Decatur Genealogy (in Adams County, IN)

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Decatur Birth Records

1907-1940 Indiana Birth Certificates Ancestry online

Indiana Births, 1880-1920 Ancestry online

Indiana, Birth Records, 1907-present Indiana State Department of Health

Decatur Cemetery Records

Alpha Cemetery Billion Graves online

Alpha Cemetery Find a Grave online

Cemetery Records of Adams County, Indiana Ancestry online

Cemetery inscriptions, St Peter Fuelling Evangelical Lutheran Church WorldCat

Cemetery inscriptions, St. Peter Fuelling Evangelical Lutheran Church : located at the corner of county roads 1100N & 100E, Root Township, Adams County, Decatur, Indiana FamilySearch Library

Clark Chapel Cemetery Billion Graves online

County Farm Cemetery Find a Grave online

County Home Cemetery Genealogy Trails online

Decatur Cemetery Find a Grave online

Fuhrman Cemetery Billion Graves online

Fuhrman Cemetery Find a Grave online

Greenwood Cemetery Billion Graves online

Immanuel Lutheran Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Index of Decatur Cemetery Indiana Genealogical Society online

Index of First City Cemetery Indiana Genealogical Society online

Index of St. John's Lutheran (Bingen) Cemetery Indiana Genealogical Society online

Index of St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery Indiana Genealogical Society online

Index of St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery Indiana Genealogical Society online

Kunkel Family Cemetery Plot US Gen Web Archives online

Little Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Mann Cemetery Find a Grave online

Monmouth Cemetery Find a Grave online

Mount Tabor Cemetery Billion Graves online

Mount Tabor Cemetery Find a Grave online

Pleasant Dale Cemetery Find a Grave online

Pleasant Valley Cemetery Billion Graves online

Saint John Lutheran Genealogy Trails online

Saint John Lutheran Cemetery Find a Grave online

Saint Joseph Catholic Cemetery Billion Graves online

Saint Luke Cemetery Billion Graves online

Saint Luke United Church of Christ Cemetery Find a Grave online

Saint Paul Lutheran Cemetery Billion Graves online

Saint Peters Lutheran Evangelist Cemetery Find a Grave online

Salem Cemetery Billion Graves online

St Peter Fuelling Evangelical Lutheran Church cemetery inscriptions WorldCat

St. John Lutheran Cemetery Billion Graves online

St. Peter's Lutheran Cemetery Billion Graves online

Tricker Cemetery Find a Grave online

Union Chapel Cemetery Find a Grave online

Zion Friedheim Lutheran Church Cemetery Billion Graves online

Decatur Census Records

Census 1850 Decatur Reel No: 135 Page No: 1A US Gen Web Archives online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage online

United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search online

Decatur Church Records

Church records, 1847-1978 (Catholic Church. St. Mary's of the Assumption (Decatur, Indiana)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1901-1905 (German Reformed Zion Church (Decatur, Indiana)) FamilySearch Library

First records of Salem [United Church of Christ] Magley, St. Luke's ... Honduras, Zion Friedheim [Lutheran], and First Methodist churches, Decatur, Indiana WorldCat

Founding fathers, St. Peter Fuelling Evangelical Lutheran church, Root Township, Adams County, Decatur, Indiana : charter member congregation of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod, 1847 FamilySearch Library

St Peter Fuelling Evangelical Lutheran Church cemetery inscriptions WorldCat

Decatur City Directories

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Decatur (Indiana) city directories FamilySearch Library

Decatur City Directory 1947 MyHeritage online

Decatur City Directory 1953 MyHeritage online

Decatur City Directory 1959 MyHeritage online

Decatur, IN 1872, 1874-1875, 1877 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Decatur, IN 1947, 1953, 1955, 1957, 1959 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Decatur, Indiana, City Directory, 1947 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Decatur, Indiana, City Directory, 1953 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Decatur, Indiana, City Directory, 1955 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Decatur, Indiana, City Directory, 1957 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Decatur, Indiana, City Directory, 1959 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Johnson's business and professional directory of Indianapolis, Fort Wayne, Terre Haute, Anderson, Marion, Lafayette, Kokomo, Logansport, South Bend, Evansville, Vincennes, Washington, Petersburg, Mt. Vernon, Princeton, Elkhart, Elwood, Alexandria, Decatur, Bluffton, Gas City, Jonesboro, Goshen, Warsaw, Huntington, East Chicago, Laporte, Auburn, Michigan City, Wabash, Mishawaka, Whiting, Peru, Hammond, Columbia City, Noblesville, Brazil, Greenfield, Shelbyville, Hartford City, etc., etc., etc, 1902-1903 LDS Genealogy online

Johnson's business and professional directory of Indianapolis, Fort Wayne, Terre Haute, Anderson, Marion, Lafayette, Kokomo, Logansport, South Bend, Evansville, Vincennes, Washington, Petersburg, Mt. Vernon, Princeton, Elkhart, Elwood, Alexandria, Decatur, Bluffton, Gas City, Jonesboro, Goshen, Warsaw, Huntington, East Chicago, Laporte, Auburn, Michigan City, Wabash, Mishawaka, Whiting, Peru, Hammond, Columbia City, Noblesville, Brazil, Greenfield, Shelbyville, Hartford City, etc., etc., etc, 1902-1903 Internet Archive online

Decatur Death Records

1899-2011 Indiana Death Certificates Ancestry online

Indiana Deaths, 1882-1920 Ancestry online

Indiana, Death Records, 1900-present Indiana State Department of Health

WPA Death Index, 1882-1920 Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center online

Decatur Histories and Genealogies

Biographical sketches, Adams County, Indiana FamilySearch Library

Decatur centennial 1936 Indiana Memory online

The Commodores ; a history of Decatur Catholic basketball, 1921-1967 LDS Genealogy online

The Commodores ; a history of Decatur Catholic basketball, 1921-1967 Internet Archive online

Decatur Immigration Records

Indiana, Federal Naturalization Records, 1892-1992 Ancestry online

Decatur Map Records

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Decatur, Adams County, Indiana, 1900 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Decatur, Adams County, Indiana, 1907 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Decatur, Adams County, Indiana, 1914 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Decatur, Adams County, Indiana, 1922 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Decatur, Adams County, Indiana, February 1885 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Decatur, Adams County, Indiana, October 1895 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Decatur, Adams County, Indiana, September 1890 Library of Congress online

Decatur Marriage Records

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1810-2001 Indiana Marriages Ancestry online

Adams County, Indiana marriage records, 1882-1954 FamilySearch Library

Indiana Marriage Index, 1800-1941 Ancestry online

Indiana Marriages Through 1850 Indiana State Library online

Indiana Marriages, 1802-1850 (includes Adams County 1836-1850) Ancestry online

Indiana, Marriage Index, 1806-1861 Ancestry online

Indiana, Marriages, 1780-1992 MyHeritage online

Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959 MyHeritage online

Marriage licenses, Decatur, Adams County, Indiana, Book A WorldCat

Marriage licenses, Decatur, Adams County, Indiana, Book A : 1836-1844 FamilySearch Library

Marriage records of Adams County, Indiana, 8-2-1836 thru 9-4-1900 FamilySearch Library

Decatur Newspapers and Obituaries

Decatur Daily Democrat 03/11/2008 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Decatur Daily Democratᅠ(1882-1975) Newspaper Archive online

Decatur Democrat Pressᅠ(1894-1896) Newspaper Archive online

Decatur Democratᅠ(1857-1906) Newspaper Archive online

Decatur Eagleᅠ(1858-1873) Newspaper Archive online

Decatur Newsᅠ(1895-1903) Newspaper Archive online

Offline Newspapers for Decatur

According to the US Newspaper Directory, the following newspapers were printed, so there may be paper or microfilm copies available. For more information on how to locate offline newspapers, see our article on Locating Offline Newspapers.

Adams County Times. (Decatur, Ind.) 1876-1901

Adams County Union. (Decatur, Ind.) 1878-1880

Daily Democrat. (Decatur, Ind.) 1903-1907

Decatur Daily Democrat. (Decatur, Ind.) 1907-Current

Decatur Daily Times. (Decatur, Adams County, Ind.) 1908-1911

Decatur Democrat. (Decatur, Ind.) 1874-1917

Decatur Eagle. (Decatur, Adams County, Ind.) 1857-1874

Decatur Evening Journal. (Decatur, Ind.) 1897-1906

Decatur Herald. (Decatur, Adams County, Ind.) 1873-1874

Decatur Morning Journal. (Decatur, Ind.) 1904-1906

Decatur News. (Decatur, Ind.) 1899-1902

Democratic Press. (Decatur, Ind.) 1894-1896

Star News. (Decatur, Ind.) 1894-1904

Decatur Probate Records

1798-1999 Indiana Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Decatur School Records

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Bellmont High School - Legend Yearbook (Decatur, IN), 1968, 1969, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1980, 1981, 1982 E Yearbook online

Bellmont High School yearbook, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Bellmont High School yearbook, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004 Classmates online

Bellmont Middle School - Little Braves Yearbook (Decatur, IN), 1972 E Yearbook online

Bellmont Middle School yearbook, 1972 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Catholic High School yearbook, 1930, 1937, 1966 Classmates online

Catholic High School yearbook, 1930, 1937, 1966 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Central School - Deeds and Misdeeds Yearbook (Decatur, IN), 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1931 E Yearbook online

Decatur Catholic High School - Tattler Yearbook (Decatur, IN), 1921, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939 E Yearbook online

Decatur Catholic High School yearbooks, 1921, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1965, 1966, 1967 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Decatur High School - Ravelings Yearbook (Decatur, IN), 1917, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967 E Yearbook online

Decatur High School yearbook, 1920 (May), 1923, 1924, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1931, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1946, 1947, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964 Classmates online

Decatur High School yearbook, 1920 (May), 1923, 1924, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1931, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1946, 1947, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Monmouth High School - Eagle Yearbook (Decatur, IN), 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967 E Yearbook online

Monmouth High School yearbook, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967 Classmates online

Monmouth High School yearbook, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Ravelings, 1922 Internet Archive online

Ravelings, 1924 Internet Archive online

Sand Creek Township School yearbook, 1960, 1966 Classmates online

Sand Creek Township School yearbook, 1960, 1966 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Sand Creek Township School yearbooks, 1960, 1966 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Decatur Tax Records

Adams County, Indiana Assessor's Book for Decatur 1926 Indiana Memory online



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