| Resource Link | Resource Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 23andMe | DNA | In addition to ancestry estimates, 23andMe specializes in health-related traits related to your genes. |
| African American Museum of Iowa | Heritage | An on-line collection of the history and culture of Iowa's African-American community. |
| Ancestry | Paid Search | An expensive, but comprehensive search tool provided by a company based in Salt Lake City, Utah. Two-week free trial, and free membership also useful. |
| Ancestry | DNA | The power DNA is unleashed for genealogy research when it is linked to a database of ancestry files. So if you have a large database (or someone else does) of your relatives, DNA can help you find more. |
| Bureau of Land Management - General Land Office Records | Specialized Searches | Search for Land Patents issued by the federal government. |
| Chickasaw County Tourism | General Interest | Cultural sites and events in Chickasaw County. |
| Ellis Island Passenger Lists | Specialized Searches | The Port of New York Passenger Records 1820 - 1957 contains the passenger lists of almost 65 million immigrants, passengers, and crew members who came through Ellis Island and the Port of New York from 1820 to 1957. |
| Family Search | Free Search | A comprehensive search tool provided by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (LDS). |
| Family Tree Builder | Software | Tied to MyHeritage database, which should be a good thing, but gets very expensive very fast as your database grows Free and just fine for a small family tree. |
| Family Tree Maker | Software | Used to be the gold standard in genealogy software but Ancestry stopped supporting it in 2017 and Software MacKiev took it over. Now seems to be more trouble than it's worth, at least for large databases. |
| Find-a-Grave | Gravesite Locators | World-wide, allows for multiple photos. |
| findmypast | Specialized Searches | Focuses on British and Irish families. Offers a 14-day free trial, but expensive. |
| GENUKI - UK & Ireland Genealogy | Heritage | Genealogical information of relevance to the UK and Ireland. A non-commercial service, maintained by a charitable trust and a group of volunteers. |
| Google, etc. | Free Search | Don't forget the basics. |
| Hollanders In Iowa | Heritage | A 453-page book written in 1912 and transcribed in 2003. Copyrighted. |
| IAGenWeb | Free Search | Search your own county and its neighbors; go back from time to time because data continues to be added. |
| Iowa "Ghost Towns" | General Interest | Link is for Chickasaw County. |
| Iowa Gravestone Photo Project | Gravesite Locators | Thorough and reliable, but limited to Iowa and to one photo per gravestone. |
| Irish In Iowa | Heritage | An attempt to help find the birthplaces of Irish emigrants who came to Iowa. |
| Legacy Family Tree | Software | Standard edition is distributed as freeware. |
| Library of Congress | Digitized Newspapers | Chronicling America provides access to information about historic newspapers. An Internet-based, searchable database of U.S. newspapers. |
| MyHeritage | Paid Search | Also expensive, full-featured alternative to Ancestry. |
| MyHeritage | DNA | MyHeritage will allow you to upload the data from a test you have had from another site. |
| National Archives | Specialized Searches | Includes census, military, immigration, naturalization, and land records. |
| Obituary Searches | Specialized Searches | Most newspapers publish obituaries. Some have websites with searchable records of recent obituaries. Link is a Chickasaw County example only. |
| Obituary Subscriptions | General Interest | Funeral homes often have free subscription services that will send you notices when obituaries are published. Link is a Chickasaw County example only. |
| On this Day in History | General Interest | Enter a date to see what the website considers the news of that day. For example, on the day I was born, the site indicates that the first private detective TV series was to premiere the next day, and that Legos were the hot new toy on the market. |
| Roots Magic | Software | Not free, but inexpensive and essential for any extensive genealogy research. Version 8 is expected to be released soon. |
| Veterans Administration Gravesite Locator | Gravesite Locators | Search for the gravesites of U. S. military veterans. |
| WikiTree | Free Search | Free and growing. You can start by uploading a gedcom, but if you upload more than one you can create hard to edit duplicates. |
Page created September 13, 2019 by County Coordinator Bruce Kuennen.