About This Resource:
The original books recording the applications for naturalization were
located in the clerk's office on the second floor of the Allen County
Courthouse, Fort Wayne, Indiana when the indexing was done. While
there are microfilm copies available at the county level, the original
books are now housed at the Indiana State Archives in Indianapolis,
Indiana. Information from the first ten books was copied by members of
the D.A.R. Mary Penrose Chapter.
The books are numbered and dated as follows:
Book 1: December 16, 1844- December 17, 1853
Book 2: January 19, 1854 - August 27, 1856
Book 3: August 27, 1856 - October 8, 1860
Book 4: October 8, 1860 - October 10, 1870
Book 5: January 13, 1871 - November 4, 1884
Book 6: October 10, 1870 - October 8, 1884
Book 7: August 28, 1883 - November 1, 1892
Book 8: November 1, 1892 - September 26, 1906
Book 9: November 5, 1888 - September 26, 1906
Book 10: September 2, 1886 - October 27, 1892 [On inside page of book listed as number 8 rather than 10;
copied in the compilation as Book 10]
Although the dates are not in chronological order and overlap, the
original record can be located by following the book and page number
which appears with each name in this database.
About Searching This Resource:
This database may be searched in the following ways:
- Fuzzy -- will search for that string of characters. Searching for Smith would find
Smith, Smithson, Arrowsmith, etc.
- Exact -- will search only for that exact text. Searching for Smith will find only Smith.
- Soundex -- will search for the Soundex equivalent. Searching for Smith will find Smith, Smythe, Schmidt, etc.
To keep the system running smoothly, the
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