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*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7762 Iowa History Up To the 20th Century] ($), index. | *[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7762 Iowa History Up To the 20th Century] ($), index. | ||
Local history books for [[Iowa Genealogy|Iowa]]’s counties, cities, and towns contain biographical and historical information. Some have information on families back to the 1600s. The information about individuals may include age, birth date, birthplace, county origins and boundaries, death information, divorce, ethnicity, historical background, immigration date, names of living relatives, wife’s maiden name, marriage information, naturalization information, occupation, parents’ names, | Local history books for [[Iowa, United States Genealogy|Iowa]]’s counties, cities, and towns contain biographical and historical information. Some have information on families back to the 1600s. The information about individuals may include age, birth date, birthplace, county origins and boundaries, death information, divorce, ethnicity, historical background, immigration date, names of living relatives, wife’s maiden name, marriage information, naturalization information, occupation, parents’ names, children's names, names of other family members, place of previous residence, religion, and information about social activities. | ||
== Timeline == | == Timeline == | ||
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*'''1846''': Latter-day Saint settlements include Garden Grove in Decatur County, settlement near Osceola in Clark County, eastern part of Union county, southwest part of Cass County; southern part of Mills County; and Kanesville (now Council Bluffs). | *'''1846''': Latter-day Saint settlements include Garden Grove in Decatur County, settlement near Osceola in Clark County, eastern part of Union county, southwest part of Cass County; southern part of Mills County; and Kanesville (now Council Bluffs). | ||
*'''28 December 1846''': Iowa, with its present boundaries, became a [http://www.iptv.org/iowapathways/mypath.cfm?ounid=ob_000124 state]. | *'''28 December 1846''': Iowa, with its present boundaries, became a [http://www.iptv.org/iowapathways/mypath.cfm?ounid=ob_000124 state]. | ||
*'''August 1847''': About 1,000 Hollanders under the direction fo Henry Peter Scholte settled northeast part of Marion County,now town of Pella. They came from Utrecht, Leerdam, Noordeloos, Amsterdam and other cities in Holland. | *'''August 1847''': About 1,000 Hollanders under the direction fo Henry Peter Scholte settled northeast part of Marion County, now town of Pella. They came from Utrecht, Leerdam, Noordeloos, Amsterdam and other cities in Holland. | ||
*'''1850–60''': The population of Iowa nearly tripled as immigrants poured in from the older midwestern states and Europe. | *'''1850–60''': The population of Iowa nearly tripled as immigrants poured in from the older midwestern states and Europe. | ||
*'''Summer of 1854''': Cholera epidemic raged through midwestern states and a severe drought in Ohio in the summer of 1854 brought more than 150,000 home seekers to Iowa. | *'''Summer of 1854''': Cholera epidemic raged through midwestern states and a severe drought in Ohio in the summer of 1854 brought more than 150,000 home seekers to Iowa. | ||
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*[http://publications.iowa.gov/135/1/history/7-1.html#text1 History of Iowa] <ref>''History of Iowa'', Dorothy Schwieder, professor of history, Iowa State University </ref>is an excellent article in the IOWA OFFICIAL REGISTER. | *[http://publications.iowa.gov/135/1/history/7-1.html#text1 History of Iowa] <ref>''History of Iowa'', Dorothy Schwieder, professor of history, Iowa State University </ref>is an excellent article in the IOWA OFFICIAL REGISTER. | ||
*[http://iagenweb.org/history/ Iowa History] | *[http://iagenweb.org/history/ Iowa History] | ||
*[http://www.iptv.org/iowapathways/default.cfm Iowa Pathways] is a great way to explore Iowa with | *[http://www.iptv.org/iowapathways/default.cfm Iowa Pathways] is a great way to explore Iowa with its informative articles. | ||
*[http://www.iowahistory.org/ State Historical Society of Iowa] | *[http://www.iowahistory.org/ State Historical Society of Iowa] | ||
*[http://www.uiowa.edu/~osa/learn/historic/hisper.htm The Historic Period of Iowa] | *[http://www.uiowa.edu/~osa/learn/historic/hisper.htm The Historic Period of Iowa] | ||