My name is Terry, and I'm the coordinator for Linn County.  I hope you enjoy your visit. We strive to update these pages regularly with local genealogical, biographical and historical information.

Welcome! Pour yourself a cup of coffee and make yourself at home.  I wish you luck in your searching, and hope you plan to come back often!

All data has been provided here free of charge due to the generous help of wonderful volunteers and individual researchers like yourself. So if you find our pages helpful, please consider donating some of the Linn County information you have found elsewhere that could be of help to others here (such as obituaries, photos, etc.).

If there is something you would like to see on this site, or if you have something to contribute, please contact me at:   .  (When filling out the pop-up E-mail form, please make sure that your own E-mail address is correct so we will be able to reply!)

In June 2008 Cedar Rapids experienced a devastating flood when the Cedar River crested more than 19 feet above flood stage, and more than 11 feet above any previous record. The Cedar Rapids Public Library, home to many of the historical and genealogical records of Linn County, was destroyed. Over 160,000 items, including fiction and non-fiction books, reference materials, microfilm, electronic materials, computers and much more were lost. For more information about the effects of the flood on the Cedar Rapids Public Library along with photos and a timeline of events during and after the flood, see this link: http://www.crlibrary.org/flood/index.html.

Other links of interest regarding the flood:
http://metro-studios.com/recovery/
http://www.ncsml.org/ (National Czech & Slovak Museum)

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Planning a trip to Linn County?
  Here are some helpful links ...

http://www.cedar-rapids.com/

http://www.easterniowatourism.org/index.asp

http://www.traveliowa.com/