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== Record Finder Table for Iowa ==
This table can help you decide which records to search. It is most helpful for research from 1800 to the present.  
The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.  
=== Order of Records ===
The typically most reliable sources are listed at the top of the list. However, depending on the time period of the record and location, multiple records in the list may need to be searched to achieve the objective. Alternative records are listed as well in case traditional records do not provide the desired information.


== List of Topics ==
Step 1. '''In column 1''' select a research goal. Choose an ancestor you would like to know more about. What new information would you like to learn about that person?
This Record Finder table links to the Iowa topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.


===Vital Events ===
Step 2. '''In column 2''' find the types of records most likely to have the information you need.
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:*Read the FamilySearch Wiki articles about those types of records. They explain what the records might tell you, how to search them, and how to find them in the FamilySearch Catalog. Some records are not at the library.
:*Records of previous research (such as Genealogy, Biography, History, Periodicals, and Societies) are useful for most goals but are not listed unless they are ''especially'' helpful.<br>
 
Step 3. '''In column 3''' find additional record types that may be useful. If you do not find the desired information see the [[United States Record Selection Table]] for more suggestions.<br><br>
 
{| width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1" bgcolor="#F0F0F0"
|-
| width="30%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''What you are looking for:'''
| width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''Try these records first:'''
| width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''Other useful records:'''
|-
| Adoptions
| [[Iowa Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Iowa Court Records|Court Records]], [[Iowa Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| [[Iowa Census|Census]], [[Iowa Societies|Societies]],[[Iowa Church Records|Church Records]], [[Iowa Probate Records|Probate Records]]
|-
| Age
| [[Iowa Census|Census]], [[Iowa Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Iowa Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
| [[Iowa Military Records|Military Records]], [[Iowa Obituaries|Obituaries,]] [[Iowa Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
|-
| Birth date
| [[Iowa Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Iowa Church Records|Church Records]], [[Iowa Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
| [[Iowa Bible Records|Bible Records]], [[Iowa Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Iowa Military Records|Military Records]]
|-
| Birth place
| [[Iowa Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Iowa Church Records|Church Records]], [[Iowa Census|Census]]
| [[Iowa Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Iowa Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], [[Iowa Military Records|Military Records]]
|-
| Boundaries and origins
| [[Iowa History|History]], [[Iowa Maps|Maps]]
| [[Iowa Gazetteers|Gazetteers]], [[Iowa Historical Geography|Historical Geography]]
|-
| Children
| [[Iowa Census|Census]], [[Iowa Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Iowa Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Iowa Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]]
| [[Iowa Bible Records|Bible Records]], [[Iowa Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Iowa Church Records|Church Records]], [[Iowa Land and Property|Land and Property]]
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| City or parish of foreign birth
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Iowa Vital Records|Vital Records]],[[Iowa Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| [[Iowa Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Iowa Church Records|Church Records]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Birth date and place
| Country of foreign birth
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Iowa Census|Census]], [[Iowa Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Iowa Obituaries|Obituaries]]  
*[[Iowa Vital Records|Vital Records]]
| [[Iowa Military Records|Military Records]], [[Iowa Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Iowa Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Iowa Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Iowa Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Iowa Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Iowa Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Iowa Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Iowa Census|Census]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Marriage place and date
| Death information
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Iowa Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Iowa Cemeteries|Cemeteries,]] [[Iowa Probate Records|Probate Records]]  
*[[Iowa Vital Records|Vital Records]]
| [[Iowa Bible Records|Bible Records]], [[Iowa Church Records|Church Records]], [[Iowa Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Iowa Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Iowa Census|Census]]
*[[Iowa Newspapers|Newspapers]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Iowa Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Iowa Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Iowa Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Iowa Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Iowa Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
*[[Iowa Land and Property|Land and Property]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial
| Divorce
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Iowa Court Records|Court Records]], [[Iowa Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Iowa Divorce Records|Divorce Records]]
*[[Iowa Vital Records|Vital Records]]
| [[Iowa Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Iowa Church Records|Church Records]]
|-
*[[Iowa Obituaries|Obituaries]]  
| Ethnic background
*[[Iowa Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
| [[Iowa Minorities|Minorities]], [[Indians of Iowa|Native Races]], [[Iowa Census|Census]]
*[[Iowa Newspapers|Newspapers]]
| [[Iowa Societies|Societies]], [[Iowa Church Records|Church Records]], [[Iowa Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|-
*[[Iowa Probate Records|Probate Records]]
| Historical background
*[[Iowa Bible Records|Bible Records]]
| [[Iowa History|History,]] [[Iowa Periodicals|Periodicals]], [[Iowa Biography|Biography]]
*[[Iowa Military Records|Military Records]]
| [[Iowa Minorities|Minorities]]
|-  
|}
 
===Maiden Names and Family Members===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Immigration date
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Iowa Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Iowa Census|Census]], [[Iowa Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| [[Iowa Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Iowa Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Iowa Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Maiden name
| Living relatives
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Iowa Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], [[Iowa Directories|Directories]], [[Iowa Obituaries|Obituaries]]  
*[[Iowa Vital Records|Vital Records]]
| [[Iowa Census|Census]], [[Iowa Church Records|Church Records]], [[Iowa Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Iowa Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Iowa Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Iowa Bible Records|Bible Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Iowa Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Iowa Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Iowa Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Iowa Obituaries|Obituaries]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
| Maiden name
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Iowa Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Iowa Church Records|Church Records]], [[Iowa Bible Records|Bible Records]]  
*[[Iowa Vital Records|Vital Records]]
| [[Iowa Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Iowa Military Records|Military Records]], [[Iowa Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Iowa Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Iowa Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Iowa Census|Census]]
*[[Iowa Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Iowa Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Iowa Bible Records|Bible Records]]  
*[[Iowa Newspapers|Newspapers]]  
*[[Iowa Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]  
|-
|-
| align="left" | Living relatives
| Marriage information
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Iowa Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Iowa Church Records|Church Records]], [[Iowa Census|Census]], [[Iowa Divorce Records|Divorce Records]]  
*[[Iowa Directories|Directories]]
| [[Iowa Bible Records|Bible Records]], [[Iowa Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Iowa Probate Records|Probate Records]],[[Iowa Land and Property|Land and Property]]
*[[Iowa Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Iowa Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Iowa Census|Census]]
*[[Iowa Biography|Biography]]
*[[Iowa Societies|Societies]]
*[[Iowa Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Iowa Probate Records|Probate Records]]
|-
|}
 
=== Immigration and Country of Origin ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Naturalization
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Iowa Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship,]] [[Iowa Census|Census]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| [[Iowa Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Iowa Land and Property|Land and Property ]](sometimes in homestead records)
|-
|-
| align="left" | Immigration date
| Occupations
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Iowa Census|Census]], [[Iowa Directories|Directories]], [[Iowa Land and Property|Land and Property]]
*[[Iowa Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| [[Iowa Court Records|Court Records]], [[Iowa Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Iowa Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Iowa Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
*[[Iowa Societies|Societies]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Iowa Census|Census]]
*[[Iowa Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Iowa Biography|Biography]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | City or Country of foreign birth
| Other family members
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Iowa Census|Census]], [[Iowa Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Iowa Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Iowa Vital Records|Vital Records]]
| [[Iowa Bible Records|Bible Records]], [[Iowa Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], [[Iowa Land and Property|Land and Property]]
*[[Iowa Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Iowa Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Iowa Census|Census]]
*[[Iowa Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Iowa Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Iowa Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Iowa Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Iowa Biography|Biography]]
*[[Iowa Societies|Societies]]  
|}
 
=== Residences and Locations ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Parents
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Iowa Vital Records|Vital Records,]] [[Iowa Church Records|Church Records]], [[Iowa Census|Census]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| [[Iowa Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Iowa Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Iowa Land and Property|Land and Property]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Residence
| Physical description
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Iowa Military Records|Military Records]], [[Iowa Biography|Biography,]] [[Iowa Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Iowa Census|Census]]
| [[Iowa Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]] (after Sept. 1906),[[Iowa Vital Records|Vital Records,]] [[Iowa Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]]
*[[Iowa Land and Property|Land and Property]]
*[[Iowa Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Iowa Directories|Directories]]  
*[[Iowa Taxation|Taxation]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Iowa Obituaries|Obituaries]]  
*[[Iowa Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Iowa Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Iowa Biography|Biography]]
*[[Iowa Societies|Societies]]
|}
 
=== Personal Details and Affiliations ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Place-finding aids
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Iowa Gazetteers|Gazetteers]], [[Iowa Maps|Maps]], [[Iowa Historical Geography|Historical Geography]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| [[Iowa History|History]],[[Iowa Periodicals|Periodicals]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Nationality or ethnicity
| Places of residence / Place of residence when you know only the state
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Iowa Census|Census]], [[Iowa Land and Property|Land and Property, ]]Genealogy[[Iowa Census|Census]] (indexed), [[Iowa Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], [[Iowa Military Records|Military Records]], [[Iowa Vital Records|Vital Records]], and other records with a statewide index
*[[Iowa Census|Census]]  
| [[Iowa Military Records|Military Records]], [[Iowa Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Iowa Directories|Directories]]Biography,[[Iowa Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Iowa History|History]], [[Iowa Obituaries|Obituaries,]] [[Iowa Directories|Directories]]
*[[African American Record Finder]]
*[[African American Resources for Iowa|African Americans]]
*[[Indigenous Peoples of Iowa|Indigenous Peoples]]
*[[Iowa Cultural Groups|Cultural Groups]]
*[[Iowa Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Iowa Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Iowa Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Iowa Periodicals|Periodicals]]
*[[Iowa Societies|Societies]]
 
|-
|-
| align="left" | Occupation
| Previous research
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Iowa Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], [[Iowa Periodicals|Periodicals]], [[Iowa Societies|Societies]]  
*[[Iowa Census|Census]]
| [[Iowa History|History]], [[Iowa Biography|Biography]]
*[[Iowa Directories|Directories]]
*[[Iowa Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Iowa Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Iowa Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Iowa Biography|Biography]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Religion
| Record-finding aids
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Iowa Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]]
*[[Iowa Church Records|Church Records]]
| [[Iowa Periodicals|Periodicals]]
*[[Iowa Biography|Biography]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Iowa Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Iowa Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Social activities
| Religion
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Iowa Church Records|Church Records]], [[Iowa Biography|Biography]]  
*[[Iowa Biography|Biography]]  
| [[Iowa Cemeteries|Cemeteries,]] [[Iowa Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Iowa Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Iowa Societies|Societies]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Iowa Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Iowa Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Iowa Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Iowa Directories|Directories]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Physical description
| Social activities
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Iowa History|History]], [[Iowa Biography|Biography,]] [[Iowa Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Iowa Military Records|Military Records]]
|  
*[[Iowa Biography|Biography]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Iowa Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
*[[Iowa Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Iowa Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
|-
|}
|}
=== Adoption ===
For information about adoptees and their biological families, please refer to: [[United States Adoption Research|United States Adoption Research]].


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Revision as of 17:41, 15 December 2015

United States  Gotoarrow.png  Iowa  Gotoarrow.png  Record Selection Table

This table can help you decide which records to search. It is most helpful for research from 1800 to the present.

Step 1. In column 1 select a research goal. Choose an ancestor you would like to know more about. What new information would you like to learn about that person?

Step 2. In column 2 find the types of records most likely to have the information you need.

  • Read the FamilySearch Wiki articles about those types of records. They explain what the records might tell you, how to search them, and how to find them in the FamilySearch Catalog. Some records are not at the library.
  • Records of previous research (such as Genealogy, Biography, History, Periodicals, and Societies) are useful for most goals but are not listed unless they are especially helpful.

Step 3. In column 3 find additional record types that may be useful. If you do not find the desired information see the United States Record Selection Table for more suggestions.

What you are looking for: Try these records first: Other useful records:
Adoptions Probate Records, Court Records, Obituaries Census, Societies,Church Records, Probate Records
Age Census, Vital Records, Cemeteries Military Records, Obituaries, Naturalization and Citizenship
Birth date Vital Records, Church Records, Cemeteries Bible Records, Obituaries, Military Records
Birth place Vital Records, Church Records, Census Obituaries, Genealogy, Military Records
Boundaries and origins History, Maps Gazetteers, Historical Geography
Children Census, Probate Records, Obituaries, Genealogy Bible Records, Vital Records, Church Records, Land and Property
City or parish of foreign birth Vital Records,Naturalization and Citizenship Obituaries, Church Records
Country of foreign birth Census, Naturalization and Citizenship, Obituaries Military Records, Vital Records, Church Records
Death information Vital Records, Cemeteries, Probate Records Bible Records, Church Records, Obituaries
Divorce Court Records, Vital Records, Divorce Records Newspapers
Ethnic background Minorities, Native Races, Census Societies, Church Records, Naturalization and Citizenship
Historical background History, Periodicals, Biography Minorities
Immigration date Naturalization and Citizenship, Census, Emigration and Immigration Newspapers, Obituaries, Genealogy
Living relatives Genealogy, Directories, Obituaries Census, Church Records, Probate Records
Maiden name Vital Records, Church Records, Bible Records Cemeteries, Military Records, Probate Records, Obituaries
Marriage information Vital Records, Church Records, Census, Divorce Records Bible Records, Cemeteries, Probate Records,Land and Property
Naturalization Naturalization and Citizenship, Census Obituaries, Land and Property (sometimes in homestead records)
Occupations Census, Directories, Land and Property Court Records, Obituaries, Military Records
Other family members Census, Probate Records, Obituaries Bible Records, Genealogy, Land and Property
Parents Vital Records, Church Records, Census Probate Records, Obituaries, Land and Property
Physical description Military Records, Biography, Emigration and Immigration Naturalization and Citizenship (after Sept. 1906),Vital Records, Genealogy
Place-finding aids Gazetteers, Maps, Historical Geography History,Periodicals
Places of residence / Place of residence when you know only the state Census, Land and Property, GenealogyCensus (indexed), Genealogy, Military Records, Vital Records, and other records with a statewide index Military Records, Obituaries, DirectoriesBiography,Probate Records, History, Obituaries, Directories
Previous research Genealogy, Periodicals, Societies History, Biography
Record-finding aids Archives and Libraries Periodicals
Religion Church Records, Biography Cemeteries, Obituaries
Social activities History, Biography, Newspapers
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Links to Iowa-related articles
Topics
Counties
Adair · Adams · Allamakee · Appanoose · Audubon · Benton · Black Hawk · Boone · Bremer · Buchanan · Buena Vista · Butler · Calhoun · Carroll · Cass · Cedar · Cerro Gordo · Cherokee · Chickasaw · Clarke · Clay · Clayton · Clinton · Crawford · Dallas · Davis · Decatur · Delaware · Des Moines · Dickinson · Dubuque · Emmet · Fayette · Floyd · Franklin · Fremont · Greene · Grundy · Guthrie · Hamilton · Hancock · Hardin · Harrison · Henry · Howard · Humboldt · Ida · Iowa · Jackson · Jasper · Jefferson · Johnson · Jones · Keokuk · Kossuth · Lee · Linn · Louisa · Lucas · Lyon · Madison · Mahaska · Marion · Marshall · Mills · Mitchell · Monona · Monroe · Montgomery · Muscatine · O'Brien · Osceola · Page · Palo Alto · Plymouth · Pocahontas · Polk · Pottawattamie · Poweshiek · Ringgold · Sac · Scott · Shelby · Sioux · Story · Tama · Taylor · Union · Van Buren · Wapello · Warren · Washington · Wayne · Webster · Winnebago · Winneshiek · Woodbury · Worth · Wright
Extinct Co.
Major
 Repositories
Early Paths
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