Iowa Marriage Records

Surprising Your Family With A Genealogy Thanks to Iowa Marriage Records

Do you like to give gifts that you know others are going to love? There are some people who simply give gifts and don't care how the recipient feels about the gift, but there are many who desire to give gifts that they know their friends and family will actually love.  If you're that type of person, you may eventually fall into the same problem that many do: you run out of ideas!

There are some people who are very difficult to buy presents for. Often it's because the person already has everything they could ever need, or because they are just the type of person that is hard to figure out. So what do you get for a person who is hard to purchase presents for? If it's a family member you can get them a family tree!

Making Family Trees

Do you have a family tree for your family? Shockingly, most people do not, either because they never had the money to hire someone to put one together, or because they aren't sure how to make one. Creating a family tree for members of your family is the ultimate way to help them remember their past and is a perfect gift for all sorts of family members, from cousins to grandparents.  How do you go about doing it?

You need to start the process by finding a website that allows you to make a free family tree online. Make sure it's one that you're comfortable with. Then pick a person in your family to start your research with. It's often easiest just to start with yourself and to work backwards. Start by adding your parents and any siblings, then your grandparents. If you're just creating the tree as a present for one side of the family, focus on that side.  Focusing on both sides at once can cause things to get very confusing.

Getting Stuck

Eventually, you'll likely find that you've gotten stuck in the genealogy. This happens even to seasoned experts, so don't get discouraged! One trick to helping you get past your slump is to look for marriage records. If your family is from Iowa, for instance, then you'll want to search for Iowa marriage records. Why marriage records?  Marriage records have a wealth of information on them. Iowa marriage records actually allow you to learn about the legal name of the couple, their birth date, and then it gives you information about the parents of the couple as well as where they were born. It even includes the mother's maiden name, which is usually all you'll need to get past your slump and to continue in the creation of your family tree. Imagine how surprised they will be when you present them with a framed copy of the family tree!

• Marriages in the Lyman - Hazeltine Family Bible source

• Allamakee County IAGenWeb Marriages source
  • 1849-1855 Marriages source
  • Allamakee Co. Marriage Register, Vol 3, Pg 10 source
  • Anniversary Announcements
    • 1879-1939
    • 1940-present
  • Divorce Notices from Newspapers source
  • Iowa River Evangelical Lutheran Church Records source
  • Salem Evangelical & Reformed Church Records, Ludlow
    • 1895-1949
    • 1950-2003
  • St. Peter's United Church of Christ, New Albin source
• Births, Deaths and Marriages in the BOTSFORD Family Bible source
• Births, Deaths and Marriages in the DULL Family Bible source
• Early Marriages, 1849-1860 source

Appanoose County  Appanoose County IAGenWeb View website

Appanoose County Courthouse
201 North 12th Street
Centerville, IA 52544
641-856-6103

• 1847-1850 Marriages source
• Births, Deaths and Marriages in the HOBSON Family Bible source

Audubon County   Audubon County IAGenWeb View website

• NIELSEN - JENSEN marriage, March 15, 1894 source

Benton County   Benton County IAGenWeb View website

• Benton County IAGenWeb Marriage Page source
• Marriages in the DEFOE Family Bible source
• SKIFFINGTON - DONNELLY marriage, June 26, 1900 source

Black Hawk County   Black Hawk County IAGenWeb View website

• 1871-1873 Marriages source
• Black Hawk County IAGenWeb Marriage Page source
• Marriages source
• Misc. Marriages, 1859-1860 source
• Waterloo Daily Courier Search database $
• Waterloo Sunday Courier Search database $

Other Records:

• Black Hawk Co, IA Civil War Soldiers source

Boone County   Boone County IAGenWeb View website

• 1856-1863 Marriages source
• GRANEY - BLANCHARD marriage, February 22, 1908 source
• Ogden Reporter $ Search database

Other Records:

• Boone, Iowa Directory, 1885-86 $ Search database

Bremer County   Bremer County IAGenWeb View website

• Bremer County IAGenWeb Vital Records Page
• Marriages Licenses Issued in 1883 from the County Clerk's Office source
• Plainfield News search database $
• St. John Lutheran Church, Buck Creek, Dayton Township, Sumner source
• St John's Lutheran Church - Buck Creek Marriages 1875-1900 source
• St Paul United Church of Christ, Denver, Maxfield Township 1863-1900 Marriages source

• Marriages
  • 1880-1881
  • 1898
  • 1899
  • 1900
  • Anniversary Announcements

• Adair to Dallas
• Davis to Jackson
• Jasper to Plymouth
• Pocahontas to Wright

Bookmark GenWed!

Iowa Marriages on CD-ROM

• Iowa, 1851-1900 Marriage Index
• Iowa Vital Records: Marriages 1835-1900
• Selected States, 1728-1850 Marriage Index

Sites of Interest:

How to Obtain an Iowa Marriage Certificate:

Iowa Statewide Marriage Record Links:

• Iowa Marriages to 1850 $
• Iowa Marriages to 1850 -CelticCousins.net
• Iowa Marriages, 1851-1900 $
• Births, Deaths, and Marriages in Family Bibles
  • BOGLE Family Bible
  • CHESTER Family Bible
  • COWDEN Family Bible
  • DAVIS Family Bible
  • FRANKLIN Family Bible
  • HUDSPETH Family Bible
  • JENKINS Family Bible
  • KELLOGG / FULLER Family Bible
  • KERNELL - WHITE Family Bible
  • KNOX Family Bible
  • LADD Family Bible
  • LEWIS Family Bible
  • McCURDY Family Bible
  • PRALL - SHIPLEY Family Bible
  • LEWIS Family Bible
  • SLINAFF Family Bible
  • WAGER - BROWN Family Bible
  • WHEELER Family Bible

• Surname Marriage Records
  • CASE Family Marriages
  • SANDERS, SAUNDERS Family