a digital library of The USGenWeb Archives Project
Submitting
Information
We have some great forms at
http://www.genrecords.net/iafiles/
that you can use to send in your information.
What kind of data is accepted for the USGenWeb Iowa Archives?
- Any items published before 1921.
- Items published after 1921, with author's written permission Only.
- 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
- 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:
- WILLS
To Submit Your Iowa Files