Source Information

Ancestry.com. Iowa History Up To the 20th Century [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
Original data: Gue, Benjamin F. History of Iowa: From the Earliest Times To the Beginning of the Twentieth Century. Vol. I-IV. New York City, NY, USA: The Century History Co., 1903.

About Iowa History Up To the 20th Century

This database contains a history of Iowa from the earliest of times up through the beginning of the 20th century. Volume 1 covers the years of the pioneer period while volume 2 covers the years of the Civil War and focuses on Iowa's and the people of Iowa's involvement in it. Volume 3 covers the years 1866 to 1903 and volume 4 includes Iowa biographies. Historical works such as this contain valuable information that can be a great addition to your genealogical research. Although historical works will generally not mention your ancestors specifically, they do provide information on the time and place in which your ancestors lived, which in turn will help you place your ancestors in a historical context.