Howard County Indiana Reference Bibliography
This page contains an partial listing of Howard County reference sources. Many of these resources are available from the LDS Family History Centers or through inter-library loan.
If you are interested in participating by listing other available sources - contact the Coordinator.
Sources marked with an 
can be ordered through the Howard County Genealogical Society Bookshelf
Some of the following resources (and other Indiana resources) can be ordered through Selby Publishing selbypub@netusa1.net
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Howard County Biographies and Histories
Howard County Cemetery Books
Howard County Vital Statistics
Howard County Census Records
Howard County Church Records
Howard County Atlases, Gazeteers, Plat Books
Miscellaneous Howard County Records
Howard County Genealogical Society Newsletter
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| Biographical and genealogical history of Cass, Miami, Howard and Tipton counties, Indiana. | Chicago : Lewis Pub. Co., 1898. | 2 v. (vi, 1395 p., 35 leaves of plates): ports. Includes index. Contact: Betty Sellers kyseeker@comsource.net |
| Counties of Howard and Tipton, Indiana : historical and biographical / edited by Charles Blanchard. | Evansville, Ind. : Unigraphic, 1976 AND Tucson, Ariz. : W.C. Cox Co., 1974. | viii, 497, 451, 46 p. : ill., ports. Reprint of original published: Chicago : F. A. Battey, 1883. Includes index. |
| Biographical sketches, Howard County, Indiana / Citizens Historical Association, Indianapolis, Indiana. | Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1986 | on 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. Microfilm of typescript collection (carbon copy, ca. 150 leaves) at the Indiana State Library, Indianapolis. Includes ms. additions and corrections. Sketches compiled in the 1930s and 1940s, probably of members or past members of the Citizens Historical Association, Indianapolis. Sketches contain biographical and genealogical information, often giving information about the subject's father, sometimes his grandfather, and information about the subject's family and life. Many of the subjects lived at Kokomo, Indiana. |
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Memories of New London, Howard County, Indiana
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| Russiaville and the Civil War - Kent A. Smith
| Old Richardville Publications; 2001 | 150-page volume with every-name index and source bibliography
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| Howard County Indiana Family History
| 1995 | This publication contains information about townships, churches, schools, clubs and business of Howard County, with the major portion of the 376 pages devoted to over 600 family histories submitted by local (and not so local) residents. Printed on acid free paper with an every name index.
Contact: Tracey Morris INDEX: A * B * C * D * E * F * G * H * I * J * K * L * M * N * O * P * Q * R * S * T * U - V |
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| Cemetery inscriptions of Eastern Howard County, Indiana : including the townships of Howard, Jackson, Liberty, Taylor and Union / compiled by Mr. and Mrs. James L. Gorman.
| Kokomo, IN : Reprinted by Selby Publishing, 1991. | v, 405 p. : map.
Includes surname index. Inscriptions are arranged in alphabetical order by surname for each cemetery.
Contact David L. Richey w005450@airmail.net for lookups. |
| Memorial Park Cemetery 1919-1989
| 162 pgs. This index covers the years 1919 to 1989 and is a compiled index of the first interment book. The book is at the cemetery and a copy is at the Kokomo-Howard County Public Library.
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| Crown Point Cemetery Index: Book I
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| Inventory of the county archives of Indiana, no. 34, Howard County(Kokomo) / prepared by the Indiana Historical Records Survey, Division of Professional and Service Projects, Work Projects Administration. | Kokomo, Ind. : Indiana Historical Records Survey, 1939. | xi, 152 p. : ill., map (Inventory of county archives ; no. 34)Includes index.
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| Howard County Marriages Vol 1 1844-1874
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| Howard County Marriages Vol 2 1874-1888
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| Howard County Index to Birth Records 1875-1920
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| Howard County Index to Marriage Records 1844-1920 |
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| Howard County Index to Death Records 1875-1920
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| Howard WPA Indexes -
Births 1875 - 1920 Marriages A - G 1844 - 1920 Marriages H - Z 1844 - 1920 Marriages Supplement 1882 - 1899 Deaths 1875 - 1920 1880 Federal Census | visit http://www.evansville.net/~tsgs/w_table.html to see what other counties are available. | available on microfilm
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| 1850 Census Book: Howard County, Indiana | SK Publications | 346 pages, soft cover, spiral-bound.
Photocopies of the actual handwritten records - with index. http://www.skpub.com/genie/census/in/howard.html |
| Howard County, Indiana 1860 census index / compiled by Kratz Indexing. | Salt Lake City : Kratz Indexing, c1985. | 42 leaves
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| 1870 census index for Howard County, Indiana / compiled by Sue Sheagley.
| Kokomo, IN : Selby Publishing & Printing, 1993. | 147 p. Contains an alphabetical index by surname for the Howard County, Indiana 1870 census. Shows last name, first name, page number in original census and house number assigned by census. |
| Index to federal census, 1880, Howard County, taken June 1880 / compiled by Indiana Works Progress Administration. | Indianapolis, Ind. : Indiana State Library, 1983. | on 1 microfilm reel ; 16 mm. Microfilm of typescript (prepared in 1939, 1 v.) compiled from original records located in the Howard County Auditor's Office, Kokomo. |
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| Mennonite Church history of Howard and Miami counties, Indiana / by the Y.P.C.A. Historical Committee. | Kokomo, IN : Selby Publishing & Printing, [199?]. | 189 p. : ill., ports.
Reprint of original published: Scottdale, Pa. : Mennonite Publishing House, [1916]. Includes lists of members, 1916, and lists of Sunday School enrollment and teachers, 1877, 1905, 1916. |
| Society of Friends. Hemlock Monthly Meeting (Howard County, Indiana).Church records, 1882-1955. | Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1988. | on 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. Microfilm of original records in the Western Yearly Meeting of Friends, Plainfield, Indiana. Includes partial index to History of Hemlock Monthly Meeting of Friends. Record contains minutes of monthly meetings, 1896-1926, list of members, and History of Hemlock Monthly Meeting of Friends, 1882-1955. |
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| Combination Atlas Map
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| Howard County atlas and plat book, 1936. |
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| Index of combination atlas map of Howard County, Indiana, 1879./compiled by Scott, Beulah Mohart |
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| Howard County, Indiana index of names of persons and of firms / compiled by Work Projects Administration of Indiana | Indianapolis, Ind. ; sponsored by the Indiana State Library:Ye Olde Genealogie Shoppe [distributor], [1942?]. | Contains an index of the names of persons and firms included in county histories, atlases, gazetteers and miscellaneous local publications.
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| Howard County Roots - quarterly periodical
| 1990 - 1995 | (100-120 pages/ year) This periodical is published quarterly by a member of the Society. It contains Bible Records, Wills, Probates, Obituaries, Marriages, Ancestor Charts, Civil & Land Records, Family Group Sheets and newspaper articles from years gone by. At the end of each year, the issues are bound into a book, which contains a table of contents and an index.
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| Books Along the Wildcat
| This book is a history of the Kokomo-Howard County Library, its accomplishments, and the people that work and have worked there
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| Surnames Researched by Members of the Howard County Genealogical Society
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| Volume 11 (1995) - Volume 18 (2002) |
Contact: Howard County Genealogical Society, PO Box 2, Oakford IN 46965. Cost - $3.00/issue | Article Listing and Index |
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