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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)