LINKS TO
USEFUL WEBSITES

    BIOGRAPHY

    http://uipress.lib.uiowa.edu/bdi/Default.aspx (Biographical Dictionary of Iowa. It has search capabilities and full text.)

    https://www.biography.com/ (Biography Website---bios of famous people)

    https://www.mccartneyhistory.org FAMILY WEB SITE of descendants of Ephraim McCartney and Ann Sanford. Settled in Wilton in mid-1850's.

    CEMETERY PRESERVATION

    http://sapiciowa.org/ (State Association For the Preservation of Iowa Cemeteries)

    CEMETERY, DEATH INDEX, GRAVESTONES

    https://www.cem.va.gov/hmm/ (US Department of Veterans Affairs, National Cemetery Administration)

    https://www.findagrave.com/ (FIND A GRAVE site)

    https://www.histopolis.com/ HISTOPOLIS is a free, collaborative source for genealogy and history information about people and places in the United States and Puerto Rico.

    https://www.jewishgen.org JEWISH GEN SITE (Search for your Jewish ancestors)

    https://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/ Online Worldwide Burial Registry Project site which includes over 1.76 million burial records from over 65 countries worldwide

    CENSUS

    http://iagenweb.org/census/ (IAGenWeb STATE CENSUS PROJECT)

    http://www.us-census.org/index.htm USGenWeb FEDERAL CENSUS PROJECT

    Iowa, Non-Population Census Schedules, 1850-1880 found on FamilySearch.org

    GENEALOGY COPYRIGHT

    http://www.interment.net/column/commentary/19990915.htm (Genealogy Copyrights)

    GENEALOGY MAGAZINES

    https://familytreemagazine.com/ (Family Tree Magazine)

    GENEALOGY SCAMS

    https://www.cyndislist.com/myths (Myths, Hoaxes and Scams----On Cyndi's List)

    HELPFUL GENEALOGY WEBSITES

    FamilySearch.org has databases that contain census, vital records and probates on line. Go to https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/list/ scroll down to the bottom of the page to the Browse all Publiched Collections and click on UNITED STATES, then select IOWA

    a href="https://raogk.org/ (Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness site )

    http://genealogy-terms/diseases/ (Name of Disease and what it means)

    http://images.google.com/ (Helps in finding photos on the Internet—just type in what you want to search)

    https://publiclibraries.com/state/iowa/ Listing of Iowa's libraries. It gives the city, library name, address, phone number, etc and a link if they have a web site.

    https://www.worldcat.org (Find which library owns a book that you are looking for.)

    HISTORICAL and GENEALOGICAL SOCIETIES

    https://history.iowa.gov/history (State Historical Society of Iowa)

    https://www.ngsgenealogy.org/ (Federation of Genealogical Societies)

    IMMIGRANT SHIPS and PASSENGER LISTS

    https://www.statueofliberty.org/discover/passenger-ship-search/ (Explore your family history at Ellis Island)

    http://www.theshipslist.com/ (List of ships that maybe brought over your ancestors)

    MAPS

    https://www.mapquest.com/ (MapQuest---to find a U.S. map)

    NEWSPAPERS

    http://iagenweb.org/iowaoldpress/newspaperIAlist.html (List of Free Iowa Newspaper Archives with Scanned Images)

    https://qctimes.com/tncms/xrds/ (Quad-City Times newspaper)

    https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/local/iowa/des-moines-area (The Des Moines Register Newspaper)

    https://muscatinejournal.com/tncms/xrds/ (Muscatine Journal Newspaper in Muscatine, Iowa)

    OBITUARIES

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_online_newspaper_archives (Newspaper archives for not just Iowa, includes other states and lots of foreign countries.

    POPULAR WEBSITES

    http://www.bing.com/translator/ (This site converts other languages to English and from English to other languages….Works for websites also….Just type in a URL for an website that is in German, and this site will convert it to English.)

    https://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/index.shtml (A very nice website with lots of links)

    https://www.familysearch.org/en/ (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints-----very good genealogy website.)

    https://www.cyndislist.com/ (This is the best genealogy website out there---over 116,000 links---it’s a MUST!!)

    https://www.loc.gov/ (Library of Congress website)

    https://www.cwgc.org/ (Commonwealth War Graves Commission)

    http://mayflowerhistory.com/ (Mayflowers Web Pages)

    PROFESSIONAL GENEALOGIST

    https://www.apgen.org/ (APG----Association of Professional Genealogists)

    http://www.google.com/ (Search Engine)

    http://www.searchforancestors.com/ (An Interactive Directory of 400 Genealogy Search Engines)

    USGenWeb AND RELATED LINKS

    http://usgenweb.org/ (The USGenWeb Project site)

    http://iagenweb.org/ (The IAGenWeb Project)

    http://iagenweb.org/state/archives.php (IAGenWeb Special Projects)

    http://iagenweb.org/state/links.htm (IAGenWeb links)

    http://usgwarchives.net/ (Search the USGenWeb Archives)

    http://iagenweb.org/state/jointeam.htm (The IAGenWeb Project----Join Our Team)

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