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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 Family History Library 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>
 
{| border="1" width="100%"
|-
| '''1. If you need information about'''
| '''2. Look first in'''
| '''3. Then search'''
|-
| 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
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| City or parish of foreign birth
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| Vital Records, Naturalization and Citizenship
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| Obituaries, Church Records
|-
|-
| align="left" | Birth date and place
| Country of foreign birth
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Census, Naturalization and Citizenship, Obituaries
*[[Iowa Vital Records|Vital Records]]
| Military Records, Vital 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;"|
| Vital Records, Cemeteries, Probate Records  
*[[Iowa Vital Records|Vital Records]]
| Bible Records, Church Records, 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;"|
| Court Records, Vital Records, Divorce Records  
*[[Iowa Vital Records|Vital Records]]
| Newspapers
*[[Iowa Church Records|Church Records]]
|-
*[[Iowa Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| Ethnic background
*[[Iowa Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
| Minorities, Native Races, Census
*[[Iowa Newspapers|Newspapers]]
| Societies, Church Records, Naturalization and Citizenship
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|-
*[[Iowa Probate Records|Probate Records]]
| Historical background
*[[Iowa Bible Records|Bible Records]]
| History, Periodicals, Biography
*[[Iowa Military Records|Military Records]]
| 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:'''
| Naturalization and Citizenship, Census, Emigration and Immigration
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| Newspapers, Obituaries, Genealogy
|-
|-
| align="left" | Maiden name
| Living relatives
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Genealogy, Directories, Obituaries
*[[Iowa Vital Records|Vital Records]]
| Census, Church 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;"|
| Vital Records, Church Records, Bible Records  
*[[Iowa Vital Records|Vital Records]]
| Cemeteries, Military Records, Probate Records, 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;"|
| Vital Records, Church Records, Census, Divorce Records
*[[Iowa Directories|Directories]]
| Bible Records, Cemeteries, Probate Records, 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:'''
| Naturalization and Citizenship, Census
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| Obituaries, Land and Property (sometimes in homestead records)
|-
|-
| align="left" | Immigration date
| Occupations
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Census, Directories, Land and Property
*[[Iowa Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| Court Records, Obituaries, 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;"|
| Census, Probate Records, Obituaries  
*[[Iowa Vital Records|Vital Records]]
| Bible Records, Genealogy, 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:'''
| Vital Records, Church Records, Census
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| Probate Records, Obituaries, Land and Property
|-
|-
| align="left" | Residence
| Physical description
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Military Records, Biography, Emigration and Immigration
*[[Iowa Census|Census]]
| Naturalization and Citizenship (after Sept. 1906), Vital Records, 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:'''
| Gazetteers, Maps, Historical Geography
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| History, Periodicals
|-
|-
| align="left" | Nationality or ethnicity
| Places of residence / Place of residence when you know only the state
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Census, Land and Property, GenealogyCensus (indexed), Genealogy, Military Records, Vital Records, and other records with a statewide index
*[[Iowa Census|Census]]
| Military Records, Obituaries, DirectoriesBiography, Probate Records, History, Obituaries, 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;"|
| Genealogy, Periodicals, Societies
*[[Iowa Census|Census]]
| History, 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;"|
| Archives and Libraries
*[[Iowa Church Records|Church Records]]
| 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;"|
| Church Records, Biography  
*[[Iowa Biography|Biography]]
| Cemeteries, 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;"|
| History, Biography, 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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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 Family History Library 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.

1. If you need information about 2. Look first in 3. Then search
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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Extinct Co.
Major
 Repositories
Early Paths
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