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*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=26474 Iowa state gazetteer: embracing descriptive and historical sketches of counties, cities, towns and villages,...] ($), index.  
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=26474 Iowa state gazetteer: embracing descriptive and historical sketches of counties, cities, towns and villages,...] ($), index.  
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7762 Iowa History Up To the 20th Century] ($), index.
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7762 Iowa History Up To the 20th Century] ($), index.
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/588843 Territorial papers of Iowa, 1838-1852. NARA Pub No. M325]


Local history books for [[Iowa, United States Genealogy|Iowa]]’s counties, cities, and towns contain biographical and historical information. Some have information on families back to the 1600s. The information about individuals may include age, birth date, birthplace, county origins and boundaries, death information, divorce, ethnicity, historical background, immigration date, names of living relatives, wife’s maiden name, marriage information, naturalization information, occupation, parents’ names, children's names, names of other family members, place of previous residence, religion, and information about social activities.  
Local history books for [[Iowa, United States Genealogy|Iowa]]’s counties, cities, and towns contain biographical and historical information. Some have information on families back to the 1600s. The information about individuals may include age, birth date, birthplace, county origins and boundaries, death information, divorce, ethnicity, historical background, immigration date, names of living relatives, wife’s maiden name, marriage information, naturalization information, occupation, parents’ names, children's names, names of other family members, place of previous residence, religion, and information about social activities.