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*'''Look in all censuses:''' Always look for your ancestor in every possible census. There are clues regarding immigration, naturalization, and occupation that can lead to other records. Sometimes parents can be found living with their children later in life. [[United States Census Online|Search U.S. Censuses]].
*'''Look in all censuses:''' Always look for your ancestor in every possible census. There are clues regarding immigration, naturalization, and occupation that can lead to other records. Sometimes parents can be found living with their children later in life. [[United States Census Online|Search U.S. Censuses]].


=== Iowa Record Finder  ===
=== [STATE] Record Finder  ===


This Record Finder is designed to help you determine the best record to search for the type of information you are looking for. It is most helpful for post-1850 research.  
This brief Record Finder is designed to help you determine the best record to search for the type of information you are looking for. It is most helpful for post-1850 research. '''For a more complete Record Finder, covering additional research needs, see [[[STATE] Record Finder]].'''


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| '''1. What you are looking for:'''  
| style="padding:10px"| '''1. What you are looking for:'''  
| '''2. Try these records first:'''  
| style="padding:10px"| '''2. Try these records first:'''  
| '''3. Other useful records'''
| style="padding:10px"|'''3. Other useful records'''
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| Birth information  
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| [[How to Find Iowa Birth Records|Birth records]], [[How to Find Iowa Death Records|Death records]], [[Iowa Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Iowa Church Records|Church records]]  
Birth information  
| [[Iowa Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Iowa Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Iowa Bible Records|Bible records]], [[Iowa Military Records|Military records]] (pension)
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*[[How to Find [STATE] Birth Records|Birth records]]
*[[How to Find [STATE] Death Records|Death records]]
*[[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[[STATE] Church Records|Church records]]  
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*[[[STATE] Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[[STATE] Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
*[[[STATE] Bible Records|Bible records]]
*[[[STATE] Military Records|Military records]]  
|-
|-
| Marriage information  
| style="padding:10px"|Marriage information  
| [[How to Find Iowa Marriage Records|Marriage records]], [[Iowa Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Iowa Bible Records|Bible records]]  
| style="padding:10px"|
| [[Iowa Church Records|Church records]], [[Iowa Probate Records|Probate records]], [[Iowa Military Records|Military records]]
*[[How to Find [STATE] Marriage Records|Marriage records]]
*[[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[[STATE] Bible Records|Bible records]]  
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*[[[STATE] Church Records|Church records]]
*[[[STATE] Probate Records|Probate records]]
*[[[STATE] Military Records|Military records]]
|-
|-
| Death information  
| style="padding:10px"|Death information  
| [[How to Find Iowa Death Records|Death Records]], [[Iowa Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Iowa Obituaries|Obituaries]]  
| style="padding:10px"|
| [[Iowa Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Iowa Church Records|Church Records]], [[Iowa Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[How to Find [STATE] Death Records|Death Records]]
*[[[STATE] Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]]  
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*[[[STATE] Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[[STATE] Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[[STATE] Bible Records|Bible Records]]
|-
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| Parents  
| style="padding:10px"|Parents  
| [[How to Find Iowa Birth Records|Birth records]], [[How to Find Iowa Death Records|Death records]], [[Iowa Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Iowa Census|Census]], [[Iowa Church Records|Church records]]  
| style="padding:10px"|
| [[Iowa Biography|Biography]], [[Iowa Genealogy|Genealogy]]
*[[How to Find [STATE] Birth Records|Birth records]]
*[[How to Find [STATE] Death Records|Death records]]
*[[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[[STATE] Census|Census]]
*[[[STATE] Church Records|Church records]]  
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*[[[STATE] Biography|Biography]]
*[[[STATE], United States Genealogy|Genealogy]]
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| Maiden name  
| style="padding:10px"|
| [[How to Find Iowa Marriage Records|Marriage Records]], [[Iowa Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Iowa Probate Records|Probate records]]  
Maiden name  
| [[Iowa Church Records|Church Records]], [[Iowa Military Records|Military Records]] (pension)
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*[[How to Find [STATE] Marriage Records|Marriage Records]]
*[[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[[STATE] Probate Records|Probate records]]  
| style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|
*[[[STATE] Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[[STATE] Military Records|Military Records]]  
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| Immigration date  
| style="padding:10px"|
| [[Iowa Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[Iowa Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Iowa Census|Census]]  
Immigration date  
| [[Iowa Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Iowa Biography|Biography]], [[Iowa History|History]]
| style="padding:10px"|
*[[[STATE] Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[[STATE] Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
*[[[STATE] Census|Census]]  
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*[[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[[STATE] Biography|Biography]]
*[[[STATE] History|History]]
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|-
| Naturalization  
| style="padding:10px"|
| [[Iowa Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Iowa Census|Census]], [[Iowa Court Records|Court Records]]  
Naturalization  
| [[Iowa Voting Registers|Voting Registers]], [[Iowa Biography|Biography]], [[Iowa Periodicals|Periodicals]]
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*[[[STATE] Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
*[[[STATE] Census|Census]]
*[[[STATE] Court Records|Court Records]]  
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*[[[STATE] Voting Records|Voting Records]]
*[[[STATE] Biography|Biography]]
*[[[STATE] Periodicals|Periodicals]]
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| Physical description  
| style="padding:10px"|
| [[Iowa Military Records|Military Records]], [[Iowa Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]] (after 1906)  
Physical description  
| [[Iowa Biography|Biography]], [[Iowa History|History]]
| style="padding:10px"|
*[[[STATE] Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[[STATE] Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]] (after 1906)  
| style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|
*[[[STATE] Biography|Biography]]
*[[[STATE] History|History]]
|}
|}


To look for more Iowa records, [[Iowa Record Finder|go here]]  
=== Further [STATE] Research  ===
 
*'''Remember, for a more complete Record Finder, covering additional research needs, see [[[STATE] Record Finder]].'''
=== Further Iowa Research  ===
*For online record collections, go to [[[STATE] Online Genealogy Records|'''[STATE] Online Genealogy Records.''']]
 
*For more research on [STATE], including research at the county level, visit the [[[STATE], United States Genealogy|'''[STATE]''']] page on the Research Wiki.
For more research on Iowa, including research at the county level, visit the [[Iowa, United States Genealogy|Iowa]] page on the Research Wiki.  
*Search all of the [https://familysearch.org/search/collection/location/51?region=United%20States%20of%20America Iowa record collections] at FamilySearch.
 
*Marieta A. Grissom. ''Genealogical Research in Iowa.'' National Genealogical Society Quarterly 102 # 4 (December 2014): 263-306. FHL 973 B2ng   
Search all of the [https://familysearch.org/search/collection/location/51?region=United%20States%20of%20America Iowa record collections] at FamilySearch.
 
Marieta A. Grissom. ''Genealogical Research in Iowa.'' National Genealogical Society Quarterly 102 # 4 (December 2014): 263-306. FHL 973 B2ng   


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