USEFUL WEBSITES
Submitted by Lynn McCleary, March 2, 2017
BIOGRAPHY
http://uipress.lib.uiowa.edu/bdi/ (Biographical Dictionary of Iowa. It has search capabilities and full text.)
https://www.biography.com/ (Biography Website---bios of famous people)
CEMETERY PRESERVATION
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~iasapc/ (STATE ASSOCIATION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF IOWA CEMETERIES) SAPIC
CEMETERIES, DEATH INDEXES, GRAVESTONES
http://www.interment.net/Default.htm (Cemetery Transcription Library)
https://www.cem.va.gov/hmm/ (US Department of Veterans Affairs, National Cemetery Administration)
https://www.iowacivilwarmonuments.com/ (Photos of Civil War monuments and memorials according to County).
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)https://www.us-census.org/index.htm USGenWeb FEDERAL CENSUS PROJECT
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
https://www.familysearch.org/en/ (Family Search Learning Center which has databases that contain census, vital records and probates on line )
http://genealogy-quest.com/glossary-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.
HISTORICAL and GENEALOGICAL SOCIETIES
https://history.iowa.gov/history (State Historical Society of Iowa)
https://ilgensoc.org/ (The Illinois State Genealogical Society Website)https://www.ngsgenealogy.org/ (Federation of Genealogical Societies)
IMMIGRANT SHIPS and PASSENGER LISTS
http://www.theshipslist.com/ (List of ships that maybe brought over your ancestors)
MAPS
https://maps.lib.utexas.edu/maps/histus.html
(Historical Maps of the USA)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.
https://www.arrangeonline.com/ (National Obituary Archive)
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)
https://bcgcertification.org/ (Board for Certification of Genealogists)
http://www.google.com/ (Search Engine)
http://www.searchforancestors.com/ (An Interactive Directory of 400 Genealogy Search Engines)
TELEPHONE DIRECTORIES
https://www.superpages.com/ (This is a White and Yellow Pages Telephone Directory)
USGENWEB AND RELATED LINKS
http://www.usgenweb.org/ (The USGenWeb Project site)
http://iagenweb.org/ (The IAGenWeb Project)
http://iagenweb.org/state/archives.php (Iowa GenWeb Special Projects)
http://iagenweb.org/state/links.htm (IAGenWeb links)
http://iagenweb.org/state/countygrid.htm (IAGenWeb Genealogy Message Boards)
http://usgwarchives.net/ (Search the USGenWeb Archives)
http://iagenweb.org/state/jointeam.htm (The Iowa GenWeb Project----Join Our Team)
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