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


1. In column 1, select a research goal.  
== List of Topics ==
This Record Finder table links to the Indiana topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.


2. In column 2, find the types of records most likely to have the information you need.
===Vital Events ===
 
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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 Record Finder|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:'''
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| 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]]
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| 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]]
|-
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| 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]]
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===Maiden Names and Family Members===
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| 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]], [[Indiana Gazetteers|Gazetteers]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Indiana History|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]], [[Indiana Biography|biography]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Indiana History|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"
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| 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:'''
| [[Indiana Biography|Biography]], [[Indiana Minorities|Minorities]], [[Indiana Voting Registers|Voting Registers]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Death information
| align="left" | Immigration date
| [[Indiana Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Indiana Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Indiana Newspapers|Newspapers]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Indiana Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Indiana Church Records|Church Records]], [[Indiana Bible Records|Bible Records]], [[Indiana Societies|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
| [[Indiana Divorce Records|Divorce Records]], [[Indiana Vital Records|Vital Records]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Indiana Court Records|Court Records]], [[Indiana Newspapers|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 ===
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|-
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| Ethnic background
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| [[Indians of Indiana|Native Races]], [[Indiana Minorities|Minorities]], [[Indiana Emigration and Immigration|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
| [[Indiana History|History]], [[Indiana Periodicals|Periodicals]], [[Indiana Societies|Societies]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Indiana Gazetteers|Gazetteers]], [[Indiana Maps|Maps]], [[Indiana Newspapers|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 ===
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|-
|-
| Immigration date
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| [[Indiana Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[Indiana Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Indiana Census|Census]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Indiana Biography|Biography]], [[Indiana History|History]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Living relatives
| align="left" | Nationality or ethnicity
| [[Indiana Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Indiana Directories|Directories]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Indiana Court Records|Court Records]], [[Indiana Biography|Biography,]] [[Indiana Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Indiana Census|Census]]  
|-
*[[African American Record Finder]]
| Maiden name
*[[African American Resources for Indiana|African Americans]]
| [[Indiana Vital Records|Vital Records]],[[Indiana Biography|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;"|  
| [[Indiana Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Indiana Census|Census]], [[Indiana Church Records|Church Records]], [[Indiana Probate Records|Probate Records]]  
*[[Indiana Church Records|Church Records]]
| [[Indiana Naturalization and Citizenship|Citizenship]], [[Indiana Bible Records|Bible Records]], [[Indiana Newspapers|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]]  
 
| [[Indiana Land and Property|Land and Property]], [[Indiana Voting Registers|Voting Registers]], [[Indiana Biography|Biography]], [[Indiana Periodicals|Periodicals]]
|-
| Occupations
| [[Indiana Census|Census]], [[Indiana Directories|Directories]]  
| [[Indiana Biography|Biography]], [[Indiana History|History]], [[Indiana Public Records|Public Records]]
|-
| Other family members
| [[Indiana Census|Census]], [[Indiana Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Indiana Bible Records|Bible Records]]
| [[Indiana Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Indiana Church Records|Church Records]], [[Indiana Orphans and Orphanages|Orphans and Orphanages]]
|-
| Parents
| [[Indiana Vital Records|Vital Records,]] [[Indiana Census|Census]], [[Indiana Church Records|Church Records]],[[Indiana Bible Records|Bible Records]]
| [[Indiana Biography|Biography]], Schools, [[Indiana Orphans and Orphanages|Orphans and Orphanages]]
|-
| Physical description
| [[Indiana Military Records|Military Records]], [[Indiana Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]] (after 1906)  
| [[Indiana Biography|Biography]], [[Indiana History|History]]
|-
| Place-finding aids
| [[Indiana Maps|Maps]], [[Indiana Gazetteers|Gazetteers]], [[Indiana History|History]]
| [[Indiana Periodicals|Periodicals]], [[Indiana Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]]
|-
| Places of residence
| [[Indiana Census|Census]], [[Indiana Military Records|Military Records]], [[Indiana Taxation|Taxation]],[[Indiana Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]  
| [[Indiana Land and Property|Land and Property]], [[Indiana Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[Indiana Public Records|Public Records]]
|-
| Place of residence when you know only the state
| [[Indiana Census|Census]], [[Indiana Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Indiana Military Records|Military Records]]  
| [[Indiana Biography|Biography]], [[Indiana History|History]]
|-
|-
| Previous research
| align="left" | Occupation
| [[Indiana Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], [[Indiana Biography|Biography]], [[Indiana Periodicals|Periodicals]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Indiana Societies|Societies]], [[Indiana History|History]], [[Indiana Archives and Libraries|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
| [[Indiana Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]],[[Indiana Periodicals|Periodicals]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Indiana Societies|Societies]], [[Indiana Compiled Genealogies|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]], [[Indiana Vital Records|Vital Records]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Indiana Biography|Biography]], [[Indiana History|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
| [[Indiana Societies|Societies]], [[Indiana Biography|Biography]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Indiana History|History]], [[Indiana Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Indiana Directories|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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[[Category:Indiana Research Strategies|Record]] [[Category:Record Finder]]
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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[edit | edit source]

The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.

Order of Records[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

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

Vital Events[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

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

Immigration and Country of Origin[edit | edit source]

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

Residences and Locations[edit | edit source]

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

Personal Details and Affiliations[edit | edit source]

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

Adoption[edit | edit source]

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

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