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Online Cemetery Resources for Iowa
Tombstone Transcriptions Online	Find-A-Grave.com Find a Grave Index at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current at Ancestry BillionGraves BillionGraves Index at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection BillionGraves Index at Findmypast ($) United States, Cemetery Abstracts, 1949-1969 at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection Iowa Cemetery Records at AccessGenealogy Iowa Cemetery Records at Ancestry ($) Iowa Cemetery Records at Interment Iowa Gravestone Photo Project at Iowa Gravestones Iowa Tombstone Transcription Project at USGenWeb Transcription Project Iowa Graves Survey at Iowa WPA Graves Online Iowa Obituary and Cemetery Indexes at DeathIndexes
List of Cemeteries in the State	The usage of "Mormon" and "LDS" on this page is approved according to current policy. Iowa Cemeteries at Find-A-Grave BillionGraves — type Iowa in the search box. FamilySearch Places Iowa Cemeteries at Hometown Locator Iowa Cemeteries at I Dream of Genealogy Iowa Cemeteries at LDSGenealogy
Jewish Cemeteries	Jewish Cemeteries in Iowa at Find-A-Grave Hebrew Cemeteries in Iowa at Find-A-Grave Iowa Jewish Cemetery Project at International Jewish Cemetery Project JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry at Ancestry - grave search JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry by JewishGen Click the USA folder, State folder, City folder and cemetery name
Military Cemeteries	Keokuk National Cemetery — Find-A-Grave BillionGraves Oakdale Memorial Gardens, Soldiers' Lot — Find-A-Grave BillionGraves Iowa Veterans Cemetery — Find-A-Grave BillionGraves Iowa Veterans Home Cemetery — Find-A-Grave BillionGraves Iowa Civil War Soldier Burial Records at Ancestry For more military burial databases.

Additional Resources at the FamilySearch Library

To find cemetery records for Iowa in the FamilySearch Catalog follow these steps:

1. Go to the FamilySearch Catalog
2. Enter: Iowa in the Place box
3. Click on: Search
4. Click on: Cemeteries

To search for cemeteries at the county level follow directions below

1. Go to the FamilySearch Catalog
2. Enter: Iowa in the Place box
3. Click on: Search
4. Click on: Cemeteries
5. Click on: Places within Iowa
6. Click on the county you want to search
7. Click on: Cemeteries

To search for cemeteries at the town level, follow directions below.

1. Go to the FamilySearch Catalog
2. Enter: Iowa in the Place box
3. Click on: Search
4. Click on: Cemeteries
5. Click on: Places within Iowa
6. Click on the county you want to search
7. Click on Places within United States, Iowa, county name
8. Click on the town you want to search
9. Click on: Cemeteries

Additional Resources

• Iowa cemetery and grave records by Grave Registration Project of the W.P.A. and D.A.R.
• Iowa Cemeteries
• DAR Library Catalog has cemetery books. Do a keyword search for Iowa cemetery.
• Worldcat.org - Do a search for Iowa Cemetery.

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