1. Any items published before 1921.
2. Items published after 1921, with author's written permission Only.
3. Public domain records or documents.

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
• 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 (submit as a birth record)
  • Marriage announcements (submit as a marriage record)
  • 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
  • Divorce
  • Social Security
• WILLS

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

Volunteer File Managers Needed!
Please click here for more information if you are interested in volunteering