The Soundex coding system was created by the federal government in the 1930's and used with the massive Works Progress Administration (WPA) program of indexing valuable historical documents. The first set of documents to be soundexed was the 1880 U.S. Federal census. The second series was the 1900 U.S. Federal census followed by the 1910 and 1920 census. Since then other federal records such as ship passenger lists and military records have been indexed using this system, and today many state and local records are often soundexed.

Soundex

1880 - Number T747

Complete Soundex Indiana

1900 - Number T1044

Complete Soundex Indiana

1900 - Number T1047

Complete Soundex Kentucky

1920 - Number M1560

Complete Soundex Indiana

Census

1920 - Number T625

Reel # 447 - Indiana

La Porte (part)

Reel # 460 - Indiana

Laurence (part)
Perry (part)
Pike (part)
Porter (part)
Union (part)

Reel # 462 - Indiana

Ripley (part)
Rush (part)
St. Joseph (part)

Reel # 463 - Indiana

St. Joseph (part)

Reel # 464 - Indiana

St. Joseph (part)
Randolph (complete)

Reel # 757 - Michigan

Berrien (part)

Reel # 758 - Michigan

Berrien (part)
Charlevoix
Branch (complete)