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*[[Iowa Church Records| | These links will take you to wiki pages describing alternate sources for birth, marriage and death records. | ||
*[[Iowa Cemeteries| | |||
*[[Iowa Census| | *[[Iowa Church Records|Church Records]]: Depending on the denomination, church records may contain information about birth, marriage and death. | ||
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*[[Iowa | *[[Iowa Cemeteries|Cemetery Records]]: Cemetery records are a rich source of birth and death information. These records may also reveal family relationships. | ||
*[[Iowa Military Records| | |||
*[[Iowa | *[[Iowa Census|Census Records]]: Census records are a valuable source for birth and marriage information. You may also determine approximate time of death when the individual disappear from the census. This is a good place to begin a search. | ||
*[[Iowa Newspapers|Newspapers]]: Besides obituaries, local newspapers may contain birth and marriage announcements and death notices. Also check newspaper social columns for additional information. | |||
*[[Iowa Periodicals|Periodicals]]: Local genealogical and historical societies often publish periodicals which may contain abstracted early birth, marriage and death information. | |||
*[[Iowa Military Records|Military Records]]: Military pension records can give birth, marriage and death information, In addtion, soldiers' homes records can included this same information. | |||
*[[Iowa Probate Records|Probate Records]]: If no death record exists, probate records may be helpful in estimating when an individual has died. Probate records in the 20th Century often contain the exact death date. | |||
*[[Iowa History|History]]: Local histories, family histories and biographies can all be sources of birth, marriage and death information. Often this information is found in county-level records or in surname searches of the Family History Library catalog. | |||
== Family History Library == | == Family History Library == | ||
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