Genealogy & Local History

Genealogy: Climbing Your Family Tree

Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet
Categorized & cross-referenced index to genealogical resources.

Family Search
Resources for genealogical research, including the 1880 census, information on getting started, as well as research guides and downloadable forms and charts.

Genealogy Home Page
Resources for genealogical research, including the 1880 census, information on getting started, as well as research guides and downloadable forms and charts.

USGenWeb Project
A major online site with links, transcribed data, look-ups and more for searching state and local genealogical information.

Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
Firm that searches, copies, decipers, and types passenger lists. Some passenger manifest posted on the web, from RootsWeb.

Sioux City Journal Local News & Obituaries Index
(beginning 12-01-1981) Local news citations by subject, title or keyword; full-text of articles available on microfilm.

Siouxland Clubs & Organizations Directory
Locate contact information on hard-to-find hobby and service clubs and professional associations.

Heritage Quest  
Search genealogical data from the U.S. Federal Census, the Periodical Source Index (PERSI) and more.

Ancestry Library Edition  
Genealogy databases accessing 1.7 billion names, global name search or limit by record type, locale, date-range and soundex.

Iowa WPA Graves Registration Survey
Search 655,645 Genealogy, Family History and Ancestry Records within 82 Iowa Counties.