The African American Museum of Iowa is the only statewide museum devoted to preserving African American history and culture. Our mission includes exhibiting and teaching the African American heritage of Iowa. We educate over 30,000 people each year through museum tours, traveling exhibits, research services, youth and adult education programs, and community and fundraising events. Visit the museum to see our collection and exhibits that trace Iowa’s African American history from its origins to the present.

Ancestry message boards on surname, locality and topic. Most of the records and the digital census images require a subscription. If you do not have a personal addition, as a MEMBER of IGS you have access to the Library Addition. The difference is personalization. You cannot create personal trees, add documents, add photos or communicate with other members, but you have access to all documents.

A German to English translator.

FamilySearch.org wiki has a hidden gem for the county research information. This will give you all kinds of facts and statistics. Scroll down and click on the county through the map or alphabetical listing.

Cyndi's List has been a trusted genealogy research site for more than 25 years. Cyndi's List is free for everyone to use and it is meant to be your starting point when researching online with over 317,000 links.

I list of searchable death indexes listed by state then sites. If you go to the bottom of the page there are other index list.

This searchable database has more than 22 million names from 1892 to 1924, prior to this try Castle Gardens.

Genealogy research can be complex and complicated if you’re not sure where to start, but the great thing about it is that there are many resources that are focused on specific countries that your family may be from. For this list, we’ve put together resources and information about 46 different countries, so you can easily get started.

General Land Office Records is a searchable database of federal land conveyance records of public land states. Also has image access for federal land title records for Eastern Public Land States. This site does not include the original colonies and territories.

Illinois State Archives. Searchable databases include marriages, veterans, public land sales, death index and several county specific databases.

The State Historical Society of Iowa has been a trustee of Iowa’s historical legacy since 1857. With a dual mission of preservation and education, it maintains a museum, two research centers, preservation office, and eight historic sites. The society preserves and provides access to Iowa’s historical resources through a variety of statewide programs, exhibitions and projects while serving as an advocate for Iowa’s past and connector to the future.

Iowa GenWeb has a lot of information and projects also it will have a list and map to the county sites.

Croeso To The Iowa Welsh Society's Website The purpose of the Society is to foster interest in the culture, history and language of Wales. We seek to encourage fellowship between people of Welsh descent and those interested in Wales and Welsh life, to preserve the history of the American-Welsh in Iowa and to establish connections with other Welsh-American organizations. In 1993 members of the Iowa Welsh Society realized that the current generations of Welsh in Iowa were the last to remember the immigrant Welsh families who were their parents and grandparents. With the purpose of preserving these remembrances, a committee was formed. It proposed collecting oral histories and was awarded some financial support from the Iowa Humanities Board and the Iowa Welsh Society. Members of the project committee worked on a volunteer basis from the summer of 1994 to conduct the interviews and bring the interview material together for the book titled THE WELSH WAY-ORAL HISTORY OF THE LONG CREEK WELSH COMMUNITY IN IOWA

The Italian American Cultural Center’s museum showcases countless authentic displays that honor our ancestors and preserve our heritage.

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. IGS is a FamilySearch Affiliate Library where you can search the card catalog, ancestral file, IGI, Social Security death index, vital records index, pedigree resource file, or most of the other collections on FamilySearch.org.

Library of Congress. American Memory online collection of over 7 million images.

The Library of Virginia includes a great many online images-bible records, land patents and grants, etc.

Lisa Louise Cooke’s Genealogy Gems. Free videos, webinars and articles on getting started with genealogy and family history research

Mid-Continent Public Library, Kansas City The Midwest Genealogy Center (MGC) is one of the United States' preeminent resources for family history, providing access to almost three-quarters of a million on-site materials. MGC features 52,000 square feet of space that houses all of the free resources needed to research your family history. MGC’s collections offer resources for genealogy research that span the United States and countries around the world. MGC also houses a uniquely expansive circulating collection and almost completely open stacks. You’ll find access to databases, scanning and digitization stations, oral history recording kits, microfilm reader scanners, and more.

The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is the nation's record keeper. Of all documents and materials created in the course of business conducted by the United States federal government, only 1%-3% are so important for legal or historical reasons that they are kept by us forever. Those valuable records are preserved and are available to you, whether you want to see if they contain clues about your family’s history, need to prove a veteran’s military service, or are researching a historical topic that interests you.

Pennsylvania State Archives. Includes digital images of Revolutionary War military abstract card file, World War I service medal application cards, Spanish American War Veteran’s Card file of US Volunteers.

A great many mailing lists are hosted by Rootsweb, also surname message boards.

The State Association for the Preservation of Iowa Cemeteries was formed in 1996 as a result of legislation that allowed for each of the 99 counties to create a County Cemetery Commission. The focus of these Commissions was to rescue untended pioneer graves and cemeteries and to take responsibility for the upkeep of such sites. May is proclaimed Cemetery Appreciation Month each year by the Governor of the State of Iowa.

The Ancestor Hunt website was created to basically “Help people find stuff.” In a nutshell, we find links to Free Online Collections, so you don’t have to. And we create Quick Reference Guides to help researchers know where to look (and what to look for) in order to find all kinds of genealogical materials. What started as 10,000 links to Free Online Newspaper Titles in 2014 has blossomed to over 240,000 in 24 different Genealogy Record Collection categories.

USGenWeb's aim is to have links to every state and county. Also has several volunteer transcription projects. There are many indexed records for counties and statewide. Not all counties have a coordinator so they may have limited information.

Online worldcat catalog for books and manuscripts.