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| === Iowa Research Strategies ===
| | == Iowa Research Strategies == |
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| 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> |
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| | *[[GuidedResearch:Iowa|Guided Research]] |
| *[[Iowa Online Genealogy Records|Iowa Online Genealogy Records]] | | *[[Iowa Online Genealogy Records|Iowa Online Genealogy Records]] |
| *[[How to Find Iowa Birth Records|How to find Iowa Birth Records]] | | *[[How to Find Iowa Birth Records|How to find Iowa Birth Records]] |
| *[[How to Find Iowa Marriage Records|How to find Iowa Marriage Records]] | | *[[How to Find Iowa Marriage Records|How to find Iowa Marriage Records]] |
| *[[How to Find Iowa Death Records|How to find Iowa Death Records]] | | *[[How to Find Iowa Death Records|How to find Iowa Death Records]] |
| | *[[Step-by-Step Iowa Research, 1880-Present]] |
| | *[[Iowa Descendancy Research]] |
| | *[[Iowa Record Finder|Iowa Record Finder]] |
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| === Iowa Research Tips ===
| | == Iowa Research Tips == |
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| These tips will help you as you research your ancestors in Iowa. | | These tips will help you as you research your ancestors in Iowa. |
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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]] | | *'''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]] |
| *'''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]]. |
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| === Iowa Record Finder ===
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| 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 [[Iowa Record Finder]].'''
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| *[[How to Find Iowa Birth Records|Birth records]]
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| *[[How to Find Iowa Death Records|Death records]]
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| *[[Iowa Obituaries|Obituaries]]
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| *[[Iowa Church Records|Church records]]
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| *[[Iowa Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
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| *[[Iowa Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
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| *[[Iowa Bible Records|Bible records]]
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| *[[Iowa Military Records|Military records]]
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| *[[How to Find Iowa Marriage Records|Marriage records]]
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| *[[Iowa Obituaries|Obituaries]]
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| *[[Iowa Church Records|Church records]]
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| *[[Iowa Probate Records|Probate records]]
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| *[[How to Find Iowa Death Records|Death Records]]
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| *[[How to Find Iowa Birth Records|Birth records]]
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| *[[How to Find Iowa Death Records|Death records]]
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| *[[Iowa Obituaries|Obituaries]]
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| *[[Iowa Census|Census]]
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| *[[Iowa Church Records|Church records]]
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| *[[Iowa Obituaries|Obituaries]]
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| *[[Iowa Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
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| *[[Iowa Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
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| *[[Iowa Voting Records|Voting Records]]
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| *[[Iowa Biography|Biography]]
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| *[[Iowa Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906) (after 1906)
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| *[[Iowa Biography|Biography]]
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| *[[Iowa History|History]]
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| === Further Iowa Research ===
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| *'''Remember, for a more complete Record Finder, covering additional research needs, see [[Iowa Record Finder]].'''
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| *For online record collections, go to [[Iowa Online Genealogy Records|'''Iowa Online Genealogy Records.''']]
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| *For more research on Iowa, including research at the county level, visit the [[Iowa, United States Genealogy|'''Iowa''']] page on the Research Wiki.
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| *Search all of the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/location/51?region=United%20States%20of%20America Iowa record collections] at FamilySearch.
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| *Marieta A. Grissom. ''Genealogical Research in Iowa.'' National Genealogical Society Quarterly 102 # 4 (December 2014): 263-306. FS Library 973 B2ng
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| [[Category:Iowa Research Strategies]] | | [[Category:Iowa Research Strategies]] |
| [[Category:United States Research Strategies]] | | [[Category:United States Research Strategies]] |
| [[Category:Research Tips and Strategies]] | | [[Category:Research Tips and Strategies]] |