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County Seat:  Hartford City  [001] 
Location:
Coordinates: 40.47° N - 85.32° W
Area: 165 Sq. Miles
[000]  Maps
1870: 
Indiana Gazetteer:  (David Rumsey Map Collection) - Link,
1876 Map
Link  (David Rumsey Map Collection)
1905 Map:  "1905 map of Blackford county showing property owners with local advertisers in the margins" - (DPLA Link) - (Indiana Memory Project Link to Map) -
Google Custom Map
Sanborn Maps:
   -  Hartford City - (1886, 1892, 1901, 1906, 1920)
   -  Montpelier -
[000]  Townships:
Harrison
Jackson
Licking
Washington
[000]  Towns:
-  Hartford City (County Seat)
   -  White Hotel -
-  Montpelier
Blackford County INGenWeb:  http://ingenweb.org/inblackf/
Blackford County Historical Society
321 N. High St.
PO Box 264
Hartford City, Indiana 47348
Sinuard Castelo (765)348-3103, email sinuardcastelo3@gmail.com
http://www.bchs-in.org/, Accessed 8 Sept 2019
-  List of Research Material in our Library (Updated 28 Nov 2012) - http://www.bchs-in.org/pdf/hchsresearchmaterial.pdf, accessed 8 Sept 2019
Hartford City Public Library:
314 N. High St.  (N High St & West Franklin St.)
Hartford City, IN  47348
765-348-1720
info@hartfordcity.lib.in.us
http://hartfordcity.lib.in.us/

Hours  
Mon-Thurs: 
9am-7pm
Friday:  9am-530pm
Sat:  9am-2pm
Portable Skating Rink in Hartford City - Sept 1941 - I1, I2,
[000]   Newspapers:
Montpelier
   -  The Evening Herald

Hartford City
   -  Hartford City Times Gazette
   -  Hartford City Telegram - 1 Jan 1908 to 30 Dec 1914 - (IHS Microfilm)

1896 Hartford City NewspapersS3, page 10
- Hartford City Telegram, est 1875
- Hartford City Evening News, Feb, 1893
- The Hartford City times, 1884
- The Daily Times,

Blackford County Democrat:
   -  7 Apr 1864 Vol. 4, No. 50 issue (Front and Back Page Only) - https://archive.org/stream/blackfordcountyd00wsmc#page/n0/mode/2up
[000]  Blackford County Vital Records
Death:  From 1882
Marriage:  From 1839

Blackford County Health Dept.
100 North Jefferson, Hartford City, IN 47348 - 765-348-4317

Blackford Circuit Court Clerk
Courthouse, 110 W. Washington St. Hartford City, IN 47348 - 765-348-1130

Blackford County Historical Society
321 N. High St., PO Box 264, Hartford City, IN 47348
 

City Directories, Census:
-  Directory of Hartford City, Ind., together with a complete gazetteer of Blackford County land owners, 1902, 1903 - Bk3159 - https://archive.org/details/directoryofhartf1902dale/page/n3/mode/2up?view=theater
-  Blackford County, Indiana, Hartford City census of 1857 - Bk3201 -  http://www.archive.org/stream/blackfordcountyi00inds#page/n3/mode/2up
-  1930 US Census, Blackford County, Reel 578, Bk3338 - http://www.archive.org/stream/indianacensus00reel578#page/n0/mode/2up
Death Records:

Blackford County Death Records, 1882-1899, Bk3390 - http://www.archive.org/stream/blackfordcountyi01bees#page/n5/mode/2up
Blackford County Death Records, 1899-1907, Bk3195 -  https://archive.org/details/directoryofhartf1902dale/page/n3/mode/2up?view=theater  - https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2612987?availability=Online
Death records of Blackford County, Indiana, 1899-1907 & 1905-1907, Bk4076 - https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/146889?availability=Family%20History%20Library
Blackford County Deaths, Vol. 3, 1907-1911, Bk4073 -
Blackford County Death Records, 1911-1930 Bk4070 -  https://archive.org/details/blackfordcountyi04bees
Blackford County, Indiana, Hartford City death records, 1900-1933, Cecil Beeson - Bk4415 - WorldCat: https://www.worldcat.org/title/18408567

- Death Index, Genealogy Trails History Group:   http://genealogytrails.com/ind/blackford/death-index.htm
- Montpelier, Indiana Death Records, 1907-1915 (FamilySearch): https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/483447/
Obituaries - (Blackford County INGenWeb Page) - (Accessed 2 July 2016)
- Bumgardner funeral home records, Blackford County, Wells County and Vermillion County, Indiana (1907-1916), Bk3251  - http://www.archive.org/stream/bumgardnerfunera01indi#page/n5/mode/2up
-  I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Jackson Township, Blackford County, Indiana, Cecil Beeson, 1977, Bk4412 - WorldCat:

Marriage Records:

Blackford County Marriage Records https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/364565?availability=Online
Blackford County Marriage Records 1839-1877, Bk4078  https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/364565?availability=Family%20History%20Library
Marriage Record Book B, 1857-1877 [Blackford County, Indiana], Cecil Beeson, Bk4489 - https://archive.org/details/marriagerecordbo00bees_0/page/n7/mode/2up
Marriage records, Blackford Co., Ind., Book C, 1877-1888, Cecil Beeson, Bk4409 -  https://archive.org/details/marriagerecordbo00bees_1
Blackford County Marriage Records, 1839-1958 https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/624681?availability=Family%20History%20Library
Wills, Probate Records:

  Will book, A [Blackford County, Indiana], Cecil Beeson, 1959 - Bk4410 -  WorldCat: http://www.worldcat.org/title/will-book-a/oclc/18395943&referer=brief_results
-  Will records of Blackford County, Indiana, Book A, 1842-1895, Cecil Beeson, Bk4411 - WorldCat: http://www.worldcat.org/title/will-records-of-blackford-county-indiana-book-a-1842-1895/oclc/247126337&referer=brief_results
-  Blackford County, Indiana, probate, 1839-1849, wills, 1842-1895, Bk4077 - https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/855826-blackford-county-indiana-probate-1839-1849-wills-1842-1895
-  Will Book A (Bk4491)  - https://archive.org/details/willbooka00blac/page/n7/mode/2up





-  Assessor's Book, Blackford County, Indiana, 1855-1860 (Cecil Beeson), Bk4479 - https://archive.org/details/assessorsbookbla00bees
 
Resources:
Ancestry.com Search Page/Blackford County/
-  Family Search Wiki Page - https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Blackford_County,_Indiana_Genealogy
-  Wikipedia Page - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackford_County,_Indiana

-  Blackford County, Indiana - Cyndis List Resources: https://cyndislist.com/us/in/counties/blackford/general/ , accessed 27 Feb 2019
-  Hartford City High School - Free Yearbooks:  https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2632552
-  Index of Names from Blackford and Grant County, 1914, Bk3410 - http://www.archive.org/stream/indexofnamesfrom00bees#page/n7/mode/2up

-  A Guide to the County Archives of Indiana, Vol. 5, Blackford County, Bk3901 - https://archive.org/stream/inventoryofcount5193hist#page/n7/mode/2up
-  Deed book A of Blackford County, Indiana, 1836-1844, Bk4075 - http://www.worldcat.org/title/deed-book-a-of-blackford-county-indiana-1836-1844/oclc/865852693

-  Miscellaneous records of Blackford Co., Indiana : plus index, Cecil Beeson, Bk4079 -
-  Blackford County, Indiana Estray Book, 1839-1857, Bk4087 - https://archive.org/details/blackfordcountyi00blac
-  Blackford County, Indiana, Tract book, 1831-1853, Bk4405 - World Cat.: http://www.worldcat.org/title/blackford-county-indiana-tract-book-1831-1853/oclc/11563789&referer=brief_results
-  '76 and Blackford County, Indiana Books, Bk4406,  (Repository:  Anderson Public Library)
-  Blackford County, Indiana, commissioners, book 1, 1839-1847 Books, Bk4407 -  (Repository:  Anderson Public Library)
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Indiana Genealogical Society Databases: (Member Only Databases)
     -  Graduates of Hartford City High School, 1913:  http://www.indgensoc.org/membersonly/county/blackford/hartford_city_hs_grads_1913_results.php
     -  Index to Defective, Dependent & Delinquent Census, Blackford County, 1880:  http://www.indgensoc.org/membersonly/county/blackford/1880_DDD_results.php
     -  Index to Marriages, Blackford County, 1839-1857:  http://www.indgensoc.org/membersonly/county/blackford/marriage_index_1839_1857_search.php
     -  Mortality Schedule, 1860:  http://www.indgensoc.org/membersonly/county/blackford/1860_mortality_results.php
     -  Mortality Schedule, 1870:  http://www.indgensoc.org/membersonly/county/blackford/1870_mortality_results.php
     -  Licensed Teachers, Blackford County, 1888-1889:  http://www.indgensoc.org/membersonly/county/blackford/teachers_1888_search.php
     -  Students of Hartford City High School, 1930:  http://www.indgensoc.org/membersonly/county/blackford/hartford_city_hs_students_1930.php

Maps
-  Blackford County Map - https://www.randymajors.org/countygmap?x=-85.3501074&y=40.4070427&cx=-85.3501074&cy=40.4070427&zoom=11&counties=show
Churches:

-  Grace Methodist Church:
   -  Church Records, 1913-1922:  https://archive.org/details/churchrecordsfor00grac/page/n5/mode/2up
   -  Church Records, 1894-1928 - https://archive.org/details/churchrecordsfor00grac_0/page/n5/mode/2up
Blackford County Histories:
-  1887:  Biographical and historical record of Jay and Blackford Counties, Indiana. Bk4045, Bk3226  - https://archive.org/details/biographicalhistjay00chic 
-  1914, Vol. 1:  https://archive.org/details/blackfordgrantco01shin
-  1914, Vol. 2:  https://archive.org/details/blackfordgrantco02lewi
-  Hartford City (Indiana) Illustrated, Bk4044 - (Archive.org, Read Online) S3,
-  A History of Blackford County, Indiana, Blackford Co, Historical Society, -
-  Blackford and Grant Counties, Indiana, Shinn, Benjamin G., 1914 - Bk3525 -
     -  Vol 1 - http://www.archive.org/stream/blackfordgrantco01shin#page/n7/mode/2up
     -  Vol 2 -http://www.archive.org/stream/blackfordgrantco02lewi#page/n5/mode/2up
-  Blackford County Flashbacks (Developed by the Blackford High School Yearbook Journalism Class, Blackford County, Indiana, 1972) - https://archive.org/stream/blackfordcountyf00blac#page/n0/mode/2up
-  Biographical Memoirs of Blackford County, Indiana, Bk4016 - Shinn, Benjamin G. Biographical Memoirs of Blackford County, Indiana. Chicago: The Bowen Publishing Co, 1900. Repository: Indiana Print Collection, Indiana Division, Indiana State Library. Bk4016
     -  URL:  http://cdm16066.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p1819coll6/id/34091

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S1 Booklet:  Blackford County Flashbacks. Developed by the Blackford High School Yearbook Journalism Class, Blackford County, Indiana, 1972.. Bk3894.  Read Onine  
S2 Biographical and historical record of Jay and Blackford Counties, Indiana: Containing ... portraits and biographies of some of the prominent men of the state : engravings of prominent citizens in Jay and Blackford Counties, with personal histories of many of the leading families and a concise history of Jay and Blackford Counties and their cities and villages. Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company. 1887. p. 901. OCLC 15560416.  Bk4045  
S3 Hartford City Illustrated: A Publication Devoted to the City's Best Interests and Containing Half Tone Engravings of Prominent Factories, Business Blocks, Residences, and a Selection of Representative Commercial and Professional Men and Women. Chicago: [S.l.] : Daulton & Scott. 1896. p. 47. OCLC 11382905. - Bk4044  
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