Iowa Genealogy

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• Iowa Biographies
  • History of Scandinavians & Biographies 1897 - Iowa, Wisconsin
  • The Price of Our Heritage, WW1 biographies and photos
  • Ida County, Iowa Biographies
    Biographies specific to Ida County that were extracted from numerous sources.
• Iowa Cemetery Records  
• Iowa Census Records
• Counties
  • Iowa County Map
  • Chickasaw County History Index
  • Harrison County
    • 1868 Harrison County Townships
      • Company 'C' 29th Regiment, Iowa Volunteers
      • Soldiers of Harrison County Co H. 15th Regiment
      • Soldier's Bios
    • 1884 Township Patrons Directory
    • 1884 Business Directory
    • 1884 Township Directory
      • Little Sioux
        • Civil War Roster
        • Graduates, 1896-1961
        • School Students, 1885
        • Pioneer List
      • Modale
        • Bank Robbery
        • Cincinnati Township
        • Clay Township
        • Civil War Roster
        • Graduates
        • Early Residents
        • Bessie
      • Mondamin
        • Civil War Roster
        • Early Residents
        • Graduates
  • Howard County History Index
  • Ida County
    • 1884 Farmers Directory
    • 1906 Farmers Directory
    • 1923 Farmers Directory
    • Biographies
    • Matthew Gray Post #93 - Grand Army of the Republic
    • Gold Star Men of WW I
    • Ida County, Iowa Rural Teachers 1913-1957
  • Centennial History of Webster County, Iowa
    "Centennial History of Webster County, its towns and townships, and also the City of Fort Dodge."
• Iowa Forts
  List of colonial forts, trading posts, named camps, redoubts, reservations, general hospitals, national cemeteries, etc., established or erected in the United States from its earliest settlement to 1902.
• Iowa Genealogy Lookups
• Iowa History
  • History of Scandinavians & Biographies 1897 - Iowa, Wisconsin
  • The Price of Our Heritage, WW1 biographies and photos
• Military Records
  • Revolutionary War
  • Civil War Records
    • Civil War Pensions Index Cards
      Each card gives the soldier's name, unit, the application number, the certificate number and the state from which the soldier served. In some cases, the soldier's rank, terms of service, date of death and place of death are given. The index cards refer to pension applications of veterans who served in the U.S. Army between 1861 and 1917. The majority of the records pertain to Civil War veterans, but they also include veterans of the Spanish-American War, the Philippine Insurrection, Indian wars, and World War I.
  • World War I Records
    • The Price of Our Heritage, WWI biographies and photos
  • World War II Records
    • Iowa Army - Army Air Corps World War II Casualty List 
    • Iowa Navy, Marines, and Coast Guard World War II Casualty List
  • Korean War Casualty List 
  • Vietnam War Casualty List 
• Iowa Native American Records  
  • Indian History of Winneshiek County Iowa
    History on the Indians of Winneshiek county, Iowa including: Decorah Family genealogy, Fort Atkinson, and Chied Winneshiek
  • Camp Kearney Prisoners
• Iowa Vital Records
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• Alumni Lists
  • Boone Co: Boone High School Class of 1917, Boone, Iowa
  • Boone Co: Boone High School Underclassmen Shown in 1917 Yearbook, Boone, Iowa
  • Jefferson Co: Fairfield High School Class of 1901, Fairfield, Iowa
  • Kossuth Co: LuVerne HS alumni 1894-1914
  • Monona Co: Mapleton High School Alumni, Mapleton, Iowa, 1889-1925
  • Polk Co: North Polk Class of 1979 - Alleman Iowa
  • Polk Co: North Polk High School Class of 1980 - Alleman, Iowa
  • Pottawattamie Co: Carson High School Class of 1938
  • Sac Co: Sac City High School Alumni, Sac City, IA, 1930
  • Union Co: Creston High School Students in 1925, Creston, Iowa
  • Warren Co: Milo High School Class of 1934, Milo, Iowa
• Atlas/Gazetteers
  • Monona Co: Standard Atlas, Patrons' Reference Directory (A-D), 1906, Monona County, IA
  • Monona Co: Standard Atlas, Patrons' Reference Directory (E-K), 1906, Monona County, IA
  • Monona Co: Standard Atlas, Patrons' Reference Directory (L-P), 1906, Monona County, IA
  • Monona Co: Standard Atlas, Patrons' Reference Directory (R-W), 1906, Monona County, IA
• Cemetery Records
  • Cherokee Co: Cedar Cemetery Records
  • Clinton Co: Burials
  • Hancock Co: Amsterdam Cemetery
  • Hancock Co: Ellington Prairie Cemetery
  • Hancock Co: Liberty Cemetery
  • Hancock Co: Magor Cemetery
  • Hancock Co: Orthel Cemetery
  • Hancock Co: Stilson Cemetery
  • Hancock Co: Twin Lake Cemetery
  • Jasper Co: Mound Prairie Township, Sugar Grove Cemetery Burials
  • Louisa Co Cemetery Listings
  • Sigourney-Keokuk Co: Pleasant Grove Cemetery (West Cemetery)
  • Winnebago Co: Lake Mills Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Lake Mills IA
• Census Records
  • IA, ID, OR, WA: PATTON/PATTEN/PATTIN/PATON Surnames 1900 Census
  • Hancock Co: 1895 Hancock County Iowa Census
  • Plymouth Co: Le Mars town 1880 Census index
• Church Records
  • Allamakee Co: St. Johns Wheatland Church Records
  • Monona Co: Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1910 Membership Directory, Moorhead, Iowa
• Death Records
  • Jones Co: 1880 Mortality Schedule 5, Jones County Iowa
  • Wapello Co: Eldon, Iowa Deaths, 1855-1999
• Marriage Records
  • 1841-1850 Marriages- Surnames Beginning with 'A'
  • Adair Co: Adair County, Iowa, Marriages 1854-1914 (partial listing)
  • Adair Co: Marriage Index (Partial)
  • Jasper Co: Early Marriages, 1849-1868
  • Wapello Co: Selected Marriage Records, Wapello County, Iowa
• Newspaper Indexes
  • Hancock Co: Newspaper Index - Hancock County Iowa
• Plat Index
  • Clayton Co: 1886 Plat Map Index of Girard Township, Clayton Co, Iowa
    

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Cemetery Records
Iowa Cemetery Records

Census - Other Federal Census
Iowa Census, 1838-70

Census - State Census
Iowa State Census 1885
Iowa State Census, 1895

Directories - City Directories
Boone, Iowa Directory, 1885-86
Creston, Iowa Directory, 1889
Des Moines, Iowa Directory, 1889-91
Iowa Biographical Dictionary, 1878
Iowa City, Iowa Semi-Centennial Directory, 1840-90
Muscatine, Iowa Directory, 1891-93
Sioux City, Iowa Directories, 1889-90, 1892-93

Directories - Farm Directories
Jasper County, Iowa 1892 Farmers Directory

History
Butler and Bremer Counties, Iowa History
Guthrie and Adair Counties, Iowa History
Iowa History Up To the 20th Century
Linn County, Iowa History, Volume II
Linn County, Iowa, History to 1878
Woodbury and Plymouth Counties, Iowa History

Maps, Atlases, and Gazetteers
Iowa Gazetteer and Business Directory, 1884-1885

Military Records
Iowa Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines, 1885

Military - Civil War Records
Iowa Regiments in the Civil War
Iowa Union Soldier Burial Records

Newspaper Records
Algona Kossuth County Advance (Algona, Iowa)
Ames Daily Tribune (Ames, Iowa)
Britt News Tribune, The (Britt, Iowa)
Bulletin Journal (Independence, Iowa)
Bulletin Journal, The (Independence, Iowa)
Burlington Hawk Eye (Burlington, Iowa)
Burlington Tri Weekly Hawk Eye (Burlington, Iowa)
Burlington Weekly Hawkeye, The (Burlington, Iowa)
Chief Reporter (Perry, Iowa)
Coe College Cosmos (Coe College, Iowa)
Coe College Cosmos, The (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)
Coe Cosmos (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)
Coe Cosmos, The (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)
Cosmos (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)
Cosmos, The (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)
Daily Citizen (Iowa City, Iowa)
Daily Freeman Journal (Webster City, Iowa)
Daily Iowa State Press (Iowa City, Iowa)
Daily State Press (Iowa City, Iowa)
Greene Recorder, The (Greene, Iowa)
Guthrian, The (Guthrie County, Iowa)
Hamburg Reporter, The (Hamburg, Iowa)
Hampton Chronicle (Hampton, Iowa)
Hampton Chronicle, The (Hampton, Iowa)
Harlan News Advertiser, The (Harlan, Iowa)
Harlan Tribune (Harlan, Iowa)
Hawarden Independent, The (Hawarden, Iowa)
Hawk Eye (Burlington, Iowa)
Ida County Pioneer Record (Ida County, Iowa)
Independent, The (Hawarden, Iowa)
Iowa City Citizen (Iowa City, Iowa)
Iowa City Daily Citizen (Iowa City, Iowa)
Iowa City Daily Press (Iowa City, Iowa)
Iowa City Press Citizen (Iowa City, Iowa)
Iowa Recorder, The (Greene, Iowa)
Iowa State Press (Iowa City, Iowa)
Jackson Sentinel (Maquoketa, Iowa)
Jackson Sentinel, The (Maquoketa, Iowa)
Jefferson Bee, The (Jefferson, Iowa)
Kellogg Enterprise (Kellogg, Iowa)
Kossuth County Advance (Algona, Iowa)
Lemars Daily Sentinel (Le Mars, Iowa)
Lemars Globe Post (Le Mars, Iowa)
Lemars Semi Weekly Sentinel (Le Mars, Iowa)
Lemars Sentinel (Le Mars, Iowa)
Marble Rock News, The (Greene, Iowa)
Monroe County News, The (Albia, Iowa)
Mount Pleasant News, The (Mount Pleasant, Iowa)
Nashua Reporter, The (Nashua, Iowa)
Oelwein Daily Register (Oelwein, Iowa)
Ogden Reporter, The (Ogden, Iowa)
Ottumwa Daily Courier (Ottumwa, Iowa)
Plainfield News (Plainfield, Iowa)
Sheldon Mail, The (Sheldon, Iowa)
Waterloo Daily Courier (Waterloo, Iowa)
Waterloo Sunday Courier (Waterloo, Iowa)
Weekly Hawk Eye And Telegraph (Burlington, Iowa)
Wellman Advance (Wellman, Iowa)
West Bend Journal (West Bend, Iowa)
Winterset Madisonian (Winterset, Iowa)
Winthrop News (Winthrop, Iowa)
Wright County Monitor (Clarion, Iowa)
Wright County Monitor, The (Clarion, Iowa)

Surnames - Biographies
Cherokee County, Iowa Biographical History, 1889
Des Moines County, Iowa Biographical Dictionary
Iowa Progressive Men
Jasper, Marshall, and Grundy Counties, Iowa Biographical Dictionary
Mahaska County, Iowa Biographical Dictionary, 1887
Shelby and Audubon Counties, Iowa Biographical Dictionary
Washington County, Iowa Biographical Dictionary
Webster and Hamilton Counties, Iowa Biographical Record

Vitals - Marriage Records
Iowa Marriages to 1850
Iowa Marriages, 1835-1850
Iowa Marriages, 1851-1900

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Woodbury County, Iowa Genealogy

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