Iowa Genealogical Society: 40 years of service to the genealogy community (1965 - 2005)
| Home | Explore the Ancestral Wall | Get Started with IGS | Make a Donation | Contact IGS |

Research Links on the Internet

            

http://www.goodsearch.com
A search engine that will enable you to find family names, locations, and images and donate to the IGS.

http://www.charter-pierce.org
Charter-Pierce Memorial Internet Genealogical Society, 3221 VILLA VISTA DR, DES MOINES, IA 50316-1338 

http://www.cyndislist.com/
Currently over 200,000 links organized by category.

http://www.familysearch.org/
Church of Latter Day Saints. You can search the ancestral file, IGI, Social Security death index, vital records index, or pedigree resource file. You can also search the card catalog or order products such as the 1880 census, etc.

http://www.rootsweb.com/
A great many mailing lists are hosted by Rootsweb, also surname message boards. You can also search the social security death index here.

http://www.usgenweb.com/
Aim is to have links to every state and county. Also has several volunteer transcription projects.

http://www.ancestry.com/
Message boards on surname, locality and topic. Most of the records and the digital census images require a subscription.

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com
Message boards and user home pages. Use of genealogy library or world family tree requires subscription.

http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/
Searchable database of federal land conveyance records of public land states. Also has image access for federal land title records for Eastern Public Land States. This site does not include the original colonies and territories.

http://geonames.usgs.gov/gnishome.html
Searchable database of locations and features in the US. Detail maps allow you to drill down to the gravel road if needed.

http://www.archives.gov/index.html
National Archives site.

http://www.lva.lib.va.us/
The Library of Virginia includes a great many online images-bible records, land patents and grants, etc.

http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/
Pennsylvania State Archives. Includes digital images of Revolutionary War military abstract card file, World War I service medal application cards, Spanish American War Veteran's Card file of US Volunteers.

http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/databases.html
Illinois State Archives. Searchable databases include marriages, veterans, public land sales, death index and several county specific databases.

http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/
Ellis Island searchable database of 22 million names from 1892 to 1924.

http://lcweb.loc.gov/
Library of Congress site. American Memory online collection of over 7 million images.

http://www.IACCofIA.org
Italian-American Cultural Center of Iowa