family - Steve Travis
• Genealogy of Oliver Perry TRAVIS Family - Steve Travis
• WALBERT genealogy
• Descendants of Peter F. WICKLIFFE & Nancy Ann TEMPLETON - Jim Mager
• Judi Assony's online GEDCOM - many Wells County families here!
• Emily Irons Rogers' genealogy page - Wells County descendants of Philo ROGERS & Maria PRILLAMAN, and Janette ROGERS & Alvin RANDOL
• Kathy Davis' ancestors - Researching Surnames of Davis, Fry, Russell, King, Blevins, Johnson, Smith, Spaulding
• Adam J. Barrone's ancestors - Researching MOSER, GERBER, NEUENSCHWANDER, STRAHM, STOLLER, McCOY, MEYER, BAUMGARTNER, VANDERFORD, STEFFEN
• Shane Family - June Castorena
• Marg Rose Bond's ancestors - Researching Bidlack, Crum, Dundore, Gottschalk, Hammond, Lemar, Martin, Mooney, Opliger, ROSE, Sennett, Sirk, Woodring... lots of Wells County connections here, including WEIST. Also see her picture of the Peter Rose homestead in Wells County.
• Henry Wolfcale Descendants - from Judith Ormsby Richter

History 

• See separate page on Wells County history

Land 

• State of Indiana Land Office Databases (from State Archives; searchable)
1. Fort Wayne Land Office tract book records - intro and search
2. LaPorte-Winamac Land Office tract book records - intro and search

• Bureau of Land Management records - scanned images of many original Indiana land patents issued in 1800's
1. Alphabetical list of patentees with township indicated PLUS where the documents say patentees were living at the time
2. Chester Township patentees
3. Harrison Township patentees
4. Jackson Township patentees
5. Jefferson Township patentees
6. Lancaster Township patentees
7. Liberty Township patentees
8. Nottingham Township patentees
9. Rock Creek Township patentees
10. Union Township patentees

• List of first claimants issued land patents in:
1. Chester Township
2. Jackson Township
3. Jefferson Township
4. Liberty Township
5. Rock Creek Township
6. Union Township

• 1881 plat maps from Historical Hand-Atlas, illustrated (these show the land owners and where the land was located):
  1. Chester Township
  2. Harrison Township
  3. Jackson Township
  4. Jefferson Township
  5. Lancaster Township
  6. Liberty Township
  7. Nottingham Township
  8. Rock Creek Township
  9. Union Township

• Locations of Wells County's nine townships

Lookups

• See separate page with bibliography and lookups
• Wells County Library lookups

Marriages 

• Search "Early Indiana Marriages" database at Indiana State Library (has Wells County marriages through the early 1860s)
• Extractions from WPA Marriage Record Index, 1837-1920
• ELLIOTT - ELSWORTH
• GALLOWAY - GARDENOUR
• HURST - HUSTON
• LINE - LIPKEY
• MILLER - MILLER
• MOUSSEY - MOYER
• MOYER - MURPHY
• Do you have any pages from this WPA index? Please share with others by emailing me a scan or transcription of the page.
• Pages from marriage books, 1837-1900, groom listings:
  • L Surnames, page 167
  • L Surnames, page 168
  • L Surnames, page 170
  • L Surnames, page 171
  • L Surnames, page 175
• Pages from marriage books, 1899-1974, groom listings:
  • AGNELL-AKER
  • ARTRIP-ASCHLIMAN
  • ASCHLIMAN-ASHBAUCHER
  • BARE-BARGER
  • BEER-BEEVER
  • BENDER-BENNETT
  • BENNETT-BENNETT
  • BENETT-BENNETT
  • BENNETT-BENNETT
  • BENNETT-BENTZ
  • BOLINGER-BOLTON
  • BOLTON-BONIFAS
  • CHRISTOPHER-CLAGHORN
  • CLARK-CLARK
  • CLARK-CLARK
  • FLETCHER-FOGWELL
  • FREDS-FREES
  • GOODWIN-GOOLEY
  • GROVER-GROW
  • HECKMAN-HEDGES
  • HOLCOURT-HOLLINGSWORTH
  • HUFFMAN-HUFFMAN
  • HUFFMAN-HUFFMAN
  • HUFFMAN-HUFFMAN
  • HUFFMAN-HUFFMAN
  • HUFFMAN-HUGHES
  • HUMMER-HUNNICUTT
  • HUNNICUTT-HUNNICUTT
  • JACKSON-JACQUAY
  • JONES-JONES
  • JULIAN-JULIAN
  • KABLE-KAEHR
  • KAEHR-KAEHR
  • KIPFER-KIPFER
  • KIPFER-KIRKWOOD
  • KLINE-KLOPPENSTEIN
  • LUTZ-LYDY
  • MAHON-MALLERS
  • MOSES-MOSSBURG
  • RATLIFF-RATLIFF
  • RATLIFF-RAUGH
  • REYNOLDS-REYNOLDS
  • REYNOLDS-RHEA
  • TROUTMAN-TRUBEY
  • WILCOXSON-WILHELM
• PACE marriages - Steve Travis.
• Miscellaneous birth, marriage & death records submitted by researchers
• Request a lookup of the Indiana Marriage Index 1958-1997 - compiled by the Indiana State Board of Health; separate bride and groom indexes; gives names of both parties, county of marriage and marriage date.
• Indiana State Marriage Database, 1993-2002

Military 

• Joseph Awkerman military service
• Thomas Beasley discharge & pension papers
• Civil War Draftees
• Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database from the National Park Service
• Indiana 34th Infantry History
• History of the 47th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry - Many in Company "A" and Company "H" were from Wells County
• Indiana 101st Regiment Volunteers
• Indiana 101st Regiment Infantry, Enlisted Men of Company "B"
• History of the Indiana 101st Regiment Indiana Volunteers
• Reunion of the Indiana 101st Regiment Indiana Volunteers, Company "K", ca. 1885
• Civil War letters of Jacob Richey Harvey
• Civil War Dead
• Sultana Disaster - Casualties from Indiana Units
• 160th Regiment Indiana Volunteers, Co. E - Spanish-American War - also check the surname index, because Wells Co. men served in other companies
• World War I Civilian Draft Registrations
• William Boltin military service
• Gerald E. Lesh military service
• William Van Camp military service
• World War II Roll of Honor
- 1173 names
• World War II Honor Roll - Men and women of Rockcreek Township in service of our country - list in 1964 Rockcreek High School history book
• Mothers of World War II, Unit 107, Markle
• World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing
• Indiana State Soldiers' Home

Miscellaneous 

• Uniondale Post Office Records 1914-1917
• Indiana State Board Of Health, 1900 Official Register of Physicians A-G Surnames, H-P Surnames, Q-Z Surnames
• County History Preservation Society - growing site of information for Wells and other Indiana counties
• Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet - U.S. - Indiana - A great place to locate other Internet resources for genealogical research in Indiana

Naturalization 

• Naturalization Final Oaths from Hoosier Genealogist

Newspapers 

• Wells County News from the Muncie Morning Star - transcribed by Debra Jean Faust from 1904-1905 newspapers
• Early 1900's Wells County News Items from Fort Wayne Newspapers
• 1937 "Echo" - Lancaster Central School newspaper - submitted by Adam J. Barrone
• Obituaries
• Back issues of Wells County Tracer, the newsletter of the Wells County Genealogy Society. Many issues have old newspaper articles under the heading "Ye Olden Times."
• The Olden Times featuring old newspaper articles from or about Indiana history and Indiana families

Obituaries 

• Obituary index - 1866-2000 - from the Wells County Public Library. Photocopies of obituaries may be ordered from the library using this form.
• Index to names of obits on this server
• Obituaries from Therese Koehler's genealogy page - many Wells County residents are mentioned
• A small index to obituaries of persons with connections to Wells County (extracted from Obituary Daily Times)
• Small index to obituaries of persons with Wells County connections, from 1841-1900, in Ft. Wayne newspapers
• Miscellaneous obituary abstracts from Wells County
• Bluffton News-Banner obituaries
• Decatur Democrat obituaries
• Fort Wayne daily obituaries from Journal Gazette & News-Sentinel
• Huntington Herald-Press obituaries
• Obituary Daily Times search - Join the Obituary Daily Times effort

Organizations & Societies 

• List of men in the first fire department in Bluffton, 1879
• Membership list, 1923 Bluffton Kiwanis Club
• Membership list, 1924 Bluffton Kiwanis Club
• Wells County Genealogy Society - includes membership application and back issues of newsletters
• Wells County Historical Society
• Bluffton Lions Club - chartered in 1947
• Postcards of Wells County Societies

Orphans 

• Indiana Orphan Trains Project - many were adopted by Wells County families
• Orphan Train List of those orphans that arrived in Indiana
• Indiana Soldiers' and Sailors' Children's Home - a number of Wells County children are in the database
• Orphans' Home Website - Transcriptions of orphan, adoptee, and foster children listings in orphanages, homes, and poorhouses from U.S. and Canadian censuses.
• Indiana Poorhouses

Photos & Postcards 

• Wells County Photo Gallery
• Wells County Unknowns - Take a look and see if you can ID any of these people!
• Wells County photographers list -  from the Indiana Photographers Project
• Wells County "Images of Indiana" - online exhibit from Indiana State Library
• Wells County Postcards

Pioneers 

• Early settlers plus organization dates and towns within each Wells County township
• Hoosier Homestead Award Program Database - State of Indiana program that recognizes farms that have been owned by the same family for one hundred years or more
• Conner Prairie Living History Museum - interesting, informative articles about life in Indiana in the 19th century
• Pennsylvania Dutch Life - many PA Dutch settled in Wells County

Queries 

• Wells County RootsWeb Message Board - for queries since Dec 1, 1998
• Prior to Dec 1, 1998, queries dating back to 1996 are on page 1, page 2, page 3, and page 4.
• Tips on writing a good query

Reunions/Research 

• Leonard Family Reunion Book 1905-1935 - Minutes of each family reunion, including births and deaths that occurred each year. Contributed by Richard Bate.
• Photo of Soule/Sowle Family Reunion - Glenda Argo.
• Photo of 1908 Brickley-Allen Family Reunion - Sue Allen.
• 1896 Article about Markley Family Reunion - Dennis L. Anderson.

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• Bluffton Village Profile
• Wells County Fact Book - events throughout the year, including local heritage celebrations
• Begin your Wells County research in Bluffton, where a wealth of local information is readily available at the library and next-door courthouse
• Research at the nation's second largest genealogy library - only minutes away in Fort Wayne!
• The Wells County Historical Museum has over 10,000 items, and a library
• Wells County Genealogy Society Library & Pages from the Attic info
• Places to stay:
  • Bluffton Inn & Suites
  • Washington Street Inn
  • Bluffton area accomodations, restaurants - from Bluffton News-Banner
  • Ouabache State Park - has campsites

Schools 

• Autograph book of Minnie Wickliffe, Zanesville, Indiana - schoolmates from 1890s-early 1900s.
• Autograph book of Wm. E. Goff, Bluffton, Indiana - relatives and schoolmates from 1887-1890s.
• Teachers Institute on S. Scott St., Bluffton, August 10, 1893
• Souvenir of Buckeye Public School, 1898-99
• 1903-1904 and 1906 souvenir booklets from Herrmann School, Nottingham Township
• Booklet from 1907 Common School Commencement
• Ossian High School Class photo - date on back is August 20, 1909 - 859k file
• Photograph of possible Wells County School, ca. 1910 - Alyssa Manes
• Photograph of Rock Creek School, 1910 - Sue Allen
• Photo of "Class of 1911" - probably from Lancaster Central, Craigville, or Bluffton schools
• Commencement booklet for Ossian High School "Class of 1911"
• Old Red School, 1915
• Wiley School, Jackson Twp., 1918-1919 - Photo of students, grades 1-8
• Bluffton High School Freshman Class Picture, 1923 - 213kb, 583kb
• Uniondale School 1924 photograph -- 7th and 8th grades
• Schools of Wells County Postcards
• Yearbooks - 1919, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925 Bluffton/P.A. Allen High School
• Bluffton/P.A. Allen High School Alumni Lists - 1919, 1922, 1923, 1924, and 1925 - lists alumni back to 1883
• Rockcreek High School, 1923-1964 - Index of alumni and photos of every class
• Edith Lude Barrone's photos, yearbooks, and newspapers from Craigville School and Lancaster High School, 1928-1939
• Photo of Frog Pond School in Nottingham Twp. - sent by Connie Cherry
• Lancaster High School - Class of 1931
• Petroleum High School - Class of 1931
• Bluffton High School - Class of 1999, 2000
• Alumni of Norwell, Lancaster Central, Southern Wells, and Bluffton High Schools
• Community Christian School - Class of 1999, 2000
• Norwell High School - Class of 1999
• Southern Wells High School - Class of 1999
• "Why It Is Here" by Julia E. Reynolds, 1923 BHS student. Story of an Indian princess.
• "A Stick of Wood!" by Thelma Clark, 1923 BHS student. Story of a family heirloom's history.
• Wells County resident at the Indiana Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb, 1854
• Indiana Soldiers' and Sailors' Children's Home - a number of Wells County children are in the database
• Guide to the University of Notre Dame Archives (includes databases of early Notre Dame students and teachers)

Surnames

• Search for surnames in messages on the Wells County Message Board at RootsWeb (make sure you click the little dot next to "Wells Board" or you'll get results from all over the world). Surnames mentioned in the older queries (those not on the Message Board) have been alphabetized and linked to their queries in the Old Surname Index.

Tax Records

• Dog Registration 1908 Jefferson Twp. (March thru May)
• Dog tax Tocsin 1912 between March and July

Wills 

• Last Will and Testament of Emma D. Gardner
• Will of Jacob Johnson
• Will of Pier Frederic Sunier

Check back regularly for updates!

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This page was last updated on Saturday, 19-Apr-2008 15:42:25 MDT