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


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?
== List of Topics ==
This Record Finder table links to the Iowa topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.


Step 2. '''In column 2''' find the types of records most likely to have the information you need.
===Vital Events ===
 
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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 Finder]] for more suggestions.<br><br>
 
{| width="75%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1" bgcolor="#F0F0F0"
|-
|-
| width="30%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''What you are looking for:'''  
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''  
| width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''Try these records first:'''  
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''  
| width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''Other useful records:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Adoptions
| align="left" | Birth date and place
| [[Iowa Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Iowa Court Records|Court Records]], [[Iowa Obituaries|Obituaries]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Iowa Census|Census]], [[Iowa Societies|Societies]],[[Iowa Church Records|Church Records]], [[Iowa Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Iowa Vital Records|Vital 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]]
|-
|-
| Age
| align="left" | Marriage place and date
| [[Iowa Census|Census]], [[Iowa Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Iowa Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Iowa Military Records|Military Records]], [[Iowa Obituaries|Obituaries,]] [[Iowa Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
*[[Iowa Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[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]]
|-
|-
| Birth date  
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial
| [[Iowa Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Iowa Church Records|Church Records]], [[Iowa Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Iowa Bible Records|Bible Records]], [[Iowa Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Iowa Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Iowa Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Iowa Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Iowa Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Iowa Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Iowa Newspapers|Newspapers]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Iowa Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Iowa Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Iowa Military Records|Military Records]]
|-
|}
 
===Maiden Names and Family Members===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| Birth place
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| [[Iowa Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Iowa Church Records|Church Records]], [[Iowa Census|Census]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Iowa Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Iowa Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], [[Iowa Military Records|Military Records]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Boundaries and origins
| align="left" | Maiden name
| [[Iowa History|History]], [[Iowa Maps|Maps]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Iowa Gazetteers|Gazetteers]], [[Iowa Historical Geography|Historical Geography]]
*[[Iowa Vital Records|Vital 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]]
|-
|-
| Children
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
| [[Iowa Census|Census]], [[Iowa Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Iowa Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Iowa Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Iowa Bible Records|Bible Records]], [[Iowa Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Iowa Church Records|Church Records]], [[Iowa Land and Property|Land and Property]]
*[[Iowa Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[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]]  
|-
|-
| City or parish of foreign birth
| align="left" | Living relatives
| [[Iowa Vital Records|Vital Records]],[[Iowa Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Iowa Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Iowa Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Iowa Directories|Directories]]
*[[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"
|-
|-
| Country of foreign birth
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| [[Iowa Census|Census]], [[Iowa Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Iowa Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Iowa Military Records|Military Records]], [[Iowa Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Iowa Church Records|Church Records]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Death information
| align="left" | Immigration date
| [[Iowa Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Iowa Cemeteries|Cemeteries,]] [[Iowa Probate Records|Probate Records]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Iowa Bible Records|Bible Records]], [[Iowa Church Records|Church Records]], [[Iowa Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Iowa Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[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]]
|-
|-
| Divorce
| align="left" | City or Country of foreign birth
| [[Iowa Court Records|Court Records]], [[Iowa Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Iowa Divorce Records|Divorce Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Iowa Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Iowa Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[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"
|-
|-
| Ethnic background
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| [[Iowa Minorities|Minorities]], [[Indians of Iowa|Native Races]], [[Iowa Census|Census]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Iowa Societies|Societies]], [[Iowa Church Records|Church Records]], [[Iowa Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Historical background
| align="left" | Residence
| [[Iowa History|History,]] [[Iowa Periodicals|Periodicals]], [[Iowa Biography|Biography]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Iowa Minorities|Minorities]]
*[[Iowa Census|Census]]
*[[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"
|-
|-
| Immigration date
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| [[Iowa Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Iowa Census|Census]], [[Iowa Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Iowa Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Iowa Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Iowa Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Living relatives
| align="left" | Nationality or ethnicity
| [[Iowa Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], [[Iowa Directories|Directories]], [[Iowa Obituaries|Obituaries]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Iowa Census|Census]], [[Iowa Church Records|Church Records]], [[Iowa Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Iowa Census|Census]]  
*[[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]]
 
|-
|-
| Maiden name
| align="left" | Occupation
| [[Iowa Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Iowa Church Records|Church Records]], [[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]]
*[[Iowa Census|Census]]
*[[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]]
|-
|-
| Marriage information
| align="left" | Religion
| [[Iowa Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Iowa Church Records|Church Records]], [[Iowa Census|Census]], [[Iowa Divorce Records|Divorce Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Iowa Bible Records|Bible Records]], [[Iowa Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Iowa Probate Records|Probate Records]],[[Iowa Land and Property|Land and Property]]
*[[Iowa Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Iowa Biography|Biography]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Iowa Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Iowa Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
|-
|-
| Naturalization
| align="left" | Social activities
| [[Iowa Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship,]] [[Iowa Census|Census]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Iowa Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Iowa Land and Property|Land and Property ]](sometimes in homestead records)
*[[Iowa Biography|Biography]]
*[[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]]
|-
|-
| Occupations
| align="left" | Physical description
| [[Iowa Census|Census]], [[Iowa Directories|Directories]], [[Iowa Land and Property|Land and Property]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Iowa Court Records|Court Records]], [[Iowa Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Iowa Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Iowa Military Records|Military Records]]
|-
*[[Iowa Biography|Biography]]  
| Other family members
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Iowa Census|Census]], [[Iowa Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Iowa Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Iowa Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
| [[Iowa Bible Records|Bible Records]], [[Iowa Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], [[Iowa Land and Property|Land and Property]]
*[[Iowa Vital Records|Vital Records]]
|-
*[[Iowa Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| Parents
|-  
| [[Iowa Vital Records|Vital Records,]] [[Iowa Church Records|Church Records]], [[Iowa Census|Census]]
| [[Iowa Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Iowa Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Iowa Land and Property|Land and Property]]
|-
| Physical description
| [[Iowa Military Records|Military Records]], [[Iowa Biography|Biography,]] [[Iowa Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| [[Iowa Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]] (after Sept. 1906),[[Iowa Vital Records|Vital Records,]] [[Iowa Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]]
|-
| Place-finding aids
| [[Iowa Gazetteers|Gazetteers]], [[Iowa Maps|Maps]], [[Iowa Historical Geography|Historical Geography]]
| [[Iowa History|History]],[[Iowa Periodicals|Periodicals]]
|-
| Places of residence / Place of residence when you know only the state
| [[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 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]]
|-
| Previous research
| [[Iowa Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], [[Iowa Periodicals|Periodicals]], [[Iowa Societies|Societies]]
| [[Iowa History|History]], [[Iowa Biography|Biography]]
|-
| Record-finding aids
| [[Iowa Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]]
| [[Iowa Periodicals|Periodicals]]
|-
| Religion
| [[Iowa Church Records|Church Records]], [[Iowa Biography|Biography]]
| [[Iowa Cemeteries|Cemeteries,]] [[Iowa Obituaries|Obituaries]]
|-
| Social activities
| [[Iowa History|History]], [[Iowa Biography|Biography,]] [[Iowa Newspapers|Newspapers]]
|
|}
|}
=== Adoption ===
For information about adoptees and their biological families, please refer to: [[United States Adoption Research|United States Adoption Research]].


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[[Category:Iowa Research Strategies]] [[Category:Record Finder]]
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Latest revision as of 18:39, 25 January 2021

Iowa Wiki Topics
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Beginning Research
Record Types
Iowa Background
Cultural Groups
Local Research Resources

Record Finder Table for Iowa

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

This Record Finder table links to the Iowa topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.

Vital Events

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Birth date and place
Marriage place and date
Death date, place, and burial

Maiden Names and Family Members

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Maiden name
Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
Living relatives

Immigration and Country of Origin

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Immigration date
City or Country of foreign birth

Residences and Locations

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Residence

Personal Details and Affiliations

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Nationality or ethnicity
Occupation
Religion
Social activities
Physical description

Adoption

For information about adoptees and their biological families, please refer to: United States Adoption Research.


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