Howard County was created in 1844 from Carroll, Cass, Grant, Hamilton, and Miami Counties. It is located in central Indiana. The county seat is Kokomo.
Selected Holdings at the Indiana State Library
The following list is not complete. Further resources may be found by searching the Indiana State Library online catalog.
Print Materials from the Genealogy Division
Immigration
Naturalization Records, 1872-1958
ISLG 977.201 H853sk
Land Records
Index to Land Deeds Book A, 1844-1847
ISLG 977.201 H853h
Marriage Records
Marriage Records, 1844-1888
ISLG 977.201 H853smr v. 1-2WPA Index to Marriage Records, 1844-1920
ISLG 977.201 H853u v. 4-6WPA Index to Supplemental Marriage Records, 1882-1899
ISLG 977.201 H853u v. 7
Vital Records
WPA Index to Birth Records, 1875-1920
ISLG 977.201 H853u v. 1-2WPA Index to Death Records, 1875-1920
ISLG 977.201 H853u v. 3
Other Library Materials
Online Resources
Marriage Records
Military
Vital Records
- Deaths, 1882-1920
- Vital Records, various dates (also includes marriages)
Locating Original Records
- Howard County Clerk of Court: marriage, divorce, and court records
- Howard County Health Department: birth and death records
For Further Research
- Greentown Historical Society
- Howard County Historical Society
- Kokomo-Howard County Public Library Genealogy and Local History Department
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