Indiana Naturalizations Being Added To FamilySearch

 Indiana Naturalization records are being added to FamilySearch

 

            Newly digitized naturalization records for Adams, Allen, and Blackford counties have been added to the free genealogy website FamilySearch. Volunteers from FamilySearch are currently scanning all the county naturalization records in the State Archives holdings, which include 81 of Indiana’s 92 counties.  Of these, 39 counties have never been previously digitized, and 24 counties had only been partially digitized. We anticipate all naturalization records will be available online by the end of the year. 

            Names from the naturalization records have not yet been indexed on FamilySearch. However, name indices created by Archives' volunteers can be found in the Indiana State Archives’ Research Indiana Indexes. Both the FamilySearch digitization project and the Research Indiana Indexes are regularly updated with additional records! 

            Individual records can be quickly located by using FamilySearch and the Research Indiana Indexes together. First, utilize the Research Indiana Indexes to locate a particular person’s naturalization record. Select the "Naturalizations" category from the Research Indiana Indexes homepage. You can search for records by name (full or partial), keyword, or county. Some individuals may have multiple naturalization entries, depending on how far they got in the naturalization process.  

            Once you find the record you are looking for in the Research Indiana Indexes, select "more detail” to pull up a detailed entry. Many record entries contain a unique barcode that relates that entry to a specific volume in our holdings. That barcode can be used to pull up the scanned image on FamilySearch. 

            On FamilySearch, click “Search,” then “Images.” Select “Show More Search Options” and “Show Advanced Search.” Now, you can paste the barcode from the Research Indiana Indexes into the keyword search box. This will bring up all images related to the barcode. Using the information provided on the Research Indiana Indexes, scroll to the appropriate page number and select it. 

 

If you have questions, contact us at arc@iara.in.gov or visit our website for more information.