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1. In column 1, select a research goal.  
== Record Finder Table for Indiana ==
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.


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


3. In column 3, find additional record types that may be useful.
===Vital Events ===
 
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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.
 
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|-
| width="30%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''What you are looking for:'''  
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''  
| width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''Try these records first:'''  
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''  
| width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''Other useful records:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Adoptions
| align="left" | Birth date and place
|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
[[Indiana Court Records|Court Records]], [[Indiana Vital Records|Vital Records]]  
*[[Indiana Vital Records|Vital Records]]
 
*[[Indiana Church Records|Church Records]]
| [[Indiana Probate Records|Probate Record]], [[Indiana Census|Census]]
*[[Indiana Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Indiana Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Indiana Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Indiana Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Indiana Census|Census]]
|-
|-
| Age
| align="left" | Marriage place and date
| [[Indiana Census|Census]], [[Indiana Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Indiana Vital Records|Vital Records]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Indiana Military Records|Military Records]],[[Indiana Bible Records|Bible Records]], Schools
*[[Indiana Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[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]]
|-
|-
| Birth date  
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial
| [[Indiana Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Indiana Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Indiana Church Records|Church Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Indiana Bible Records|Bible Records]], [[Indiana Military Records|Military Records]] (pensions)
*[[Indiana Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Indiana Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Indiana Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Indiana Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Indiana Newspapers|Newspapers]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Indiana Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Indiana Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Indiana Military Records|Military Records]]
|-
|}
 
===Maiden Names and Family Members===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| Birth place
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| [[Indiana Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Indiana Church Records|Church Records]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Indiana Census|Census]], [[Indiana Military Records|Military Records]], [[Indiana Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Boundaries and origins
| align="left" | Maiden name
| [[Indiana Maps|Maps]], Gazetteers
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| History
*[[Indiana Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[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]]
|-
|-
| Children
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
| [[Indiana Census|Census]], [[Indiana Probate Records|Probate Records]], Schools
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Indiana Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Indiana Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Indiana Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[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]]  
|-
|-
| City or parish of foreign birth
| align="left" | Living relatives
| [[Indiana Vital Records|Vital Records]], biography
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| History, [[Indiana Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Indiana Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Indiana Directories|Directories]]
*[[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 ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| Country of foreign birth
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| [[Indiana Census|Census]], [[Indiana Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Indiana Vital Records|Vital Records]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| Biography, Minorities, Voting Registers
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Death information
| align="left" | Immigration date
| [[Indiana Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Indiana Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], Newspapers
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Indiana Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Indiana Church Records|Church Records]], [[Indiana Bible Records|Bible Records]], Societies
*[[Indiana Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[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]]
|-
|-
| Divorce
| align="left" | City or Country of foreign birth
| Divorce Records, Vital Records  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Indiana Court Records|Court Records]], Newspapers, [[Indiana Census|Census]]
*[[Indiana Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[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 ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| Ethnic background
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Native Races, Minorities, Emigration and Immitration
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Indiana Census|Census]],[[Indiana Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Historical background
| align="left" | Residence
| History, Periodicals, Societies
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Gazetteers, [[Indiana Maps|Maps]], Newspapers
*[[Indiana Census|Census]]
*[[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"
|-
|-
| Immigration date
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Emigration and Immigration, [[Indiana Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Indiana Census|Census]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| Biography, History
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Living relatives
| align="left" | Nationality or ethnicity
| [[Indiana Probate Records|Probate Records]], Directories
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Indiana Court Records|Court Records]], Biography, Newspapers
*[[Indiana Census|Census]]  
|-
*[[African American Record Finder]]
| Maiden name
*[[African American Resources for Indiana|African Americans]]
| Vital Records, biography
*[[Indigenous Peoples of Indiana|Indigenous Peoples]]
| [[Indiana Church Records|Church Records]], [[Indiana Military Records|Military Records]] (pensions)
*[[Indiana Cultural Groups|Cultural Groups]]
|-
*[[Indiana Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
| Marriage information
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| Vital Records, [[Indiana Census|Census]], [[Indiana Church Records|Church Records]], [[Indiana Probate Records|Probate Records]]  
*[[Indiana Church Records|Church Records]]
| Citizenship, [[Indiana Bible Records|Bible Records]], Newspapers
*[[Indiana Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
|-
*[[Indiana Periodicals|Periodicals]]
| Naturalization
*[[Indiana Societies|Societies]]
| [[Indiana Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Indiana Census|Census]], [[Indiana Court Records|Court Records]]  
 
| Land and Property, Voting Registers, Biography, Periodicals
|-
| Occupations
| [[Indiana Census|Census]], Directories
| Biography, History, Public Records
|-
| Other family members
| [[Indiana Census|Census]], [[Indiana Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Indiana Bible Records|Bible Records]]
| Vital Records, [[Indiana Church Records|Church Records]], Orphans and Orphanages
|-
| Parents
| Vital Records, [[Indiana Census|Census]], [[Indiana Church Records|Church Records]],[[Indiana Bible Records|Bible Records]]
| Biography, Schools, Orphans and Orphanages
|-
| Physical description
| [[Indiana Military Records|Military Records]], [[Indiana Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]] (after 1906)  
| Biography, History
|-
| Place-finding aids
| [[Indiana Maps|Maps]], Gazetteers, History
| Periodicals, Archives and Libraries
|-
| Places of residence
| [[Indiana Census|Census]], [[Indiana Military Records|Military Records]], Taxation,[[Indiana Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
| Land and Property, Emigration and Immigration, Public Records
|-
| Place of residence when you know only the state
| [[Indiana Census|Census]], Vital Records, [[Indiana Military Records|Military Records]]
| Biography, History
|-
|-
| Previous research
| align="left" | Occupation
| Genealogy, Biography, Periodicals
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Societies, History, Archives and Libraries
*[[Indiana Census|Census]]
*[[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]]
|-
|-
| Record-finding aids
| align="left" | Religion
| Archives and Libraries, Periodicals
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Societies, Genealogy
*[[Indiana Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Indiana Biography|Biography]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Indiana Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Indiana Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
|-
|-
| Religion
| align="left" | Social activities
| [[Indiana Church Records|Church Records]], Vital Records
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Biography, History, [[Indiana Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Indiana Biography|Biography]]
*[[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]]
|-
|-
| Social activities
| align="left" | Physical description
| Societies, Biography  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| History, [[Indiana Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], Directories
*[[Indiana Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[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]]
|-
|}
|}


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


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Latest revision as of 18:39, 25 January 2021

Indiana Wiki Topics
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Beginning Research
Record Types
Indiana Background
Cultural Groups
Local Research Resources

Record Finder Table for Indiana

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

This Record Finder table links to the Indiana topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.

Vital Events

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Birth date and place
Marriage place and date
Death date, place, and burial

Maiden Names and Family Members

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Maiden name
Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
Living relatives

Immigration and Country of Origin

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Immigration date
City or Country of foreign birth

Residences and Locations

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Residence

Personal Details and Affiliations

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Nationality or ethnicity
Occupation
Religion
Social activities
Physical description

Adoption

For information about adoptees and their biological families, please refer to: United States Adoption Research.

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