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:Many of the works found here are cannot be found anywhere else, including published genealogies, periodicals, histories, county indexes and unpublished family histories. This is one of the largest societies in America with important publications of indexes, abstracts, and county records from all over Iowa. They have also collected material from states contributing to Iowa's population such as Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, New York, and New England.<ref name="DB45" /> | :Many of the works found here are cannot be found anywhere else, including published genealogies, periodicals, histories, county indexes and unpublished family histories. This is one of the largest societies in America with important publications of indexes, abstracts, and county records from all over Iowa. They have also collected material from states contributing to Iowa's population such as Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, New York, and New England.<ref name="DB45" /> | ||
:To learn more about the history and record-keeping systems of Iowa counties, use the 11 inventories of county archives published by the Historical Records Survey from 1938 to 1942. They are available for Carroll, Cherokee, Dallas, Dubuque, Ida, Jasper, Montgomery, Polk, Sac, Taylor, and Woodbury Counties. The | :To learn more about the history and record-keeping systems of Iowa counties, use the 11 inventories of county archives published by the Historical Records Survey from 1938 to 1942. They are available for Carroll, Cherokee, Dallas, Dubuque, Ida, Jasper, Montgomery, Polk, Sac, Taylor, and Woodbury Counties. The FamilySearch Library has all of these, except for Carroll and Sac counties. [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&placeId=370&query=%2Bplace%3A%22United%20States%2C%20Iowa%22%20%2Bkeywords%3Ahistorical%20%2Bkeywords%3Arecords%20%2Bkeywords%3Asurvey&subjectsOpen=463661-50,464418-50 Historical Records Survey (Iowa)]<br><br> | ||
==== State Library of Iowa<br> ==== | ==== State Library of Iowa<br> ==== | ||
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=== For Further Reading === | === For Further Reading === | ||
*A 1978 project by the Iowa State Historical Society created inventories for 13 additional counties. [[ | *A 1978 project by the Iowa State Historical Society created inventories for 13 additional counties. [[FamilySearch Library|The FamilySearch Library]] has copies of these inventories for Allamakee, Dubuque, Franklin, Iowa, Osceola, and Ringgold Counties. | ||
*To find other archives and libraries with collections of Iowa records, look in the directories and information listed in the [[United States Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]] and [[Iowa Societies|Iowa Societies]]. | *To find other archives and libraries with collections of Iowa records, look in the directories and information listed in the [[United States Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]] and [[Iowa Societies|Iowa Societies]]. | ||
*Inventories of archives and library collections can be found by using the '''''Places ''''' search of the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog FamilySearch Catalog] to find more records under: | *Inventories of archives and library collections can be found by using the '''''Places ''''' search of the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog FamilySearch Catalog] to find more records under: | ||
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