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Welcome to the USA Portal! The USA Portal is here to facilitate those researching ancestors or relatives in the United States, or elsewhere in the world but with American roots. We encourage everyone with links in the United States to communicate and explore a common ancestry. In this portal you will find sources and discussions that will help you with your research. In case you have a partic...
This project is for those buried in Sunset Memorial Park, Eureka, Humboldt County, California. Find a Grave Billion Graves
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Iowa County, Iowa. Official Website Iowa County was formed on February 17, 1843. It was named for the Iowa River, which flows through the county. It is home to the Amana Colonies, a group of settlements of German Pietists, comprising seven villages. Calling themselves the Ebenezer Society or the Community of True Inspiration (German...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa. It is not to be confused with Iowa County = Official Website = History Wikipedia Iowa City is a city in Johnson County, Iowa, United States. It is the home of the University of Iowa and county seat of Johnson County.Iowa City was the second capital of the Iowa Territory and the first capital city of th...
Gouverneur Wesleyan Seminary was located in Gouverneur, St. Lawrence County, New York, United States. The seminary was operated in the 19th century by the Black River Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church.The seminary began in 1827 as a grammar school called Gouverneur Union Academy. On April 5, 1828, this academy was incorporated as The Gouverneur High School. By April 1834, a two story...
This subportal is part of the USA Portal . = This is the master project for Iowa and its history. =State of Iowa=* Nickname(s): The Hawkeye State* Motto(s): Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain.* Demonym: Iowan* Capital (and largest city): Des Moines ===Please do not add profiles to the project. Add them to the appropriate sub-project.=== =Brief history=Iowa is a U.S. state in...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Davenport, Scott County, Iowa. Official Website History Davenport was founded on May 14, 1836 by Antoine Le Claire and was named for his friend George Davenport, a former English sailor who served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812, served as a supplier Fort Armstrong, worked as a fur trader with the American Fur Company, and...
This is an umbrella project for all projects related to Jews from Iowa . Early Pioneer Jews of Davenport, Iowa Early Pioneer Jews of Des Moines, Iowa
Settlers in Iowa before statehood: December 28, 1846= Iowa Territory =Most of the area in the territory was originally part of the Louisiana Purchase and was a part of the Missouri Territory. When Missouri became a state in 1821, this area (along with the Dakotas) effectively became unorganized territory. The area was closed to white settlers until the 1830s, after the Black Hawk War ended. It ...
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This subportal is part of the State of Iowa Portal and the Cemeteries, Memorials & Graveyards Portal . Within the 947 towns and cities that make up the State of Iowa , there are approximately 4,900 cemeteries. These range from small, private family burying grounds with only a few graves to large public cemeteries covering hundreds of acres with hundreds of thousands of graves. This pr...
Wikipedia The University of Iowa (also known as the UI, or simply Iowa) is a flagship public research university in Iowa City, Iowa. Founded in 1847, Iowa is the oldest university in the state, and it is considered a Public Ivy. The University of Iowa is organized into eleven colleges offering more than 200 areas of study and seven professional degrees. The Iowa campus spans 1,700 acres cent...
Oakland Cemetery was deeded to the residents of Iowa City on February 13, 1843. Over the years the cemetery has expanded to 40 acres. Supported by taxpayers, the cemetery is a non-perpetual care facility. As a public institution anyone can be buried in Oakland, but traditionally it was a Protestant cemetery; Catholics were usually buried in the nearby St. Joseph Cemetery, and Jewish Iowa Citian...
The Iowa Veterans Cemetery (IVC) is the first federally funded construction of a state-owned and operated veterans cemetery in the State of Iowa. The cemetery serves the veteran population throughout the state and around the country, as there is no state residency requirement to be interred in the cemetery. It is offers a picturesque setting in southern Dallas County, conveniently located along...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Benton County, Iowa. Benton County was formed on December 21, 1837 from sections of Dubuque County. It was named after US Senator Thomas Hart Benton . Adjacent Counties Black Hawk County Buchanan County Linn County Iowa County Tama County Cities, Towns & Communities Atkins | Belle Plaine | Benton | Big Grove | Bl...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Cedar Rapids is the county seat of Linn County and lies on the Cedar River. Official Website Overview Wikipedia A flourishing center for arts and culture in Eastern Iowa, the city is home to the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library, the Paramount Theatre, Orchestra Iowa, ...
This project is for those that were born, lived or died in Union, Hardin County, Iowa.
This project is for those buried in Hillside Cemetery, Sheffield, Franklin County, Iowa. Find a Grave
This project is for those buried in Elkader Cemetery, also known as East Side Cemetery , Elkader, Clayton County, Iowa. Find a Grave
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in O'Brien County, Iowa.The county was created in 1851 and named for William Smith O'Brien, a leader for Irish independence in 1848.The new county's first settler arrived in 1856; Hannibal H. Waterman brought his wife and a daughter to the southeast portion (present Waterman Township). His homestead formed the nucleus of the county's fir...
This cemetery is located on 135th Street. Jefferson, Greene County, Iowa. Find a Grave Iowa Gravestones Billion Graves
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Jackson County, Iowa. Official Website The county was formed on December 21, 1837 and named after US President Andrew Jackson. Adjacent Counties Dubuque County Jones County Jo Daviess County, Illinois Carroll County, Illinois Clinton County Cities Andrew Baldwin Bellevue La Motte Maquoketa (County Sea...
Oaklawn Cemetery is located on Highway 59 about a mile north of Oakland, Pottawattamie County, Iowa. Find a Grave
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Calhoun County, Iowa. Official Website History Calhoun County was formed on January 15, 1851 from open land originally named Fox County. It was renamed in 1853 after the seventh US Vice President secessionist John C. Calhoun. When the tracks of the Illinois Central Railroad were laid through the county in 1870, the county seat wa...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Ida County, Iowa. Official Website The county was authorized by the Iowa Legislature in January 1851 as a packet of projected counties in unorganized territory of western Iowa. It was named after Ida Smith, the first child of European immigrants to be born in this region. Adjacent Counties Cherokee County Woodbury County ...