United States Resources: Iowa

    Iowa Star square based on Beth Summers' American Quilt Blocks

    ROOTS-L Databases and Files

  • Iowa Surnames in the RootsWeb Surname List

    Surname to search for:
  • Iowa Books We Own
  • genealog.lc-ia: Books in the on-line Library of Congress catalog with the subject "Iowa--genealogy."
  • genealog.vital-ia: Where to write for Iowa vital records, plus Iowa genealogical and historical societies. Or check Iowa Vital Records Information for more current info on where to write for vital records.

    Other Iowa Genealogical and Historical Resources on the Net

    Other Iowa Genealogy and History Pages

  • Linkpendium Iowa County Links
  • Iowa Resources at Rootsweb:
    • State level
    • County level
  • Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet - U.S. - Iowa
  • The Iowa GenWeb Project
  • American Local History Network
  • The American History and Genealogy Project
  • A Guide to Iowa Genealogy Resources from GeneaSearch

    General Resources

  • Iowa Mailing Lists
  • USGenWeb Archives: Iowa
  • LDS Research Outline for Iowa
  • Iowa Family History Centers
  • From Ancestry.com
    • 1850 U. S. Census
    • 1860 U. S. Census
    • 1870 U. S. Census
    • 1880 U. S. Census
    • 1900 U. S. Census
    • 1910 U. S. Census
    • 1920 U. S. Census
    • 1930 U. S. Census
  • The USGenWeb Census Project: Iowa
    • Completed Transcriptions
  • Living History Farms
  • Iowa State Census Project
  • Orphaned Family Treasures
  • Census Online: Iowa
  • NEIC: Earthquake History of Iowa
  • Iowa Tornadoes, 1950-1995
  • Sisters of Mercy in Iowa
  • Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness
  • Ghost Towns of Iowa
  • Iowa Orphan Train Project
  • Iowa Civilian Conservation Corps camps
  • Historic House Museums of Iowa
  • Lincoln Highway
  • A Short Version of the Long History of WOI Radio Iowa State University
  • Iowa Biographies Project
  • Iowa Postal History
  • Iowa Bibliography - United States and Worldwide Postal History
  • Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail
  • Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail
  • Southwestern Iowa Information

    Archives, Libraries and Special Collections

  • Internet-Accessible Iowa Library Catalogs
  • State Library of Iowa
  • Iowa State University Library
  • Sources for the History of Agriculture and Rural Life in the Iowa State University Library
  • Charter-Pierce Internet Genealogical Society and Library Based in Des Moines, but covers Polk County and the State of Iowa. Resources include the complete index of the 1850 Polk County Census, recent Polk County vital records, and a complete listing of all burials in the Polk County area.
  • The Burlington Iowa Public Library Genealogy and Local History Resources
  • Kinyon Digital Library

    Cemeteries

  • The Tombstone Transcription Project
  • Cemetery Records Online
  • The Iowa Political Graveyard
  • Find A Grave
  • State Association for the Preservation of Iowa Cemeteries

    Ethnic and Religious

  • Learn About Iowa's Past from the Office of the State Archaeologist, The University of Iowa
  • The Irish in Iowa
  • Illinois History
  • Ottawa History
  • Potawatomi History
  • Sauk and Fox History
  • Winnebago History

    Local History and Information

  • The Germans of Iowa and their Achievements
  • Adams County Iowa History
  • 1860 Census of Adair County
  • Adair County at Linkpendium
  • 1860 Census of Adams County
  • Adams County at Linkpendium
  • Allamakee County at Linkpendium
  • Amana Colonies Online
  • Appanoose County at Linkpendium
  • Arlington's History
  • Audubon County at Linkpendium
  • Benton County at Linkpendium
  • Black Hawk County, Iowa Marriages
  • Black Hawk County at Linkpendium
  • The Bonaparte Story
  • Boone County at Linkpendium
  • Bremer County at Linkpendium
  • Buchanan County at Linkpendium
  • Buena Vista County at Linkpendium
  • Butler County at Linkpendium
  • Calhoun County at Linkpendium
  • Carroll County at Linkpendium
  • Cass County at Linkpendium
  • History of Cedar County, Iowa, 1878
  • Cedar County at Linkpendium
  • Cerro Gordo County at Linkpendium
  • Cherokee County at Linkpendium
  • Chickasaw County at Linkpendium
  • Clarke County at Linkpendium
  • Clay County at Linkpendium
  • Clayton County at Linkpendium
  • Clinton, IA Area History
  • Clinton County at Linkpendium
  • Council Bluffs History
  • Crawford County at Linkpendium
  • Dallas County at Linkpendium
  • Davis County at Linkpendium
  • Decatur County at Linkpendium
  • Delaware County at Linkpendium
  • Des Moines County at Linkpendium
  • Dickinson County at Linkpendium
  • Dubuque County at Linkpendium
  • Eldora.net Genealogy Page Genealogy and family information of former residents of Eldora Iowa
  • Emmet County at Linkpendium
  • Fayette County at Linkpendium
  • Floyd County at Linkpendium
  • Franklin County at Linkpendium
  • Fremont County at Linkpendium
  • Greene County at Linkpendium
  • Grundy County at Linkpendium
  • Guthrie County at Linkpendium
  • Hamilton County, Iowa
  • Hamilton County at Linkpendium
  • Hancock County at Linkpendium
  • Hardin County at Linkpendium
  • Harrison County at Linkpendium
  • Henry County at Linkpendium
  • Howard County at Linkpendium
  • Humboldt County at Linkpendium
  • Ida County at Linkpendium
  • Iowa County at Linkpendium
  • Jackson County at Linkpendium
  • Jasper County at Linkpendium
  • Jefferson County at Linkpendium
  • Johnson County at Linkpendium
  • Jones County at Linkpendium
  • Keokuk County at Linkpendium
  • Kossuth County at Linkpendium
  • Lee County at Linkpendium
  • Linn County at Linkpendium
  • Louisa County at Linkpendium
  • Lucas County at Linkpendium
  • Lyon County at Linkpendium
  • Madison County at Linkpendium
  • Mahaska County at Linkpendium
  • Marion County at Linkpendium
  • Marshall County at Linkpendium
  • Mills County at Linkpendium
  • Mitchell County at Linkpendium
  • Monona County at Linkpendium
  • Monroe County at Linkpendium
  • Montgomery County at Linkpendium
  • Muscatine County at Linkpendium
  • The Story of Nevin, 1901
  • O'Brien County at Linkpendium
  • Osceola County at Linkpendium
  • Oskaloosa History
  • Page County at Linkpendium
  • Palo Alto County at Linkpendium
  • Pella Tulip Time and Historical Village
  • Plymouth County at Linkpendium
  • The Road I Grew Up On A Rural History Project (Pocahontas County)
  • Pocahontas County at Linkpendium
  • Polk County at Linkpendium
  • Biographical History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa
  • Pottawattamie County at Linkpendium
  • Poweshiek County at Linkpendium
  • Randall, Iowa - founded in 1881
  • Ringgold County at Linkpendium
  • Sac County at Linkpendium
  • Scott County at Linkpendium
  • Shelby County at Linkpendium
  • In the Beginning..." Sigourney, Iowa
  • Sioux County at Linkpendium
  • Story County at Linkpendium
  • Tama County at Linkpendium
  • Taylor County at Linkpendium
  • Union County at Linkpendium
  • Van Buren County at Linkpendium
  • Wapello County at Linkpendium
  • Warren County at Linkpendium
  • Washington County at Linkpendium
  • Wayne County at Linkpendium
  • Webster County at Linkpendium
  • Williams, Iowa - History
  • Winnebago County at Linkpendium
  • Winneshiek County at Linkpendium
  • Woden: History
  • Woodbury County at Linkpendium
  • Worth County at Linkpendium
  • Wright County at Linkpendium

    Maps and Gazetteers

  • USGS/GNIS Database of Iowa locations
  • Iowa from Color Landform Atlas of the United States
  • Iowa Profiles: Interactive county maps
  • Pam Rietsch's 1895 U.S. Atlas
  • A. T. Andreas Illustrated Historical Atlas of the State of Iowa, 1875

    Military

  • Iowa in the Civil War
  • Union Regimental Index: Iowa
  • Roster and record of Iowa soldiers in the War of the Rebellion 1st-9th regiments, Cavalry, and two independent companies, Cavalry
  • Civil War Units
    • A History of the First Regiment Iowa Cavalry Veteran Volunteers
    • The Lyon Campaign in Missouri Being a History of the First Iowa Infantry
    • Corporal Dennis Sasse's Iowa 4th Page
    • Fifth Iowa Volunteer Cavalry
    • Fifth Iowa Infantry
    • History of the Fifteenth Regiment, Iowa Veteran Volunteer Infantry
    • History of the Twenty-second Regiment, Iowa Volunteer Infantry
    • 22nd Iowa Volunteer Infantry, Company F
    • 27th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry
    • 34th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry
    • 36th Iowa Infantry
  • U.S. Military Personnel who died in the Korean War
  • Vietnam Conflict Casualty List
  • Battle Flag Day -- August 10, 1894

    Photographs

  • Detroit Publishing Company Photographs from Iowa
  • Decatur County, Iowa, Pioneer Photographs
  • Kiron Kountry Gallery

    Societies, Historical and Genealogical

  • Iowa Genealogical Society
  • State Historical Society of Iowa

      Lineage

    • Iowa Society Daughters of the American Revolution
    • The Iowa Society - Sons of the American Revolution
    • Iowa Commandery Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States

      Railroad

    • Chicago and North Western Historical Society

      Local

    • Adair Anquestors Genealogy Society
    • Allamakee County Historical Society
    • Benton County Genealogical Society
    • Boone County Genealogical Society
    • Butler County Genealogy Society
    • Cedar Falls Historical Society
    • Charter-Pierce Internet Genealogical Society and Library
    • Clarke County Historical Society
    • Clayton County Genealogical Society
    • Dows Historical Society
    • Dubuque County - Key City Genealogical Society
    • Hancock County Genealogy Society
    • Harrison County Genealogical Society
    • Jones County Genealogical Society
    • Lee County Genealogical Society
    • Lime Creek / Winnebago County Genealogical Society
    • Louisa County Genealogical Society
    • Marion County Genealogical Society
    • PAF-Ways A genealogy computer user group associated with the North Central Iowa Genealogy Society of Mason City, with an index to obituaries in area newspapers from recent months, a list of local area genealogy societies, etc
    • Nishnabotna Genealogical Society - Shelby County, Iowa
    • Palo Alto Genealogical Society
    • Pocahontas County, Iowa - Laurens Genealogical Society
    • Pottawattamie County Genealogical Society
    • Tabor Historical Society
    • Wapello County Genealogical Society
    • Genealogical Society of Webster County
    • Wright County Genealogical Searchers

    Vital Records

  • Bureau of Vital Records, Iowa Department of Public Health
  • Iowa Vital Records from VitalChek
  • Iowa Vital Records Information from Elizabeth T. Orsay

    Commercial

  • Ancestor Publishers
  • Camp Pope Bookship specializing in Iowa, the Civil War, and the Trans-Mississippi theater
  • The Donning Company Publishers
  • The Gregath Publishing Company
  • Higginson Book Company
  • SK Publications Iowa Census Books and CDs
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