Iowa Genealogy at Ancestry

Last Updated on July 11, 2023 by Dennis

Ancestry is the largest provider of genealogy data online. The billions of records they provide have advanced genealogy online beyond imagination just a decade ago. The following is but a small sample of what they provide for Iowa genealogy at Ancestry. While some of these databases are free, many require a subscription. You can try a 14 day free trial and see if you can find any of your Iowa genealogy at Ancestry!

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Iowa Statewide Genealogy at Ancestry

• A Hand book of Iowa, or, The discovery, settlement, geographical location, topography, natural resources, geology, climatology,
• A Memorial and biographical record of Iowa
• A reference guide to Iowa history
• An Iowa program for study clubs
• An Iowa program for study clubs
• Augustin Ravoux, Minnesota and Iowa Reminiscences
• Autumn notes in Iowa
• Biographies and portraits of the progressive men of Iowa : leaders in business, politics and the professions : together with a
• Chicago, Illinois and Iowa Biographical Dictionary
• Fifty years in Iowa : being the personal reminiscences of J.M.D. Burrows, concerning the men and events, social life, industria
• Galland’s Iowa emigrant : containing a map, and general descriptions of Iowa Territory.
• Historical sketches of Iowa Baptists
• History and civil government of Iowa
• History and civil government of Iowa
• History of economic legislation in Iowa
• History of the constitutions of Iowa
• Illustrative maps of the boundary history of Iowa
• Iowa Biographical Dictionary, 1878
• Iowa Cemetery Records
• Iowa Census, 1838-70
• Iowa Day for the public schools of the state
• Iowa Gazetteer and Business Directory, 1884-1885
• Iowa History and Its Foremost Citizens
• Iowa History Up To the 20th Century
• Iowa Marriages to 1850
• Iowa Progressive Men
• Iowa state gazetteer : embracing descriptive and historical sketches of counties, cities, towns and villages, which include muc
• Iowa through the years
• Iowa welcomes you to the hospitality and beauties of the “Hawkeye State”
• Iowa, Births and Christenings Index, 1857-1947
• Iowa, die Heimath f
• Iowa, Marriages, 1851-1900
• Iowa, State Census Collection, 1836-1925
• Iowa, State Census, 1895
• Iowa, the rivers of her valleys
• Ioway to Iowa : the genesis of a corn and Bible commonwealth
• Men of Iowa : a collection of portraits of representative men in business, professional and official life in the great state of
• Northwestern Iowa
• One hundred topics in Iowa history
• One hundred topics in Iowa history
• Opinions of American historians on the work of the State Historical Society of Iowa : (from the letter files of the Society).
• Organization, purposes and activities of local historical societies in Iowa
• Pageantry for Iowa communities
• Provisions for membership in the State Historical Society of Iowa
• Recollections and sketches of notable lawyers and public men of early Iowa : belonging to the first and second generations, wit
• Reminiscences of early Congregationalism in Iowa
• Report of the second reunion of the Tri-State Old Settlers’ Association of Illinois, Missouri, and Iowa
• Sketches of Iowa and Wisconsin
• Some historic markers in Iowa
• Some information : the State Historical Society of Iowa.
• Some information: the State Historical Society of Iowa, January 1924
• Some information: the State Historical Society of Iowa, January 1942
• Some information: the State Historical Society of Iowa, January 1944
• Some information: the State Historical Society of Iowa, January 1948
• Some information: the State Historical Society of Iowa, January 1951
• Some information: the State Historical Society of Iowa, July 1930
• Some information: the State Historical Society of Iowa, September 1914
• Some information: the State Historical Society, October 1939
• State and local archaeological surveys : suggestions in method and technique
• State and local history in the high school
• Suggestions to local historians in Iowa
• The administration of Iowa
• The British in Iowa
• The Catholic sponsors of Iowa
• The debates of the Constitutional Convention of the state of Iowa, assembled at Iowa City, Monday, January 19, 1857 : being a f
• The government of Iowa
• The Hollanders of Iowa
• The Iowa handbook for 1856 : with a new and correct map
• The Iowa state almanac and statistical register
• The pioneers : a pageant of early Iowa
• The State Historical Society of Iowa membership list by counties and states : January, 1950.
• The State Historical Society of Iowa membership list by counties and states : January, 1952.
• Two hundred topics in Iowa history
• Web: Iowa Gravestones Index
• Web: Iowa, Find A Grave Index, 1838-2011

Iowa Military Data at Ancestry

• Biographical data and army record of old soldiers who have lived in O’Brien Co., Iowa
• Collection and preservation of the materials of war history : a patriotic service for public libraries, local history societies
• Iowa Civil War Soldier Burial Records
• Iowa in times of war
• Iowa Regiments in the Civil War
• Iowa Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines, 1885
• LDS Military Records, 1840-1847
• List of ex-soldiers, sailors and marines living in Iowa
• Muscatine County, Iowa Civil War Soldiers
• Recollections of field service with the Twentieth Iowa Infantry Volunteers, or, What I saw in the army : embracing accounts of

Miscellaneous Iowa data at Ancestry

• A record, history, biography, memory, pioneer times and peoples, Guthrie Center, Iowa
• A second report on the public archives
• Augustus Caesar Dodge : a study in American politics
• Die Deutschen von Iowa und deren Errungenschaften
• Family memories
• Fragments of the debates of the Iowa Constitutional Conventions of 1844 and 1846 : along with press comments and other material
• Henry Dodge
• History of the Minnesota Valley, including the Explorers and pioneers of Minnesota
• History of the Trappist abbey of New Melleray, in Dubuque County, Iowa
• James Harlan
• James Witham, Fifty Years on the Firing Line
• John Chambers
• Men and events of forty years : autobiographical reminiscences of an active career from 1850 to 1890
• Public archives
• Robert Lucas
• Saint Peter’s Parish, Keokuk, Iowa, 1832-1929 : a history
• Samuel Jordan Kirkwood
• Suggestions to public libraries and local historical societies relative to collecting and preserving materials of local history
• The lake region blue book and club directory of Spirit Lake and vicinity
• The legislation of the forty-fifth General Assembly of Iowa, extra session
• The legislation of the forty-fifth General Assembly of Iowa, regular session
• The State Historical Society of Iowa : an analysis
• The story of the Indian : a pageant of early Iowa
• Why should we observe the Indiana centennial?

Iowa County Specific Genealogy at Ancestry

• A Biographical record of Boone County, Iowa
• A Biographical record of Hamilton County, Iowa
• An illustrated history of Monroe County, Iowa : a complete civil, political, and military history of the county, from its earle
• Annals of Polk County, Iowa : and city of Des Moines
• Biographical and genealogical history of Appanoose and Monroe Counties, Iowa
• Biographical and historical record of Wayne and Appanoose Counties, Iowa : containing portraits of all the presidents of the Un
• Biographical history of Page County, Iowa : containing portraits of all the presidents of the United States from Washington to
• Biographical history of Shelby and Audubon Counties, Iowa : containing portraits of all the presidents of the United States fro
• Biographical review of Des Moines County, Iowa : containing biographical and genealogical sketches of many of the prominent cit
• Buena Vista County history, Iowa
• Butler and Bremer Counties, Iowa History
• Centennial history of Polk County, Iowa
• Cherokee County, Iowa
• Cherokee County, Iowa Biographical History, 1889
• Crawford County history, Iowa
• Des Moines County, Iowa Biographical Dictionary
• Dubuque County history, Iowa
• Franklin County history, Iowa
• Guthrian, The (Guthrie County, Iowa)
• Guthrie and Adair Counties, Iowa History
• History of Audubon County, Iowa : its people, industries, and institutions
• History of Buchanan County, Iowa : with illustrations and biographical sketches.
• History of Buchanan County, Iowa, and its people
• History of Decatur County, Iowa, and its people
• History of Emmet County and Dickinson County, Iowa : a record of settlement, organization, progress and achievement.
• History of Franklin County, Iowa : a record of settlement, organization, progress and achievement
• History of Iowa County, Iowa, and its people
• History of Jefferson County, Iowa : a record of settlement, organization, progress and achievement
• History of Marion County, Iowa, and its people
• History of Palo Alto County, Iowa
• History of Tama County, Iowa
• History of Taylor County, Iowa : containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, etc. : a biographical directory of many
• History of Taylor County, Iowa : from the earliest historic times to 1910
• History of Wapello County, Iowa
• Ida County Pioneer Record (Ida County, Iowa)
• Iowa, Pottawattamie County, Annotated Record of US Census, 1850
• Jasper County, Iowa 1892 Farmers Directory
• Johnson County history, Iowa
• Linn County, Iowa History, Volume II
• Linn County, Iowa, History to 1878
• Mahaska County, Iowa Biographical Dictionary, 1887
• Marriage records, Book 1, Kiowa Co. 0.T. (Okla.) : Sept. 9-4-1901-Feb. 2-22-1905
• Monroe County history, Iowa
• Page County history, Iowa
• Past and present of Allamakee County, Iowa : a record of settlement, organization, progress and achievement
• Past and present of Buena Vista County, Iowa
• Past and present of Fayette County, Iowa
• Past and present of Greene County, Iowa
• Past and present of Mahaska County, Iowa
• Past and present of O’Brien and Osceola Counties, Iowa
• Portrait and biographical album of Henry County, Iowa : containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent a
• Portrait and biographical album of Jackson County, Iowa : containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent
• Portrait and biographical album of Lee County, Iowa : containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and
• Portrait and biographical album of Muscatine County, Iowa : containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of promine
• Portrait and biographical album of Wapello County, Iowa : containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent
• Portrait and biographical album of Washington County, Iowa : containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of promin
• Ringgold County history, Iowa
• Sac Sun (Sac County, Iowa)
• Scott County history, Iowa
• Shelby and Audubon Counties, Iowa Biographical Dictionary
• Some aspects of the financial administration of Johnson County, Iowa
• The Biographical record of Clinton County, Iowa
• The first census of the original counties of Dubuque and Demoine (Iowa) taken in July, 1836
• The History of Delaware County, Iowa : containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, &c., a biographical directory of
• The History of Keokuk County, Iowa : containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, &c., a biographical directory of it
• The History of Linn County, Iowa : containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, &c., a biographical directory of its
• The History of Mahaska County, Iowa : containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, &c., a biographical directory of c
• The History of Wapello County, Iowa : containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, &c., a biographical directory of c
• Washington County, Iowa Biographical Dictionary
• Webster and Hamilton Counties, Iowa Biographical Record
• Woodbury and Plymouth Counties, Iowa History
• Woodbury County history, Iowa

Iowa Town Specific Genealogy at Ancestry

• Adams County Free Press (Corning, Iowa)
• Algona Kossuth County Advance (Algona, Iowa)
• Alton Democrat (Alton, Iowa)
• Ames Daily Tribune (Ames, Iowa)
• Ames Daily Tribune and Evening Times (Ames, Iowa)
• Antique Dubuque, 1673-1833
• Barometern (Sioux City, Iowa)
• Bayard Advocate (Bayard, Iowa)
• Bayard News (Bayard, Iowa)
• Boone Svenska Herald (Boone, Iowa)
• Boone, Iowa Directory, 1885-86
• Boyden Reporter (Boyden, Iowa)
• Bremer County Independent And Waverly Republican (Waverly, Iowa)
• Britt News Tribune, The (Britt, Iowa)
• Bulletin Journal (Independence, Iowa)
• Burlington Hawk Eye (Burlington, Iowa)
• Burlington Tri Weekly Hawk Eye (Burlington, Iowa)
• Burlington Weekly Hawkeye, The (Burlington, Iowa)
• Cedar Falls Gazette (Cedar Falls, Iowa)
• Cedar Rapids Republican (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)
• Centerville Times (Centerville, Iowa)
• Cherokee Daily Times (Cherokee, Iowa)
• Chief Advertiser (Perry, Iowa)
• Coe College Cosmos (Coe College, Iowa)
• Coe Cosmos (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)
• Correctionville News (Correctionville, Iowa)
• Cosmos (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)
• Council Bluffs Nonpareil (Council Bluffs, Iowa)
• Creston, Iowa Directory, 1889
• Daily Freeman Journal (Webster City, Iowa)
• Daily Iowa State Press (Iowa City, Iowa)
• Daily Leader (Davenport, Iowa)
• Daily State Press (Iowa City, Iowa)
• Davenport Daily Gazette (Davenport, Iowa)
• Davenport Daily Leader (Davenport, Iowa)
• Davenport Daily Republican (Davenport, Iowa)
• Davenport Daily Tribune (Davenport, Iowa)
• Davenport Democrat And Leader (Davenport, Iowa)
• Davenport Gazette (Davenport, Iowa)
• Davenport Morning Star (Davenport, Iowa)
• Davenport Morning Tribune (Davenport, Iowa)
• Davenport Weekly Gazette (Davenport, Iowa)
• Davenport Weekly Leader (Davenport, Iowa)
• Democratic Banner (Davenport, Iowa)
• Des Moines Daily Leader (Des Moines, Iowa)
• Des Moines, Iowa Directory, 1889-91
• Du Buque Visitor (Du Buque, Wisconsin Territory)
• Dyersville Commerrial (Dyersville, Iowa)
• Eldora Herald Ledger (Eldora, Iowa)
• Evening Journal Farm Edition (Washington, Iowa)
• Forest City Summit (Forest City, Iowa)
• Fort Dodge Messenger And Chronicle (Fort Dodge, Iowa)
• Fort Madison Evening Democrat (Fort Madison, Iowa)
• Fredericksburg News (Fredericksburg, Iowa)
• Gladbrook Tama Northern (Gladbrook, Iowa)
• Greene Recorder, The (Greene, Iowa)
• Grinnell Herald Register (Grinnell, Iowa)
• Hamburg Reporter, The (Hamburg, Iowa)
• Hampton Chronicle (Hampton, Iowa)
• Hardin County Index (Eldora, Iowa)
• Harlan Tribune (Harlan, Iowa)
• Hawk Eye (Burlington, Iowa)
• Hopkinton Leader (Hopkinton, Iowa)
• Hospers Tribune (Hospers, Iowa)
• Humboldt Republican (Humboldt, Iowa)
• Humeston Advocate (Humeston, Iowa)
• Independent, The (Hawarden, Iowa)
• Iowa City
• Iowa City Daily Citizen (Iowa City, Iowa)
• Iowa City Daily Press (Iowa City, Iowa)
• Iowa City Press Citizen (Iowa City, Iowa)
• Iowa City Volksfreund (Iowa City, Iowa)
• Iowa City, Iowa Semi-Centennial Directory, 1840-90
• Iowa Falls Citizen Hardin County Times (Iowa Falls, Iowa)
• Iowa Recorder, The (Greene, Iowa)
• Iowa State Press (Iowa City, Iowa)
• Ireton Ledger (Ireton, Iowa)
• Jackson Sentinel (Jackson, Iowa)
• Jackson Sentinel, The (Maquoketa, Iowa)
• Jefferson Bee, The (Jefferson, Iowa)
• Jewell Record (Jewell, Iowa)
• Knoxville Journal (Knoxville, Iowa)
• Kossuth County Advance (Algona, Iowa)
• La Porte City Progress (La Porte City, Iowa)
• La Porte City Progress Review (La Porte City, Iowa)
• La Porte City Review (La Porte City, Iowa)
• Lake City Graphic (Lake City, Iowa)
• Lake Park News (Lake Park, Iowa)
• Le Mars Daily News Sentinel (Le Mars, Iowa)
• Le Mars Daily Sentinel (Le Mars, Iowa)
• Le Mars Globe Post (Le Mars, Iowa)
• Le Mars Sentinel (Le Mars, Iowa)
• Lemars Semi Weekly Sentinel (Le Mars, Iowa)
• Leon Journal Record (Leon, Iowa)
• Lime Springs Herald (Lime Springs, Iowa)
• Lone Tree Reporter (Johnson, Iowa)
• Manchester Democrat Radio (Manchester, Iowa)
• Manning Monitor (Manning, Iowa)
• Marble Rock Journal (Marble Rock, Iowa)
• Marshall County Time (Marshall, Iowa)
• Mason City Globe Gazette (Mason City, Iowa)
• Maurice Times (Maurice, Iowa)
• Milford Mail (Milford, Iowa)
• Mineral Point Democrat (Mineral Point, Wisconsin)
• Morning Democrat (Davenport, Iowa)
• Mount Pleasant News, The (Mount Pleasant, Iowa)
• Mt Ayr Journal (Mount Ayr, Iowa)
• Mt Pleasant News (Mt Pleasant, Iowa)
• Muscatine, Iowa Directory, 1891-93
• North Iowa Times (McGregor, Iowa)
• Obrien County Bell (Primghar, Iowa)
• Ogden Reporter, The (Ogden, Iowa)
• Oskaloosa Daily Herald (Oskaloosa, Iowa)
• Ottumwa Daily Courier (Ottumwa, Iowa)
• Perry Pilot (Perry, Iowa)
• Pioneer Record (Ida Grove, Iowa)
• Plainfield News (Plainfield, Iowa)
• Prairie City Index (Prairie City, Iowa)
• Progress Review (La Porte City, Iowa)
• R.L. Polk & Co.’s Des Moines City and Valley Junction directory for the year commencing December 1, 1912 : containing an alpha
• R.L. Polk & Co.’s Des Moines City and Valley Junction directory for the year commencing December 1st, 1915
• Schaller Herald (Schaller, Iowa)
• Seventh edition of the Dubuque and Dubuque County directory, 1909 : containing an alphabetically arranged list of business firm
• Sioux Center News (Sioux Center, Iowa)
• Sioux City, Iowa Directories, 1889-90, 1892-93
• Sioux County Capital (Orange City, Iowa)
• Sioux County Index (Hull, Iowa)
• Sioux Valley News (Correctionville, Iowa)
• Spirit Lake Beacon (Spirit Lake, Iowa)
• State Press (Iowa City, Iowa)
• Story City Herald (Story City, Iowa)
• Terril Record (Terril, Iowa)
• The Appanoose Times (Centerville, Iowa)
• The Bulletin (Perry, Iowa)
• The Centerville Citizen (Centerville, Iowa)
• The Chief Reporter (Perry, Iowa)
• The Clinton Mirror (Clinton, Iowa)
• The Coe College Cosmos (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)
• The Correctionville Argus (Correctionville, Iowa)
• The Daily Citizen (Iowa City, Iowa)
• The Daily Gazette (Davenport, Iowa)
• The Daily Iowan (Iowa City, Iowa)
• The Davenport Democrat (Davenport, Iowa)
• The Davenport Democrat and Leader (Davenport, Iowa)
• The Davenport Leader (Davenport, Iowa)
• The Davenport Tribune (Davenport, Iowa)
• The Eldora Herald Ledger (Eldora, Iowa)
• The Evening Gazette (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)
• The Fairfield Daily Ledger (Fairfield, Iowa)
• The Grundy Register (Grundy Center, Iowa)
• The Harlan News Advertiser (Harlan, Iowa)
• The Hawarden Independent (Hawarden, Iowa)
• The Humeston New Era (Humeston, Iowa)
• The Iowa Citizen (Iowa City, Iowa)
• The Iowa City Citizen (Iowa City, Iowa)
• The Iowa Quest (Iowa City, Iowa)
• The Jefferson Herald (Jefferson, Iowa)
• The Kellogg Enterprise (Kellogg, Iowa)
• The Lime Springs Sun (Lime Springs, Iowa)
• The Marble Rock News (Greene, Iowa)
• The Monroe County News (Albia, Iowa)
• The Monticello Express (Monticello, Iowa)
• The Muscatine Journal (Muscatine, Iowa)
• The Nashua Reporter (Nashua, Iowa)
• The New Cosmos (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)
• The New Era (Humeston, Iowa)
• The New Hampton Tribune (New Hampton, Iowa)
• The Newton Daily News (Newton, Iowa)
• The Oelwein Daily Register (Oelwein, Iowa)
• The Osceola Sentinel (Osceola, Iowa)
• The Perry Advertiser (Perry, Iowa)
• The Perry Bulletin (Perry, Iowa)
• The Perry Chief (Perry, Iowa)
• The Perry Daily Chief (Perry, Iowa)
• The Reporter (Perry, Iowa)
• The Republican And Times (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)
• The Ruthven Free Press (Ruthven, Iowa)
• The Sheldon Mail (Sheldon, Iowa)
• The Sioux City Sunday Journal (Sioux City, Iowa)
• The Spencer Daily Reporter (Spencer, Iowa)
• The Sun Herald (Lime Springs, Iowa)
• The Times Plain Dealer (Cresco, Iowa)
• The Weekly Citizen (Centerville, Iowa)
• The Weekly Hawk Eye (Burlington, Iowa)
• The Wyoming Journal (Wyoming, Iowa)
• Tri-City Star (Davenport, Iowa)
• Waterloo Daily Courier (Waterloo, Iowa)
• Waterloo Sunday Courier (Waterloo, Iowa)
• Weekly Hawk Eye And Telegraph (Burlington, Iowa)
• Weekly Times (Dubuque, Iowa)
• Wellman Advance (Wellman, Iowa)
• West Bend Journal (West Bend, Iowa)
• Winterset Madisonian (Winterset, Iowa)
• Winthrop News (Winthrop, Iowa)
• Wisconsin Tribune (Mineral Point, Wisconsin)
• Wright County Monitor (Clarion, Iowa)