Welcome to
Wayne County, Indiana


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Welcome! I'm your County Coordinator and happy to be back on the scene in Indiana.. My name is
Katy Hestand and while I don't live in the area, I will do my best to answer your queries or at least point you in the right direction. The site will be changing and I welcome your genealogy information. Please feel free to send your submissions. If you would like to be a Volunteer Coordinator for an Indiana county, please contact the Indiana State Coordinator Debby Beheler.

If you have materials relating to Wayne County and are willing to do look-ups that would be wonderful. Please send me the name of the publication or service you are willing to provide and I will add it to the site.


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Wayne County was formed in 1810 from Dearborn County. It is one of the original counties. It was named for Gen. "Mad" Anthony Wayne, who was an officer during the Revolutionary War. The county seat is Richmond.

Announcements!

11-Jun-2009 Coming Soon! Marriage Database I am currently working on the Indiana Marriages from 1811 - 1850.  If you have actual certificates of marriage, I would love to have a copy of the image for the site, SEND YOUR COPIES IN NOW!!! All you do is send as an attachment to pasttracker@gmail.com

If you have a lot of records you would like to send, you may mail a CD or DVD to:

Katy Hestand
PO Box 361
Golden City, MO 64748


The Reference page has been renamed Lookups on the Menu.

I am currently accepting contributions. I would love to have photos of your ancestors and I want to start a "Legends" page devoted to the stories your relatives related to you about your ancestors.

Whats New
27-Jun-2009
Biography of Samuel Moore
June 27, 2009
Descendants of Samuel Moore
13-Feb-2009
Added Amy Ames to surnames page
01-Feb-2009
Added Scott Family
01-Feb-2009
Added Families Index
01-Nov-2008
Added photo of the Kenworthy Farm.
24-Sep-2008
Added http://inwayne.blogspot.com/
24-Sep-2008
Added new search engine
16-Sep-2008
Added obituary of Catherine Yount Hoover
14-Aug-2008
Added Photo of Courthouse to home page.
14-Aug-2008 Redesigned home page
15-Aug-2008 Updated Message Boards Page
15-Aug-2008 Changed Cemetery page
15-Aug-2008 Added Titles to the biographies
24-Aug-2008 Added Abington Cemetery Workshop Announcement
25-Aug-2008 Added Obituary of Thomas Manning

Adjacent Counties
Randolph County (north)
Darke County, Ohio (northeast)
Preble County, Ohio (east)
Union County (south)
Fayette County (southwest)
Henry County (west)





 

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