In honor of the bicentennial of the War of 1812 (occurring in 2012) and the bicentennial of Indiana statehood (occurring in 2016), the Indiana Genealogical Society is launching a new lineage society, the Territorial Guard Society of Indiana. This society will honor those who can prove they are direct descendants of someone who lived in the present-day boundaries of Indiana before it officially became a state in December 1816.
Application forms are now available on our website - applications will be accepted beginning January 1, 2011, with the inaugural members to be inducted in a ceremony at the 2012 IGS conference.
I suspect there are Indiana territorial records related to my ancestor, but frankly, I don't want to make a long trip only to be disappointed.
ReplyDeleteIs there a survey or (gulp) some index of the territorial records in the Indiana Archives anywhere?