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Research Tips and Strategies

Purpose of Research Tips and Strategies Wiki Page

The Indiana Research Tips and Strategies page consists of links to specific research strategies for Indiana. It also contains general tips and other resources for locating your ancestors in this locality.

Indiana Research Strategies

Below are links to different research strategy pages to help you locate your ancestors in Indiana

• Indiana Online Genealogy Records
• How to find Indiana Birth Records
• How to find Indiana Marriage Records
• How to find Indiana Death Records
• Step-by-Step Indiana Research, 1900 to the Present

Indiana Research Tips

These tips will help you as you research your ancestors in Indiana.

• Birth information: Statewide registration of births began in 1907, with compliance by 1920. A helpful substitute record to find birth information is a death record. However, date and place of birth on a death record is considered secondary information, as it was not recorded at the time of the birth event. The birth information should be corroborated with other substitute records to improve accuracy.
• Finding Parents: Death records were recorded by the county health office beginning in 1882, where they remained before mandatory recording with the state board of health began in January 1900. . They often will list the parents of the deceased and their birth information. Search Indiana death records
• Look in all censuses: Always look for your ancestor in every possible census. There are clues regarding immigration, naturalization, and occupation that can lead to other records. Sometimes parents can be found living with their children later in life. Search U.S. Censuses.

Indiana Record Finder

This Record Finder is designed to help you determine the best record to search for the type of information you are looking for. It is most helpful for post-1850 research.

1. What you are looking for:	2. Try these records first:	3. Other useful records
Birth information	Birth records, Death records, Obituaries, Church records	Cemeteries, Naturalization and Citizenship, Bible records, Military records (pension)
Marriage information	Marriage records, Obituaries, Bible records	Church records, Probate records, Military records
Death information	Death Records, Cemeteries, Obituaries	Probate Records, Church Records, Bible Records
Parents	Birth records, Death records, Obituaries, Census, Church records	Biography, Indiana
Maiden name	Marriage Records, Obituaries, Probate records	Church Records, Military Records (pension)
Immigration date	Emigration and Immigration, Naturalization and Citizenship, Census	Obituaries, Biography, History
Naturalization	Naturalization and Citizenship, Census, Court Records	Voting Registers, Biography, Periodicals
Physical description	Military Records, Naturalization and Citizenship (after 1906)	Biography, History

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Further Indiana Research

For more research on Indiana, including research at the county level, visit the Indiana page on the Research Wiki.

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