Genealogy Websites
Last updated 12 April 2023
Below are genealogical related websites that you may find useful in your search for family history. Listed by category are the websites Name and URL, description and indication as to whether the site is free or requires a subscription.
Cemeteries
Iowa Gravestone Photo Project - Records & pictures for cemeteries and individuals from all the Iowa Counties (Free)
Find-A-Grave - View and add records & pictures for cemeteries and individuals from around the world (Free)
Civil War
Soldiers and Sailors Database - Contains information about the men who served in the Union and Confederate armies during the Civil War; histories of Union and Confederate regiments; links to descriptions of significant battles; and selected lists of prisoner-of-war records and cemetery records (Free)
Gateways
USGenWeb Project - Provides a gateway to websites for genealogical research in every county and every state of the United States (Free)
IAGenWeb Project - Provides a gateway to websites for genealogical research in every county in Iowa and other projects, including Gravestone Photo Project, Genealogy Boards, etc (Free)
Immigration
Ellis Island Passenger Search - Database of 25 million arrival records and over 900 ships of passage pictures in the Ellis Island Archives from 1892 through 1924. You can see the handwritten, original ship manifest (Free)
Castle GardenDatabase of information on immigrants before Ellis Island. (Free)
Newspapers
Newspaper Archives On-Line - Listing of digital on-line newspapers that are available from the United States and other countries. (Free and some are pay)
Iowa Old Press (IAGenWeb Project) - Articles from old Iowa newspapers (Free)
Various
Ancestry.com - Network of genealogical and historical record websites focused on the United States and nine foreign countries with access to approximately 11 billion records, and 40 million family trees (Often Free at Libraries or requires paid subscription)
Family Search (Latter Day Saints) - Search millions of historical records, including the catalog, books, genealogies, and the Wiki (Free). See their catalog collection for Washington County, IA
Washington County IAGenWeb - Washington County, Iowa website for genealogy research includes query boards, special projects, vital records, area history, etc. (Free)
Cindi’s List - A comprehensive, categorized & cross-referenced list of links that point you to genealogical research sites online. (Free)
World War II
National World War II Registry - The Registry combines four distinct databases that can be searched for names of those whose service and sacrifice helped win the Second World War. The Registry includes the names of Americans who are: Buried in ABMC overseas military cemeteries, Memorialized on ABMC Tablets of the Missing, and Listed on War and Navy Department Killed in Service rosters held by NARA.
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