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 == Iowa Research Strategies  ==
-Below are links to different research strategy pages to help you locate your ancestors in Iowa:br>
+Below are links to different research strategy pages to help you locate your ancestors in Iowa<br>
-===Finding Iowa Birth, Marriage or Death Records===
 *[[GuidedResearch:Iowa|Finding Iowa Births, Marriages, and Deaths using Guided Research]]
+*[[Iowa Online Genealogy Records|Iowa Online Genealogy Records]]
-===Finding Iowa Records===
+*[[How to Find Iowa Birth Records|How to find Iowa Birth Records]]
-*[[Iowa Record Finder|Iowa Record Finder]]
+*[[How to Find Iowa Marriage Records|How to find Iowa Marriage Records]]
+*[[How to Find Iowa Death Records|How to find Iowa Death Records]]
-===Iowa Statewide Databases===
-*[[Iowa Online Genealogy Records|Iowa Online Genealogy Records]]
-===Iowa Research Process===
 *[[Step-by-Step Iowa Research, 1880-Present]]
 *[[Step-by-Step Iowa Research, 1850-1910]]
 *[[Iowa Descendancy Research]]
-*[[How to Find Iowa Birth Records|How to find Iowa Birth Records]]
+*[[Iowa Record Finder|Iowa Record Finder]]
-*[[How to Find Iowa Marriage Records|How to find Iowa Marriage Records]]
+*[http://files.lib.byu.edu/family-history-library/research-outlines/US/Iowa.pdf Iowa Family History Library Research Outline]
-*[[How to Find Iowa Death Records|How to find Iowa Death Records]]
 == Iowa Research Tips  ==
-These tips will help you as you research your ancestors in Iowa:
+These tips will help you as you research your ancestors in Iowa.
-'''Birth and Death information:'''<br>
+*'''Birth information:''' Statewide registration of births began in July 1, 1880 in Iowa and was generally complied with by 1924. A helpful substitute record to find birth information is a death record. However, date and place of birth on a death record is considered secondary information, as it was not recorded at the time of the birth event. The birth information should be corroborated with other [[Substitute Records For United States Birth Information|substitute records]] to improve accuracy.
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+*'''Finding Parents:''' Statewide registration of deaths began in 1899 in Iowa; however, general compliance did not begin until 1917. They often will list the parents of the deceased and their birth information. [[How to Find United States Death Records|Search Iowa death records]]
-*'''''Statewide registration:''''' The state began registering births and deaths in July 1, 1880 , with full compliance by 1924.
+*'''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]].
-*'''''County regististration:''''' The county did not register births or deaths before the state began in 1880.
-*'''''Access to records:''''' See [[Iowa Vital Records]] for more information about birth, marriages, and deaths in Iowa.
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-'''Substitute Records:'''
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-*'''''Secondary source:''''' Substitute records are used when primary sources do not exist for an event, such as birth, marriage, and deaths. Secondary sources list information about the event but they were not recorded at the time of the event and they are not an official record of the event.
-*'''''Accuracy:''''' Because the information about an event in substitute records was not the official recording of the event (such as, cemetery or obituary records) inaccuracy may occur. Use other substitute records to help varify information.
-*'''''List of substitute records:''''' See [[Iowa Substitute Records|Iowa Substitute Records]] for more information.
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-'''Finding Parents:'''
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-*'''''Death records:''''' Death records created by the county starting in 1882 may contain parents of the deceased. However, state recorded deaths required birth and parent information. Information is only as accurate as a grieving relative remembers.
-*'''''Obituaries:''''' Official obituaries can also include the names of parents and other family members. See [[Iowa Newspapers]] and [[Iowa Obituaries]] for more information.
-*'''''Church records:''''' Knowing the denominiation of the church the family belonged to helps in locating information about the parents. See [[Iowa Church Records]] for more information.
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-'''Census Records:'''
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-*'''''Check all census years:''''' Always look for your ancestor in every possible census to learn more about them and their family members. See [[Iowa Census|Iowa Census Records]] for more information.
-*'''''Clues to other records:''''' There are clues in censuses regarding immigration, naturalization, and occupation that can lead to other records.
-*'''''Finding families:''''' Starting in 1850, all members of the household were listed in the census. By 1880, relationship to the head of household was added.
-== Further Iowa Research  ==
+==Further Iowa Research ==
-*[http://files.lib.byu.edu/family-history-library/research-outlines/US/Iowa.pdf Iowa Family History Library Research Outline]
 *[https://iagenweb.org/ IAGenWeb] - Iowa GenWeb Project
 *[http://genealogytrails.com/iowa/ Iowa Genealogy Trails] - collection of transcribed data for the state of Iowa