Allen County, Indiana Applications for Naturalization, 1844-1906
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.
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