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| title = Iowa, Monroe County, Card Index of Births, Deaths & Marriages from Newspaper Clippings, 1898-2015
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== What is in This Collection? ==
== What is in This Collection? ==
This collection contains an index & images to births, deaths, and marriages clipped from local newspapers. Information came from a card index created by the Monroe County Genealogical Society. The collection consists of 3x5 cards with newspaper clippings of births, marriages, and deaths. The cards also include some handwritten information.
This collection contains an index and images to births, deaths, and marriages clipped from local newspapers. Information came from a card index created by the Monroe County Genealogical Society. The collection consists of 3x5 cards with newspaper clippings of births, marriages, and deaths. The cards also include some handwritten information.
=== To Browse This Collection ===
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=== Index and Image Visibility ===
{{Image Visibility}}
== What Can These Records Tell Me? ==
== What Can These Records Tell Me? ==
The following information may be found in these records:
The card index may conain:  
*Names of individuals
*Names of individuals
*Dates of births, marriages, and deaths
*Dates of births, marriages, and deaths
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*Names of relatives
*Names of relatives
*Names of spouses
*Names of spouses
== Collection Content ==
== Collection Content ==
=== Sample Images ===
=== Sample Images ===
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Image:Iowa, Monroe County, Card index of births, deaths & marriages from newspaper clippings, 1898-2015 dgs102784266 image6.jpeg |1979 Birth
Image:Iowa, Monroe County, Card index of births, deaths & marriages from newspaper clippings, 1898-2015 dgs102784266 image6.jpeg |Birth
Image:Iowa, Monroe County, Card index of births, deaths & marriages from newspaper clippings, 1898-2015 dgs102932401 image21.jpeg |1955 Marriage
Image:Iowa, Monroe County, Card index of births, deaths & marriages from newspaper clippings, 1898-2015 dgs102932401 image21.jpeg |Marriage
Image:Iowa, Monroe County, Card index of births, deaths & marriages from newspaper clippings, 1898-2015 dgs102724145 image12.jpeg |1989 Obituary
Image:Iowa, Monroe County, Card index of births, deaths & marriages from newspaper clippings, 1898-2015 dgs102724145 image12.jpeg |Obituary
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== How Do I Search This Collection? ==  
== How Do I Search This Collection? ==  
Before searching this collection, it is helpful to know:
Before searching this collection, it is helpful to know:
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*The approximate date of the event
*The approximate date of the event
=== Search the Index ===
=== Search the Index ===
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=== How Do I Analyze the Results? ===
=== How Do I Analyze the Results? ===
Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. This may require viewing multiple records or images. Keep track of your research in a [[Use_Appropriate_Forms#Prepare_a_Research_Log |research log]].
Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. This may require viewing multiple records or images. Keep track of your research in a [[Use_Appropriate_Forms#Prepare_a_Research_Log | research log]].
== What Do I Do Next? ==
== What Do I Do Next? ==
=== I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now? ===
=== I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now? ===
*Add any new information to your records
*Search for the family in census records
*If available, check the image for additional information
*Search for land and probate records in Monroe County
*Analyze the entry to see if it provides additional clues to find other records of the person or their family
*Search for immigration and naturalization records, if applicable
*Search for church records
=== I Can’t Find the Person I’m Looking For, What Now? ===
=== I Can’t Find the Person I’m Looking For, What Now? ===
*Try searching by surname only
*If your ancestor does not have a common name, collect entries for every person who has the same surname. This list can help you find possible relatives
*The person may be recorded with an abbreviated or variant form of their name
*If you cannot locate your ancestor in the locality in which you believe they lived, then try searching records of a nearby town or county 
*Remember that spelling was generally not standardized until the early part of the 20th century
*Try different spellings of your ancestor’s name
=== Research Helps ===
*Remember that sometimes individuals went by [http://usgenweb.org/research/nicknames.html nicknames] or alternated between using first and middle names, or even initials
The following articles will help you research your family in the state of [[Iowa, United States Genealogy|Iowa]].
===Record Finder===
* [[GuidedResearch:Iowa|Iowa Guided Research]]
Consult the [[Iowa Record Finder]] to search other records
* [[Iowa Record Finder]]
* [[Iowa Research Tips and Strategies]]
* [[Step-by-Step Iowa Research, 1880-Present]]


== Other FamilySearch Collections ==
== Citing This Collection ==
These collections may have additional materials to help you with your research.
Citations help you keep track of places you have searched and sources you have found. Identifying your sources helps others find the records you used.


=== FamilySearch Catalog ===
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*{{FSC|4092374|item|disp=Monroe County, card index of births, deaths & marriages from newspaper clippings, 1898-2015}}
"Iowa, Monroe County, Card Index of Births, Deaths & Marriages from Newspaper Clippings, 1898-2015." Database with images. <i>FamilySearch</i>. <nowiki>http://FamilySearch.org</nowiki> : accessed 2018. Custodian.
*{{FSC|2819267|item|disp=Iowa, Monroe County, veterans burials, 1860-1945}}
*{{FSC|410608|item|disp=Birth records, 1880-1935; index to births, 1880-1942; index to deaths, 1880-1925}}
*{{FSC|2819133|item|disp=Iowa, Monroe County, birth records, 1921-1929}}
*{{FSC|410652|item|disp=Death records, 1880-1923; index, 1880-1897,1921-1925}}
*{{FSC|222566|item|disp=Marriage records, 1845-1941; index, 1845-1975}}


=== FamilySearch Historical Records ===
*{{RecordSearch|1674820|Iowa Births and Christenings, 1830-1950}}
*{{RecordSearch|2849548|Iowa, Birth Records, 1921-1942}}
*{{RecordSearch|1821206|Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935}}
*{{RecordSearch|2527591|Iowa, Delayed Birth Records, 1850-1939}}
*{{RecordSearch|1674841|Iowa Deaths and Burials, 1850-1990}}
*{{RecordSearch|2531337|Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951}}
*{{RecordSearch|2110820|Iowa, County Death Records, 1880-1992}}
*{{RecordSearch|1674842|Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992}}
*{{RecordSearch|1805551|Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934}}
*{{RecordSearch|4127799|Iowa, Marriage Records, 1941-1951}}


=== FamilySearch Digital Library ===
*{{FSC|191884|item|disp=''The history of Monroe County, Iowa : containing a history of the county, its cities, town, &c., a biographical directory of citizens, war record of its volunteers in the late rebellion, general and local statistics ...'' Chicago, Illinois : Western Historical, 1878}}


== Citing This Collection ==
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What is in This Collection?[edit | edit source]

This collection contains an index and images to births, deaths, and marriages clipped from local newspapers. Information came from a card index created by the Monroe County Genealogical Society. The collection consists of 3x5 cards with newspaper clippings of births, marriages, and deaths. The cards also include some handwritten information.

To Browse This Collection[edit | edit source]

You will be able to browse through images in this collection when it is published.

What Can These Records Tell Me?[edit | edit source]

The card index may conain:

  • Names of individuals
  • Dates of births, marriages, and deaths
  • Names of parents
  • Names of relatives
  • Names of spouses

Collection Content[edit | edit source]

Sample Images[edit | edit source]

How Do I Search This Collection?[edit | edit source]

Before searching this collection, it is helpful to know:

  • The name of the individual
  • The approximate date of the event

Search the Index[edit | edit source]

You will be able to search this collection when it is published.


How Do I Analyze the Results?[edit | edit source]

Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. This may require viewing multiple records or images. Keep track of your research in a research log.

What Do I Do Next?[edit | edit source]

I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?[edit | edit source]

  • Search for the family in census records
  • Search for land and probate records in Monroe County
  • Search for immigration and naturalization records, if applicable
  • Search for church records

I Can’t Find the Person I’m Looking For, What Now?[edit | edit source]

  • If your ancestor does not have a common name, collect entries for every person who has the same surname. This list can help you find possible relatives
  • If you cannot locate your ancestor in the locality in which you believe they lived, then try searching records of a nearby town or county
  • Try different spellings of your ancestor’s name
  • Remember that sometimes individuals went by nicknames or alternated between using first and middle names, or even initials

Record Finder[edit | edit source]

Consult the Iowa Record Finder to search other records

Citing This Collection[edit | edit source]

Citations help you keep track of places you have searched and sources you have found. Identifying your sources helps others find the records you used.

Collection Citation

"Iowa, Monroe County, Card Index of Births, Deaths & Marriages from Newspaper Clippings, 1898-2015." Database with images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : accessed 2018. Custodian.


Record Citation:
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