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All submitter's names and e-mail addresses  (when given)  are listed on the individual files. If you find something useful,  please send a thank-you to the submitter.
 
The IAGenWeb Archives Project makes no claims or estimates of the validity of the information submitted and reminds you that each new piece of information must be researched and proved or disproved by weight of evidence.

To Submit Your Iowa Files

Please read the instructions and rules before submitting files then send your files to Iowa Archives File Manager at The File Manager or use the forms at http://www.genrecords.net/iafiles/

What kind of data is accepted for the USGenWeb Iowa Archives?

  1. Any items published before 1921.
  2. Items published after 1921, with author's written permission Only.
  3. Public domain records or documents, for example those you've gotten from the courthouse or federal government.

Examples of records you may find in the public domain:

  • BIBLE RECORDS
  • CEMETERIES:
    • Headstone transcriptions
      (WPA or that you have personally walked and recorded)
    • Caretaker's records
    • Burial records
  • CENSUS RECORDS
    • Federal
    • State
  • CHURCH RECORDS:
    • Membership lists
    • Baptisms
    • Marriages
  • COURT RECORDS:
    • County
    • Federal
    • Civil
    • Circuit
    • Probate
  • DIARIES/JOURNALS
  • EDUCATIONAL:
    • School histories
    • Newsletters
    • School census'
    • Yearbooks
  • LAND RECORDS:
    • Deeds/grants
    • Land transfers
    • Federal land grants
    • Surveyor's records
    • Plat Books
  • LOCAL DIRECTORIES:
    • Phone books
    • Old county and city directories
  • LOCAL HISTORIES
  • MILITARY RECORDS:
    • Rosters
    • Muster rolls
    • Service records
    • Pension applications
  • NEWSPAPERS:
    • Birth announcements
    • Marriage announcements
    • Obituaries
    • Local events
  • OCCUPATIONAL:
    • Mining inspector's reports
    • Accident reports
    • Railroad reports
    • Company newsletters
  • PRISON RECORDS
  • TAX RECORDS:
    • Local
    • Land
    • Property
    • State
    • Federal
  • VITAL RECORDS:
    • Marriage
    • Birth
    • Death
  • WILLS


The State file manager is: Debra Crosby The Registry - (Temporary)

Click here or here to transcribe and send in your records!
Or submit files for Iowa directly to: The File Manager listed above.

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