Genealogy Index Search Request and Genealogy Records Request

OMB 1615-0096

The Genealogy Program is necessary to provide a more timely response to requests for genealogical and historical records. Form G-1041 is provided as a convenient means for persons to provide data necessary to perform a search of historical agency indices. Form G-1041A provides a convenient means for persons to identify a particular record desired under the Genealogy Program. The forms provide rapid identification of such requests and ensures expeditious handling. Persons such as researchers, historians, and social scientists seeking ancestry information for genealogical, family history and heir location purposes will use Forms G-1041 and G-1041A.

The latest form for Genealogy Index Search Request and Genealogy Records Request expires 2022-09-30 and can be found here.

⏳ Form G-1041 Processing Time / Approval Rate - Genealogy Index Search Request

Latest Forms, Documents, and Supporting Material

Document Name
Form G-1041A, efile Genealogy Records Request, efile Form and Instruction
Form G-1041, efile Genealogy Index Search Request, efile Form and Instruction
Form G-1041A Genealogy Records Request Form
Form G-1041 Genealogy Index Search Request Form
G-1041A-010 83C 20240814.pdf Justification for No Material/Nonsubstantive Change
G-1041_G-1041A-010_83C_Supporting Statement.docx Supporting Statement A
DHS USCIS ICE CBP 001 SORN 20170918.pdf Supplementary Document
DHS USCIS PIA 017a 20170831.pdf Supplementary Document
Genealogy Records Request, efile Form and Instruction
Genealogy Index Search Request, efile Form and Instruction
Genealogy Records Request Form
Genealogy Index Search Request Form

All Historical Document Collections

202408-1615-009	No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	2024-09-30
202401-1615-025 Approved without change	Revision of a currently approved collection	2024-02-06
202211-1615-009 Comment filed on proposed rule and continue	Revision of a currently approved collection	2023-03-03
202204-1615-001 Approved without change	Extension without change of a currently approved collection	2022-05-23
202007-1615-001 Approved with change	No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	2020-08-05
201910-1615-012 Withdrawn and continue	No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	2019-11-27
201902-1615-008 Approved without change	Extension without change of a currently approved collection	2019-05-13
201610-1615-011 Approved with change	No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	2016-10-26
201510-1615-004 Approved with change	Revision of a currently approved collection	2015-12-30
201204-1615-002 Approved without change	Extension without change of a currently approved collection	2012-04-30
200902-1615-007 Approved without change	Revision of a currently approved collection	2009-04-22
200601-1615-001 Approved without change	New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)	2006-01-25

OMB Details

Genealogy Index Search Request

Federal Enterprise Architecture: Homeland Security - Border and Transportation Security

Form G-1041	Genealogy Index Search Request,	www.uscis.gov/g-1041	Form
Form		www.uscis.gov/g-1041	Instruction

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