Adams Co., IN Genealogical Society

The Adams County Indiana Genealogical Society meets the second Monday evening of the month at 7:00. The meeting place alternates between the Decatur, Berne and Geneva Public Libraries, or the location of the project that the society is presently working on (for instance cemetery reading, or working in the Archive at the Law Enforcement Center).

Membership dues are $10.00 for individuals, or $15.00 for families living in the same household. Membership runs from January through December, with members receiving newsletters throughout the year.

The purpose of the ACIGS is to:

• Foster interest in those people who contributed to the establishment and perpetuation of Adams County,
• Search for reasons and forces behind the migration of early settlers,
• Preserve and safeguard manuscripts, books, cemeteries and memorabilia connected to Adams County and Indiana,
• Securing and holding printed materials of historical interest to the people of Adams County,
• Publishing literature regarding records and acquisitions and discoveries of the Society,
• Aiding others in publication and dissemination of materials pertaining to Adams County, and
• Receiving and holding gifts and bequests, and placing these in the appropriate repository.

The ACIGS, through an Indiana Heritage Research Grant, has produced a five volume set entitled The Adams County Indiana Death Records Index (ACIDRI). Using scrapbooks, church records, funeral home records, and newspapers, the statistics on over 20,000 individuals is given. Fields in the database include birth and death, maiden name, spouse or parent, residence, cause of death, place of death, cemetery, cemetery location, military involvement, other information given and finally the source of this information. Copies of these books are available at the Decatur, Berne and Geneva Public Libraries, Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, and the State Library in Indianapolis.

For research assistance, visit the Heritage Room in the Berne Public Library

For membership and queries:
Adams County Indiana Genealogical Society
PO Box 33
Geneva, IN 46740

Rose Bryan at the Adams Public Library System at Geneva.