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Iowa Statewide Online Genealogy Records This is collection of links to Iowa statewide databases and collections. Many of these links will be repeated on county pages.

Vital RecordsBirths Iowa, Births and Christenings, 1830-1950 Index only. Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935. Iowa Births and Christenings Index, 1857-1947 Index only ($) Marriages Iowa, Marriages, 1809-1992 Index only. Iowa, Select Marriages, 1809-1992 ($) , index. Iowa, Marriages, 1809-1992, ($), index. Iowa, Marriages, 1836 - 1926, ($), index. Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934 — index and images Iowa Marriages to 1850 Abstracts ($) Iowa, Marriages, 1851-1900 Index only ($) Iowa, Marriage Records, 1923-1937 ($) Deaths Iowa, Deaths and Burials, 1850-1990 Index only. Iowa, Select Deaths and Burials, 1850-1990 ($), index. Iowa, Deaths and Burials, 1850-1990 ($), index. Iowa, County Death Records, 1880-1992. United States Social Security Death Index. Index and images. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, incomplete, ($). U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 ($) TAPS is death information on United Spanish War Veterans. Online Iowa Death Records Indexes and Obituaries, by county African American Records African American Census Schedules Online IOWA County and Town Histories of Iowa, with biographies. Bible Records Family Bibles Iowa Archives, digital library of The USGenWeb Archives Project. Biographies County and Town Histories of Iowa, with biographies. IAGenWeb Biographies . IAGenWeb Iowa History - A Narrative History of the People of Iowa. Iowa Biographies Project. Access Genealogy Iowa Biographies. African American Women Students at the University of Iowa, 1910-1960. Iowa Biographical Dictionary, 1878 ($) Men of Iowa : a collection of portraits of representative men in business, professional and official life in the great state of ($) Iowa Progressive Men, ($). index. A Memorial and biographical record of Iowa, ($), index, images. Biographies and portraits of the progressive men of Iowa : leaders in business, politics and the professions: together with an original and authentic history of the state., ($), index, images. Iowa pioneer foundations, ($), index, images. Recollections and sketches of notable lawyers and public men of early Iowa : belonging to the first and second generations..., ($), index, images. The Germans of Iowa and their achievements (Die Deutschen von Iowa und deren Errungenschaften), ($), index, images. (in German) Iowa History and Its Foremost Citizens, ($), index, images. Historical sketches of Iowa Baptists, ($), index, images. A narrative history of the people of Iowa, Vol. 1, e-book, Vol. 2, Vol. 3, Vol. 4, Vol. 5 History of Iowa from the earliest times to the beginning of the twentieth century, 1903, e-book Cemetery Records Iowa Cemetery Records ($) BillionGraves Iowa Cemeteries. BillionGraves Index Findagrave.com. Iowa Cemetery Records at Interment.net. Iowa Civil War Soldier Burial Records ($) Iowa Gravestone Photo Project. Index, images. Iowa, Cemetery Records, 1662-1999, ($). index. Iowa Cemetery Junction, (D'Addezio). Index. Iowa WPA 1930's graves registration. Index. Iowa Cemetery Records Census - State Census United States Online Census, 1790-1940 Iowa Census Project, indexes. Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925 ($) Iowa State Census, 1885 Index only. Iowa, State Census, 1885 ($) Iowa State Census, 1895 Index only. Iowa, State Census, 1895 ($) Iowa State Census, 1905 Index only. Iowa, State Census, 1905 ($) Iowa State Census, 1925 Images only. Broken down by county and town Iowa Census, 1838-70 ($) Iowa Non-Population Census Schedules, 1850-1880, ($), images, no index. Iowa State Census Transcription Project Compiled Genealogies GEDCOM Index Iowa Iowa Genealogical Society Pioneer, Century and Statehood Certificates contain pedigree charts and other documentation which verifies that the Indexed Pioneer was in Iowa either since 1846, 1856 or for the last 100 years. Index only. Directories DistantCousin.com Directories in Iowa. US city directories for Iowa. Iowa Online Historical Directories - listed by county. 1892 Farmers Index for Southwest Iowa Counties History IAGenWeb Iowa History. IAGenWeb Iowa History. Iowa state gazetteer: embracing descriptive and historical sketches of counties, cities, towns and villages,... ($), index. Iowa History Up To the 20th Century ($), index.

History continued County and Town Histories Northwestern Iowa, ($), index, images. Documentary material relating to the history of Iowa, ($), index, images. The Hollanders of Iowa, ($), index, images. IGS school, sorority, fraternity, and Who’s Who yearbooks., images. An illustrated history of the state of Iowa, being a complete civil, political, and military history of the state, from its first exploration down to 1875;, partial index, images. Land Records U.S., Bureau of Land Management Tract Books, 1820-1908 Images only. Bureau of Land Management Land Patents, 1788-1960, index. Iowa Land Records Maps Maps of Iowa from MapofUS.org. Includes boundary changes map. Newberry Library Atlas of Historical County Boundaries The Iowa handbook for 1856 with a new and correct map ($) Military Records General Records United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783 — images Iowa Soldiers, Sailors and Marines, 1885 Includes War of 1812, Mexican War and Civil War ($) Iowa Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines, 1885 ($) List of ex-soldiers, sailors and marines living in Iowa ($) U.S., Registers of Enlistments in the U.S. Army, 1798-1914 Index and images. U.S., Old War Pension Index, 1815-1926 Index Only. U.S., General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934. U.S., National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938 Partial index and images. U.S., Remarried Widows Index to Pension Applications, 1887-1942 Index only. U.S., Index to General Correspondence of the Pension Office, 1889-1904 Index only. U.S., Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards, 1907-1933 Index and images. Indian Wars, dates vary U.S., Index to Indian Wars Pension Files, 1892-1926 Index only. Free! War of 1812, 1812-1815 U.S., War of 1812 Index to Service Records, 1812-1815 Index only. Mexican War, 1846-1848 U.S., Mexican War Index and Service Records, 1846-1848 Index only. U.S., Mexican War Pension Index, 1887-1926 Index only. U.S., Compiled Military Service Records for American Volunteer Soldiers, Mexican War, 1845-1848, index, images. Civil War, 1861-1865 Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Database. Iowa Civil War Soldier Burial Records ($) Iowa, Grand Army of the Republic Membership Records, 1861-1865 Images only. Arranged by county and then by posts. United States Civil War Widows and Other Dependents Pension Files, 1861-1934 Index (free) and images ($); INCOMPLETE U.S., Civil War and Later Pension Index, 1861-1917 Index (free) and images ($) U.S., Records of Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865 Images only. U.S., Remarried Widows Index to Pension Applications, 1887-1942 Index only. Iowa Regiments in the Civil War, ($), index, images. Spanish-American War, 1898 U.S. Index to Service Records, War with Spain, 1898. World War I, 1917-1918 U.S. WW I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Index and images. World War II, 1941-1945 U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 Index only. World War II Casualties (Army and Air Force) Free! United States, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 (Image Browse). United States, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 (images with partial index). Iowa, World War II Bonus Case Files, 1947-1954($) World War II Iowa Press Clippings, images. Korean War, 1950-1953 U.S. Military Fatal Casualties of the Korean War for Iowa Vietnam War, 1964-1972 The Vietnam Veterans Memorial - Iowa U.S. Military Fatal Casualties of the Vietnam War for Iowa Newspapers Iowa Online Historical Newspapers Iowa Newspapers ($) World War II Iowa Press Clippings, images. Newspaper Archive Iowa Iowa Newspaper Archives (1837–1902) , Genealogy Bank Iowa Old Press Iowa Newspapers Obituaries Online Iowa Death Records Indexes and Obituaries, by county IAGenWeb Obituaries DistantCousin.com Iowa obituaries Iowa Genealogical Society obituaries index Ancestor Hunt online Iowa obituaries Iowa Statewide Obituary and Death Notice Collection, GenealogyBuff.com Central Iowa Obituaries, GenealogyBuff.com Iowa Obituaries United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014 — index and images Probate Records Iowa, Wills and Probate Records, 1758-1997, ($), index and images, incomplete. Tax Records U.S., Internal Revenue Assessment Lists, 1862-1874 Images only.

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