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== Record Finder Table for Indiana ==
1. In column 1, select a research goal.  
The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.  
=== Order of Records ===
The typically most reliable sources are listed at the top of the list. However, depending on the time period of the record and location, multiple records in the list may need to be searched to achieve the objective. Alternative records are listed as well in case traditional records do not provide the desired information.


== List of Topics ==
2. In column 2, find the types of records most likely to have the information you need.  
This Record Finder table links to the Indiana topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.


===Vital Events ===
3. In column 3, find additional record types that may be useful.
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4. Look in the section of this article that corresponds to the record type you chose. It explains what the records might tell you, how to search them, and how to find the records in the Locality Search of the FamilySearch Catalog . Some records are not at the Library.
 
5. If you do not find the desired information, see the Records Selection Table in the [[United States Record Selection Table|United States Research Page]] for more suggestions. Note: Records of previous research (under these headings: Genealogy, Biography, History, Periodicals, and Societies) are useful for most goals, but are not listed unless they are especially helpful.
 
{| width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1" bgcolor="#F0F0F0"
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| width="30%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''What you are looking for:'''
| width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''Try these records first:'''
| width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''Other useful records:'''
|-
| Adoptions
|
[[Indiana Court Records|Court Records]], [[Indiana Vital Records|Vital Records]]
 
| [[Indiana Probate Records|Probate Record]], [[Indiana Census|Census]]
|-
| Age
| [[Indiana Census|Census]], [[Indiana Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Indiana Vital Records|Vital Records]]
| [[Indiana Military Records|Military Records]],[[Indiana Bible Records|Bible Records]], Schools
|-
| Birth date
| [[Indiana Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Indiana Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Indiana Church Records|Church Records]]
| [[Indiana Bible Records|Bible Records]], [[Indiana Military Records|Military Records]] (pensions)
|-
| Birth place
| [[Indiana Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Indiana Church Records|Church Records]]
| [[Indiana Census|Census]], [[Indiana Military Records|Military Records]], [[Indiana Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
|-
| Boundaries and origins
| [[Indiana Maps|Maps]], Gazetteers
| History
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Children
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Indiana Census|Census]], [[Indiana Probate Records|Probate Records]], Schools
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| [[Indiana Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Indiana Church Records|Church Records]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Birth date and place
| City or parish of foreign birth
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Indiana Vital Records|Vital Records]], biography
*[[Indiana Vital Records|Vital Records]]
| History, [[Indiana Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Indiana Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Indiana Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Indiana Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Indiana Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Indiana Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Indiana Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Indiana Census|Census]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Marriage place and date
| Country of foreign birth
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Indiana Census|Census]], [[Indiana Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Indiana Vital Records|Vital Records]]  
*[[Indiana Vital Records|Vital Records]]
| Biography, Minorities, Voting Registers
*[[Indiana Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Indiana Census|Census]]
*[[Indiana Newspapers|Newspapers]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Indiana Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Indiana Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Indiana Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Indiana Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Indiana Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
*[[Indiana Land and Property|Land and Property]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial
| Death information
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Indiana Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Indiana Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], Newspapers
*[[Indiana Vital Records|Vital Records]]
| [[Indiana Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Indiana Church Records|Church Records]], [[Indiana Bible Records|Bible Records]], Societies
*[[Indiana Church Records|Church Records]]
|-
*[[Indiana Obituaries|Obituaries]]  
| Divorce
*[[Indiana Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
| Divorce Records, Vital Records
*[[Indiana Newspapers|Newspapers]]
| [[Indiana Court Records|Court Records]], Newspapers, [[Indiana Census|Census]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
|-
*[[Indiana Probate Records|Probate Records]]
| Ethnic background
*[[Indiana Bible Records|Bible Records]]
| Native Races, Minorities, Emigration and Immitration
*[[Indiana Military Records|Military Records]]
| [[Indiana Census|Census]],[[Indiana Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
|-  
|-
|}
| Historical background
 
| History, Periodicals, Societies
===Maiden Names and Family Members===
| Gazetteers, [[Indiana Maps|Maps]], Newspapers
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
| Immigration date
| Emigration and Immigration, [[Indiana Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Indiana Census|Census]]
| Biography, History
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Living relatives
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Indiana Probate Records|Probate Records]], Directories
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| [[Indiana Court Records|Court Records]], Biography, Newspapers
|-
|-
| align="left" | Maiden name  
| Maiden name  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Vital Records, biography
*[[Indiana Vital Records|Vital Records]]
| [[Indiana Church Records|Church Records]], [[Indiana Military Records|Military Records]] (pensions)
*[[Indiana Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Indiana Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Indiana Bible Records|Bible Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Indiana Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Indiana Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Indiana Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Indiana Obituaries|Obituaries]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
| Marriage information
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Vital Records, [[Indiana Census|Census]], [[Indiana Church Records|Church Records]], [[Indiana Probate Records|Probate Records]]  
*[[Indiana Vital Records|Vital Records]]
| Citizenship, [[Indiana Bible Records|Bible Records]], Newspapers
*[[Indiana Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Indiana Census|Census]]
*[[Indiana Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Indiana Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Indiana Bible Records|Bible Records]]  
*[[Indiana Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Indiana Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Living relatives
| Naturalization
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Indiana Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Indiana Census|Census]], [[Indiana Court Records|Court Records]]  
*[[Indiana Directories|Directories]]
| Land and Property, Voting Registers, Biography, Periodicals
*[[Indiana Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Indiana Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Indiana Census|Census]]
*[[Indiana Biography|Biography]]
*[[Indiana Societies|Societies]]
*[[Indiana Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Indiana Probate Records|Probate Records]]
|-
|}
 
=== Immigration and Country of Origin ===
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|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Occupations
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Indiana Census|Census]], Directories
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| Biography, History, Public Records
|-
|-
| align="left" | Immigration date
| Other family members
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Indiana Census|Census]], [[Indiana Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Indiana Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Indiana Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| Vital Records, [[Indiana Church Records|Church Records]], Orphans and Orphanages
*[[Indiana Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
*[[Indiana Societies|Societies]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Indiana Census|Census]]
*[[Indiana Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Indiana Biography|Biography]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | City or Country of foreign birth
| Parents
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Vital Records, [[Indiana Census|Census]], [[Indiana Church Records|Church Records]],[[Indiana Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Indiana Vital Records|Vital Records]]
| Biography, Schools, Orphans and Orphanages
*[[Indiana Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Indiana Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Indiana Census|Census]]
*[[Indiana Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Indiana Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Indiana Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Indiana Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Indiana Biography|Biography]]
*[[Indiana Societies|Societies]]
|}
 
=== Residences and Locations ===
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|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Physical description
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Indiana Military Records|Military Records]], [[Indiana Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]] (after 1906)
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| Biography, History
|-
|-
| align="left" | Residence
| Place-finding aids
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Indiana Maps|Maps]], Gazetteers, History
*[[Indiana Census|Census]]
| Periodicals, Archives and Libraries
*[[Indiana Land and Property|Land and Property]]
*[[Indiana Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Indiana Directories|Directories]]
*[[Indiana Taxation|Taxation]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Indiana Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Indiana Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Indiana Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Indiana Biography|Biography]]
*[[Indiana Societies|Societies]]
|}
 
=== Personal Details and Affiliations ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Places of residence
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Indiana Census|Census]], [[Indiana Military Records|Military Records]], Taxation,[[Indiana Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| Land and Property, Emigration and Immigration, Public Records
|-
|-
| align="left" | Nationality or ethnicity
| Place of residence when you know only the state
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Indiana Census|Census]], Vital Records, [[Indiana Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Indiana Census|Census]]  
| Biography, History
*[[African American Record Finder]]
*[[African American Resources for Indiana|African Americans]]
*[[Indigenous Peoples of Indiana|Indigenous Peoples]]
*[[Indiana Cultural Groups|Cultural Groups]]
*[[Indiana Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Indiana Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Indiana Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Indiana Periodicals|Periodicals]]
*[[Indiana Societies|Societies]]
 
|-
|-
| align="left" | Occupation
| Previous research
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Genealogy, Biography, Periodicals
*[[Indiana Census|Census]]
| Societies, History, Archives and Libraries
*[[Indiana Directories|Directories]]
*[[Indiana Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Indiana Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Indiana Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Indiana Biography|Biography]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Religion
| Record-finding aids
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Archives and Libraries, Periodicals
*[[Indiana Church Records|Church Records]]
| Societies, Genealogy
*[[Indiana Biography|Biography]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Indiana Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Indiana Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Social activities
| Religion
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Indiana Church Records|Church Records]], Vital Records
*[[Indiana Biography|Biography]]
| Biography, History, [[Indiana Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Indiana Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Indiana Societies|Societies]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Indiana Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Indiana Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Indiana Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Indiana Directories|Directories]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Physical description
| Social activities
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Societies, Biography  
*[[Indiana Military Records|Military Records]]
| History, [[Indiana Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], Directories
*[[Indiana Biography|Biography]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Indiana Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
*[[Indiana Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Indiana Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
|-
|}
|}


=== Adoption ===
[[Indiana Court Records|Indiana Court Records]]  
For information about adoptees and their biological families, please refer to: [[United States Adoption Research|United States Adoption Research]].


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Revision as of 13:17, 19 June 2015

This table can help you decide which records to search. It is most helpful for post-1850 research.

1. In column 1, select a research goal.

2. In column 2, find the types of records most likely to have the information you need.

3. In column 3, find additional record types that may be useful.

4. Look in the section of this article that corresponds to the record type you chose. It explains what the records might tell you, how to search them, and how to find the records in the Locality Search of the FamilySearch Catalog . Some records are not at the Library.

5. If you do not find the desired information, see the Records Selection Table in the United States Research Page for more suggestions. Note: Records of previous research (under these headings: Genealogy, Biography, History, Periodicals, and Societies) are useful for most goals, but are not listed unless they are especially helpful.

What you are looking for: Try these records first: Other useful records:
Adoptions

Court Records, Vital Records

Probate Record, Census
Age Census, Cemeteries, Vital Records Military Records,Bible Records, Schools
Birth date Vital Records, Cemeteries, Church Records Bible Records, Military Records (pensions)
Birth place Vital Records, Church Records Census, Military Records, Naturalization and Citizenship
Boundaries and origins Maps, Gazetteers History
Children Census, Probate Records, Schools Vital Records, Church Records
City or parish of foreign birth Vital Records, biography History, Naturalization and Citizenship, Church Records
Country of foreign birth Census, Naturalization and Citizenship, Vital Records Biography, Minorities, Voting Registers
Death information Vital Records, Cemeteries, Newspapers Probate Records, Church Records, Bible Records, Societies
Divorce Divorce Records, Vital Records Court Records, Newspapers, Census
Ethnic background Native Races, Minorities, Emigration and Immitration Census,Naturalization and Citizenship
Historical background History, Periodicals, Societies Gazetteers, Maps, Newspapers
Immigration date Emigration and Immigration, Naturalization and Citizenship, Census Biography, History
Living relatives Probate Records, Directories Court Records, Biography, Newspapers
Maiden name Vital Records, biography Church Records, Military Records (pensions)
Marriage information Vital Records, Census, Church Records, Probate Records Citizenship, Bible Records, Newspapers
Naturalization Naturalization and Citizenship, Census, Court Records Land and Property, Voting Registers, Biography, Periodicals
Occupations Census, Directories Biography, History, Public Records
Other family members Census, Probate Records, Bible Records Vital Records, Church Records, Orphans and Orphanages
Parents Vital Records, Census, Church Records,Bible Records Biography, Schools, Orphans and Orphanages
Physical description Military Records, Naturalization and Citizenship (after 1906) Biography, History
Place-finding aids Maps, Gazetteers, History Periodicals, Archives and Libraries
Places of residence Census, Military Records, Taxation,Naturalization and Citizenship Land and Property, Emigration and Immigration, Public Records
Place of residence when you know only the state Census, Vital Records, Military Records Biography, History
Previous research Genealogy, Biography, Periodicals Societies, History, Archives and Libraries
Record-finding aids Archives and Libraries, Periodicals Societies, Genealogy
Religion Church Records, Vital Records Biography, History, Cemeteries
Social activities Societies, Biography History, Cemeteries, Directories

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