Digital Resources

Numerous indexes, records and publications in the collections are available online. Through partnerships with various organizations you can enjoy digitized maps, publications, newspapers and vital records.

Vital Records

The State Historical Society of Iowa has partnered with Family Search and Ancestry.com to digitize and make indexes and record images available online. View a list of vital records at the centers and online to get started.

Census

The society has partnered with Family Search and Ancestry.com to make indexes and images of federal, Iowa and special census records available online. View a list of available census records to get started.

Historic Sites

• Iowa Culture App
• National Register of Historic Places Nominations & Photos

Manuscripts, Newspapers, Photographs & Documents

• Abraham Lincoln Documents
• Advantage Community History Newspaper Archive
• Iowa Children’s Historic Diaries
• Iowa County Historic Atlases
• Photograph Collection Selections
• Iowa Digitized Newspapers
• World War II Press Clippings

Maps

• Iowa County Historic Atlases Online
• Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps

Presentations

• Iowa Stories

Publications

• Annals of Iowa (1863-2014)
• The Goldfinch (1975-2000)
• The Palimpsest (1920-1996)

Topics in Iowa History

• Iowa’s Governors
• Iowa Labor Collection
• Iowa Casualties in World War I